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| Date: From: Subject: | 12/6/2011 4:54:10 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Homeschool Families Face Criminal Charges |
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====================================================================== H S L D A ' s W E E K L Y U P D A T E ====================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> How many of your friends would pay your legal fees? As a member of HSLDA, you have 80,000 families standing with you to protect and advance homeschool freedoms in the United States and foreign countries. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1106 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Legislative Update If you live in New Jersey, 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 December 6, 2011: 1. Banking on the Next "Generation"--the Future of America 2. Homeschool Families Face Criminal Charges 3. Hearing Officer--"Claimant's Home School Constitutes a Private School" 4. HSLDA Helps Pell Grant Applicant 5. Homeschoolers Resist Political Agenda 6. Give While you Shop Online 7. Give a Wreath, Bless a Widow 8. New Year's Brings Latest Art Competition 9. Patrick Henry College: Apply Now for Journalism Scholarships 10. 2011 Bible Bee National Competition Wraps Up In Nashville 11. "Home School Heartbeat": Compassion in the Homeschool Community 12. Currently Featured on HSLDA's @home e-vents... ..................................................................... 1. Banking on the Next "Generation"--the Future of America Generation Joshua's effectiveness in equipping young people for leadership was evident at its inaugural banquet. Find out how you can be part of encouraging responsible citizenship in America. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13022 ..................................................................... 2. Nebraska: Homeschool Families Face Criminal Charges New truancy enforcement laws have sparked criminal charges against several homeschool families. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13024 ..................................................................... 3. California: Hearing Officer--"Claimant's Home School Constitutes a Private School" HSLDA's tireless work defending numerous "small" cases prepared us for when the big legal threat to homeschooling came in 2008. Now, that victory is helping us win more of the "small" cases. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13023 ..................................................................... 4. Pennsylvania: HSLDA Helps Pell Grant Applicant HSLDA helped a homeschool graduate obtain federal student aid by showing a college financial aid office how they had misapplied the law. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13025 ..................................................................... 5. France: Homeschoolers Resist Political Agenda Homeschool organizations in France continue to resist the agenda of French legislators to modify the education law. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13026 ..................................................................... 6. Give While you Shop Online Every time you shop online some retailers give to needy homeschool families at no extra cost to you! Just go to Clicks for Homeschooling, find your store, and shop like normal--the retailer tracks where you came from and gives a percentage of what you spend to the Home School Foundation http://www.homeschoolfoundation.org/. This works for Amazon.com, Best Buy, Target and many others. Learn more: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13027 ..................................................................... 7. Give a Wreath, Bless a Widow This Christmas, hang a fragrant Maine balsam wreath on your door and help homeschooling families in need at the same time! In partnership with Round Bough Wreath Company, the Home School Foundation is offering beautiful, affordable wreaths and other decorative greenery. You can purchase a wreath for yourself, a friend, or have one shipped to a homeschool widow the Foundation helped this past year. A portion of all sales benefit the Foundation's Compassion Fund. Call Round Bough at 207-956-8544 or visit them online. Order today! http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13028 ..................................................................... 8. New Year's Brings Latest Art Competition HSLDA's new student art contest asks participants to look to the Psalms for inspiration. Entries will be accepted beginning January 1. Cash prizes are awarded to the top five entries in each category, and the winning artwork will be posted online. For guidelines and entry forms: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13029 ..................................................................... 9. Patrick Henry College: Apply Now for Journalism Scholarships Patrick Henry College is offering aspiring Christian journalism students the opportunity of a lifetime. These privately funded scholarships have been created for students with excellent writing ability and a strong desire to serve society through journalism. The application deadline for the Samuel Adams Scholarship is January 1, 2012. For more information or to apply: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=12727 ..................................................................... 10. 2011 Bible Bee National Competition Wraps up in Nashville Over $260,000 in prizes were awarded to the top three contestants in three age categories. Senior winner Kari Erickson, of Dell Rapids, South Dakota, took home $100,000; Bethany Xiques, Miami Springs, Florida, $50,000; and Olivia Davis, Salem, Oregon (Repeat winner), $25,000. Other details and 2012 information: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13030 ..................................................................... 11. "Home School Heartbeat": Compassion in the Homeschool Community How can you help homeschoolers in need? This week on "Home School Heartbeat" with host Mike Smith, Tracy Klicka, director of development for the Home School Foundation, shares her vision for the Foundation, and gives suggestions from her family's experience for how you can support families going through a difficult time. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13031 HOMESCHOOLING IN THE NEWS Outside news items on home education ====================================================================== December 4: The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland Encore Community Music Association Strikes a Common Chord across Generations http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13032 December 1: The Missourian, Columbia, Missouri Homeschoolers Combine Academic Lessons, Real-life Experiences http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13033 December 1: Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia Homeschool Still a Popular Option http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13034 November 29: Examiner.com New Jersey Homeschoolers Under Immediate Threat http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13035 > Links do not imply endorsement. ..................................................................... 12. Currently Featured on HSLDA's @home e-vents... Upcoming Live E-vents: Books for Boys: Personal Favorites for Boys of All Ages--HSLDA Staff Attorney Thomas J. (Tj) Schmidt http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13036 Featured On-Demand E-vents: Reclaiming Christmas with Your Family--Melissa Green and Kaylyn Carlson http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13037 Dealing with Disrespect--Lou Priolo http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13038 How to Make Homeschooling and the Holidays a Winning Combination! --Zan Tyler http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13039 If you have any questions, please visit http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13040 or contact the @home e-vent team by emailing athome@hslda.org. FEATURED HSLDA PerX - National Driver Training Institute ====================================================================== Twenty-five dollars off this parent taught driver education program. 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