Homeschool HUB News Update--June 8
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
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Yes, you are welcome to forward the newsletter to anyone who might be interested! :-)
ON THE CALENDAR:
Details for the following events are on the calendar at: www.calendar.yahoo.com/homeschoolhub
June 8--Bowling at Chippewa Bowl 10:00-12:00pm. $1.50/pp per game
June 12 Homeschool Beach Day, Fuller's Resort in Buchanan, $1.50 pp
June 14--HUB Board of Directors Meeting, 7 pm at the Niles Police Complex
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
To subscribe to this newsletter, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HUBnewsletter/ OR send an email to the following address: HUBnewsletter-subscribe@yahoogroups.com (You can also sign up on the home page of our website hshub.org--just type your email in the box!)
Yes, you are welcome to forward the newsletter to anyone who might be interested! :-)
ON THE CALENDAR:
Details for the following events are on the calendar at: www.calendar.yahoo.com/homeschoolhub
June 8--Bowling at Chippewa Bowl 10:00-12:00pm. $1.50/pp per game
June 12 Homeschool Beach Day, Fuller's Resort in Buchanan, $1.50 pp
June 14--HUB Board of Directors Meeting, 7 pm at the Niles Police Complex
June 15--Homeschool Skate at USA Skate 1:00-3:00, $3/pp including skate rental
July 2--Club BLUE Martin's Cafe in Niles 7 pm
GENERAL INTEREST
G1) Just for fun
G2) Help Niles, MI community garden get a $4,000 grant!
G3) Win One of Landry Academy's 2-Day Lab Intensives
G4) Free Online Summer Reading Program
G5) Free bird call downloads
G1) Just for fun
Here are some flash mob videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJNp5UKRtbQ&feature=share
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eOrABjYDJU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P99p6l8v0FQ&feature=endscreen&NR=1
G2) Help Niles, MI community garden get a $4,000 grant!
The gardens are available to and utilized by homeschool families. There is an online competition in which the top 5 vote getting gardens split a $20,000 grant. You can vote online once daily until August 6th. I've been voting for a couple of months. Please join me for the final push. Right now Niles is second in the voting and just under 2,000 votes separate the top 7 vote getters....then there is a dropoff of over 4,500 votes to the 8th place garden. Those top 7 will all be pushing to get votes for the last two months. If we can get more people voting for Niles we have a very good chance to help a great project in our community. Here is the link you go to for voting, and the standings as of today....Niles is bottom row, second from left:
July 2--Club BLUE Martin's Cafe in Niles 7 pm
GENERAL INTEREST
G1) Just for fun
G2) Help Niles, MI community garden get a $4,000 grant!
G3) Win One of Landry Academy's 2-Day Lab Intensives
G4) Free Online Summer Reading Program
G5) Free bird call downloads
G1) Just for fun
Here are some flash mob videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJNp5UKRtbQ&feature=share
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eOrABjYDJU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P99p6l8v0FQ&feature=endscreen&NR=1
G2) Help Niles, MI community garden get a $4,000 grant!
The gardens are available to and utilized by homeschool families. There is an online competition in which the top 5 vote getting gardens split a $20,000 grant. You can vote online once daily until August 6th. I've been voting for a couple of months. Please join me for the final push. Right now Niles is second in the voting and just under 2,000 votes separate the top 7 vote getters....then there is a dropoff of over 4,500 votes to the 8th place garden. Those top 7 will all be pushing to get votes for the last two months. If we can get more people voting for Niles we have a very good chance to help a great project in our community. Here is the link you go to for voting, and the standings as of today....Niles is bottom row, second from left:
Garden voting until August 6….top 5 get $4,000 each …. http://deloachcommunitygardens.com/
As of: 6/4/12
3) Manassas, Virginia 8,546
Arvada, Colorado 2,396
Middleton, Wisconsin 948
5) Great Falls, Montana 8,243
6) Coventry, Rhode Island 7,568
4) Sioux City, Iowa 8,511
El Prado, New Mexico 990
Lynden, Washington 2,145
Toronto, Ontario 311
Sebastopol, California 2,686
Chicago, Illinois 385
2) Niles, Michigan 8,725
1) Wilmington, Ohio 9,150
Bangor, Maine 1,766
7) Tucker, Georgia 7,222
G3) Win One of Landry Academy's 2-Day Lab Intensives
This contest ends soon! Win one of our popular "2-Day Intensives" valued at over $200. These intensives enable your students to complete a year of science labs in two fun, intense days - they're held in 44 cities throughout the U.S.
You get to choose the intensive and location if you win.
General Science Lab
For Homeschooled 5th-9th Grade Students
----------------------------
Chemistry Lab
For Homeschooled 8th-12th Grade Students
----------------------------
Combo of Biology / Anatomy & Physiology Lab
For Homeschooled 7th-12th Grade Students
----------------------------
College Prep Writing
For Homeschooled 7th-12th Grade Students
----------------------------
Physical Science Lab
For Homeschooled 6th-12th Grade Students
----------------------------
Physics Lab
For Homeschooled 9th-12th Grade Students
Details are here..
http://www.landryacademy.com/win-intensive.htm
G4) Free Online Summer Reading Program
Hello!
I am hosting an online summer reading program that invites children to go beyond reading into actively DOING - creating something related to what they read. To include more reluctant readers, there is also a nature learning program - and entries are accepted for both programs from participants ages 3 to 93!
After reading/researching, participants earn points for each "activity" they make - from writing to painting to creating a slideshow or other project. Prizes will be awarded in September for the most points in each age level as well as for the best writing and most artistic entries.
Participants will also have a chance to see some of their work published online - from behind the safety of a "Code Name" which they choose.
More information can be found at:
http://www.homeeducationresources.com/SummerPrograms.htm
Please feel free to help spread the word in any way you feel comfortable, and have yourself a GREAT summer!
Have a wonderfully educational day!
Fran Lafferty
Owner, Home Education Resources
www.HomeEducationResources.com
"Like" H.E.R. on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/pages/Home-Education-Resources/68081113661
G5) Free bird call downloads
Go to the link below to download some free bird calls from the spot with the Blue Heron nestcam, Sapsucker Woods.
http://info.allaboutbirds.org/sounds-from-sapsucker-woods?
MICHIANA EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
1) Summer Dessert Theater--this weekend!
1) Summer Dessert Theater--this weekend!
Department of Theatre at Bethel College Presents Summer Dessert Theatre - "Leaving Iowa" will be presented this Friday and Saturday. Dessert begins at 6:30
Tickets:
Show & Dessert $18 adults, $16 students and Seniors
Show only: $12 adults, $10 students and Seniors
Please contact Bethels Box Office for more information 574-807-7080 or Purchase tickets online: bethelcollege.edu/tickets
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LINKS TO SHARE:
If you have a favorite link or website, please share.
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CLASSIFIEDS
Looking for a group? Join the HUB! We need you.
The HUB is a volunteer organization. Without the support and participation of homeschool families, we can't function effectively. 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! (Advertisements stay in for two weeks unless we work out something else in advance)
Homeschool groups are welcome to advertise their group, too. It's free!
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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 functions that we have. Thank-you!
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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.
As of: 6/4/12
3) Manassas, Virginia 8,546
Arvada, Colorado 2,396
Middleton, Wisconsin 948
5) Great Falls, Montana 8,243
6) Coventry, Rhode Island 7,568
4) Sioux City, Iowa 8,511
El Prado, New Mexico 990
Lynden, Washington 2,145
Toronto, Ontario 311
Sebastopol, California 2,686
Chicago, Illinois 385
2) Niles, Michigan 8,725
1) Wilmington, Ohio 9,150
Bangor, Maine 1,766
7) Tucker, Georgia 7,222
G3) Win One of Landry Academy's 2-Day Lab Intensives
This contest ends soon! Win one of our popular "2-Day Intensives" valued at over $200. These intensives enable your students to complete a year of science labs in two fun, intense days - they're held in 44 cities throughout the U.S.
You get to choose the intensive and location if you win.
General Science Lab
For Homeschooled 5th-9th Grade Students
----------------------------
Chemistry Lab
For Homeschooled 8th-12th Grade Students
----------------------------
Combo of Biology / Anatomy & Physiology Lab
For Homeschooled 7th-12th Grade Students
----------------------------
College Prep Writing
For Homeschooled 7th-12th Grade Students
----------------------------
Physical Science Lab
For Homeschooled 6th-12th Grade Students
----------------------------
Physics Lab
For Homeschooled 9th-12th Grade Students
Details are here..
http://www.landryacademy.com/win-intensive.htm
G4) Free Online Summer Reading Program
Hello!
I am hosting an online summer reading program that invites children to go beyond reading into actively DOING - creating something related to what they read. To include more reluctant readers, there is also a nature learning program - and entries are accepted for both programs from participants ages 3 to 93!
After reading/researching, participants earn points for each "activity" they make - from writing to painting to creating a slideshow or other project. Prizes will be awarded in September for the most points in each age level as well as for the best writing and most artistic entries.
Participants will also have a chance to see some of their work published online - from behind the safety of a "Code Name" which they choose.
More information can be found at:
http://www.homeeducationresources.com/SummerPrograms.htm
Please feel free to help spread the word in any way you feel comfortable, and have yourself a GREAT summer!
Have a wonderfully educational day!
Fran Lafferty
Owner, Home Education Resources
www.HomeEducationResources.com
"Like" H.E.R. on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/pages/Home-Education-Resources/68081113661
G5) Free bird call downloads
Go to the link below to download some free bird calls from the spot with the Blue Heron nestcam, Sapsucker Woods.
http://info.allaboutbirds.org/sounds-from-sapsucker-woods?
MICHIANA EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
1) Summer Dessert Theater--this weekend!
1) Summer Dessert Theater--this weekend!
Department of Theatre at Bethel College Presents Summer Dessert Theatre - "Leaving Iowa" will be presented this Friday and Saturday. Dessert begins at 6:30
Tickets:
Show & Dessert $18 adults, $16 students and Seniors
Show only: $12 adults, $10 students and Seniors
Please contact Bethels Box Office for more information 574-807-7080 or Purchase tickets online: bethelcollege.edu/tickets
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
LINKS TO SHARE:
If you have a favorite link or website, please share.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CLASSIFIEDS
Looking for a group? Join the HUB! We need you.
The HUB is a volunteer organization. Without the support and participation of homeschool families, we can't function effectively. 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! (Advertisements stay in for two weeks unless we work out something else in advance)
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 functions that we have. 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.
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