Homeschool HUB News Update--October 23
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) Hummingbird Cam
G3) Help the HUB/Save on Your Taxes
G1) Brain Warmer Upper
If two hours ago it was as long after one o'clock in the afternoon as it was before one o'clock in the morning, what time would it be now?
Answer to last week's puzzle:
The match.
G2) Hummingbird Cam
Watch several species of hummingbirds live:
http://cams.allaboutbirds.org/channel/50/West_Texas_Hummingbirds
G3) Help the HUB/Save on Your Taxes
If you would like to help the HUB or if you are looking for a deduction for your taxes, please consider donating to the Homeschool HUB endowment fund. Check with your tax preparer for the most advantageous amount, but Federal and State deductions are available for charitable donations of this kind.
Checks should be made out to: Michigan Gateway Community Foundation AND "Homeschool HUB Endowment Fund" written in the Memo line of the check.
Address and Contact Info:
Michigan Gateway Community Foundation
111 Days Avenue
Buchanan, Michigan 49107
Phone: 269.695.3521
Fax: 269.695.4250
email: info@mgcf.org
MICHIANA EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
1) Free M-DOT Math/Science/Civics Training
2) Free Concert
3) Free WWII Exhibit Opens this Saturday
4) Bethel College presents: "A Christmas Carol"
1) Free M-DOT Math/Science/Civics Training
The MDOT-TRAC (Transportation and Civil Engineering) Program is available to Michigan 6-12th grade math, science, or civics educators. Yes, that includes homeschools. Besides providing free hands-on tools and training, MDOT sponsors an annual bridge competition where students can compete and interact with our top civil engineers. MDOT is offering two free, local training sessions for educators:
Tues, Nov 17 – Marshall TSC (15300 West Michigan Avenue, Marshall) – 4 seats available
Thurs, Dec 10 – MDOT Region Office (1501 E. Kilgore Rd, Kalamazoo) – 10 seats available
Six SCECH's are available for this free, hands-on training. The TRAC (Transportation and Civil Engineering) Program incorporates civil engineering related exercises involving these concepts:
1. Environmental (settling and filtering using flume and screens)
2. Motion (laws of motion, impulse using motion detector, impulse pendulum, Plexiglas track)
3. Magnetic Levitation (reaction, polarity, aerodynamics, friction, laws of motion, graphing using magnetic levitation foam vehicles and magnetic Plexiglas track)
4. Traffic Technology (reaction and perception, velocity/deceleration, braking distance, circuits, traffic dilemma zones, graphing yellow light time, and Excel nested if statements. Uses hot wheels track, Vernier photogates, circuits)
5. Bridge Building (structural concepts, tension, compression, deflection, elastic modulus, moments of inertia, member failure by bending, shear force, torsion, equilibrium, using method of joints to understand/calculate force on individual members, structural stability of shapes, displacement constraint, statics, bridge design/build using 2D, 3D, or CAD design)
6. Safety (critical thinking, decision making, data reliability using posters and Interactive Physics software)
7. Road Design and Construction (traffic flow, radius, curvature, calculating land cost, road design)
Each teacher who attends the training receives two modules of their choice. To learn more about TRAC, visit our www.michigan.gov/mdot-trac website. Call or email me to register for the training. Schools where a teacher utilizes TRAC can also get involved with MDOT's annual Bridge Challenge Competition, open to 7-12th graders. The deadline to register teams and receive free bridge kits for the competition is November 13.
Brenda Kragt
MDOT-TRAC Coordinator
1501 E. Kilgore Road
Kalamazoo MI 49001
kragtb@michigan.gov
269-337-3913
www.michigan.gov/mdot-trac
2) Free Concert
Bethel's Music Department Faculty will present a fall recital on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015, at 7:30 p.m. in the Everest-Rohrer Chapel/Fine Arts Center – Auditorium. The program will include music for pianos, percussion, voice and violin, and will feature a variety of pieces including: Shostakovich's Concertino for Two Pianos (op. 24), Sonata No. 3 in D Minor (op. 108) by Johannes Brahms, and Josh Gottry's In Tandem for two percussionists. The recital will conclude with a transcription of Chabrier's España for two pianos, eight hands and percussion. Performers include Victoria Garrett, Marilynn Ham, Mike Kendall, Reginald Klopfenstein, Jaesung Lee, Jim Pickley, and Robert Rhein. The event is free and open to the public.
3) Free WWII Exhibit Opens this Saturday
WWII propaganda posters provide the frame for viewers to learn about the intense, emotional climate surrounding WWII, and how one prolific image of Jesus deeply affected the audience of that era.
Learn about art, history and the impact of one man's painting at the 75th anniversary of Warner Sallman's Head of Christ. A free event hosted by Anderson University galleries on Saturday, Oct. 24 from 1-4 p.m., the celebration event will include a gallery viewing and a panel discussion regarding the climate in 1940-50s America, and specifically that of the role of the Head of Christ, which was carried on cards by many American WWII soldiers.
Miss the celebration? This special exhibition is free and open to the public starting Oct. 24th and weekly on Tuesdays and Fridays from 1-4 p.m. and by appointment until Dec 15. For information on additional hours or to arrange group visits call 765-641-4320 or email Tai Lipan at talipan@anderson.edu
4) Bethel College presents: "A Christmas Carol"
The Bethel College Theatre Department presents "A Christmas Carol," adapted by Jaqueline Goldfinger from the novel by Charles Dickens. Performances are Thursday, Nov. 12 and Friday, Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 14 at 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the Everest-Rohrer Chapel/Fine Arts Center – Auditorium. Tickets go on sale Oct. 19.
This swift adaptation of the Christmas classic remains true to the original story. Infused with a myriad of popular Christmas carols and a subtle twist of contemporary humor, the morality tale of Ebenezer Scrooge is once again alive with holiday spirit. This will delight young and old alike!
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, Nov. 13 will be interpreted for the Deaf community. The cost is $15 for adults, $13 for students and seniors and $10 for children ages 12 and under.
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LINKS TO SHARE:
Share your favorite link!
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CLASSIFIEDS
READING TUTOR
My name is Iveth Ortiz and I am a Christian certified special educator with a background in reading intervention. Teaching reading to struggling readers has been something that I have truly enjoyed over the past couple of years. I have recently left my teaching position in the public school system to launch a reading intervention tutoring business in Berrien County for private schools and homeschoolers. I currently serve the private schools in Berrien Springs but I am also serving homeschool families. I would like to share my services with homeschooling families in Niles. I give a FREE consultation and initial assessment to the child to determine the reading level. Then, if the parents decide to join, I will provide tutoring in reading to the child from my home office in Berrien Springs.
Here is my website: www.inspiredreaders.org
GUITAR/BASS TEACHER
Mike Davis has been instructing guitar and bass for more than 15 years. He has worked with special needs children, college music majors, professional adult musicians and just about everyone in between. He currently instructs for Southwestern Michigan College and Bethel College as well as keeping a studio full of private students. The teaching environment is a friendly atmosphere designed to let the individual student progress at his or her own comfortable pace. Genres that can be covered range from classical to jazz to popular music methods. Email: gitrmike@gmail.com
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) Hummingbird Cam
G3) Help the HUB/Save on Your Taxes
G1) Brain Warmer Upper
If two hours ago it was as long after one o'clock in the afternoon as it was before one o'clock in the morning, what time would it be now?
Answer to last week's puzzle:
The match.
G2) Hummingbird Cam
Watch several species of hummingbirds live:
http://cams.allaboutbirds.org/channel/50/West_Texas_Hummingbirds
G3) Help the HUB/Save on Your Taxes
If you would like to help the HUB or if you are looking for a deduction for your taxes, please consider donating to the Homeschool HUB endowment fund. Check with your tax preparer for the most advantageous amount, but Federal and State deductions are available for charitable donations of this kind.
Checks should be made out to: Michigan Gateway Community Foundation AND "Homeschool HUB Endowment Fund" written in the Memo line of the check.
Address and Contact Info:
Michigan Gateway Community Foundation
111 Days Avenue
Buchanan, Michigan 49107
Phone: 269.695.3521
Fax: 269.695.4250
email: info@mgcf.org
MICHIANA EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
1) Free M-DOT Math/Science/Civics Training
2) Free Concert
3) Free WWII Exhibit Opens this Saturday
4) Bethel College presents: "A Christmas Carol"
1) Free M-DOT Math/Science/Civics Training
The MDOT-TRAC (Transportation and Civil Engineering) Program is available to Michigan 6-12th grade math, science, or civics educators. Yes, that includes homeschools. Besides providing free hands-on tools and training, MDOT sponsors an annual bridge competition where students can compete and interact with our top civil engineers. MDOT is offering two free, local training sessions for educators:
Tues, Nov 17 – Marshall TSC (15300 West Michigan Avenue, Marshall) – 4 seats available
Thurs, Dec 10 – MDOT Region Office (1501 E. Kilgore Rd, Kalamazoo) – 10 seats available
Six SCECH's are available for this free, hands-on training. The TRAC (Transportation and Civil Engineering) Program incorporates civil engineering related exercises involving these concepts:
1. Environmental (settling and filtering using flume and screens)
2. Motion (laws of motion, impulse using motion detector, impulse pendulum, Plexiglas track)
3. Magnetic Levitation (reaction, polarity, aerodynamics, friction, laws of motion, graphing using magnetic levitation foam vehicles and magnetic Plexiglas track)
4. Traffic Technology (reaction and perception, velocity/deceleration, braking distance, circuits, traffic dilemma zones, graphing yellow light time, and Excel nested if statements. Uses hot wheels track, Vernier photogates, circuits)
5. Bridge Building (structural concepts, tension, compression, deflection, elastic modulus, moments of inertia, member failure by bending, shear force, torsion, equilibrium, using method of joints to understand/calculate force on individual members, structural stability of shapes, displacement constraint, statics, bridge design/build using 2D, 3D, or CAD design)
6. Safety (critical thinking, decision making, data reliability using posters and Interactive Physics software)
7. Road Design and Construction (traffic flow, radius, curvature, calculating land cost, road design)
Each teacher who attends the training receives two modules of their choice. To learn more about TRAC, visit our www.michigan.gov/mdot-trac website. Call or email me to register for the training. Schools where a teacher utilizes TRAC can also get involved with MDOT's annual Bridge Challenge Competition, open to 7-12th graders. The deadline to register teams and receive free bridge kits for the competition is November 13.
Brenda Kragt
MDOT-TRAC Coordinator
1501 E. Kilgore Road
Kalamazoo MI 49001
kragtb@michigan.gov
269-337-3913
www.michigan.gov/mdot-trac
2) Free Concert
Bethel's Music Department Faculty will present a fall recital on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015, at 7:30 p.m. in the Everest-Rohrer Chapel/Fine Arts Center – Auditorium. The program will include music for pianos, percussion, voice and violin, and will feature a variety of pieces including: Shostakovich's Concertino for Two Pianos (op. 24), Sonata No. 3 in D Minor (op. 108) by Johannes Brahms, and Josh Gottry's In Tandem for two percussionists. The recital will conclude with a transcription of Chabrier's España for two pianos, eight hands and percussion. Performers include Victoria Garrett, Marilynn Ham, Mike Kendall, Reginald Klopfenstein, Jaesung Lee, Jim Pickley, and Robert Rhein. The event is free and open to the public.
3) Free WWII Exhibit Opens this Saturday
WWII propaganda posters provide the frame for viewers to learn about the intense, emotional climate surrounding WWII, and how one prolific image of Jesus deeply affected the audience of that era.
Learn about art, history and the impact of one man's painting at the 75th anniversary of Warner Sallman's Head of Christ. A free event hosted by Anderson University galleries on Saturday, Oct. 24 from 1-4 p.m., the celebration event will include a gallery viewing and a panel discussion regarding the climate in 1940-50s America, and specifically that of the role of the Head of Christ, which was carried on cards by many American WWII soldiers.
Miss the celebration? This special exhibition is free and open to the public starting Oct. 24th and weekly on Tuesdays and Fridays from 1-4 p.m. and by appointment until Dec 15. For information on additional hours or to arrange group visits call 765-641-4320 or email Tai Lipan at talipan@anderson.edu
4) Bethel College presents: "A Christmas Carol"
The Bethel College Theatre Department presents "A Christmas Carol," adapted by Jaqueline Goldfinger from the novel by Charles Dickens. Performances are Thursday, Nov. 12 and Friday, Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 14 at 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the Everest-Rohrer Chapel/Fine Arts Center – Auditorium. Tickets go on sale Oct. 19.
This swift adaptation of the Christmas classic remains true to the original story. Infused with a myriad of popular Christmas carols and a subtle twist of contemporary humor, the morality tale of Ebenezer Scrooge is once again alive with holiday spirit. This will delight young and old alike!
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, Nov. 13 will be interpreted for the Deaf community. The cost is $15 for adults, $13 for students and seniors and $10 for children ages 12 and under.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
LINKS TO SHARE:
Share your favorite link!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CLASSIFIEDS
READING TUTOR
My name is Iveth Ortiz and I am a Christian certified special educator with a background in reading intervention. Teaching reading to struggling readers has been something that I have truly enjoyed over the past couple of years. I have recently left my teaching position in the public school system to launch a reading intervention tutoring business in Berrien County for private schools and homeschoolers. I currently serve the private schools in Berrien Springs but I am also serving homeschool families. I would like to share my services with homeschooling families in Niles. I give a FREE consultation and initial assessment to the child to determine the reading level. Then, if the parents decide to join, I will provide tutoring in reading to the child from my home office in Berrien Springs.
Here is my website: www.inspiredreaders.org
GUITAR/BASS TEACHER
Mike Davis has been instructing guitar and bass for more than 15 years. He has worked with special needs children, college music majors, professional adult musicians and just about everyone in between. He currently instructs for Southwestern Michigan College and Bethel College as well as keeping a studio full of private students. The teaching environment is a friendly atmosphere designed to let the individual student progress at his or her own comfortable pace. Genres that can be covered range from classical to jazz to popular music methods. Email: gitrmike@gmail.com
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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