Homeschool HUB News Update--August 19
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
August 19--Bowling at Strikes and Spares, 1:00-3:00, $5/pp
Aug 23--Homeschool Beach Day at Fuller's $1/pp
August 25--First Annual Homeschool Information Night, LMC Bertrand, 7-9 pm
September 16--Homeschool Skate at USA Skate 1:00-3:00, $3/pp including skate rental.
MICHIANA EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
1) Participants Welcome--Homeschool Information Night
2) Homeschool Information Night
3) On-site Registration for Niles Homeschool Partnership Program
4) Soccer Academy
5) Colonial Dance
6) Ice Cream Social at T.C. Steele
7) Local Partnerships with School Districts--MI
8) Volunteer Opportunities
1) Participants Welcome--Homeschool Information Night
We still have room available. Pass the info along to any teachers or tutors or people you know--file attached. Calling all teachers, tutors, Scout leaders, museums, nature centers, homeschool groups, etc. Do you have something to offer homeschoolers? Want to get the word out? Want some more students? Come and promote yourself and your services to local homeschoolers. It's free! Piano teachers, math tutors, martial arts teachers, we want YOU! Contact Andrea by Monday August 22 to reserve a spot. writermom@surfbest.net or 269-240-6094 The Information Night will be August 25th from 7-9 pm in Niles, MI. See attached file--and share it if you wish!
2) Homeschool Information Night
Don't miss this. It will have something for everyone. Here are just SOME of the groups that will be there:
Boy Scouts, Fernwood Botanical Garden, Niles Extended Community Program, Berrien Springs Parent Partnership Program, Bittersweet Stables, Theater for Children and Young Adults, Marazita Driving School, art teacher Gloria Seitz, Gracing the Arts Fine Arts Center, Michiana Children's Choir, Music Academies/Valerie Rumpf, piano and photography teacher Katie Bolinger
EVERYONE is welcome to come and check out the great stuff at the First Annual Homeschool HUB Homeschool Information Night! August 25th from 7-9 pm, join us at LMC Bertrand in Niles, MI. There will be "Homeschooling 101" meetings at 7:15 and 8:15 to help get you started and inform you about homeschooling, too. Mark your calendars now! See attached file and pass it along to friends.
3) On-site Registration for Niles Homeschool Partnership Program
Niles Extended Community Schools homeschool partnership program will have on-site registration August 22-26 from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm at the Administration Building located at 111 Spruce Street, Niles. Registration may be done online or through the mail, but there may be some who would like to do so in person. Please feel free to stop by and ask questions, drop off forms or pick up registration forms. For more information please contact Gail Bliss at 269-683-0439 of 574-340-1025.
4) Soccer Academy
This came in from one of our homeschool dads. The program looks good, but a bit pricey. Check it out if you have kids who are soccer players.
Pablo Rodriguez is a Bethel alum and a good Christian brother. He has a soccer program and he asked if I could make home school students in the area aware of his program. Below is information about his training program. If it is appropriate, please share with the area home school community as you see fit.
Here is some info about my soccer academy. Feel free to forward it members of the association who would like to play soccer.
Thanks again.
We are excited to bring the World's # 1 Soccer Skills Teaching Method to Granger, IN
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY AT HERITAGE SQUARE
September 12--October 26
Boys and Girls ages 5-14
To register go to http://www.coerver.com/indiana/indiana or send e-mail to coerverindiana@hotmail.com
Pablo Rodriguez-Director Coerver® Indiana
Omar Gallo -Coaching Director
To learn more go to http://www.youtube.com/user/CoerverCoachingUK?blend=21&ob=5
5) Colonial Dance
Colonial Dance this Saturday, August 20, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm, at the former Buchanan Senior Center. The address is 131 S. Oak Street, Buchanan, MI.
Wear comfortable shoes. Bring a snack to share and something to drink if you'd like. You are welcome to come a little early to help move tables and chairs.
Directions: The facility is one block south of Front Street in Buchanan. If traveling on Front Street, a person would turn south onto Oak Street where there is a gazebo and the police station on the southwest corner of Front and Oak. The facility will be on the left or East side of Oak Street and there is a big parking lot just in front or north of the building.
Hope to see you all there! Feel free to forward this email to anyone who might be interested - "watchers" are welcome. Bring friends!
6) Ice Cream Social at T.C. Steele
T.C. Steele State Historic Site continues the Steeles' tradition of sharing music, special tours and old-fashioned activities and games with friends and neighbors. The Ice Cream Social, the final program in the Sunday at Home Summer Series, is a celebration of community then and now.
Hand-crank your own ice cream and enjoy an afternoon of old-fashioned family fun, crafts for the kids, special traditional music programs—and did we mention ice cream?—for everyone, on Sunday, August 21, from noon to 4 p.m. Admission to the event is $5 for adults, $3 for children ages 5 to 12, free for children under 5. Admission includes guided tours of the historic buildings.
Homemade ice cream will be the highlight of the early afternoon, compliments of Fearrin's Ice Cream & Yogurt Depot and your own muscle-power. Do you have a favorite ice cream recipe or other summer treat, maybe with a story to accompany it? Bring it along for a recipe swap and reminiscences. But that's just part of the fun.
Twy Bethard and John Paolillo of "Entwyned," and Bill Baus of the Bloomington Old Time Music & Dance Group, will be on hand in the Large Studio from 1:30 to 2:30 for old-time music and a contradance program. At 3 p.m. "Early Music in Motion" will present a special program, "Music from the Village: Traditional Line-dance and Jigs." Tom Lozano and Clancy Clements of the group "Daily Bread" will perform music from France, Spain, Italy and Ireland using rarely seen traditional instruments. Be prepared for audience participation (and put on your dancing shoes!) for both programs.
The Ice Cream Social is part of the Sunday at Home Summer Series. The series is sponsored by the Friends of T.C. Steele State Historic Site, Inc., in cooperation with Early Music in Motion, Inc. Ice cream ingredients are donated by Fearrin's Ice Cream & Yogurt Depot in Nashville.
T.C. Steele State Historic Site is located on Hwy 46 just west of Nashville in the heart of artistic Brown County. Part of the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, a division of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, the site is where nature's beauty meets the artist's canvas. The home, studio and gardens of this noted Hoosier artist still provide inspiration today through site tours, outdoor painting competitions and artist-in-residence programs. For more information, call 812.988.2785 or visit indianamuseum.org/tc_steele
7) Local Partnerships with School Districts--MI
Right now, there are three local school districts with some sort of program partnering with homeschoolers. These programs are run by school districts in the state of Michigan, so students must be residents of Michigan to participate.
Berrien Springs info (grades 1-12): http://www.homeoftheshamrocks.org/
Niles Info (grades 1-12): http://nilesschools.schoolwires.net/212620428164940510/site/default.asp
Bradywine is also introducing a virtual high school option through Job Skills Technology. You can call the school 269-684-7150, or JST at 800-783-5780 for information.
8) Volunteer Opportunities
A) Volunteer on August 30th in Benton Harbor
You are cordially invited to celebrate the success of the Benton Harbor Inner-City/AmeriCorps Neighborhood project in Benton Harbor on Tues., August 30, 2011. The event will honor local law enforcement officials, the MI Dept of Corrections, partners in national service and returning citizens who are working to reduce crime and build stronger neighborhoods.
The project, a statewide public safety and national service project of the Michigan Council on Crime and Delinquency and the MI Dept of Corrections was launched in 2010 in Benton Harbor , Detroit , Grand Rapids and Saginaw . Using an approach that integrates pro-social engagement, community service, transitional employment, collaborative case management and strategic planning with local law enforcement, returning citizens are meeting some of the most critical needs of their neighborhoods, including: neighborhood and park clean-ups, raising urban gardens, and volunteering at local non-profit organizations.
In the spirit of national service, participants at the event will also perform a variety of city-wide service projects to revitalize Benton Harbor , cleaning up a park and neighborhood.
The event will begin at 10 a.m. with a kick off, an agenda for the day will be emailed to you upon confirming your attendance to Barbara Bell at 269-983-3395 or email: bbell@miccd.org
Or for more info, contact:
Debra Panozzo
Adult and family volunteer coordinator
Volunteer Center of Southwest Michigan
269-983-0912 ext 13 St. Joseph
269-683-5464 Niles
www.volunteerswmi.org
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LINKS TO SHARE:
If anyone has a favorite site or interesting link for homeschoolers, please share! Just send it to homeschoollhub@yahoo.com with "update" or "newsletter" in the subject.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CLASSIFIEDS
Looking for a group? Join the HUB! We need you.
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 (free, members only). 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:
Amazon.com--Please come to www.hshub.org before you shop at Amazon. 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.
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.
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
August 19--Bowling at Strikes and Spares, 1:00-3:00, $5/pp
Aug 23--Homeschool Beach Day at Fuller's $1/pp
August 25--First Annual Homeschool Information Night, LMC Bertrand, 7-9 pm
September 16--Homeschool Skate at USA Skate 1:00-3:00, $3/pp including skate rental.
MICHIANA EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
1) Participants Welcome--Homeschool Information Night
2) Homeschool Information Night
3) On-site Registration for Niles Homeschool Partnership Program
4) Soccer Academy
5) Colonial Dance
6) Ice Cream Social at T.C. Steele
7) Local Partnerships with School Districts--MI
8) Volunteer Opportunities
1) Participants Welcome--Homeschool Information Night
We still have room available. Pass the info along to any teachers or tutors or people you know--file attached. Calling all teachers, tutors, Scout leaders, museums, nature centers, homeschool groups, etc. Do you have something to offer homeschoolers? Want to get the word out? Want some more students? Come and promote yourself and your services to local homeschoolers. It's free! Piano teachers, math tutors, martial arts teachers, we want YOU! Contact Andrea by Monday August 22 to reserve a spot. writermom@surfbest.net or 269-240-6094 The Information Night will be August 25th from 7-9 pm in Niles, MI. See attached file--and share it if you wish!
2) Homeschool Information Night
Don't miss this. It will have something for everyone. Here are just SOME of the groups that will be there:
Boy Scouts, Fernwood Botanical Garden, Niles Extended Community Program, Berrien Springs Parent Partnership Program, Bittersweet Stables, Theater for Children and Young Adults, Marazita Driving School, art teacher Gloria Seitz, Gracing the Arts Fine Arts Center, Michiana Children's Choir, Music Academies/Valerie Rumpf, piano and photography teacher Katie Bolinger
EVERYONE is welcome to come and check out the great stuff at the First Annual Homeschool HUB Homeschool Information Night! August 25th from 7-9 pm, join us at LMC Bertrand in Niles, MI. There will be "Homeschooling 101" meetings at 7:15 and 8:15 to help get you started and inform you about homeschooling, too. Mark your calendars now! See attached file and pass it along to friends.
3) On-site Registration for Niles Homeschool Partnership Program
Niles Extended Community Schools homeschool partnership program will have on-site registration August 22-26 from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm at the Administration Building located at 111 Spruce Street, Niles. Registration may be done online or through the mail, but there may be some who would like to do so in person. Please feel free to stop by and ask questions, drop off forms or pick up registration forms. For more information please contact Gail Bliss at 269-683-0439 of 574-340-1025.
4) Soccer Academy
This came in from one of our homeschool dads. The program looks good, but a bit pricey. Check it out if you have kids who are soccer players.
Pablo Rodriguez is a Bethel alum and a good Christian brother. He has a soccer program and he asked if I could make home school students in the area aware of his program. Below is information about his training program. If it is appropriate, please share with the area home school community as you see fit.
Here is some info about my soccer academy. Feel free to forward it members of the association who would like to play soccer.
Thanks again.
We are excited to bring the World's # 1 Soccer Skills Teaching Method to Granger, IN
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY AT HERITAGE SQUARE
September 12--October 26
Boys and Girls ages 5-14
To register go to http://www.coerver.com/indiana/indiana or send e-mail to coerverindiana@hotmail.com
Pablo Rodriguez-Director Coerver® Indiana
Omar Gallo -Coaching Director
To learn more go to http://www.youtube.com/user/CoerverCoachingUK?blend=21&ob=5
5) Colonial Dance
Colonial Dance this Saturday, August 20, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm, at the former Buchanan Senior Center. The address is 131 S. Oak Street, Buchanan, MI.
Wear comfortable shoes. Bring a snack to share and something to drink if you'd like. You are welcome to come a little early to help move tables and chairs.
Directions: The facility is one block south of Front Street in Buchanan. If traveling on Front Street, a person would turn south onto Oak Street where there is a gazebo and the police station on the southwest corner of Front and Oak. The facility will be on the left or East side of Oak Street and there is a big parking lot just in front or north of the building.
Hope to see you all there! Feel free to forward this email to anyone who might be interested - "watchers" are welcome. Bring friends!
6) Ice Cream Social at T.C. Steele
T.C. Steele State Historic Site continues the Steeles' tradition of sharing music, special tours and old-fashioned activities and games with friends and neighbors. The Ice Cream Social, the final program in the Sunday at Home Summer Series, is a celebration of community then and now.
Hand-crank your own ice cream and enjoy an afternoon of old-fashioned family fun, crafts for the kids, special traditional music programs—and did we mention ice cream?—for everyone, on Sunday, August 21, from noon to 4 p.m. Admission to the event is $5 for adults, $3 for children ages 5 to 12, free for children under 5. Admission includes guided tours of the historic buildings.
Homemade ice cream will be the highlight of the early afternoon, compliments of Fearrin's Ice Cream & Yogurt Depot and your own muscle-power. Do you have a favorite ice cream recipe or other summer treat, maybe with a story to accompany it? Bring it along for a recipe swap and reminiscences. But that's just part of the fun.
Twy Bethard and John Paolillo of "Entwyned," and Bill Baus of the Bloomington Old Time Music & Dance Group, will be on hand in the Large Studio from 1:30 to 2:30 for old-time music and a contradance program. At 3 p.m. "Early Music in Motion" will present a special program, "Music from the Village: Traditional Line-dance and Jigs." Tom Lozano and Clancy Clements of the group "Daily Bread" will perform music from France, Spain, Italy and Ireland using rarely seen traditional instruments. Be prepared for audience participation (and put on your dancing shoes!) for both programs.
The Ice Cream Social is part of the Sunday at Home Summer Series. The series is sponsored by the Friends of T.C. Steele State Historic Site, Inc., in cooperation with Early Music in Motion, Inc. Ice cream ingredients are donated by Fearrin's Ice Cream & Yogurt Depot in Nashville.
T.C. Steele State Historic Site is located on Hwy 46 just west of Nashville in the heart of artistic Brown County. Part of the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, a division of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, the site is where nature's beauty meets the artist's canvas. The home, studio and gardens of this noted Hoosier artist still provide inspiration today through site tours, outdoor painting competitions and artist-in-residence programs. For more information, call 812.988.2785 or visit indianamuseum.org/tc_steele
7) Local Partnerships with School Districts--MI
Right now, there are three local school districts with some sort of program partnering with homeschoolers. These programs are run by school districts in the state of Michigan, so students must be residents of Michigan to participate.
Berrien Springs info (grades 1-12): http://www.homeoftheshamrocks.org/
Niles Info (grades 1-12): http://nilesschools.schoolwires.net/212620428164940510/site/default.asp
Bradywine is also introducing a virtual high school option through Job Skills Technology. You can call the school 269-684-7150, or JST at 800-783-5780 for information.
8) Volunteer Opportunities
A) Volunteer on August 30th in Benton Harbor
You are cordially invited to celebrate the success of the Benton Harbor Inner-City/AmeriCorps Neighborhood project in Benton Harbor on Tues., August 30, 2011. The event will honor local law enforcement officials, the MI Dept of Corrections, partners in national service and returning citizens who are working to reduce crime and build stronger neighborhoods.
The project, a statewide public safety and national service project of the Michigan Council on Crime and Delinquency and the MI Dept of Corrections was launched in 2010 in Benton Harbor , Detroit , Grand Rapids and Saginaw . Using an approach that integrates pro-social engagement, community service, transitional employment, collaborative case management and strategic planning with local law enforcement, returning citizens are meeting some of the most critical needs of their neighborhoods, including: neighborhood and park clean-ups, raising urban gardens, and volunteering at local non-profit organizations.
In the spirit of national service, participants at the event will also perform a variety of city-wide service projects to revitalize Benton Harbor , cleaning up a park and neighborhood.
The event will begin at 10 a.m. with a kick off, an agenda for the day will be emailed to you upon confirming your attendance to Barbara Bell at 269-983-3395 or email: bbell@miccd.org
Or for more info, contact:
Debra Panozzo
Adult and family volunteer coordinator
Volunteer Center of Southwest Michigan
269-983-0912 ext 13 St. Joseph
269-683-5464 Niles
www.volunteerswmi.org
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
LINKS TO SHARE:
If anyone has a favorite site or interesting link for homeschoolers, please share! Just send it to homeschoollhub@yahoo.com with "update" or "newsletter" in the subject.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CLASSIFIEDS
Looking for a group? Join the HUB! We need you.
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 (free, members only). 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:
Amazon.com--Please come to www.hshub.org before you shop at Amazon. 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.
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.
