Homeschool HUB News Update--March 2
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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.
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) HSLDA Poetry Contest
G3) Free Language Arts Giveaway
G4) Free St. Patrick's Day Science Activities
G1) Brain Warmer Upper
What do you have to give before you can keep it?
Answer to the last puzzle:
rooster don't lay eggs
G2) HSLDA Poetry Contest
"A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds." —Percy Bysshe Shelley
Time to get out your quills and ink-pots! Err, not really. But if you have an affinity for cryptically or literally expressing yourself through rhymes and general writing, or if you enjoy a creative challenge, or if you just love entering HSLDA's contests—why wait? Homeschool students (ages 7—19) are welcome to participate—and every student has up to three chances to place in their category!
And did we mention that winners will receive up to $200 in cash prizes? View the contest info and guidelines here.
Category 1 (ages 7–10): Read the excerpt from Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem "The Cloud" that exemplifies how Romantic poetry often celebrates nature. Write a rhyming poem no more than 20 lines long that praises one of your favorite outdoor places, like Romantic poetry did.
As you see in "The Cloud," feel free to experiment with the perspective of the narrator, like how Shelley writes as if he is the cloud talking. Have fun with perspective!
Category 2 (ages 11–14): Read the excerpt from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales that exemplifies how Medieval poetry often tells a story in heroic couplets. Write a poem no more than 24 lines long that tells a story in heroic couplets like Medieval poetry does.
Have fun with what story you choose: it can be amusing, tragic, or even a bit random, like a dream sequence. It can be a story you create or a retelling of a well-known story.
Category 3 (ages 15–19): Read the excerpt from Alexander Pope's poem "An Essay on Man" that exemplifies how Neoclassical poetry often instructs about reason and common sense. Write a rhyming poem no more than 32 lines long that explores an application of reason or common sense like Neoclassical poetry does.
Have you ever found yourself in an amusing or difficult situation because of a choice you made for good or bad? Have fun being creative in how you describe in a poem the common sense you've gained from your experiences. Play around with the narrator's perspective—perhaps write the poem from the perspective of someone other than yourself, or from the perspective of an inanimate object that may have witnessed what your poem describes.
Entries due by May 1. More info: https://hslda.org/Contests/Poetry_rules.aspx
G3) Free Language Arts Giveaway
Go to Jackrispublishing.com and scroll to the bottom of the home page to enter your email address to be added to our mailing list. If you do not wish to be placed on our mailing list, just send us an email to sales@GrowingWithGrammar.com with the subject line "Free Giveaway." JacKris Publishing does not sell your information.
At the end of March, we will take the number of entrants we receive, divide that number by 25, and then randomly choose that many winners. For example, if we receive 10,000 entrants, we will give away 400 sets of books (10,000/25). Winners will be selected randomly from within the entire group of entrants.
The winners will be notified in early April. Each winner will be allowed to select one set of books of his or her choosing. This is our small way of giving something back to the homeschool community which has blessed us over the years. Please pass this e-mail along to the members of your homeschool group. Also, please feel free to send it along to other friends and family members. The more the merrier!
Thanks, and good luck!
Tamela Davis
JacKris Publishing
Growing With Grammar
Soaring with Spelling
Winning With Writing
Starting Line Stories
www.JacKrisPublishing.com
G4) Free St. Patrick's Day Science Activities
Hey friends,
St. Patrick's day is just around the corner and I've been working on creating themed science activities that relate to Leprechauns to make science lessons fun this month. Kids can learn about density as they try to sort real chocolate leprechaun gold from fake wood pieces, investigate light and refraction as they create rainbows, work on engineering a Leprechaun trap and more!
If you want to bring this fun science into your home and homeschool science class check out the free activities here: rosieresearch.com/st-patricks-day-crafts-leprechaun-science-ideas/
I hope you enjoy them and share them with your friends and homeschooling families!
Erica Saint Clair, PhD
Founder
Rosie Research | Learn real science, do fun science
p. 206-371-6947
G5) Free Feathered Friends Lessons
Engaging science lessons brought to you by your local birds!
Our friends at Pennington Wild Birds are working with us to educate and engage children in the pleasures of feeding and watching birds. This free download is perfect for elementary educators. These easy-to-use and fun activities will help you teach science content year-round through your local birds.
http://www.birdsleuth.org/pennington/
G6) Interesting Article
This article is about how scientists study Gray Jays ("Whiskey Jacks"), a bird that nests in the winter.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/spoiler-alert-can-gray-jays-survive-warmer-weather/
MICHIANA EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
1) IAHE Home Educators' Convention
2) Unschoolers Waterpark Gathering
3) Career and Internship Fair
4) Scroll: The Wabash Institute of Theology for Youth -- A Terrific Summer Opportunity
5) Berrien County 4-H Horse Tack Swap
6) Lakeshore Skate Club
7) Potowattomi Winter Zoo Day--tomorrow!
8) Free Farm History Event
9) Pre-1865 Redbud Rendezvous History Event
1) IAHE Home Educators' Convention
March 23-24, 2018, Indiana Association of Home Educators is hosting the IAHE Home Educators' Convention at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, 1202 East 38th Street, Indianapolisn, IN 46205-2869.
For more information or to register: https://iahe.net/2018-convention
2) Unschoolers Waterpark Gathering
Schedule
Main events, speakers, funshops, and more from Sunday, May 20th, 2018 to Thursday, May 24th, 2018.
Location and Lodging
UWG 2018 will once again be held at the Kalahari Waterpark Resort in Sandusky, Ohio.
Speakers
Over 15 speakers and panels, including an Unschooled Teens Q&A Panel and a Grown Unschoolers Panel.
The conference does offer a greatly reduced rate on a waterpark hotel, as well as fun activities like nerf war, zombie tag, movie night, and the like. The speakers and their topics can be found here: https://www.unschoolerswaterparkgathering.com/speakers/
More info: https://www.unschoolerswaterparkgathering.com/
3) Career and Internship Fair
Bethel College is hosting a career and internship fair, sponsored by the Center for Career Development, on Wed., March 21, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Wiekamp Athletic Center on Bethel's campus. Representatives from more than 100 employers – including AM General LLC, South Bend Community School Corporation, and Beacon Health and Fitness – will be on hand to talk about available jobs and internships.
Students and graduates from any college are welcome. Participants should dress like they would for an interview and bring copies of their résumé. The event is free to participants and open to the public.
For more information, contact Matthew Stackowicz, director of career development and global engagement, at Matthew.Stackowicz@BethelCollege.edu or 574..807.7116. Visit BethelCollege.edu/Career/Fair2018 for a complete list of employers and positions available.
4) Scroll: The Wabash Institute of Theology for Youth -- A Terrific Summer Opportunity
Dear Homeschoolers:
I'm writing from Wabash College to announce a program that may be of interest to some of the young men in your homeschool associations. It is called Scroll: The Wabash Institute of Theology for Youth, and it is scheduled for July 21-29, 2018, on the Wabash campus in Crawfordsville, Indiana.
Scroll is an eight-day summer theology program for young men who are current high school sophomores and juniors (i.e. rising juniors and seniors as of next summer). Scroll takes its name from Luke 4:16-19, where Jesus enters the synagogue in Nazareth and reads from the scroll of Isaiah. Using the framework provided by that passage, we focused on theology and poverty last summer, while this summer we will examine theology and criminal justice (Luke 4:18: "liberty to the captives").
Scroll got off to a terrific start last summer. We had an outstanding group of 19 young men, with 8 of them hailing from out of state. Four current Wabash students served as mentors, living with the students in a dormitory and participating in the full set of activities. We spent our mornings on campus in class and our afternoons visiting and serving area churches and ministries focused on poverty-related issues. In the evenings, relevant speakers and films helped us better understand the dynamics of our topic. Participating students were enthusiastic about Scroll, and I'm confident future institutes will also be engaging and impactful.
We are looking for young men who have a solid Christian faith and a demonstrated record of high achievement in the classroom and beyond, who are eager to deepen their theological understanding and reflect on its applicability to important issues like criminal justice. There is no denominational requirement—last summer we had an excellent mix of Protestant and Catholic students—and we welcome applicants from across the Christian denominational spectrum.
Importantly, there is no cost to participate in Scroll—no tuition, no room and board, no cost for off-campus excursions. If students come from out of state, we'll even cover the cost of the flights. For in-state students and those within reasonable driving distance, we simply ask that you pay for the cost of driving to and from campus. Additionally, in order to recruit a diverse pool of applicants and in view of the fact that many high school students need to work over the summer, we give every student participating in Scroll a stipend of $350 to offset possible lost wages.
Scroll is supported by a grant from the Lilly Endowment, and its focus on young men reflects our mission at Wabash College, one of the few remaining all-male undergraduate institutions in the country.
Please think about young men (current high school sophomores or juniors) in your homeschool association, church, community, or beyond who might be interested in Scroll. You can direct them to www.wabash.edu/scroll for more details. Applications are open now, with an April 10 deadline. Don't hesitate to contact me (or have students or parents do so) if you have questions. You can also call or email Ms. Rachel Hassler, administrative assistant for Scroll, at 765-361-6327 or hasslerr@wabash.edu.
Sincerely yours,
Jonathan Baer
Director, Scroll: The Wabash Institute of Theology for Youth
Associate Professor of Religion
765-361-6130
baerj@wabash.edu
5) Berrien County 4-H Horse Tack Swap
The Berrien County 4-H Horse Leaders Association is sponsoring their annual Tack
Swap on Saturday, March 17, 2018. It is scheduled from 1:00 – 4:00 PM at the Shadow
Trailer World Michigan in Berrien Springs, MI. Admission is $1.00 for adults and children
5 and under are free. The Tack Swap provides the opportunity to purchase new and
used horse tack as well as English and Western riding apparel. Door prizes will be
available.
The Tack Swap is open to the public, you do not need to be a 4-H member to
participate. For questions in regards to the Berrien County Tack Swap, please contact Swap Meet
Chair Pam McCaleb at 269-362-3252 or via email at we_luv_paints@yahoo.com.
For more information about Berrien County 4-H, please contact Kelly Stelter, 4-H
Program Coordinator at 269-927-5674 ext. 4015 or
6) Lakeshore Skate Club
We invite you to Lakeshore Skate Club's Final Skate Tuesday March 6, 2018 1-3pm eastern time.
We have filled our Membership Requirements. Roller Club is a go for 2017-2018- Special thanks to our member families in both Indiana and Michigan who have committed to making skating an exciting, memorable activity for the homeschooling youth in our area!
This Tuesday---*March 6, 2018 Pizza Party Skate* 1-3pm Eastern Standard (Detroit) time
at Lakeshore Rollerworld 5567 Red Arrow Hywy Stevensville, MI
*Member families enjoy a free pizza.
Send questions to Jen at sevensieks@yahoo.com, ask how you can become a member, too.
Jennifer Siek
empowering innovation in independent, responsive education
Exodus 15:2
7) Potowattomi Winter Zoo Day--tomorrow!
Last Winter Day this Saturday
There's only one winter day left before we open for the 2018 season. This Saturday, March 3rd, is your last chance to join us for a craft (additional charge), animal experiences, and fun activities one more time this winter.
The Zoo will be open from 12 until 3pm, with last admission at 2:30. Winter days are free for members with $5.50 admission for non-members. We hope to see you there!
8) Free Farm History Event
Open to area schools and home-schoolers, "Farm History Day" offers students, teachers and chaperones a chance to learn about life on a rural farm in the early 1900s. Take a self-guided outdoor tour around the museum and participate in hands-on displays like candlemaking, pressing fruit and using a two-man saw!
Held from 9 am – 2 pm rain or shine, Friday, May 11, 2018. No admission charge. If you are planning on attending, please register by calling 269-639-2010 or email: michiganflywheelers@yahoo.com
9) Pre-1865 Redbud Rendezvous History Event
You are invited to come enjoy this spring rendezvous at the site of the Trail of Courage when the redbuds are blooming. See the Fulton County Museum, Round Barn Museum, Living History Village, and how much has been done since last time you were here! The round barn and the Polke House are repaired. AGAIN THIS YEAR WE WILL SET UP IN LIVING HISTORY VILLAGE JUST SOUTH OF ROUND BARN. WE ARE INCLUDING CIVIL WAR – SO TIME PERIOD WILL BE PRE-1865. Purpose: Educate the public about frontier history, preserve history and heritage of pre-1865 era. Provide a fun and relaxing time for participants! Teaching is one of the purposes for the rendezvous. So come on out and have some fun on the banks of the Tippecanoe River. See Indian and mountainman encampments along with militia camps, blanket traders, merchant tents, more!
April 28-29 just north of Rochester, IN $3 for people 12 and up, free for kids...but bring money to try authentic food and buy some goods and crafts if you want.
https://www.fultoncountyhistory.org/redbud-trail-rendezvous
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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:
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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
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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) HSLDA Poetry Contest
G3) Free Language Arts Giveaway
G4) Free St. Patrick's Day Science Activities
G5) Free Feathered Friends Lessons
G6) Interesting Article
G1) Brain Warmer Upper
What do you have to give before you can keep it?
Answer to the last puzzle:
rooster don't lay eggs
G2) HSLDA Poetry Contest
"A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds." —Percy Bysshe Shelley
Time to get out your quills and ink-pots! Err, not really. But if you have an affinity for cryptically or literally expressing yourself through rhymes and general writing, or if you enjoy a creative challenge, or if you just love entering HSLDA's contests—why wait? Homeschool students (ages 7—19) are welcome to participate—and every student has up to three chances to place in their category!
And did we mention that winners will receive up to $200 in cash prizes? View the contest info and guidelines here.
Category 1 (ages 7–10): Read the excerpt from Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem "The Cloud" that exemplifies how Romantic poetry often celebrates nature. Write a rhyming poem no more than 20 lines long that praises one of your favorite outdoor places, like Romantic poetry did.
As you see in "The Cloud," feel free to experiment with the perspective of the narrator, like how Shelley writes as if he is the cloud talking. Have fun with perspective!
Category 2 (ages 11–14): Read the excerpt from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales that exemplifies how Medieval poetry often tells a story in heroic couplets. Write a poem no more than 24 lines long that tells a story in heroic couplets like Medieval poetry does.
Have fun with what story you choose: it can be amusing, tragic, or even a bit random, like a dream sequence. It can be a story you create or a retelling of a well-known story.
Category 3 (ages 15–19): Read the excerpt from Alexander Pope's poem "An Essay on Man" that exemplifies how Neoclassical poetry often instructs about reason and common sense. Write a rhyming poem no more than 32 lines long that explores an application of reason or common sense like Neoclassical poetry does.
Have you ever found yourself in an amusing or difficult situation because of a choice you made for good or bad? Have fun being creative in how you describe in a poem the common sense you've gained from your experiences. Play around with the narrator's perspective—perhaps write the poem from the perspective of someone other than yourself, or from the perspective of an inanimate object that may have witnessed what your poem describes.
Entries due by May 1. More info: https://hslda.org/Contests/Poetry_rules.aspx
G3) Free Language Arts Giveaway
Go to Jackrispublishing.com and scroll to the bottom of the home page to enter your email address to be added to our mailing list. If you do not wish to be placed on our mailing list, just send us an email to sales@GrowingWithGrammar.com with the subject line "Free Giveaway." JacKris Publishing does not sell your information.
At the end of March, we will take the number of entrants we receive, divide that number by 25, and then randomly choose that many winners. For example, if we receive 10,000 entrants, we will give away 400 sets of books (10,000/25). Winners will be selected randomly from within the entire group of entrants.
The winners will be notified in early April. Each winner will be allowed to select one set of books of his or her choosing. This is our small way of giving something back to the homeschool community which has blessed us over the years. Please pass this e-mail along to the members of your homeschool group. Also, please feel free to send it along to other friends and family members. The more the merrier!
Thanks, and good luck!
Tamela Davis
JacKris Publishing
Growing With Grammar
Soaring with Spelling
Winning With Writing
Starting Line Stories
www.JacKrisPublishing.com
G4) Free St. Patrick's Day Science Activities
Hey friends,
St. Patrick's day is just around the corner and I've been working on creating themed science activities that relate to Leprechauns to make science lessons fun this month. Kids can learn about density as they try to sort real chocolate leprechaun gold from fake wood pieces, investigate light and refraction as they create rainbows, work on engineering a Leprechaun trap and more!
If you want to bring this fun science into your home and homeschool science class check out the free activities here: rosieresearch.com/st-patricks-day-crafts-leprechaun-science-ideas/
I hope you enjoy them and share them with your friends and homeschooling families!
Erica Saint Clair, PhD
Founder
Rosie Research | Learn real science, do fun science
p. 206-371-6947
G5) Free Feathered Friends Lessons
Engaging science lessons brought to you by your local birds!
Our friends at Pennington Wild Birds are working with us to educate and engage children in the pleasures of feeding and watching birds. This free download is perfect for elementary educators. These easy-to-use and fun activities will help you teach science content year-round through your local birds.
http://www.birdsleuth.org/pennington/
G6) Interesting Article
This article is about how scientists study Gray Jays ("Whiskey Jacks"), a bird that nests in the winter.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/spoiler-alert-can-gray-jays-survive-warmer-weather/
MICHIANA EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
1) IAHE Home Educators' Convention
2) Unschoolers Waterpark Gathering
3) Career and Internship Fair
4) Scroll: The Wabash Institute of Theology for Youth -- A Terrific Summer Opportunity
5) Berrien County 4-H Horse Tack Swap
6) Lakeshore Skate Club
7) Potowattomi Winter Zoo Day--tomorrow!
8) Free Farm History Event
9) Pre-1865 Redbud Rendezvous History Event
1) IAHE Home Educators' Convention
March 23-24, 2018, Indiana Association of Home Educators is hosting the IAHE Home Educators' Convention at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, 1202 East 38th Street, Indianapolisn, IN 46205-2869.
For more information or to register: https://iahe.net/2018-convention
2) Unschoolers Waterpark Gathering
Schedule
Main events, speakers, funshops, and more from Sunday, May 20th, 2018 to Thursday, May 24th, 2018.
Location and Lodging
UWG 2018 will once again be held at the Kalahari Waterpark Resort in Sandusky, Ohio.
Speakers
Over 15 speakers and panels, including an Unschooled Teens Q&A Panel and a Grown Unschoolers Panel.
The conference does offer a greatly reduced rate on a waterpark hotel, as well as fun activities like nerf war, zombie tag, movie night, and the like. The speakers and their topics can be found here: https://www.unschoolerswaterparkgathering.com/speakers/
More info: https://www.unschoolerswaterparkgathering.com/
3) Career and Internship Fair
Bethel College is hosting a career and internship fair, sponsored by the Center for Career Development, on Wed., March 21, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Wiekamp Athletic Center on Bethel's campus. Representatives from more than 100 employers – including AM General LLC, South Bend Community School Corporation, and Beacon Health and Fitness – will be on hand to talk about available jobs and internships.
Students and graduates from any college are welcome. Participants should dress like they would for an interview and bring copies of their résumé. The event is free to participants and open to the public.
For more information, contact Matthew Stackowicz, director of career development and global engagement, at Matthew.Stackowicz@BethelCollege.edu or 574..807.7116. Visit BethelCollege.edu/Career/Fair2018 for a complete list of employers and positions available.
4) Scroll: The Wabash Institute of Theology for Youth -- A Terrific Summer Opportunity
Dear Homeschoolers:
I'm writing from Wabash College to announce a program that may be of interest to some of the young men in your homeschool associations. It is called Scroll: The Wabash Institute of Theology for Youth, and it is scheduled for July 21-29, 2018, on the Wabash campus in Crawfordsville, Indiana.
Scroll is an eight-day summer theology program for young men who are current high school sophomores and juniors (i.e. rising juniors and seniors as of next summer). Scroll takes its name from Luke 4:16-19, where Jesus enters the synagogue in Nazareth and reads from the scroll of Isaiah. Using the framework provided by that passage, we focused on theology and poverty last summer, while this summer we will examine theology and criminal justice (Luke 4:18: "liberty to the captives").
Scroll got off to a terrific start last summer. We had an outstanding group of 19 young men, with 8 of them hailing from out of state. Four current Wabash students served as mentors, living with the students in a dormitory and participating in the full set of activities. We spent our mornings on campus in class and our afternoons visiting and serving area churches and ministries focused on poverty-related issues. In the evenings, relevant speakers and films helped us better understand the dynamics of our topic. Participating students were enthusiastic about Scroll, and I'm confident future institutes will also be engaging and impactful.
We are looking for young men who have a solid Christian faith and a demonstrated record of high achievement in the classroom and beyond, who are eager to deepen their theological understanding and reflect on its applicability to important issues like criminal justice. There is no denominational requirement—last summer we had an excellent mix of Protestant and Catholic students—and we welcome applicants from across the Christian denominational spectrum.
Importantly, there is no cost to participate in Scroll—no tuition, no room and board, no cost for off-campus excursions. If students come from out of state, we'll even cover the cost of the flights. For in-state students and those within reasonable driving distance, we simply ask that you pay for the cost of driving to and from campus. Additionally, in order to recruit a diverse pool of applicants and in view of the fact that many high school students need to work over the summer, we give every student participating in Scroll a stipend of $350 to offset possible lost wages.
Scroll is supported by a grant from the Lilly Endowment, and its focus on young men reflects our mission at Wabash College, one of the few remaining all-male undergraduate institutions in the country.
Please think about young men (current high school sophomores or juniors) in your homeschool association, church, community, or beyond who might be interested in Scroll. You can direct them to www.wabash.edu/scroll for more details. Applications are open now, with an April 10 deadline. Don't hesitate to contact me (or have students or parents do so) if you have questions. You can also call or email Ms. Rachel Hassler, administrative assistant for Scroll, at 765-361-6327 or hasslerr@wabash.edu.
Sincerely yours,
Jonathan Baer
Director, Scroll: The Wabash Institute of Theology for Youth
Associate Professor of Religion
765-361-6130
baerj@wabash.edu
5) Berrien County 4-H Horse Tack Swap
The Berrien County 4-H Horse Leaders Association is sponsoring their annual Tack
Swap on Saturday, March 17, 2018. It is scheduled from 1:00 – 4:00 PM at the Shadow
Trailer World Michigan in Berrien Springs, MI. Admission is $1.00 for adults and children
5 and under are free. The Tack Swap provides the opportunity to purchase new and
used horse tack as well as English and Western riding apparel. Door prizes will be
available.
The Tack Swap is open to the public, you do not need to be a 4-H member to
participate. For questions in regards to the Berrien County Tack Swap, please contact Swap Meet
Chair Pam McCaleb at 269-362-3252 or via email at we_luv_paints@yahoo.com.
For more information about Berrien County 4-H, please contact Kelly Stelter, 4-H
Program Coordinator at 269-927-5674 ext. 4015 or
6) Lakeshore Skate Club
We invite you to Lakeshore Skate Club's Final Skate Tuesday March 6, 2018 1-3pm eastern time.
We have filled our Membership Requirements. Roller Club is a go for 2017-2018- Special thanks to our member families in both Indiana and Michigan who have committed to making skating an exciting, memorable activity for the homeschooling youth in our area!
This Tuesday---*March 6, 2018 Pizza Party Skate* 1-3pm Eastern Standard (Detroit) time
at Lakeshore Rollerworld 5567 Red Arrow Hywy Stevensville, MI
*Member families enjoy a free pizza.
Send questions to Jen at sevensieks@yahoo.com, ask how you can become a member, too.
Jennifer Siek
empowering innovation in independent, responsive education
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7) Potowattomi Winter Zoo Day--tomorrow!
Last Winter Day this Saturday
There's only one winter day left before we open for the 2018 season. This Saturday, March 3rd, is your last chance to join us for a craft (additional charge), animal experiences, and fun activities one more time this winter.
The Zoo will be open from 12 until 3pm, with last admission at 2:30. Winter days are free for members with $5.50 admission for non-members. We hope to see you there!
8) Free Farm History Event
Open to area schools and home-schoolers, "Farm History Day" offers students, teachers and chaperones a chance to learn about life on a rural farm in the early 1900s. Take a self-guided outdoor tour around the museum and participate in hands-on displays like candlemaking, pressing fruit and using a two-man saw!
Held from 9 am – 2 pm rain or shine, Friday, May 11, 2018. No admission charge. If you are planning on attending, please register by calling 269-639-2010 or email: michiganflywheelers@yahoo.com
9) Pre-1865 Redbud Rendezvous History Event
You are invited to come enjoy this spring rendezvous at the site of the Trail of Courage when the redbuds are blooming. See the Fulton County Museum, Round Barn Museum, Living History Village, and how much has been done since last time you were here! The round barn and the Polke House are repaired. AGAIN THIS YEAR WE WILL SET UP IN LIVING HISTORY VILLAGE JUST SOUTH OF ROUND BARN. WE ARE INCLUDING CIVIL WAR – SO TIME PERIOD WILL BE PRE-1865. Purpose: Educate the public about frontier history, preserve history and heritage of pre-1865 era. Provide a fun and relaxing time for participants! Teaching is one of the purposes for the rendezvous. So come on out and have some fun on the banks of the Tippecanoe River. See Indian and mountainman encampments along with militia camps, blanket traders, merchant tents, more!
April 28-29 just north of Rochester, IN $3 for people 12 and up, free for kids...but bring money to try authentic food and buy some goods and crafts if you want.
https://www.fultoncountyhistory.org/redbud-trail-rendezvous
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LETTING IT RIDE:
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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.
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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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