Homeschool HUB News Update--March 4
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) PHC Summer Leadership Camps
G1) Brain Warmer Upper
What number can you take half of and leave nothing?
Answer to last week's puzzle:
Hurricane, needle, potato, the alphabet.
G2) PHC Summer Leadership Camps
We are excited to announce the opening of registration for the 2016 summer camp season! We are grateful for your continued interest, and we're tremendously excited about the opportunity to serve you and your kids again this year.
You'll see below that we're bringing back several of the old favorites, including Moot Court, Strategic Intelligence Levels 1 & 2, and Constitutional Law; we're also happy to offer three brand new camps: Sonnets, Singing & Stage, COLLEGE BOOTCAMP: Explore Writing, and Whose Truth? When Worldviews Collide. For your convenience, we have listed the camp schedule below, but you'll find this information and more by following this link.
While you're on the website, check out our extensive descriptions for each camp, along with bios for our senior leadership team, our camp survival guide, and a sample schedule of a day in the life of a Teen Camps camper.
June 26-July 2: Strategic Intelligence: Level 1
July 3-9: Strategic Intelligence: Level 2
July 3-9: COLLEGE BOOTCAMP: Explore Writing
July 10-16: Sonnets, Singing & Stage
July 10-16: Constitutional Law
July 17-23: Moot Court
July 17-23: Whose Truth? When Worldviews Collide
July 24-30: Speech
July 24-30: Leadership & Vocation
As always, we welcome any questions you have about the process, and we sincerely look forward to meeting you and your children this summer. Our leadership team is currently devoting countless hours of prayer to this project, and we will continue to do so in great anticipation of all that God has in store for this year.
Blessings,
M.J. Elliott
Teen Leadership Camps Director
10 Patrick Henry Circle, Purcellville, VA 20132
540.441.8105 ⋅ www.phcteencamps.org ⋅ teencamps@phc.edu
MICHIANA EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
1) Michiana Homeschool Resource & Curriculum Fair--tomorrow!
2) Michiana Spring College Fair
3) Lake Michigan College Spring 2016 Community Education Offerings
4) Homeschool Formal: "The Golden Ticket"
1) Michiana Homeschool Resource & Curriculum Fair--tomorrow!
1st Annual Michiana Homeschool Resource & Curriculum Fair will take place tomorrow--Saturday, March 5, at Ring Lardner Middle School, 801 N. 17th St. in Niles, MI. Doors open from 9 am to 3 pm.
Come check out these opportunities:
Used Curriculum and Educational Materials for sale--Abeka, Miquon, Singapore, and lots more at bargain basement prices! Pre-school through adult.
New Curriculum Vendors to show and sell their wares
Homeschool Support Groups
Local Community Resources and classes
This is open to any and all parents, students, or homeschoolers and maybe-wanna-homeschoolers. If you want info, if you want to check out curriculum, if you want to buy curriculum or educational materials, if you want to know about classes or opportunities in the area...you are welcome. Families, kids, and people of all ages are welcome. Invite your friends, pass it on. The more the merrier!
The event will take place in the gym.
2) Michiana Spring College Fair
Bethel College will host the Michiana Spring College Fair on Thursday, March 10, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. in the Wiekamp Athletic Center. More than 50 colleges/universities and organizations are expected to attend.
High school students from South Bend and Elkhart schools will be transported to Bethel for the fair. Sponsors and cosponsors for the event include: Bethel College Office of Diversity & Inclusion, Bethel College Admission Office, JAG (Jobs for America's Graduate), 21st Century Community Learning Centers, and Indiana University South Bend.
"The Michiana Spring College Fair is a great opportunity for local high school students to connect with college representatives from a variety of regional colleges and universities," says Bethel College Director of Diversity & Inclusion, Redgina Hill. "Students often gain a greater desire to pursue further education by attending college fairs. This year's fair is going to be a great resource for all local high school students."
The event is free and open to the public. For more information contact Hill at 574.807.7837
3) Lake Michigan College Spring 2016 Community Education Offerings
Low-cost and free classes and workshops on everything from Soap Making to Photography to cooking a romantic dinner to the life and times of Andrew Jackson.
See the attached file for more info. Note: the correct date for Cooking with Herbs is June 11th NOT October 3rd.
4) Homeschool Formal: "The Golden Ticket"
This year's homeschool formal will be called "The Golden Ticket" and will be held on Friday, May 6, from 5:30-11:00 p.m. The event will again be held at The Oaks, 16323 Roosevelt Rd., Mishawaka. Any homeschooler in 9th-12th grade may attend. Many students come in groups and not on dates. We will have food and a DJ to keep us entertained.
Registration is now open. Payment can be made out to Dana DoBrodt and sent to 58896 Elm Road, Mishawaka, IN 46544. The form (attached) needs to be filled out completely, including any guest information. If you are bringing a guest, you are responsible for his or her behavior. Instructions for payment are as follows: if you pay by March 15th (postmarked), the cost is $30 per person; by April 10th, the cost is $35 per person; any date after April 10th is $40 per person. The last few years we have filled up and had to turn people away, so sign up early.
The night is formal, so girls wear dresses and guys wear dress shirts and nice slacks or suits. We will again honor and pray over any seniors. Due to lack of space, parents are asked to take pictures between 5:00-5:30 and then pick up at 11:00. Email Dana at hiddeneagles@att.net with any questions.
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LINKS TO SHARE:
Share your favorite sites 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/
Make a tax-deductable donation to the Homeschool HUB Endowment Fund. Check with your tax preparer for the most advantageous amount if you wish, 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
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.
Amazon Smile--0.5% of what you buy will get donated to the Homeschool HUB when youshop through Amazon Smile.
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) PHC Summer Leadership Camps
G1) Brain Warmer Upper
What number can you take half of and leave nothing?
Answer to last week's puzzle:
Hurricane, needle, potato, the alphabet.
G2) PHC Summer Leadership Camps
We are excited to announce the opening of registration for the 2016 summer camp season! We are grateful for your continued interest, and we're tremendously excited about the opportunity to serve you and your kids again this year.
You'll see below that we're bringing back several of the old favorites, including Moot Court, Strategic Intelligence Levels 1 & 2, and Constitutional Law; we're also happy to offer three brand new camps: Sonnets, Singing & Stage, COLLEGE BOOTCAMP: Explore Writing, and Whose Truth? When Worldviews Collide. For your convenience, we have listed the camp schedule below, but you'll find this information and more by following this link.
While you're on the website, check out our extensive descriptions for each camp, along with bios for our senior leadership team, our camp survival guide, and a sample schedule of a day in the life of a Teen Camps camper.
June 26-July 2: Strategic Intelligence: Level 1
July 3-9: Strategic Intelligence: Level 2
July 3-9: COLLEGE BOOTCAMP: Explore Writing
July 10-16: Sonnets, Singing & Stage
July 10-16: Constitutional Law
July 17-23: Moot Court
July 17-23: Whose Truth? When Worldviews Collide
July 24-30: Speech
July 24-30: Leadership & Vocation
As always, we welcome any questions you have about the process, and we sincerely look forward to meeting you and your children this summer. Our leadership team is currently devoting countless hours of prayer to this project, and we will continue to do so in great anticipation of all that God has in store for this year.
Blessings,
M.J. Elliott
Teen Leadership Camps Director
10 Patrick Henry Circle, Purcellville, VA 20132
540.441.8105 ⋅ www.phcteencamps.org ⋅ teencamps@phc.edu
MICHIANA EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
1) Michiana Homeschool Resource & Curriculum Fair--tomorrow!
2) Michiana Spring College Fair
3) Lake Michigan College Spring 2016 Community Education Offerings
4) Homeschool Formal: "The Golden Ticket"
1) Michiana Homeschool Resource & Curriculum Fair--tomorrow!
1st Annual Michiana Homeschool Resource & Curriculum Fair will take place tomorrow--Saturday, March 5, at Ring Lardner Middle School, 801 N. 17th St. in Niles, MI. Doors open from 9 am to 3 pm.
Come check out these opportunities:
Used Curriculum and Educational Materials for sale--Abeka, Miquon, Singapore, and lots more at bargain basement prices! Pre-school through adult.
New Curriculum Vendors to show and sell their wares
Homeschool Support Groups
Local Community Resources and classes
This is open to any and all parents, students, or homeschoolers and maybe-wanna-homeschoolers. If you want info, if you want to check out curriculum, if you want to buy curriculum or educational materials, if you want to know about classes or opportunities in the area...you are welcome. Families, kids, and people of all ages are welcome. Invite your friends, pass it on. The more the merrier!
The event will take place in the gym.
2) Michiana Spring College Fair
Bethel College will host the Michiana Spring College Fair on Thursday, March 10, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. in the Wiekamp Athletic Center. More than 50 colleges/universities and organizations are expected to attend.
High school students from South Bend and Elkhart schools will be transported to Bethel for the fair. Sponsors and cosponsors for the event include: Bethel College Office of Diversity & Inclusion, Bethel College Admission Office, JAG (Jobs for America's Graduate), 21st Century Community Learning Centers, and Indiana University South Bend.
"The Michiana Spring College Fair is a great opportunity for local high school students to connect with college representatives from a variety of regional colleges and universities," says Bethel College Director of Diversity & Inclusion, Redgina Hill. "Students often gain a greater desire to pursue further education by attending college fairs. This year's fair is going to be a great resource for all local high school students."
The event is free and open to the public. For more information contact Hill at 574.807.7837
3) Lake Michigan College Spring 2016 Community Education Offerings
Low-cost and free classes and workshops on everything from Soap Making to Photography to cooking a romantic dinner to the life and times of Andrew Jackson.
See the attached file for more info. Note: the correct date for Cooking with Herbs is June 11th NOT October 3rd.
4) Homeschool Formal: "The Golden Ticket"
This year's homeschool formal will be called "The Golden Ticket" and will be held on Friday, May 6, from 5:30-11:00 p.m. The event will again be held at The Oaks, 16323 Roosevelt Rd., Mishawaka. Any homeschooler in 9th-12th grade may attend. Many students come in groups and not on dates. We will have food and a DJ to keep us entertained.
Registration is now open. Payment can be made out to Dana DoBrodt and sent to 58896 Elm Road, Mishawaka, IN 46544. The form (attached) needs to be filled out completely, including any guest information. If you are bringing a guest, you are responsible for his or her behavior. Instructions for payment are as follows: if you pay by March 15th (postmarked), the cost is $30 per person; by April 10th, the cost is $35 per person; any date after April 10th is $40 per person. The last few years we have filled up and had to turn people away, so sign up early.
The night is formal, so girls wear dresses and guys wear dress shirts and nice slacks or suits. We will again honor and pray over any seniors. Due to lack of space, parents are asked to take pictures between 5:00-5:30 and then pick up at 11:00. Email Dana at hiddeneagles@att.net with any questions.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
LINKS TO SHARE:
Share your favorite sites 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/
Make a tax-deductable donation to the Homeschool HUB Endowment Fund. Check with your tax preparer for the most advantageous amount if you wish, 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
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.
Amazon Smile--0.5% of what you buy will get donated to the Homeschool HUB when youshop through Amazon Smile.
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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