Homeschool HUB News Update--April 26
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!) Don't forget to do one of these if you change your email address!
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 (Check with those offering the program for cancellations or changes before you go.)
May 3--Bowling at Chippewa Bowl 10:00am-12:00pm. $1.50/pp per game
May 6--Annual Homeschool Showcase--6-8 pm, LMC Bertrand
May 7--Homeschool Hangout. 2:00-3:30 p.m. at Clay Church Firehouse Youth Center on Cleveland Rd.
May 10--Homeschool Skate at USA Skate 1:00-3:00, $3/pp including skate rental
GENERAL INTEREST
G1) Bird Nest Contest
G1) Bird Nest Contest
Contest highlights oddball bird-nest locations! Whether you find a robin's nest on a statue or a hummingbird's nest on wind chimes, your picture of a bird nest in a funky place can win big in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Funky Nests in Funky Places contest. With nesting season underway, this contest challenges everyone to get outside and watch nature in even the most unexpected places.
"Just start looking," says Karen Purcell, who created the contest several years ago as part of the Cornell Lab's Celebrate Urban Birds citizen-science project. "Past experience has shown us you can find bird nests in the most surprising places. We've seen them in helmets, old boots, stoplights, store signs, car tires, clotheslines, mailboxes, potted plants, and even a stuffed moose head!"
The Funky Nests contest begins May 1 and lasts until June 15. Entries may be photos, videos, artwork, poems, or stories. You don't have to be a bird expert or an expert photographer. People of all ages are welcome to participate as individuals or with a class, community center, or afterschool program. Prizes include binoculars, bird feeders, cameras, an iPad, and more.
Entry deadline is June 15. Find more information about how to find nests, approach nests without disturbing the birds, and enter the contest at www.FunkyNests.org
MICHIANA EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
1) Homeschool Spring Showcase
2) Michiana Covenant Academy Art
3) New Creations Summer Art Classes
4) College Credit for High School Students
5) Michiana Homeschool Park Days
6) Join Cub Scouting Night
7) Family Fun Day
1) Homeschool Spring Showcase
Have a talent to show off? A speech you'd like to give? Some artwork or projects you'd like to display? An experiment you want to share? Come toot your own horn! Show us what you've been up to this year! Monday, May 6th 6-8 pm at LMC Bertrand. Contact Andrea by April 30th to reserve a spot/space for your stuff or performance. andreamom001@gmail.com All homeschoolers are welcome; you don't have to be a Homeschool HUB member to participate. Anyone who wants to come see the performances and displays is welcome, too. There will be music and musical theatre performances, art displays, and free refreshments. Come hobnob with local homeschoolers and see what they have been up to.
2) Michiana Covenant Academy Art
Michiana Covenant Academy art students work with a wide range of media to create original designs based on studied art. K-2, 3-5 and 6-8 follow 3 year rotations and 9-12 a four year rotation based on both time periods and cultures. Our certified teachers explore both 2D and 3D with an emphasis on learning styles, techniques, drawing and exploration. We also offer a fine arts drawing class for grades 7-12. Michiana Covenant Academy only serves homeschool students and we have many other classes available. Come check out these classes and other course offerings at: michianacovenantacademy.org
If you have any questions contact us at: academy@michianacovenant.org
3) New Creations Summer Art Classes
Gloria Seitz, a certified K-12 art teacher, will be teaching art camps at Hobby Lobby in Mishawaka and Community Evangelical Free Church in Niles. The camps will run for 90 minutes each day and consist of a variety of projects, using materials such as paint, clay, scratch art, and metal tooling. The theme for the younger art camps will be wild about art . They will need to purchase a white T shirt for a fabric painting project. Older students, age 12 through adult will be doing a painting of their choice and will need to purchase a 16 x 20 canvas and bring a large photo or painting (at least 8x10": calendar or magazine photos work well as well as personal photos: Bring several ideas to choose from). Having your own personal brushes is also preferable.
CLASSES WILL BE HELD at Hobby Lobby in Mishawaka from June 11-14. Ages 6-10 will meet from 10-11:30 a.m. Ages 9-13 will meet from 12:30 -2 p.m. Older students and adults will meet for a painting class from 2:30-4 p.m.
CLASSES WILL BE HELD at. Community Evangelical Free Church in Niles, MI from June 18-21. Ages 6-10 will meet from 10-11:30 a.m. Ages 9-13 will meet from 12:30 -2 p.m. Older students and adults will meet for a painting class from 2:30-4 p.m.
The cost is $55 for the six hours of instruction and includes all materials except a sketchbook, white T shirt and pencils. Please call Gloria at 574-271-8069 before June 4 to enroll for Hobby Lobby Classes, and June 11 for the Niles classes or email her at seitzhome@sbcglobal.net or register on the website www.newcreationsart.com. Classes do fill up, so be sure to get your registration in early.
4) College Credit for High School Students
Andrews University has begun a new program that allows students who have not graduated from high school to take college level classes online or on campus at the Berrien Springs campus for $100 per credit. Students register as a guest student for on campus classes and complete courses within the regular semester schedule. In most cases the student needs to be a high school junior or senior and the college courses available to them are typically freshman or sophomore level general education courses applicable to most college degrees. The courses offered this coming fall are located at https://vault.andrews.edu/schedule/classSearch/courseSearch . The online courses available each term, along with requirements to take them, can be found at www.andrews.edu/distance by clicking on the link "College Credit for Academies".
5) Michiana Homeschool Park Days
A group of local homeschool families has organized some park days. First park day is : Friday, May 3rd at Rose Park in Mishawaka from 10-12. Feel free to bring a sack lunch and stay longer.
If you are interested in being a part of this group and are on Facebook feel free to join the group "Michiana Homeschool Play Group" (https://www.facebook.com/groups/436572113101880/?hc_location=stream). I am also happy to relay the information for those who are not Facebook users.
First park day is : Friday, May 3rd at Rose Park in Mishawaka from 10-12. Feel free to bring a sack lunch and stay longer. I hope to see you there!
6) Join Cub Scouting Night
Cub Scout Pack 723 invites you to a Join Scouting Night on April 29th from 6:30 – 7:30 pm at High Dive Park Pavilion 500 E. Beardsley Elkhart, IN 46514 (just east of Cassopolis St.).
Boys in kindergarten to 4th grade (this school year), and a parent, are invited to come check out our Cub Scout Pack and see what Cub Scouts are all about. We are a fairly new pack representing boys from homeschools, private schools, and public schools in the area. Come see what scouting is all about!
Questions? Contact Matt Morgan, Committee Chair, at 574/320-4349
Events this year include:
Pinewood Derby
Scouting night at the Cove
Opportunities to camp out with your family
Cub Scout Day Camp (4 fun days at Oxbow park)
Monthly Pack Meetings
Field trips with your den
Den Meetings & Pack Meetings to complete merit badges & have fun!
Come see what Scouting is about! Parents - note for budgeting purposes there is a $30 fee to join (not needed at the Join Scouting night) and some purchases you will want to make subsequently for your son such as his uniform and his rank binder.
7) Family Fun Day
Bethany Christian Services is sponsoring a Family Fun Day at Niles Riverfront Park May 18th. Fun activities for the kids and chances for the adults to learn about foster care in the area. See attached flyer for details.
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LINKS TO SHARE:
Free online Typing Games:
http://games.sense-lang.org/
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CLASSIFIEDS
ELECTRIC TREADMILL/CROSS TRAINER FOR SALE
Crosswalk Proform Treadmill with fitness monitor, safety system, adjustable incline, optional arm resistance exercise, and "extended stride design" for runners with long strides. (0-10 MPH) $150. Kids love to use this as a jungle gym. Cat loves to use this as a perch to watch the birds. Also works well to stack boxes on. Was actually turned on once or twice. Perhaps someone else would actually like this for exercise... Contact Andrea if you are interested: andreamom001@gmail.com or 269-782-2488 (home).
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 resource library that includes things like 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 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.
--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 member 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.
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!) Don't forget to do one of these if you change your email address!
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 (Check with those offering the program for cancellations or changes before you go.)
May 3--Bowling at Chippewa Bowl 10:00am-12:00pm. $1.50/pp per game
May 6--Annual Homeschool Showcase--6-8 pm, LMC Bertrand
May 7--Homeschool Hangout. 2:00-3:30 p.m. at Clay Church Firehouse Youth Center on Cleveland Rd.
May 10--Homeschool Skate at USA Skate 1:00-3:00, $3/pp including skate rental
GENERAL INTEREST
G1) Bird Nest Contest
G1) Bird Nest Contest
Contest highlights oddball bird-nest locations! Whether you find a robin's nest on a statue or a hummingbird's nest on wind chimes, your picture of a bird nest in a funky place can win big in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Funky Nests in Funky Places contest. With nesting season underway, this contest challenges everyone to get outside and watch nature in even the most unexpected places.
"Just start looking," says Karen Purcell, who created the contest several years ago as part of the Cornell Lab's Celebrate Urban Birds citizen-science project. "Past experience has shown us you can find bird nests in the most surprising places. We've seen them in helmets, old boots, stoplights, store signs, car tires, clotheslines, mailboxes, potted plants, and even a stuffed moose head!"
The Funky Nests contest begins May 1 and lasts until June 15. Entries may be photos, videos, artwork, poems, or stories. You don't have to be a bird expert or an expert photographer. People of all ages are welcome to participate as individuals or with a class, community center, or afterschool program. Prizes include binoculars, bird feeders, cameras, an iPad, and more.
Entry deadline is June 15. Find more information about how to find nests, approach nests without disturbing the birds, and enter the contest at www.FunkyNests.org
MICHIANA EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
1) Homeschool Spring Showcase
2) Michiana Covenant Academy Art
3) New Creations Summer Art Classes
4) College Credit for High School Students
5) Michiana Homeschool Park Days
6) Join Cub Scouting Night
7) Family Fun Day
1) Homeschool Spring Showcase
Have a talent to show off? A speech you'd like to give? Some artwork or projects you'd like to display? An experiment you want to share? Come toot your own horn! Show us what you've been up to this year! Monday, May 6th 6-8 pm at LMC Bertrand. Contact Andrea by April 30th to reserve a spot/space for your stuff or performance. andreamom001@gmail.com All homeschoolers are welcome; you don't have to be a Homeschool HUB member to participate. Anyone who wants to come see the performances and displays is welcome, too. There will be music and musical theatre performances, art displays, and free refreshments. Come hobnob with local homeschoolers and see what they have been up to.
2) Michiana Covenant Academy Art
Michiana Covenant Academy art students work with a wide range of media to create original designs based on studied art. K-2, 3-5 and 6-8 follow 3 year rotations and 9-12 a four year rotation based on both time periods and cultures. Our certified teachers explore both 2D and 3D with an emphasis on learning styles, techniques, drawing and exploration. We also offer a fine arts drawing class for grades 7-12. Michiana Covenant Academy only serves homeschool students and we have many other classes available. Come check out these classes and other course offerings at: michianacovenantacademy.org
If you have any questions contact us at: academy@michianacovenant.org
3) New Creations Summer Art Classes
Gloria Seitz, a certified K-12 art teacher, will be teaching art camps at Hobby Lobby in Mishawaka and Community Evangelical Free Church in Niles. The camps will run for 90 minutes each day and consist of a variety of projects, using materials such as paint, clay, scratch art, and metal tooling. The theme for the younger art camps will be wild about art . They will need to purchase a white T shirt for a fabric painting project. Older students, age 12 through adult will be doing a painting of their choice and will need to purchase a 16 x 20 canvas and bring a large photo or painting (at least 8x10": calendar or magazine photos work well as well as personal photos: Bring several ideas to choose from). Having your own personal brushes is also preferable.
CLASSES WILL BE HELD at Hobby Lobby in Mishawaka from June 11-14. Ages 6-10 will meet from 10-11:30 a.m. Ages 9-13 will meet from 12:30 -2 p.m. Older students and adults will meet for a painting class from 2:30-4 p.m.
CLASSES WILL BE HELD at. Community Evangelical Free Church in Niles, MI from June 18-21. Ages 6-10 will meet from 10-11:30 a.m. Ages 9-13 will meet from 12:30 -2 p.m. Older students and adults will meet for a painting class from 2:30-4 p.m.
The cost is $55 for the six hours of instruction and includes all materials except a sketchbook, white T shirt and pencils. Please call Gloria at 574-271-8069 before June 4 to enroll for Hobby Lobby Classes, and June 11 for the Niles classes or email her at seitzhome@sbcglobal.net or register on the website www.newcreationsart.com. Classes do fill up, so be sure to get your registration in early.
4) College Credit for High School Students
Andrews University has begun a new program that allows students who have not graduated from high school to take college level classes online or on campus at the Berrien Springs campus for $100 per credit. Students register as a guest student for on campus classes and complete courses within the regular semester schedule. In most cases the student needs to be a high school junior or senior and the college courses available to them are typically freshman or sophomore level general education courses applicable to most college degrees. The courses offered this coming fall are located at https://vault.andrews.edu/schedule/classSearch/courseSearch . The online courses available each term, along with requirements to take them, can be found at www.andrews.edu/distance by clicking on the link "College Credit for Academies".
5) Michiana Homeschool Park Days
A group of local homeschool families has organized some park days. First park day is : Friday, May 3rd at Rose Park in Mishawaka from 10-12. Feel free to bring a sack lunch and stay longer.
If you are interested in being a part of this group and are on Facebook feel free to join the group "Michiana Homeschool Play Group" (https://www.facebook.com/groups/436572113101880/?hc_location=stream). I am also happy to relay the information for those who are not Facebook users.
First park day is : Friday, May 3rd at Rose Park in Mishawaka from 10-12. Feel free to bring a sack lunch and stay longer. I hope to see you there!
6) Join Cub Scouting Night
Cub Scout Pack 723 invites you to a Join Scouting Night on April 29th from 6:30 – 7:30 pm at High Dive Park Pavilion 500 E. Beardsley Elkhart, IN 46514 (just east of Cassopolis St.).
Boys in kindergarten to 4th grade (this school year), and a parent, are invited to come check out our Cub Scout Pack and see what Cub Scouts are all about. We are a fairly new pack representing boys from homeschools, private schools, and public schools in the area. Come see what scouting is all about!
Questions? Contact Matt Morgan, Committee Chair, at 574/320-4349
Events this year include:
Pinewood Derby
Scouting night at the Cove
Opportunities to camp out with your family
Cub Scout Day Camp (4 fun days at Oxbow park)
Monthly Pack Meetings
Field trips with your den
Den Meetings & Pack Meetings to complete merit badges & have fun!
Come see what Scouting is about! Parents - note for budgeting purposes there is a $30 fee to join (not needed at the Join Scouting night) and some purchases you will want to make subsequently for your son such as his uniform and his rank binder.
7) Family Fun Day
Bethany Christian Services is sponsoring a Family Fun Day at Niles Riverfront Park May 18th. Fun activities for the kids and chances for the adults to learn about foster care in the area. See attached flyer for details.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
LINKS TO SHARE:
Free online Typing Games:
http://games.sense-lang.org/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CLASSIFIEDS
ELECTRIC TREADMILL/CROSS TRAINER FOR SALE
Crosswalk Proform Treadmill with fitness monitor, safety system, adjustable incline, optional arm resistance exercise, and "extended stride design" for runners with long strides. (0-10 MPH) $150. Kids love to use this as a jungle gym. Cat loves to use this as a perch to watch the birds. Also works well to stack boxes on. Was actually turned on once or twice. Perhaps someone else would actually like this for exercise... Contact Andrea if you are interested: andreamom001@gmail.com or 269-782-2488 (home).
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 resource library that includes things like 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 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.
--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 member 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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