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| Date: From: Subject: | 7/26/2011 4:53:38 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Proof Positive: PHC Prep Delivers Higher Scores |
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====================================================================== H S L D A ' s W E E K L Y U P D A T E ====================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Have you ever yelled into the wind, only to hear the sound of your voice blown back at you? It's hard to be heard in the midst of a storm. Trying to influence federal legislation is much like yelling to be heard while standing in a fierce wind. Yet when 80,000 voices join together, they become a powerful force that cannot be drowned out. Join HSLDA to be heard above the tempests that threaten homeschool freedoms. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1939 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Legislative Update If you live in Connecticut, New York, Oregon, or Washington, click on the link below to learn about legislation that could affect your freedom to homeschool. http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6116 ..................................................................... Topics for July 26, 2011: 1. Proof Positive--PHC Prep Delivers Higher Scores 2. Homeschooling Promotes Social Integration 3. Law Affecting Home Education Programs Changed 4. The Founders and Their Writings 5. Poetry Contest Winners Revealed 6. Diagnostic Tests are Valuable Tools 7. Bless a Widow with Your Art--Deadline Approaching 8. We've Got Your Dinner Menu and the Recipes! 9. HSLDA High School Teacher Training Sessions 10. Last Chance to Enter Photo Contest 11. Voddie Baucham featured at National Bible Bee Family 12. "Home School Heartbeat": Excited about Getting Started 13. Next week on HSLDA's @home e-vents... ---[ Homeschool Buyers Co-op ]---------------------------------------- School districts get volume discounts. Why not homeschoolers? Check out great discounts like 52% off the American Heritage Series, 50% off Auralog's TELL ME MORE, and 64% off Dave Ramsey Finance. Those and more are available at the link below. http://www.hslda.org/alink.asp?id=378 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ..................................................................... 1. Proof Positive--PHC Prep Delivers Higher Scores The latest results for the College Board's Advanced Placement tests show that PHC Prep Academy is succeeding in providing students superior academic instruction--with a Christian worldview. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11862 ..................................................................... 2. Bulgaria: Homeschooling Promotes Social Integration Christians, Muslims, and secular families alike joined together at the sixth annual homeschool conference in Bulgaria. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11863 ..................................................................... 3. Pennsylvania: Law Affecting Home Education Programs Changed Governor Tom Corbett has signed House Bill 1352, which makes numerous changes in Pennsylvania's education law, including one that affects home education programs. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11864 ..................................................................... 4. The Founders and Their Writings Ever wondered what the Founding Fathers thought when they formed our nation? Then check out a sample lesson from "The Founding Fathers: Their Lives and Writings." The full online course is free to Generation Joshua members. Read more about it: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11892 ..................................................................... 5. Poetry Contest Winners Revealed The results of the 2011 Poetry Contest are in! Students were asked to submit poems in the form of a ballad using one of the two titles listed in their age category as inspiration for their poem. View the winners: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11865 ..................................................................... 6. Diagnostic Tests are Valuable Tools Summer is the time that parents plan the next school year. If you are not sure what level your teen should complete, many publishers provide free placement tests. Check their websites or give them a call to locate these resources. Newsletters on both the Struggling Learner and Early Years websites give you additional sources. Read the Struggling Learner newsletter: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11866 Read the Early Years newsletter: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11867 ..................................................................... 7. Bless a Widow with Your Art--Deadline Approaching Every Christmas the Home School Foundation sends cards to homeschooling widows it has helped. Your art or photo could be the cover! These cards brighten the holidays for widows and their families across the country. The deadline is August 1. Entrants must be homeschool teachers or students ages 15 and up. One widow wrote us: "When you lose your spouse, you also lose contact with a group of people that were friends of your husband. Celebrating a holiday without Dad is difficult, but receiving Christmas cards helps to brighten the house and it helps knowing that others are thinking of you. Thank you for making HSF's Christmas cards special." For details: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11868 ..................................................................... 8. We've Got Your Dinner Menu and the Recipes! Save $6 and get a FREE 30-day menu plan when you purchase "Family Favorites from the Homeschool Kitchen!" All profits will go to help needy families through the Home School Foundation. Offer ends August 31, 2011. Order today! http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11869 ..................................................................... 9. HSLDA High School Teacher Training Sessions If you are in the midst of teaching high school at home or beginning to think about the possibility, join Becky Cooke and Diane Kummer, HSLDA's high school consultants for an information-packed teacher training session. Come with your questions and leave with renewed confidence to teach high school at home! Registration is now open for summer and fall dates. Read more about it: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11870 ..................................................................... 10. Last Chance to Enter Photo Contest August 1 is the last day homeschool students may submit entries to the 2011 HSLDA Photo Contest. This year's competition offers each age group a choice of themes. And, as always, cash prizes will be awarded. For details and contest guidelines: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11871 11. Voddie Baucham Featured at National Bible Bee Plan now to bring your family to the National Bible Bee Family Discipleship Celebration in Nashville, November 17-19, 2011. Your whole family will be encouraged by uplifting special music, inspiring speakers, fun activities and the thrilling National Bible Bee competition finals, all in the heart of downtown Nashville. Learn more: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11893 ..................................................................... 12. "Home School Heartbeat": Excited about Getting Started Sometimes the hardest part of any job is its beginning. Join us this week on "Home School Heartbeat" as HSLDA Early Years Consultant Vicki Bentley shares what she's learned about organizing school and motivating kids and homeschooling parents to go through the school year with a smile on their faces! Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11872 HOMESCHOOLING IN THE NEWS Outside news items on home education ====================================================================== July 25: WHYY Radio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Does Homeschooling in New Jersey Make the Grade? http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11873 July 25: Maxwell-Gunter Dispatch, Montgomery, Alabama Homeschoolers Tout Educational Continuity http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11874 July 25: Nooga.com, Chattanooga, Tennessee School Board Says "No" to Homeschool Participation in Public School Sports http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11875 July 24: Gainesville Times, Gainesville, Georgia Reasons, Styles of Homeschooling Vary http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11876 July 24: Times-Free Press, Chattanooga, Tennessee Athletics Big Draw for Homeschoolers http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11877 July 21: Jackson Sun, Jackson, Tennessee Policy Opens Sports to Homeschoolers http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11878 July 21: Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah Why Would I Homeschool a Teen? http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11879 July 19: Fox 31 WFXL-TV, Albany, Georgia Local Group Helps Parents, Guardians with Homeschooling http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11880 > Links do not imply endorsement. ..................................................................... 13. Next week on HSLDA's @home e-vents... Upcoming E-vents: Discovering AP Microeconomics--PHC Prep Instructor Amy Raybould http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11886 AP English and Composition: How to Know It's Right for You--PHC Prep Master Teacher Erin Brown Conroy http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11887 New Freedom in Minnesota: Homeschooling Under the New Law--HSLDA Staff Attorney Mike Donnelly http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11888 On-Demand E-vents: Parenting with Love and Leadership--Dr. John Rosemond http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11889 If you have any questions, please visit http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11890 or contact the @home e-vent team by emailing athome@hslda.org. FEATURED HSLDA PerX - Practical Homeschooling ====================================================================== Receive a 25% discount from this leading national magazine published by Bill & Mary Pride. 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