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[HUBNEWSLETTER] Homeschool HUB News Update--January 17

 

Homeschool HUB News Update--January 17

Homeschool HUB phone: 269-240-6094
email: homeschoolhub@yahoo.com   website: www.hshub.org  facebook:  www.facebook.com/HomeschoolHub
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.
 
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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.)

January 21--Homeschool Hangout, 2:00-3:30 at Clay Church Firehouse


GENERAL INTEREST

G1) National History Bee
G2) Free Marva Collins Movie


G1) National History Bee

The deadline to sign up for this year's National History Bee is January 24, 2014. The National History Bee is a multi-stage competition that starts in the home. Students take an online exam that compares them to thousands of other young history-lovers across America, and they then advance to Regional competitions in the Spring and eventually the National Finals in June where the winner receives a $5,000 prize!

Many homeschoolers participated last year, and we were so pleased to see them have a great deal of success. We at the National History Bee believe strongly that homeschool students from across America can and should have the same opportunity to benefit from this activity!

We have adjusted our pricing to include a more appropriate and affordable option for individual homeschool students.  We are also introducing separate divisions for middle school and elementary aged students, with separate content specifically designed for each.  Let's put their history knowledge to the test today!

To register, or for more information, go online to www.historybee.com . If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us via email (info@historybee.com) or by phone (864-475-1776).


G2) Free Marva Collins Movie

The Marva Collins Story (1981 TV Movie)

Here's one of the best education movies ever made — the true story of Marva Collins, a teacher who became disillusioned with the inner city school, and instead created her own unique "home school" from scratch. While not a "homeschooling" story per se, this vividly demonstrates that the same thing that was wrong with education back in 1975 is the same thing that is wrong today.

This inspirational,  full length movie stars Cicely Tyson and Morgan Freeman and can be streamed online from YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-2Ovk7cuHY



MICHIANA EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

1) HEARTH's 2nd Annual Winter Rejuvenation Event for Homeschool Parents
2) Gold Circle Tickets to see Dr. Benjamin Carson
3)   Free Math & Science Enrichment for Girls
4) Bethel Presents: "The Sound of Music"
5) CISV Seeks Students for Cultural Exchange
6) Ag Action Day 2014
7) A Day with Chris Davis


1) HEARTH's 2nd Annual Winter Rejuvenation Event for Homeschool Parents

Saturday, March 1, 2014 10am-4pm at Flint First Wesleyan Church.  Hope, encouragement, renewal, fun, door prizes!!

*Sorry, no childcare is available at this event. Nursing babies are always welcomed.*

Keynote Speaker: Israel Wayne Featured Speakers: Tom Houck of Parenting for Purity, Karen Braun of Spunky Homeschool, James R. Glenn of College Plus.  The Vendor Hall will be open all day!  NEW  for 2014 - The "Teen Track"  Sessions marked with a (TT), while suitable for adults, may also  be of interest to Teens (ages 14 and up)! 
**Please be aware that many sessions will be held in the lower level of the church, which is accessed via an internal stairwell. There are NO ELEVATORS on the property.**

Conference admission is only $10 per person when paid by February 1, 2014!  Regular Price February 2-28th - $15  Tickets at the door - $20 (no lunch available with At-The-Door ticket)

Add lunch to your Conference Ticket:
$5 for Mostaccoili, Antipasto Salad, Breadsticks  $4 for Antipasto Salad only  Lunch includes bottled water.  Other snacks and beverages will be available for purchase throughout the day.  If you'd rather, you may pack your own lunch or dine at one of the many nearby restaurants.

For more info or to register: http://hearthhomeschool.weebly.com/conference.html


2) Gold Circle Tickets to see Dr. Benjamin Carson
 
Make plans now to see Dr. Benjamin Carson live in Greenville, South Carolina, March 20-22 or in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 24-26 at the Great Homeschool Convention. See Dr. Carson as the Saturday night Keynote. A limited number of Gold Circle Tickets are still available for each location. 

Benjamin Solomon "Ben" Carson, Sr. is an American neurosurgeon and the director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital.  He is an author, a surgeon, and the subject of the movie "Gifted Hands."

Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., M.D., had a childhood dream of becoming a physician. Growing up in a single parent home with dire poverty, poor grades, a horrible temper, and low self-esteem appeared to preclude the realization of that dream until his mother, with only a third-grade education, challenged her sons to strive for excellence. Young Ben persevered and today is a full professor of neurosurgery, oncology, plastic surgery, and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and he has directed pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center for over a quarter of a century. He became the inaugural recipient of a professorship dedicated in his name in May, 2008. He is now the Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., M.D. and Dr. Evelyn Spiro, R.N. Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery.

More info:  https://www.greathomeschoolconventions.com/


3)   Free Math & Science Enrichment for Girls

Trinity School at Greenlawn is inviting 5th and 6th grade girls from any school to participate in a free morning of math and science enrichment on the subject of Frank Lloyd Wright: January 25 from 9-12:30.  Visit our website to learn more or to apply to attend: http://trinityschools.org/greenlawn/enrichment/math-science-camp-girls/.


4) Bethel Presents: "The Sound of Music"

The Bethel College theatre department presents "The Sound of Music," music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse suggested by "The Trapp Family Singers" by Maria Augusta Trapp. Performances are Thursday, Feb. 13 and Friday, Feb. 14 at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday Feb. 15 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the Everest-Rohrer Chapel/Fine Arts Center – Auditorium. Tickets are on sale now.

Rodger's and Hammerstein's final collaboration brings audiences "The Sound of Music," the classic story of love, family and finding your dream. Set in Austria during World War II, a free-spirited postulant named Maria leaves the monastery to become a governess. As Maria tries to befriend the seven children of widowed Captain Von Trapp, she struggles to find her place on a path she wasn't expecting to take. This musical includes a collection of favorite songs such as "Edelweiss," "Climb Every Mountain" and, of course, "The Sound of Music."

Purchase tickets online at Tickets.BethelCollege.edu or call the ticket office at 574.807.7080, Monday-Friday, 1-5 p.m. The performance on Friday, Feb. 14 will be interpreted for the d/Deaf community. The cost is $15 for adults, $13 for students and seniors and $10 for children 12 and under.


5) CISV Seeks Students for Cultural Exchange

CISV (formerly known as Children's International Summer Villages) will have an information meeting for all students and parents interested in finding out more about this year's CISV Villages and programs at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 21st at the Michigan City Public Library and 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 22 at the LaPorte County Public Library.  The Village selection is open to all students who are 11 or who will be age 11 at the time of their Village.  The first Village this year begins June 29th.  Selection for all programs is the second weekend of February.  Interested students may get applications at this meeting.

CISV evolved from a firm conviction that lasting peace is possible if individuals and groups can learn to live together as friends.  For CISV, the key to making this vision a reality was to start working with youth.  Programs were developed which offered young people opportunities to meet their peers from other countries and to form intercultural, global friendships.  Locally, programs give people the chance to learn about the cultures in their own communities and explore important themes related to peace and understanding.

CISV openings for this coming year include:

Villages
11 year-olds (Delegations of 2 boys, 2 girls, and a leader for each location)
Faroe Islands June 29 – July 26, 2014
Luneburg, Germany August 8 – September 4, 2014
San Jose, Costa Rica December 27, 2014 – January 23, 2015

JC (Junior Counselor)
16 year-old male to Mexico City  7/11 /14 –  8/7/14
16 year-old female to San Salvador, El Salvador  6/27/14 – 7/24/14

Interchange
12-13 year-olds to Lima, Peru
July in USA, December/January in Peru

Step Up Camp
 (Delegation of 2 boys, 2 girls, and a leader)
14 year-olds: Queretaro, Mexico   6/27/14 – 7/19/14
15 year-olds: Bursa, Turkey 6/27/14 – 7/19/14

Youth Meeting
16-18 year old individual to Los Cabos, Mexico 7/4/14 – 7/18/14

Seminar Camp
17-18 year-old male to Amsterdam   7/26 /14 –   8/ 15 /14

To learn more about our local CISV and the national organization, check these websites:  michcity.cisvusa.org and cisvusa.org.  Email at: michigancitycisv@hotmail.com.  For more information, call Jody Presser at (219) 326-6680 or Amy Lukas at (219) 229-2885.


6) Ag Action Day 2014

Jan. 31, 2014 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Kalamazoo Valley Community College  6767 West "O" Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49003  Check-in will be located at the Tower Entrance

Ag Action provides a full day of educational sessions focusing on agriculture, food safety and home gardening topics, featuring a trade show highlighting products and services provided by local businesses. The cost of the program is $25 per person and includes lunch.  There will be a $25 cancellation fee applied to any cancellations made after Jan. 24, 2014.

The Restricted Use Pesticide Exam will be given between 9 a.m.- 2 p.m.  If you are only taking the RUP Exam there will be a admission fee of $5 for entrance to Ag Action. This fee does not include lunch or cost of the exam.

For more info: http://events.anr.msu.edu/event.cfm?folder=Agaction2014


7) A Day with Chris Davis

We are happy to announce that Mid-Winter Conference favorite, Chris Davis, returns to Michigan in March and will be the featured speaker at a new, restructured and simplified single day event for home educators.
 
Join us for "A Day with Chris Davis" on Saturday, March 1, 2014 at Life Stream Church located at 6561 Lake Michigan Drive, in Allendale, MI 49401.

Pre-registration rates for A Day with Chris Davis are $40/adult (spouse free) and $10/teen (maximum charge of $30/family for teens.)  These prices are available through February 21 but are limited to the first 500 guests.  Attached is a Pre-Registration form for your use.

A Day with Chris Davis is intentionally designed to be a plain and simple event FILLED with wonderful wisdom from Chris. We are thrilled and look forward to this powerful, family focused, life-changing gathering for home educators.

Time to get your registrations in!

Valerie McDaniel
Mid-Winter Conference for Home Educators
P.O. Box 333, Allendale, MI 49401
(616) 881-1961

More info:  http://midwinterconference.wordpress.com/

 


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Create crossword, math, and other puzzles for free:
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Homeschool groups are welcome to advertise their group, too.  It's free!

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Check out our website for info (refer your friends, too, if you like!):  http://www.hshub.org/

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 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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