HUB weekly news-Nov. 9

Homeschool HUB Weekly News--Nov. 9   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 by the Homeschool HUB.    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: Nov. 13--Homeschool bowling, Strikes and Spares, 1:00, $5 Details for the following events are on the calendar at: www.calendar.yahoo.com/homeschoolhub HERE'S THE BUZZ:   1) High school math competitiion 2) Writing composition class 3) Niles Adventist School Fall Festival 4) Bethel College Christmas concert 5) Spelling bee 6) Fundraiser 7) Contest info on HUB website 8) Local businesses supporting homeschoolers   And LAST BUT NOT LEAST: classified ads and links of interest at the end of your weekly news.  See also the Letting it Ride section at the end. 1) Sign up Now for Blaise Pascal High School Math Competition High school math groups can now sign up for the annual Blaise Pascal High School Math Competition to take place at Bethel College on Saturday, Nov. 21 at 8:30 a.m. Registration is free for those who sign up by Nov. 7. Those who register after will have to pay a fee of $2 per student. Each school may bring up to 20 students to the competition. Home school students and students who attend schools that are not participating are encouraged to register individually or as a group. Individual and team awards will be given, some of which include substantial scholarship money. In addition, Bethel will conduct several random drawings among registered students for prizes, including iTunes gift cards. The competition will consist of taking a 45-question test that combines standard mathematics contest problems with several history of mathematics questions. The students will be given 90 minutes to take the test. For more information or to register your school, please visit www.BethelCollege.edu/Academics/UndergradMathcomp/Competition or contact Rob Myers at 574.257.3524.   2) WRITING CLASS Dawn Frasieur will teach a writing composition class called Writing From Literature. This five week class will be held in Berrien Springs on Tuesdays from 2:30pm - 4pm. Dawn is a journalist and is known for her fun teaching ability with teens! Teens from ages 13 - 18 are welcome. Cost will be $40 per student or $60 per family. Class will start on November 3rd, but students are welcome to join us as late as the 10th. If you would like more information or are interested in this class, please contact Jane Kerr at sunnykerr@truevine.net or at 269-471-9004. 3) Niles Adventist School Fall Festival Niles Adventist School is having their annual Fall Festival again this coming Sunday (November 1) starting at 4pm.  If you have kids this is SUCH a fun event! And the money you spend there goes to a great cause.  They have super bounce houses and many games and prizes to win, come hungry and eat yummy vegetarian food.  Hope to see you there! Nicole K 4) Bethel Provides a Global Perspective in This Year's Christmas Concert The Bethel College Music Department will present this year's Christmas concert "The Whole World Rejoices" at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 4 and again at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5 in the Everest-Rohrer Chapel/Fine Arts Center Auditorium at Bethel College. This year's multicultural concert will feature performances by the Concert Choir, Women's Chorale, The Collegians, Voices of Triumph, Chamber Orchestra and Marilynn Ham. A diverse repertoire in many languages will proclaim spiritual riches and truth through music as well as celebrate the season. "Betelehemu," "The First Nowell," "Gesu Bambino" and "Sussex Carol" are just a few of the pieces that will be performed. "We have a tradition of providing a meaningful Christmas concert to the community every year. It is both an educational and worship experience. Our hope this year is that by singing Christmas carols and pieces from other countries that we'll display more of a sense of global celebration," said Director Robert Ham. All are encouraged to attend. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. Tickets are available through the ticket office at 574.807.7080. The Dec. 5 concert at 7:30 p.m. will be interpreted for the d/Deaf community. 5) Any spellers out there? The HUB is considering putting on a local competition for the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee in Niles.  The top three spellers would move on to the regional level.  This is for Michigan students in grades 5 - 8 who are under the age of 15.  The cost would be $10/student.  If you are interested please contact Kathy Joyce ASAP at 269 695-1654.  In next week's update we will announce whether we had enough interest.   6) Elder Beerman fundraiser Elder Beerman stores have a Community Day on Saturday, November 14th.   The HUB is selling $10 coupons for $5.  The coupons can only be used on that day, and up to five of them can be used on one item.  The item can be either sale priced or regular price.  Thus, a $50 item can be purchased for $25.  There are Elder Beerman stores in Benton Harbor and Ellkhart.  If you'd like to purchase some of the coupons from us, contact Kathy Joyce at 269 695-1654. 7) Contest info available at the HUB web site We've added a section to our web site where we will post info on contests.  We'll be sifting through many of them to find the ones that are useful educationally or just look like lots of fun, and have good prizes, or (for older students) will be good on a transcript.  Go to www.hshub.org to check it out.  We've started with 2 English, 1 Math, and 2 Art contests.  There is a brief description of each contest, along with a link to the web site for each contest.  If you find a contest you think we should post, please send the info to homeschoolhub@yahoo.com. 8) Thank you to local businesses supporting homeschoolers The players and parents of the Mishawaka Athletic Club would like to thank the following businesses for sponsoring home school athletics in our area. Without their financial support we wouldn't be able to provide this program for more than 70 students. Please share your appreciation with these companies and go to www.MCAC-Wildcats.com and click on the Sponsors link. Hoosier Tire, North Central Neurosurgery, Granger Missionary Church, Bethel College, Rink Printing, Andrews University, Art For Your Soul, Charlie Adams, Faulkner Strategies, Hoffman Insurance Group, Indiana Wesleyan, Kreative Koncepts, Kruse Auction, Leichter Chiropractic, Midwest Athletic Equipment , Remote Controls, Schiffman Clinic of Chiropractic, Teachers Credit Union, TCU Insurance, Wakarusa Electronics, Wal-Mart, Caudle's Portable Sawmill, Family Wellness Center, GNC Customs, Guenther State Farm Insurance, Halsey Tile, Joshua Marten Chiropractor, McDonald's, Newton Farms, North Point Pediatric Dentistry, OnLine Data, Phoenix Construction, The Tax Place, WFRN, Bittersweet Dentists, Dean's Marathon, Dr. Brian Eberhart DDS, Key Private Bank, Laurel Enterprises, Prairie Street Family Dentistry, South Bend Chocolate, TB Irrigation, Veldman's Marathon, Wellspring Chiropractic.   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLASSIFIEDS   I have some math curriculum I'd like to sell -- Investigations in Number, Data, and Space for 2nd and 3rd grades. It's an excellent math program much like Connected Math for 6-8 grades. If you're planning on using Connected Math, the Investigations curriculum is an obvious transition. I also have Transition Math (2002) Student text, Teachers Edition (complete parts 1 & 2), and assessment resource book. I have miscellaneous math books like learning math facts, etc. I have Writing Strands Level 2. Please contact Beth Denton at farmgirlbeth@gmail.com if interested in any of this material -- we'll deal! Have something for sale, free or trade?  Advertise here! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LAST BUT NOT LEAST--LINKS OF INTEREST (links do not imply endorsement): Virtual field trip to flour mill: http://www.namamillers.org/kids.html Virtual animal safari: http://www.junglewalk.com/video/Animal-movie.htm The Great Chicago Fire: http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/intro/ Do you have any favorite websites?  Send them to us and we'll share them! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LETTING IT RIDE: The Homeschool HUB is continuing to collect Campbell Soup labels, Campbell's Chunky Soup labels, Campbell's Healthy Request labels, Campbell's Select harvest, Franco-American, Pepperidge Farm, Spaghettios, Swanson, V-8 Beverages, V-8 Fusion, Prego Italian Sauces and Campbell's Food Service.   Give your labels to any board member or bring them to our homeschool functions. --AND-- We are still accepting Boxtops for education labels.  You can find these on: Betty Crocker goods Gold Medal Flour Nestle products Cherrios Cascadian Farm products Chex Cocoa Puffs Cookie Crisp Country Cornflakes Fiber One products Golden Grahams Honey Nut Clusters Lucky Charms Oatmeal Crisps TotalTrix Wheaties Green Giant vegetables Pillsbury Toaster Strudel Totino Pizza olls Hamburger Helper meals Old El Paso Suddenly Salad Yoplait Fruit Flavored shapes Ziploc Kleenex Scott Kotex Poise Depend Hefty Nature Valley Cottonelle Huggies Goodnites Pull Ups Avery School supplies Go to Boxtops for Education.org for more info, and then SAVE SAVE SAVE  those labels.  Each one nets 10 cents and every 10 cents adds up. You can give them to any HUB board director or bring them to any of our functions that we will be having.  Thank-you! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.