Homeschool HUB Weekly Update: April 2015

Homeschool HUB News Update--April 24

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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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GENERAL INTEREST

G1) Brain Warmer Upper
G2) Free Online AP Calculus for Homeschoolers
G3) Free Online Summer Math and Science Classes
G4) Free Book Report Alternatives Ebook

G1) Brain Warmer Upper

This week's puzzle:
This riddle is quite tricky. Thank outside the box!

How can FIVE minus two equal 4?

Answer to last week's puzzle:
Wrong

G2) Free Online AP Calculus for Homeschoolers

Dear Home School Leader/Parent,

I am writing this email to let you know about FREE Online AP Test Preparation class.
I am a college professor with many years of teaching experiences, both traditional and online classes.

I offer Full year Test Preparation class in AP calculus. This course has passed the AP Course Audit and has been approved by the College Board to bear the "AP" designation.

I use MathXL and Blackboard Learning Management Systems in my classes. As a result, students have access to learning tools available in Colleges today.

Please visit: www.APacademy.net for more information.
I am grateful to you if you share this information (attached flyer) with interested students in your home school group.

Thank You,
Asitha Kodippili

G3) Free Online Summer Math and Science Classes

Dear Homeschool Parent,

I have several free summer math, physics and programming classes starting soon
you may want to pass onto your families. I also offer free SAT Math Prep
videos. This summer and fall there will be free Prealgebra, Algebra 1,
Geometry, Algebra 2, Precalculus, AP Calculus AB, Physics and AP Physics 1
courses. These courses will include videos, graded homeworks, graded exams,
discussion forums and chat rooms.

Summer classes begin on Monday May 18, 2015 and end on Friday August 14, 2015.

Weekly live tutoring is also available for a small fee. To register for the
tutoring, there is a one time registration fee of $50.00 due on or before April
30, 2015. Furthermore, $250.00 is due on or before May 11, 2015 if you
wish to sign up for the weekly live tutoring.

See more info at https://philfour.com or contact me at cs@philfour.com .

Sincerely,
Dr. Chris Seberino
cs@philfour.com

G4) Free Book Report Alternatives Ebook

https://www.greathomeschoolconventions.com/book-report-alternatives-free-download

MICHIANA EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

1) UPDATE--New Proposed Homeschooling Bill
2) Homeschool Graduate Recognition

1) UPDATE--New Proposed Homeschooling Bill

The bill was introduced in the Michigan House of Representatives. It can be read here: http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2015-2016/billintroduced/House/pdf/2015-HIB-4498.pdf

Phil Pavlov, Chairman of the Michigan State Senate Education committee, has expressed his support for homeschooling and has promised not to allow the bill to go forward in the MI Senate.

If you wish. you may contact your state representatives to express your thoughts:
http://www.house.mi.gov/mhrpublic/
http://www.senate.michigan.gov/fysbyaddress.html

and/or contact Stephanie Chang, the bill's sponsor, at (517) 373-0823 or schang@house.mi.gov.

If you wish to thank Senator Pavlov for his support: (517) 373-7708 or email form: http://www.senate.michigan.gov/ima_form.asp?name=comment25&form_path=e:/webforms/rep

2) Homeschool Graduate Recognition

Attention graduating homeschoolers~

INCH (Information Network for Christian Homes) is holding their annual homeschool convention on May 14-16 this year at the Lansing Center. We would like to invite any interested graduating homeschoolers to join us Friday evening for a special graduate recognition. Graduates wear cap and gown and are honored, along with their parents, for their accomplishment fighting the good fight and finishing the race.

We would like to have as many grads as possible attend, even those involved in another graduate ceremony. It is a privilege to the INCH staff and support to be able recognize graduates and their families publicly as well as encourage new and struggling homeschool families. This is also an opportunity to be a testimony to friends and family to show how strong this homeschool movement is and to support one another.

The Friday evening keynote address is free and open to the public to get as many as we possibly can to support the graduate recognition event. Please invite any and all you think would be interested.

Those graduates able to join please email by May 1 to inchmichigan@gmail.com with "Graduate" in the subject line. Please tell us graduate's name, parents' names, email address, phone number and the city you are from.

http://conference.inch.org/graduates.html

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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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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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Homeschool HUB News Update--April 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.

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) Free Online Science Class
G3) Free Online Computer Programming Course
G4) Funky Nest Contest

G1) Brain Warmer Upper

This week's puzzle:

Which word, if pronounced right, is wrong, but if pronounced wrong is right?

Answer to last week's puzzle:
Donkeys.

G2) Free Online Science Class

If your kids need to learn science, and it's important to you for them to enjoy the learning process, then you want to know about this. Next week, Supercharged Science is presenting a free live online class on Stars, Planets and Black Holes. But it's not just any astronomy class… your kids will discover massive black holes, spinning neutron stars, quasars, blazars, magnetars, supernovae, and more with this amazing science class taught by a real astronomer!

Register now for free: http://www.superchargedscience.com/opt/hslda-astronomy-tc-opt-04-2015/

G3) Free Online Computer Programming Course

Vanderbilt University has created a free online introductory computer programming course that is a good fit for high school age children. The course uses the programming language called MATLAB that is widely used in many science, engineering, and other professional fields. It is also a recommended or required skill in colleges around the world in many majors. The course will be available April 14 on the Coursera platform. Some of the students in your association might be interested in taking it. Here is the news release from Vanderbilt:

http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2015/04/new-free-vanderbilt-course-to-teach-computer-programming-to-beginners/
The course page is here: https://www.coursera.org/course/matlab

G4) Funky Nest Contest

Spring is nesting season and some birds have a flair for the funky when it comes to finding the right real estate to lay their eggs and raise their chicks. The annual "Funky Nests in Funky Places" contest hosted by the Celebrate Urban Birds project at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is underway. Look for another entertaining collection of nests in old boots, barbecue grills, motorcycle helmets, traffic signals, rakes, old tires and who-knows-what.

Participants may send in a photo, video, story, poem, or even some form of dance or artwork. Entries may be submitted in categories such as "cutest," "funniest," "funkiest," or "most inconvenient." Celebrate Urban Birds is offering a free, downloadable flyer showing some of the places you can look for funky nests in urban locations.

"Even in urban areas, we're a lot closer to birds than you might think," says project leader Karen Purcell. "This contest is a lot of fun but it's also about really being aware of what's around you and taking the time to appreciate birds and all of nature."

The deadline for entries is June 15.

More info: celebrateurbanbirds.org/community/challenges/funky-nests-2015/
Brochure: celebrateurbanbirds.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/findfunkynests.pdf

MICHIANA EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

1) New Proposed Homeschooling Bill in MI
2) Corydon Capitol Homeschool Day
3) Redbud Rendezvous
4) Onsite Wastewater (septic) Webinar Offered April 20
5) Michiana Covenant Academy Open House
6) Wilderness Survival Weekend Workshop

1) New Proposed Homeschooling Bill in MI

For those who have not heard, Stephie Chang has announced the introduction of a MI homeschooling bill that would require families wanting to homeschool to

1. Register with the state

2. Have each student attend two visits with approved authorities every year

3. Pay a certified teacher to review their records every two years

4. Submit to Standardized testing

5. Submit curriculum for state approval

6. [Parents] Have High School diploma or GED.

and:

7. Failure to comply will result in probation

8. A second year of non-compliance will result in a non-exemption status to home school. That family will be forced to send their children to traditional schools

Here is the announcement of the proposed bill: http://housedems.com/article/chang-sponsors-bill-requiring-reporting-homeschooled-students

Here is an official letter to the MI Board of Education by the homeschool group INCH: http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/mi/INCH_letter_4-16-2015.pdf

The HUB will send out special alerts and updates as this develops. For now, if you wish. you may contact your state representative to express your thoughts:
http://www.house.mi.gov/mhrpublic/
http://www.senate.michigan.gov/fysbyaddress.html

and/or contact Stephanie Chang, the bill's sponsor, at (517) 373-0823 or schang@house.mi.gov.

Note: the two abused children who were murdered in Detroit were not homeschooled. They attended public school.

2) Corydon Capitol Homeschool Day

Dear Homeschool Educator:

You are cordially invited to take part in Corydon Capitol's fourth annual Homeschool Day! Attendees in the past have found this a fun and rewarding experience, catered just to homeschooled families. We hope you will be able to join us this year, whether it is your first time or a return visit. Our homeschool event will be on May 6, 2015 and last from 10:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. The day will involve multiple stations that the students and their guardians will rotate through on timed intervals. All stations are based on Indiana history. Included this year is a tour of the Capitol building, pioneer games and fun, tin smithing…and more! The day is appropriate for children ages 7+, but younger or older are welcome if you think they would get something out of it. All children must be accompanied by an adult (several students to an adult is fine). The charge is $5/student (no charge for young children not participating or for adults). Payment is required in advance and can be made by calling the Site and paying with a credit card, mailing a check, or stopping into our office. We welcome groups of students…I only need to know the exact number of students you are bringing.

More information will be sent when you register. In the meantime, if you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. I look forward to speaking with you about this fun day!

Thank you,
Laura Van Fossen
Program Developer
Corydon Capitol State Historic Site
126 East Walnut Street
Corydon, IN 47112
812.738.4890
lvanfossen@indianamuseum.org

3) Redbud Rendezvous

Every spring the Redbud Trail Rendezvous is one of the first outdoor events of the season. This event is brimming with frontier history and often brings surprises for the participants and public. Over a hundred historic re-enactors set up camps and live outdoors for the event, demonstrating traditional crafts, frontier life ways, and pioneer skills, such as cooking over wood fires and tomahawk throwing. The event is educational and fun, showing authentic history as re-enacted by real people. Historic camps portray Revolutionary War to Civil War, making this a pre-1865 event. New this year we will have silversmith Jeff Chowning, Veedersburg, Ind., and Cordwaining by Casey Samson, Lebanon, Ind. People dressed in authentic pre-1865 outfits demonstrate many traditional crafts. Crafts include flint knapping, bow making, beadwork, spinning and weaving, leather, basket weaving , wood carving, blacksmith, blade smith, scrimshaw, fingerweaving, cordwaining and much more.

The event will be held April 26-27 from 10 to 5 on Saturday and from 10 to 4 on Sunday. FCHS grounds are four miles north of Rochester on U.S. 31. The festival will be held just south of the Round Barn Museum in the Living History Village. Admission is $3 for adults ages 12 and older, child 11 and under free. Proceeds enable the historical society to operate the museum and preserve history. For more information, contact 574-223-4436 or see http://fultoncountyhistory.org/REDBUDRENDEZVOUS.html

4) Onsite Wastewater (septic) Webinar Offered April 20

Approximately 43% of Michigan residents rely on onsite wastewater (septic) systems to handle waste water from their homes and businesses. That's over 1.2 million septic systems in use in Michigan today and it's estimated that at least 10% of these are in some level of failure. MSU Extension is hosting a live webinar, "Septic Systems: Insight Into Your Onsite System" on Monday, April 20 from 1:30 to 3:30 P.M.

This program will cover what a septic system is, how it works, best management practices to protect the system and human health, how to identify trouble in the system and steps to take if a problem occurs. The live webinar will include presentations by the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Macomb County Health Department Sanitarian Supervisor with 29 years of septic and well experience. The presentations will be followed by a live question and answer session via the chat box. To join this FREE webinar, you must pre-register at http://events.anr.msu.edu/septicinsight/ . You will receive a confirmation email upon registration and log in instruction at least 48 hours prior to the webinar.

5) Michiana Covenant Academy Open House

Michiana Covenant Academy will hold their annual Open House on Thursday,
April 23, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at 14567 Cleveland Road, Granger.
This event is open to all homeschool families. Please invite your friends
and anyone you know who is looking into homeschooling for their family.
We will have displays of work done by our students this year, and tutors
will be available to discuss their classes with you. Our 2015-2016 Class
schedule and Calendar will also be available for you to take home.

6) Wilderness Survival Weekend Workshop

Friday, May 15, 2015 at 6:00 PM - to - Sunday, May 17, 2015 at 11:00 AM (EDT) at Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Children Camp Carthage, IN 46115

Wilderness survival, that is, taking care of ourselves in ways that allow us return home safely, is what we do whenever we are in the outdoors. Most of the time we get along just fine while camping or hiking. But when things go wrong, the skills of wilderness survival can help make everything right again.

More info: http://www.woodlineadventures.com/400-series.html
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wilderness-survival-weekend-workshop-tickets-15837426168

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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

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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.