Homeschool HUB News Update--September 12
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.
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! :-)
GENERAL INTEREST
G1) Brain Warmer Upper
G2) App Challenge for High School Students
G3) Free Technology Conference
G1) Brain Warmer Upper
This week's puzzles:
1. Brothers and sisters I have none but this man's father is my father's son. Who is the man?
2. Your last good ping-pong ball fell down into a narrow metal pipe imbedded in concrete one foot deep. How can you get it out undamaged, if all the tools you have are your tennis paddle, your shoe-laces, and your plastic water bottle, which does not fit into the pipe?
3. What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
Answers to last week's puzzles:
1. The man is too short to reach the buttons above Floor 7. When it rains, he uses his umbrella to press the button, and when other people are there, they push it for him.
2. Throw it straight up in the air.
3. Switch horses.
G2) App Challenge for High School Students
The School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI announces the 2014 Informatics App Challenge! This competition is open to teams of two to three high school students plus an adult mentor.
High school teams will flex their design and development muscles as they work to complete the best possible solution to this challenge on Saturday, October 25 in the state-of-the-art Informatics and Communications Technology Complex on the IUPUI campus. Cash and scholarship awards will go to the top three mobile app teams. More information is available at http://soic.iupui.edu/mobile-app-competition/. Need to develop these skills? Resources can be found at http://www.appinventor.org/ and http://teamtreehouse.com/features/android.
Registration just opened at http://soic.iupui.edu/mobile-app-competition/. If you have questions, please contact Vicki Daugherty at vdaugher@iupui.edu.
G3) Free Technology Conference
You and the high-school-aged students you educate are invited to attend the AFRL Discovery Lab's inaugural Virtual Technology Conference (VTecCon), a free large-scale virtual conference being held September 26 - 28, 2014.
We are looking for home educators who are ambassadors for STEM education and outreach. As a selected invitee, we hope that you'll share this opportunity with students (16 years and older) in your programs, or students who you mentor or advise. You might even encourage participation by offering to facilitate student discussions about the technological innovations presented at the conference.
Five technology areas (tracks) will be represented: Geospatial Technologies, Humans and Cyber Physical Systems, Serious Gaming and Mobile Apps, Cooperative Autonomy and Computer Vision. Although the VTecCon spans three days, each conference track is only two hours long and attendees can participate from at home (in one or more tracks) through a traditional internet connection!
VTecCon attendees will
hear about cutting-edge research from professionals in academia and industry
learn about internship opportunities for high school and college students
tour our virtual Deep Horizons research campus as an avatar
fire a virtual paintball gun on our Deep Horizons Paintball Field
This conference will span 3 days (September 26 – 28) and will cover a wide variety of technology areas including: Geospatial Technologies, Cyber Physical Systems, Mobile Apps, Cooperative Autonomy and Computer Vision. Each of these technology areas encompass a different two-hour track. Each track will offer talks from technology leaders in their respective fields, virtual tours, and panel discussions. We will also offer participation or internship opportunities through our Deep Research Institute.
The conference is free of charge in all respects: there are no travel costs, registration fees, or software charges. All that is required is free software and an interest in learning about cutting-edge technologies.
If you and/or your students are interested in registering for the conference or learning more about VTecCon, please visit our website: http://deep-horizons.net/conference.
MICHIANA EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
1) Academy of Arts Drama Camp
2) Free Christian College Fair
4) Colonial History Event--tomorrow!
5) Niles History Center Info
1) Academy of Arts Drama Camp
A Christian drama opportunity for homeschool students K-12th will take place in South Bend, In March 2-7, 2015. Michiana Homeschool Drama Group (MHDG) will host a drama training team from The Academy of Arts (AoA) to work with our local students at the Christian Center Church in South Bend. This is "the camp that comes to you"! The team from AoA is a professional, well-trained group of young men and women who travel the country working with homeschooler drama groups. The AoA mission statement and purpose can be read on their website theacademyofarts.org. The group has been coming to Michiana to work with our students for years. They provide scripts, most of the costumes, sets and sound/lighting equipment.
This opportunity can be used for a Fine Arts credit on your student's high school transcript. Our homeschoolers will spend the week being instructed in make-up, costuming, lighting and sound as well as the various elements of acting and performing. The Academy of Arts staff has however, as their first concern, the spiritual development of young people. Daily chapel and devotionals are an important part of this camp. Putting Christ first is emphasized throughout the week.
After five days of concentrated effort, the final performance by our homeschoolers never disappoints. You will be amazed at what is accomplished in one week! Experience with this group shows that the training they provide to our children has had an impact for eternity and brings glory to God. Besides all of that, our students love it!!
Last year we had 46 families with a total of 85 students participate. In 2015, we hope for even more students to join us as our high schoolers perform "Venture of 1620" – the true story of the pilgrims fleeing religious persecution and seeking freedom in the New World. Our elementary students will perform "Giving Thanks" – a musical that will remind us to be thankful for the sacrifices made so that we are able to enjoy freedom.
For more info: Email Veronica Hallam at vmhallam@frontier.com. Call or text Veronica at 574/707-7800.
Or like the facebook page www.facebook.com/MichianaHomeschoolDramaGroup#
2) Free Christian College Fair
Bethel College will host more than 30 Christian colleges for the annual South Bend/Mishawaka Christian College Fair on Monday, Sept. 29 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Wiekamp Athletic Center. High school, junior high, junior college students and parents are encouraged to attend.
Christian college representatives will be available to answer questions and discuss options for those interested in a four-year institution. Financial aid seminars will also be conducted on how a college education can be affordable. The free event is sponsored by the North American Coalition of Christian Admissions Professionals.
For more information or for a list of colleges attending, please visit MyBluePrintStory.com or call 574.807.7600.
3) Bethel Presents "The 39 Steps"
The Bethel College theatre department presents "The 39 Steps," adapted by Patrick Barlow, from the novel by John Buchan, from the movie of Alfred Hitchcock. Performances will be on Thursday, Oct. 2 and Friday, Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 4 at 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the Everest-Rohrer Chapel/Fine Arts Center – Auditorium. The Oct. 3 performance will be interpreted for the d/Deaf community.
In "The 39 Steps," a man with a boring life meets a woman with a thick accent who says she's a spy. When he takes her home, she is murdered. Soon, a mysterious organization called "The 39 Steps" is hot on the man's trail in a nationwide manhunt that climaxes in a death-defying finale. With the serious spy story played for laughs and the allusions to some of Hitchcock's other films, this will surely be an unforgettable evening of entertainment.
Tickets can be purchased online at Tickets.BethelCollege.edu or by calling the ticket office at 574.807.7080, Monday-Friday, 1-5 p.m. The cost is $15 for adults, $13 for students and seniors. Season tickets for all 2014-'15 theatre productions are available now at Tickets.BethelCollege.edu/PackageSelection. Follow the Bethel College department of theatre on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to see updates on rehearsals and production for the play.
4) Colonial History Event--tomorrow!
!8th Century Local History at it's best
1826 Platt St. Niles, Mi. 269-683-1786
Sat. Sept. 13, 2014 10:00- 5:00
Voyageurs, textiles, merchants, gunsmith, bowyer, brewer, blacksmith, Inkster, games. Live Music 12-5 w/ Liza n Mark Woolover. After hours al fresco, open fire cooked leg-o-lamb dinner. Reservations required for 6:00-8:00 private party dinner club, donations appreciated
Birchbankfarms@yahoo.com
5) Niles History Center Info
Hello! Here is our latest newsletter. Pass it along to anyone that you think could use some FREE field trip information! I also have included an article on our 'walk-in' booklets which cover the Civil War. Hope you enjoy it! Cindy
Cindy Benson
Education Curator
Niles History Center
508 E. Main St.
Niles, MI 49120
269-683-4700, ext. 4011
cbenson@nilesmi.org
www.nileshistorycenter.org
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LINKS TO SHARE:
Share your favorite websites at homeschoolhub@yahoo.com
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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 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. 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:
Like us on facebook for discussions, announcements, questions, and support: https://www.facebook.com/HomeschoolHub
Join our yahoo group for discussions, announcements, questions, and support: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/homeschoolhub/
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.
--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!
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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.
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.
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! :-)
GENERAL INTEREST
G1) Brain Warmer Upper
G2) App Challenge for High School Students
G3) Free Technology Conference
G1) Brain Warmer Upper
This week's puzzles:
1. Brothers and sisters I have none but this man's father is my father's son. Who is the man?
2. Your last good ping-pong ball fell down into a narrow metal pipe imbedded in concrete one foot deep. How can you get it out undamaged, if all the tools you have are your tennis paddle, your shoe-laces, and your plastic water bottle, which does not fit into the pipe?
3. What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
Answers to last week's puzzles:
1. The man is too short to reach the buttons above Floor 7. When it rains, he uses his umbrella to press the button, and when other people are there, they push it for him.
2. Throw it straight up in the air.
3. Switch horses.
G2) App Challenge for High School Students
The School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI announces the 2014 Informatics App Challenge! This competition is open to teams of two to three high school students plus an adult mentor.
High school teams will flex their design and development muscles as they work to complete the best possible solution to this challenge on Saturday, October 25 in the state-of-the-art Informatics and Communications Technology Complex on the IUPUI campus. Cash and scholarship awards will go to the top three mobile app teams. More information is available at http://soic.iupui.edu/mobile-app-competition/. Need to develop these skills? Resources can be found at http://www.appinventor.org/ and http://teamtreehouse.com/features/android.
Registration just opened at http://soic.iupui.edu/mobile-app-competition/. If you have questions, please contact Vicki Daugherty at vdaugher@iupui.edu.
G3) Free Technology Conference
You and the high-school-aged students you educate are invited to attend the AFRL Discovery Lab's inaugural Virtual Technology Conference (VTecCon), a free large-scale virtual conference being held September 26 - 28, 2014.
We are looking for home educators who are ambassadors for STEM education and outreach. As a selected invitee, we hope that you'll share this opportunity with students (16 years and older) in your programs, or students who you mentor or advise. You might even encourage participation by offering to facilitate student discussions about the technological innovations presented at the conference.
Five technology areas (tracks) will be represented: Geospatial Technologies, Humans and Cyber Physical Systems, Serious Gaming and Mobile Apps, Cooperative Autonomy and Computer Vision. Although the VTecCon spans three days, each conference track is only two hours long and attendees can participate from at home (in one or more tracks) through a traditional internet connection!
VTecCon attendees will
hear about cutting-edge research from professionals in academia and industry
learn about internship opportunities for high school and college students
tour our virtual Deep Horizons research campus as an avatar
fire a virtual paintball gun on our Deep Horizons Paintball Field
This conference will span 3 days (September 26 – 28) and will cover a wide variety of technology areas including: Geospatial Technologies, Cyber Physical Systems, Mobile Apps, Cooperative Autonomy and Computer Vision. Each of these technology areas encompass a different two-hour track. Each track will offer talks from technology leaders in their respective fields, virtual tours, and panel discussions. We will also offer participation or internship opportunities through our Deep Research Institute.
The conference is free of charge in all respects: there are no travel costs, registration fees, or software charges. All that is required is free software and an interest in learning about cutting-edge technologies.
If you and/or your students are interested in registering for the conference or learning more about VTecCon, please visit our website: http://deep-horizons.net/conference.
MICHIANA EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
1) Academy of Arts Drama Camp
2) Free Christian College Fair
4) Colonial History Event--tomorrow!
5) Niles History Center Info
1) Academy of Arts Drama Camp
A Christian drama opportunity for homeschool students K-12th will take place in South Bend, In March 2-7, 2015. Michiana Homeschool Drama Group (MHDG) will host a drama training team from The Academy of Arts (AoA) to work with our local students at the Christian Center Church in South Bend. This is "the camp that comes to you"! The team from AoA is a professional, well-trained group of young men and women who travel the country working with homeschooler drama groups. The AoA mission statement and purpose can be read on their website theacademyofarts.org. The group has been coming to Michiana to work with our students for years. They provide scripts, most of the costumes, sets and sound/lighting equipment.
This opportunity can be used for a Fine Arts credit on your student's high school transcript. Our homeschoolers will spend the week being instructed in make-up, costuming, lighting and sound as well as the various elements of acting and performing. The Academy of Arts staff has however, as their first concern, the spiritual development of young people. Daily chapel and devotionals are an important part of this camp. Putting Christ first is emphasized throughout the week.
After five days of concentrated effort, the final performance by our homeschoolers never disappoints. You will be amazed at what is accomplished in one week! Experience with this group shows that the training they provide to our children has had an impact for eternity and brings glory to God. Besides all of that, our students love it!!
Last year we had 46 families with a total of 85 students participate. In 2015, we hope for even more students to join us as our high schoolers perform "Venture of 1620" – the true story of the pilgrims fleeing religious persecution and seeking freedom in the New World. Our elementary students will perform "Giving Thanks" – a musical that will remind us to be thankful for the sacrifices made so that we are able to enjoy freedom.
For more info: Email Veronica Hallam at vmhallam@frontier.com. Call or text Veronica at 574/707-7800.
Or like the facebook page www.facebook.com/MichianaHomeschoolDramaGroup#
2) Free Christian College Fair
Bethel College will host more than 30 Christian colleges for the annual South Bend/Mishawaka Christian College Fair on Monday, Sept. 29 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Wiekamp Athletic Center. High school, junior high, junior college students and parents are encouraged to attend.
Christian college representatives will be available to answer questions and discuss options for those interested in a four-year institution. Financial aid seminars will also be conducted on how a college education can be affordable. The free event is sponsored by the North American Coalition of Christian Admissions Professionals.
For more information or for a list of colleges attending, please visit MyBluePrintStory.com or call 574.807.7600.
3) Bethel Presents "The 39 Steps"
The Bethel College theatre department presents "The 39 Steps," adapted by Patrick Barlow, from the novel by John Buchan, from the movie of Alfred Hitchcock. Performances will be on Thursday, Oct. 2 and Friday, Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 4 at 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the Everest-Rohrer Chapel/Fine Arts Center – Auditorium. The Oct. 3 performance will be interpreted for the d/Deaf community.
In "The 39 Steps," a man with a boring life meets a woman with a thick accent who says she's a spy. When he takes her home, she is murdered. Soon, a mysterious organization called "The 39 Steps" is hot on the man's trail in a nationwide manhunt that climaxes in a death-defying finale. With the serious spy story played for laughs and the allusions to some of Hitchcock's other films, this will surely be an unforgettable evening of entertainment.
Tickets can be purchased online at Tickets.BethelCollege.edu or by calling the ticket office at 574.807.7080, Monday-Friday, 1-5 p.m. The cost is $15 for adults, $13 for students and seniors. Season tickets for all 2014-'15 theatre productions are available now at Tickets.BethelCollege.edu/PackageSelection. Follow the Bethel College department of theatre on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to see updates on rehearsals and production for the play.
4) Colonial History Event--tomorrow!
!8th Century Local History at it's best
1826 Platt St. Niles, Mi. 269-683-1786
Sat. Sept. 13, 2014 10:00- 5:00
Voyageurs, textiles, merchants, gunsmith, bowyer, brewer, blacksmith, Inkster, games. Live Music 12-5 w/ Liza n Mark Woolover. After hours al fresco, open fire cooked leg-o-lamb dinner. Reservations required for 6:00-8:00 private party dinner club, donations appreciated
Birchbankfarms@yahoo.com
5) Niles History Center Info
Hello! Here is our latest newsletter. Pass it along to anyone that you think could use some FREE field trip information! I also have included an article on our 'walk-in' booklets which cover the Civil War. Hope you enjoy it! Cindy
Cindy Benson
Education Curator
Niles History Center
508 E. Main St.
Niles, MI 49120
269-683-4700, ext. 4011
cbenson@nilesmi.org
www.nileshistorycenter.org
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
LINKS TO SHARE:
Share your favorite websites at homeschoolhub@yahoo.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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 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. 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:
Like us on facebook for discussions, announcements, questions, and support: https://www.facebook.com/HomeschoolHub
Join our yahoo group for discussions, announcements, questions, and support: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/homeschoolhub/
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.
--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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