 Homeschool HUB Weekly News--April 14Homeschool HUB phone: (269)362-0651 email: homeschoolhub@yahoo.com website: www.hshub.org Editor: Annette Ernsperger 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 at the Homeschool HUB resource center. Send information to be added to the update no later than the Thursday before the week you want it to appear: homeschoolhub@yahoo.com ON THE CALENDAR: Details for the following events are on the calendar at: www.calendar.yahoo.com/homeschoolhub Apr. 14--Homeschool hangout, Clay Firehouse Youth center, 2-4 pm, free Apr. 17--Homeschool bowling, 1:00, Strikes and Spares, Mishawaka, $5 Apr. 17--Homeschool skating, Galaxy Skate in Niles, 1:00, $3 Apr. 17--Homeschool skating, USA skate in Mishawaka, 1:00, $3 HERE'S THE BUZZ: 1) Editor's note 2) Educator's week at Barnes and Noble 3) Wildcats volleyball 4) Spring prom 5) USA skating 6) Homeschool used book and curriculum sale 7) Free Gymnics show 8) Party! 9) Used book and curriculum sale 10) Volunteer opportunity 11) Calculus I class 12) Earth day event 13) Free swimming lessons And LAST BUT NOT LEAST: classified ads and links of interest at the end of your weekly news. 1) Here's last week's update a little late....we hope you all had a meaningful Easter/Passover celebration, and if you're Polish, a happy Dyngus Day. Gotta love those paczkis! 2) Educator's Week at Barnes and Noble April 18 - 26 educator's get a 25% discount on most books for both teaching and personal use. You also get 10% off on CDs and DVDs. 3) MCAC WILDCATS VOLLEYBALL IS COMING! We will be starting some competitive volleyball teams for girls this year. The season starts with practices in July. The games start the middle of August and go until the end of October. We plan on practicing Tuesdays and Thursdays in the afternoon with one to two games a week. We will be fielding an elementary, JV, and varsity team for girls in 4th -12th grade. Cost will be $175 for the older teams and $125 for elementary plus one fundraiser. We will be holding some open gyms in the spring, so I need to hear from you if you are interested in trying volleyball. We are also hoping to have a volleyball camp this summer (information will be submitted at a later date). Contact Dana DoBrodt at hiddeneagles@att.net with your information or questions. You can also check out our website at mcacwildcats@yahoo.com which is currently running our basketball program for boys and girls. 4) Spring Prom: "Heaven's Gate" Saturday, May 2 If you are interested in attending the spring prom, mark the date of May 2nd on your calendar. It is our hope to make a fun evening for high schoolers in a safe environment. Yes, food will be part of the night! Dinner will include your choice of lasagna or chicken, salad bar, many tasty desserts, and our very own chocolate fountain. We will also have a professional Christian DJ, music for dancing, games, and maybe some giveaways. No date is needed—come with friends if you want and yes, Dads can be the dates, too. This event will be open to other home school groups in the area. It will be held at Evangel Heights United Methodist Church at 114 N. Ironwood, South Bend. Cost per ticket is $20 for an individual. We would like to request that guys wear a dress shirt and tie and ladies wear dresses that are modest (just use the "if in doubt, probably not" motto as a guide). Pictures will be offered that night as well. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and the event ends at 11:00 p.m. Please mail your payment and registration to Dana DoBrodt at 58896 Elm Rd., Mishawaka, IN 46544. Your payment must be postmarked by April 20th. If you are a senior, please send a few pictures of yourself. If you have questions, please email me at hiddeneagles@att.net. Spring Prom Registration Form Name________________________________________________________ Grade_________ Address_____________________________________________________________________ Phone_________________________________ Are you with a homeschool group? yes no If yes, name of homeschool group________________________________________________ Guest name (if bringing one)____________________________________________________ Guest age______________ Mail this registration form with your check payable to Dana DoBrodt for $20 per ticket. Send it to the following address (make sure it is postmarked by April 20th): Dana DoBrodt 58896 Elm Rd. Mishawaka, IN 46544 5) This is to remind everyone that the final rollerskating session at USA Skates in Mishawakafor this school year will be this Friday, April 17th, 1-3pm. Admission is $3.00 and includes skate rental. Liz Cockerill 6) Home School Used Books and Curriculum Sale--Everyone is invited! When: 10:00 am–2:00 pm , May 16, 2009 Where: Michiana Covenant Church 14567 Cleveland Road Granger, IN 46530 Sellers: ·Rent a six foot table to sell your used Homeschool books and curricula. ·Tables available by reservation until we run out. ·Reservations need to be made prior to May 13. ·Sellers are responsible for all of their own sales. ·There is no fee to browse. Please invite everyone that you know. ·We will be placing/sending ads out to e-mail lists and local garage sale postings. You may forward our ad to any lists that you belong to. Reserve Now: Contact Ninette at ndtd@juno.com or (574) 273-3149 to reserve your table now. Cost: Your "rent" or fee for the table will be a donation to Michiana Covenant Academy collected at 1:00 pm--hopefully after you have made many sales. There is no suggested donation amount. Free: We will also be having a free table for you to add to and/or to take from. Food: A youth organization will have food available for sale Questions: Contact Ninette at ndtd@juno.com or (574) 273-3149. 7) Gymnics Show--Next Friday, April 17, at 11:30am we have some seats held at the Andrews University Gymnics team's big finale show of the year. It's happening at Andrews University, it's free, and it's always an exciting, professionally done show. It's a great, high energy gymnastics/tumbling show that lasts about an hour. Highly recommended!! If you want to sign up to go, call Peggy at 695-2686. 8) A Party!! (and summer camp info) This coming Thursday, April 16, Lake Michigan College Bertrand Crossing Campus in Niles is celebrating the success of their junior high and high school robotics teams. From 5:30 - 6:30pm the teams will be demonstrating their robots. The high school team competed in the FIRST robotics competition - info on it can be found here: www.usfirst.org. The younger students had two teams that competed at the Robofest competition, and they have both qualified to go to nationals on May 9th! Info about that competition is here: www.robofest.net. The students on the high school team are homeschoolers, and the junior high teams are a combination of homeschoolers and public school students from Berrien Springs. Come see if this is something you might like to get involved with in the future! While you are there, check out the Fab Lab, and take a look at the summer camp flyers that just came out. There will be week long robotics camps for 10 - 15 year olds, Fab Lab camps for 3rd to 8th graders, and an Entrepreneur camp for 10 - 14 year olds. 9) The TEACHErs support group is preparing to have their annual used book sale on Monday, June 8th. We would like to open it up to other homeschoolers who have used items they'd like an opportunity to sell. T.E.A.C.H.E.rs Used Curriculum Sale Monday, June 8, 2009 6:30pm-8:30pm (Set up starts at 5:30pm) Grace Bible Baptist Church 68080 Division St New Paris, IN (located in the old New Paris elementary school) TEACHErs members may reserve one table for free. Additional tables, and each table for non-members will be $5.00. Contact Susie Rogers 534-3855 or appledumplinggang@verizon.net 10) Cure your Spring Fever by volunteering at the Therapeutic Equestrian Center whose mission is to enrich the lives of those with special needs through horse related activites. Volunteers are horse leaders, side walkers, exercise riders and do barn chores. For a complete list of volunteer opportunities (not all of them involve horses) take a look at their web site: www.tecfarm.org Therapeutic Equestrian Center is located at Stockbridge Equestrian Center 615 N. M140, Watervliet , MI 49098 Phone: 269-429-0671 New volunteers should attend 1 indoor training and 1 barn training. April 14 – indoor training 6 pm at Blossomland Learning Center , 711 St. Joseph Ave. Berrien Springs , MI April 16 – 6 pm training in the barn at TEC in Watervliet. If you know of someone who would enjoy being a rider, they can apply for the spring session beginning April 20 that will run for 8 weeks. 11) Dr. Gerry Cox is interested in teaching a Calc I course at LMC Bertrand Crossing next fall if he can get enough students. At this point he is looking to see how much of an interest there would be in it. Contact Peggy Judge: 269-471-7537 12) Late last week we were able to confirm the upcoming free workshop for Earth Day on Wednesday April 22nd. We would love to see you at the free workshop – feel free to bring your brown bag lunch, and please feel free to help spread the word. Barbara Craig, Interim Executive Dean, Lake Michigan College at Bertrand Crossing 1905 Foundation Drive Niles MI 49120 1.269.695.1391 (office) 1.269.695.2795 (direct) 1.269.695.2999 (fax) craig@lakemichigancollege.edu 13) Free Swimming Lesson at the Andrews University Pool: April 7th Ages 3-5 6:30-7:00 or 7:00-7:30 April 7th Ages 6-7 6:30-7:30 April 14th Ages 8+ 6:30-7:30 Sign up is encouraged at: springswimlessons@gmail.com or 269-471-4736 and please include the name and age of the children coming. Walk-ins are welcome! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TOTAL RECALL (These items will run until their pertinent information expires) 1) News from Diane Day: I will be reserving seats for our group for the 2009/2010 theatre season which promises to be a family friendly line up of at least 1 old favorite. Check back for updates. Dessert theatre at Bethel will be performing "Dearly Beloved". It will take place in July. I will be getting back with details. I will not be reserving seats for this performance. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLASSIFIEDS Have something for sale, free or trade? Advertise here! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LAST BUT NOT LEAST--LINKS OF INTEREST (links do not imply endorsement): Geography resources: http://www.geographic.org/ Explore art at the Met Museum: http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Whats_New.asp Vocabulary games: http://www.vocabulary.co.il/ Do you have any favorite websites? Send them to us and we'll share them! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. |
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
HUB weekly update-April 14
