Homeschool HUB News Update--November 30
Homeschool HUB phone: 269-240-6094
email: homeschoolhub@yahoo.com website: www.hshub.org
Editor: Andrea Bikfalvy
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ON THE CALENDAR:
Details for the following events are on the calendar at: www.calendar.yahoo.com/homeschoolhub (Check with those offering the program for cancellations or changes before you go.)
December 4--Homeschool Hangout. 2:00-3:30 p.m. at Clay Church Firehouse Youth Center on Cleveland Rd.
December 7--Bowling at Chippewa Bowl 10:00am-12:00pm. $1.50/pp per game
December 11--Homeschool HUB Board of Directors meeting, 7 pm Niles Police Complex
December 14--Homeschool Skate at USA Skate 1:00-3:00, $3/pp including skate rental (special cookie party)
January 7--Club BLUE Martin's Cafe in Niles 7 pm
MICHIANA EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
1) Bethel College Athletes Coordinate Community Blood Drive
2) 2013 Iowa/ITBS Standardized Testing
3) Fort St. Joseph Museum Hosts Holiday Open House--tomorrow!
4) A Steele Country Christmas
5) Christmas with the Amish Bus Tour
6) Middle school Student Weekend Experience
7) Fernwood Holiday Events
1) Bethel College Athletes Coordinate Community Blood Drive
Bethel College will host a community blood drive December 6 from 10:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. in Goodman Gymnasium. Danielle Reilly ('13) is coordinating this event along with the American Red Cross and her teammates. Reilly is a member of the Bethel varsity softball team. "I enjoy working for the Red Cross because it's a great opportunity to help save lives and see Bethel's community working together to improve the lives of those in need," says Reilly.
Walk-ins are welcome; just bring a form of identification. For more information, visit www.RedCrossBlood.org.
2) 2013 Iowa/ITBS Standardized Testing
Monday-Wednesday, April 22-24 (PLEASE NOTE THE DATE CHANGE!)
Christy Hanlon is a local homeschool parent who oversees standardized testing for homeschooled students each April. She and her helpers are approved test administrators through the test provider. Homeschooled students are welcome to participate, even if they are not affiliated with any homeschool organization.
Please mark your calendar for the 2013 Iowa/ITBS testing dates. If you have any questions, please contact Christy Hanlon at 574-674-9552 or The7Hanlons@juno.com.
Location: Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library
209 Lincoln Way East
Mishawaka, IN 46544
Dates:
4th-8th grades – Three Mornings (Spencer Gallery downstairs)
· April 22, 2013—9:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. (Monday)
· April 23, 2013—9:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. (Tuesday)
· April 24, 2013—9:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m. (Wednesday)
9th-12th grades – Two Mornings (Lions Room downstairs)
· April 22, 2013—9:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. (Monday)
· April 23, 2013—9:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. (Tuesday)
Cost: $32 (including sales tax) per child.
Full non-refundable payment required with registration.
Ages: Testing offered for any homeschooled child 4th through 12th grades.
Registration: February 1-18, 2013
Registration forms will be in February issues of local homeschool newsletters. If you do not have access to a newsletter, please contact Christy Hanlon at 574-674-9552 or The7Hanlons@juno.com for a registration form, beginning January 16, 2013.
Results: Computer-scored results will be emailed to Christy Hanlon, and she will forward them to the parents at the email address provided on your registration form. Results are usually received by the end of May, but the timing is dependent on how busy the scoring agency is.
NOTE: If your high school student scores 90% or greater on the composite battery of the IOWA test, he/she qualifies for membership in the National Home School Honor Society. A test score of 90% or greater on the math battery of the IOWA test qualifies him/her for the National Math Honor Society for the Homeschool Community.
3) Fort St. Joseph Museum Hosts Holiday Open House--tomorrow!
The Fort St. Joseph Museum will host its Holiday Open House Saturday, December 1, 2012, from 10:00am to 1:00pm. The Open House theme is: First Carriage House Christmas by Cornelius Chapin Mouse.
There will be activities for children of all ages including crafts and a Christmas history hunt. Each child will also receive a bag of treats to take home. A very special visitor – Cornelius Chapin Mouse!! - will be happy to greet and have pictures taken with children of all ages.
Numerous area people are providing assistance for the open house. Members of the Brandywine High School History Club will be helping at the craft tables. The wonderful holiday decorations are being provided by St. Mary's Elementary School students. Niles artist Heather Van Dyke Pletcher is providing a beautiful, fun coloring page for one of the crafts and an enlarged color copy of the page to be mounted in the museum entrance to welcome everyone to the open house.
There is no admission charge to the museum and all program activities are free. Please join us!
Carol Bainbridge, Director
Fort St. Joseph Museum
508 E. Main St.
Niles, MI 49120
269-683-4702, ext. 212
cbainbridge@nilesmi.org
4) A Steele Country Christmas
The T.C. Steele State Historic Site will host a special holiday program on Saturday, Dec. 8. All ages are welcome for this family-friendly program. Activities from noon to 2:30 p.m. include holiday crafts, refreshments and a special holiday building tour. Visitors can create handmade gifts, cards and ornaments. St. Nicholas will arrive at 1 p.m. for photos and treats for those who have been good this year. However there is a possibility St. Nicholas's mischievous assistant, Belsnickel, could show up to "treat" guests to coal and switches instead!
Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for Children ( $4 and $2 for members), and includes activities, tours, crafts and light refreshments in addition to a special musical program by the Indiana Youth Musicians Holiday Ensemble. No pre-registration is required for this spirited event.
In keeping with the traditions of landscape painter and music lover T.C. Steele, warm holiday sounds will begin at 2:30 p.m. in the Large Studio. There, the Indiana Youth Musicians Holiday Ensemble will gather to perform holiday favorites while adding some jazzy, alternative twists, for everyone's enjoyment.The group will also debut it's youngest member of their Holiday Ensemble, Emma Levesque, who is a 6-year-old harpist. There will also be a "meet the instruments' session for all at intermission. To learn more about Indiana Youth Musicians, visit www.iymusicans.org.
5) Christmas with the Amish Bus Tour
Middlebury IN December 11, 2012
Amid rolling hills, lambs, goats, cows and horses, experience Christmas the Amish way. Our very filling lunch will be in an Amish log house with oil lamps and a gently flamed fireplace. Amish will chant their religious songs and even sing "English" carols. Amish specialties will be available for tasting. There will be a beeswax candle demonstration. We will watch cheese being made. There will be many other special holiday surprises on this tour. There are 20 seats left for this unique experience. $86/person More info: www.steponbustours.com
6) Middle school Student Weekend Experience
Northwestern University will be hosting an Accelerated Weekend Experience in partnership with a local school in Schererville, IN, on Dec. 15-16, 2012. Gifted and talented students in grades 5-8 can register for a course in Aviation (Gr. 5-6) or Cryptography (Gr. 7-8), both taught by experts in the field.
Registration is now open online. See attached a flyer for more info.
7) Fernwood Holiday Events
Fernwood Botanical Garden in Buchanan, MI has lots of holiday events including Breakfast with Santa, a shopping trip to Chicago; free music, kids crafts, and ice carving; graham cracker gingerbread house class for kids; adult gingerbread class; and more! Click the link below for more info:
http://www.fernwoodbotanical.org/events/holidays.html
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READING WEBSITE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS
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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 Andrea Bikfalvy homeschoolhub@yahoo.com or 269-240-6094
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.
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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 member 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.
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