Homeschool HUB News Update--January 14

Homeschool HUB News Update--January 14 Homeschool HUB phone: 269-240-6094 email: homeschoolhub@yahoo.com   website: www.hshub.org Editor: Andrea Bikfalvy   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: Details for the following events are on the calendar at: www.calendar.yahoo.com/homeschoolhub January 21--Bowling at Strikes and Spares, 1:00-3:00, $5/pp January 20--HUB Board of Director's Meeting February 18--Homeschool Skate at USA Skate 1:00-3:00, $3/pp including skate rental. HERE'S THE BUZZ: 1) Help the HUB - Shop at Amazon 2) Niles Extended School Community Update 3) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at LMC 4) Spanish/English speaker needed 5) Standardized Testing Registration 6) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at Bethel 1) Help support the Homeschool HUB Do you shop at Amazon.com? Then please come to The Homeschool HUB website first. You can either shop the Associate Store listed in the Menu bar or click on the "Help the Homeschool HUB - Purchase at Amazon" link just below the Menu bar. By using this link to Amazon The Homeschool HUB will earn money through Amazon's Associates program on everything you purchase. So whenever you think "Amazon" please remember your purchase can help The Homeschool HUB.  Don't forget the other ways you can help located in the "Letting it Ride" Section of the Newsletter! 2) Niles Extended School Community Update We are please to announce an extension to those of you that may have been unable to meet the previous deadline.  You may still elect to join the program.  Some classes may be closed due to start dates and classes being filled up.  Please contact Gail Bliss at Blissfamily@gmail.com or 269-683-0439 if you have any inquiries.   3) Martin Luther King Jr Day at LMC Please Join us for a Celebration of Freedom January 17, 2011, 1:00 pm, Bertrand Crossing Campus Room 109 Lake Michigan College Diversity Consultant Danny Sledge will be discussing "Inclusion: A Dream or A Vision".  Music provided by local artists. 4) Spanish/English speaker needed   A Doctor's office called here today with a desire to connect with someone willing to assist a fellow who speaks Spanish and no English but needs to have an eye exam.  The Eye Dr. has an office in the downtown St. Joseph area.  If you are interested in being of assistance or would like to learn more - contact: Debra Panozzo Adult and family volunteer coordinator Volunteer Center of Southwest Michigan 269-983-0912 ext 303 St. Joseph 269-683-5464 ext 322 Niles www.volunteerswmi.org 5) Standardized Testing Registration Iowa Test of Basic Skills for 6-12th grade.  Scores of 90% or better allow the student to join national honor societies.  See attached file for details. 6) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at Bethel Bethel students, staff and faculty will celebrate MLK day with various cross-cultural events and field trips on Monday, Jan. 17. "Some of the events may not seem connected with the celebration of MLK Day to an outsider," says Dennis Engbrecht, Ph.D., senior vice president. "However, Bethel's multi-ethnic resource team and the center for intercultural development wanted to use this occasion to provide cross-cultural exposure in order that the college might enhance the intercultural competence of our faculty, staff and students." Here are some of the events that will take place: Telling the Stories Coordinator: Dennis Engbrecht, Ph.D. Description: Rebecca Johnson was born in Mississippi in 1935 and lived there until moving with her family to South Bend. Johnson will share her experience growing up as an African-American girl in the pre-Civil Rights South along with life for African-Americans in South Bend during the 1950s. Johnson is a leader in the local NAACP. Time: Noon-2 p.m. Location: Bethel campus, President's Dining Room   Come to the Table: A Celebration of Grace and Community Coordinators: Katie Weakland, Ph.D. and Student DaVonne Harris Description: Participants will engage in a prayerful reflection and worship time to celebrate the grace, forgiveness, love and community made possible through the cross of Christ. A fascinating aspect of this activity includes artistically decorating a table in a diverse and intriguing fashion as an act of corporate worship. Time: 2-4 p.m. Location: Bethel campus, Taylor Log Chapel Visit Ten Thousand Villages Coordinator: Elizabeth McLaughlin, Ph.D. Description: An introduction to an outreach to artisans in emerging nations by the Mennonite Central Committee. Time: TBD Location: TBD Going Amish Coordinator: Dennis Engbrecht, Ph.D. Description: Students will have the opportunity to eat dinner in an Amish home and interact with an individual raised Amish. There will be opportunity for questions and answers regarding Amish beliefs, culture and lifestyle. Time: 4-7 p.m. Location: CR 100 & SR 6, Nappanee, Ind. Martin Luther King Celebration Concert Coordinator: Kathy Gribbin, Ph.D. Description: An evening honoring Dr. King with music by African-American composers, including Joseph Schwanter, William Grant Still and Uzee Brown. Time: 7 p.m. Location: IUSB, North Side Hall Auditorium "Amistad" Coordinator: Christian Davis, Ph.D. Description: The film, "Amistad," will be shown followed by a discussion. The movie "Amistad," recreates the historical events of the 1839 revolt of African slaves aboard the slave ship Amistad and the subsequent struggle in U.S. courts to prove that these Africans were human beings with natural rights and not merely property. This case was pivotal in the rise of the movement to abolish slavery and to assert the human rights of Africans and African Americans. Time: 2 p.m. Location: Bethel Campus, Miller-Moore Academic Center Room 342 Visit the Northern Indiana Center for History Coordinator: Hermalena Powell Description: There are three displays that are of significance for this visit: the Native American display which includes artwork and artifacts, the "Women in Baseball" display which includes historic photographs and facts, and the "Liberty on the Border" display which talks about The Civil War years as well as the time leading up to the war and the decades. Our group will be on a self-guided tour. Price of entry is free. A snack at the café will be provided. Time: 2:30 p.m. Location: 808 W. Washington St., South Bend, Ind. "Life and Debt" (and FREE Jamaican jerk chicken) Coordinators: Professors Tim Erdel, Ph.D., Theo Williams and Robby Prenkert (all ex-missionaries in Jamaica) Description: Join us for a taste of "Theo's searing Jamaican jerk chicken" and the story of the effects of globalization and crippling debt on an "island paradise" — Jamaica. We will be watching the powerful and provocative film, "Life and Debt," sampling some great Jamaican food and sharing some of our own stories of Jamaica. Time: 3:30-5:30 p.m. Location: Bethel campus, CC-102 Please contact Jaimee Thirion at 574.807.7381 if you are media interested in covering one of these events. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LINKS TO SHARE: NASA's Space Place for kids - lots of fun things to do! http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/en/kids/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLASSIFIEDS MATH TUTOR Caleb Noble is a private math tutor in South Bend, and he'd like to offer his help to HUB members in the South Bend/Mishawaka area whose children are struggling with math (grades 7-12).  He's a former homeschool student himself and is familiar with the Saxon math curriculum (both as a student and a tutor).  caleb_noble@hotmail.com Looking for a group?  Join the HUB! There are several benefits of membership including a travel club and a resource library that includes things like books, games, laptops, video cameras and other items to borrow. Members receive first chance at events and classes when availability is limited.  The cost of membership is only $24/year.  Information about becoming a member is on the website at www.hshub.org   Have something for sale, free or trade?  Advertise here! Homeschool groups are welcome to advertise their group, too.  It's free! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LETTING IT RIDE: The Homeschool HUB is collecting used textbooks.  Contact Diane Day:  joharding_20@yahoo.com or 269-445-1900. 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 many products. 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.