HUB weekly news-May 31

Homeschool HUB Weekly News--May 31   Homeschool HUB phone: (269)362-0651 email: homeschoolhub@yahoo.com   website: www.hshub.org Editor: Annette Ernsperger   The information below is offered to you as a service.  Please research and decide for yourself the value to your family.  The Homeschool HUB does not endorse any programs or services other than those offered at the Homeschool HUB resource center.    Send information to be added to the update no later than the Thursday before the week you want it to appear:  homeschoolhub@yahoo.com   ON THE CALENDAR:   Details for the following events are on the calendar at: www.calendar.yahoo.com/homeschoolhub   June 5--Homeschool bowling, 1:00, Strikes and Spares, Mishawaka, $5 June 6--Home Depot kids program, Mishawaka, 9:00 am, free HERE'S THE BUZZ: 1) Summer art camp 2) Niles library summer programs 3) Touch football 4) Volunteer opportunity 5) Readers Theater peformance 6) Homeschool orchestra and choir performance 7) Parent partnership news 8) Homeschool beach days are back! And LAST BUT NOT LEAST: classified ads and links of interest at the end of your weekly news.    1) New Creations Offers 2009 Summer Art Camps in the Michiana Area   Gloria Seitz, a certified K-12 art teacher, will be teaching art camps at Hobby Lobby in Mishawaka. The camps will run for 90 minutes each day and consist of a variety of projects, using materials such as paint, clay, scratch art, and metal tooling. CLASSES WILL BE HELD THE WEEK OF JUNE 22,24,25, and 26. Ages 6-10 will meet from 11-12:30 a.m. Ages 9-adult will meet from 1-2:30 p.m.   The cost is $45 for the six hours of instruction and includes all materials except a sketchbook and pencil. We will be making 6-8 projects.   Please call Gloria at 574-271-8069 before June 15 to enroll or email her at seitzhome@sbcglobal.net.  Classes do fill up, so be sure to get your registration in early.    A 3 day painting class is being planned for July 21-23 from 1-3 p.m. at Trinity Evangelical Free Church, and in the evening from 7-9 p.m. at Community Evangelical Free Church in Niles. The cost will be $35 and includes use of the paints. Canvases will need to be purchased.   2) Get creative at the Niles District Library this summer!   Our summer reading theme this year is Get Creative @ the Library. This program starts on June 1 and ends on July 25.   Storytimes are at 10:00 a.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays and 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday sand Thursdays.  Coloring pages will be given away at the end of each storytime. Squigglers are at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday.   There will be three Brain Puzzles per week plus craft bags for the older children. During the summer the children will be challenged with seven Get Creative Contests. Eleven crafty classes will encourage the youngsters to be more creative.   As always kids, teens and adults will use our special calendars to record the minutes they read. The children will be rewarded for every hour they read with prizes and raffle tickets. Teens will earn food coupons and raffle tickets while adults will receive books and raffle tickets.  Check-in weeks for the kids will be June 15 to 20, June 29 to July 3 and July 20 to 25. Teens and adults may check-in their calendars June 22 to 27, July 6 to 11 and July 20 to 25.   The Scholastic Book Fair will be June 15 to June 20.   Our Grand Finale will feature the Magic Man, Stevyn Compoe, on Wednesday, July 29 at 1:30 p.m.  All grand prizes will be awarded at that time.   Calendars for children, teens and adults will be available on May 22nd.  Kids earn two prizes for every hour read up to 10 hours, then raffle tickets are given.  Teens get food coupons for every two hours they read up to 12 hours and then raffle tickets are awarded. Adults recieve a hardcover book for every five hours read up to 20 hours and then they, too, will be given raffle tickets.   Check-in weeks for the kids are June 15 -20, June 29-July 3 and July 20-25. Teens and adults check-in June 22-27, July 6-11 and July 20-25.  Watch the displays to see all the prizes.   Fridays and Saturdays will be extra fun with our eleven creative classes: Friday, June 5- Photo Fun with Heather Williamson.  Limit 10 per class, age limit 8 years or older Saturday, June 6 - Face Painting Fun with Steve Naragon. Limit 10 per class, age limit 8 years or older Friday, June 12- Balloon Sculptures by Sparky.  Limit 6 per class, age limit 8 years or older Saturday, June 13 - Genuine Juggling with Marty Klubeck. Limit 8 per class, age limit 8 years or older Friday, June 26- Magic Man's Magical Methods by Stevyn Compoe. Limit 10 per class, age limit 8 years or older Saturday, June 27 - Pipe Cleaner Creations with Rhonda Rohl. Limit 10 per class, age limit 6 years or older Friday, July 10 - Fruity-Tootie Drawing with Patty Rose. Limit 8 per class, age limit 8 years or older Saturday, July 11 - Altered Books with Ann McOmber. Limit 8 per class, age limit 8 years or older Friday, July 17- Beading Beads and Baubles by Andrea Burns. Limit 10 per class, age limit 8 years or older Saturday, July 18- Creative Crocheting with Kaye Janet. Limit 10 per class, age limit 10 years or older Saturday, July 25- Books from Bags with Ann McOmber. Limit 8 per class, age limit 8 years or older There is a limit of 3 classes per person and the deadline to sign up is 2 weeks before the class.   This year we are having seven creative contests for the kids. Each submission should have the child's name, age and phone number some place on the item. The judges decisions will be final and submissions may be displayed in the Children's Department. Items will be available for pick-up after August 15.   Storytimes are at 10:00 a.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays and 1:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Free coloring pages and craft bags will follow the themes of the stories.   Squigglers will gather at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesdays.   Break open the piggy banks for our annual Scholastic Book Fair to be held on Monday, June 15th through Saturday, June 20th.  Buy one book, get another book of lesser value for FREE. You will not want to miss the great selection for gift giving or summer pleasure. Niles District Library 620 E. Main St., Niles Phone: 269-683-8545 Contact Persons: Nancy Studebaker or Darlene Jackson   3) Come and play touch football!  Kids 10 and up are invited to join the game at Oddfellows Park on Bond St. near Hwy. 12 in Niles, 2-4 pm on Wed, May 27.  Don't forget to bring water or other thirst quencher!   4) Calling all volunteers! Lest We Forget is a patriotic organization dedicated to promoting patriotism and our nation's heritage.  The Week of June 17 – 21st  Lest We Forget will be putting on multiple events that will require the assistance of many volunteers including re-enactments, a World War II reunion of the Forgotten 500 and a Field of 1000 Flags at Benton Harbor Airport.  As part of your Father's Day weekend why not volunteer with Dad to honor the men and women who make this country great!  This is a great individual, family or group opportunity… there is something for everyone!  Check out this and other volunteer opportunities on-line at www.volunteerswmi.org.  You can also visit www.LestWeForgetUSA.org or e-mail Rod at randskrieg@cybersol.com.  You can also call Rod at 468-6167 or Don at 925-7176.   5) Reader's Theater Performance The Stool Pigeons are giving a performance on Friday, June 5th at 7pm at Grace United Methodist Church in Niles. Admission is free. The program will consist of humorous skits, poetry and fairy tales performed by homeschool moms and their teens. Bob (Cash) Cashbaugh is the director. Refreshments will be served afterwards. We hope to see you there for a fun filled night!   6) The homeschool orchestra and choir invite you to enjoy their free concert on Thursday, June 11, 7:00 at Grace United Methodist Church, 501 Grant St. in Niles.  Refreshments will be served afterward.    7) Parent Partnership info online This program is available to any southwest Michigan homeschooler.  It involves becoming a part-time student at Berrien Springs where they have set up some very "homeschool friendly" classes (that only meet once/week, or less).  Through the program you can also get Rosetta Stone foreign language classes to do online at your home, dual enrollment college classes, and many Community Resource classes such as Children's Choir for grades 1 and up, Show Choir for advanced teens, Robotics classes for ages 5 and up, and many more. The info for the fall semester has now been posted on the HUB web site.  As classes are added we will update the info.  To view it go to our web site at www.hshub.org and scroll down to the ad at the bottom of the home page.  Click where is says "here" in blue.   8) Summer Homeschool Beach Days Starting next Tuesday, June 2nd, Fuller's Resort on Clear Lake in Buchanan, MI is again running their Homeschool special for us.  Arrive any Tuesday, all summer long, between 10am and 3pm and mention you are there for the Homeschool Beach Day.  Note that in the past this has been on Mondays, but this summer it has been changed to Tuesdays at the request of some families who have been going to the Homeschool Hangout on Tuesdays.  This is a good time to continue that as their group recreation time.  Come join in!!  The discounted entry fee will be only $1/person (normal rates are $3/adult, $1.75 for ages 12 & under).  There is a sandy beach, a campstore and restaurant (with great ice cream cones), picnic tables and grills, paddleboat and canoe rentals, and beach volleyball.  In the past, most homeschoolers have come around noon to picnic and swim.  For directions and their phone number take a look at the web site:  http://www.michcampgrounds.com/fullersresort/.   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TOTAL RECALL (These items will run until their pertinent information expires)   1) News from Diane Day: I will be reserving seats for our group for the 2009/2010 theatre season which promises to be a family friendly line up of at least 1 old favorite.  Check back for updates.   Dessert theatre at Bethel will be performing "Dearly Beloved".  It will take place in July.  I will be getting back with details.  I will not be reserving seats for this performance.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLASSIFIEDS   Have something for sale, free or trade?  Advertise here! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LAST BUT NOT LEAST--LINKS OF INTEREST (links do not imply endorsement):   Free typing lessons and games: http://www.freetypinggame.net/   Free lessons on the Bill of Rights: http://www.homefires.com/click?billofrights   The Dallas Symphony Orchestra sponsors this interactive, multi-media website that helps children learn all about the music, instruments, conductors, musicians, and composers associated with the symphony orchestra: http://www.dsokids.com/2001/rooms/musicroom.asp   Hi! My name is Beverly Nash. I am a homeschooling mom that has fibromyalgia. I recently started an online support group called Homeschooling Moms with Fibromyalgia. The group was created to help support and encourage homeschooling mothers and grandmothers that have from fibromyalgia. As a member you will get the encouragement you need when you are having a hard day homeschooling, or are suffering through a bad flare. If you would like to join the group, please send an email to: homeschoolingmomswithfibro-subscribe@yahoogroups.com  Please send any questions to: homeschoolingmomswithfibro-owner@yahoogroups.com Do you have any favorite websites?  Send them to us and we'll share them! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DISCLAIMERS: While the Homeschool HUB believes that these events or opportunities may be of value to home educators, announcements do not constitute an endorsement by the Homeschool HUB, or its Board of Directors. It is the responsibility of individual parents to determine the appropriateness of any event or opportunity for their children. Participation in any event is voluntary and the participant assumes complete responsibility and liability for themselves, their family, anyone accompanying them, and their personal property.