Homeschool HUB Weekly News--May 11 Homeschool 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 May 12--Homeschool hangout, Clay Firehouse Youth center, 2-4 pm, free (CANCELLED this week) May 15--Homeschool bowling, 1:00, Strikes and Spares, Mishawaka, $5 HERE'S THE BUZZ: 1) Life lesson Spanish classes 2) Fall homeschool science classes 3) Used book/curriculum sale Look ---> at the Classifieds section! And LAST BUT NOT LEAST: classified ads and links of interest at the end of your weekly news. 1) Life lesson Spanish classes will be offered throughout the summer, one 4-hour class per week. All participants will share the cost of $100/week. Some of the topics to be covered are: cooking, soccer, a day at the lake. No former Spanish language necessary. Contact Peggy at 269-695-2686 or Donnelda at 269-683-2372 for more details. Registration deadline is June 1. 2) HOMESCHOOL SCIENCE 2009-2010 Randy Graves and Peggy Judge are pleased to continue offering science classes for homeschoolers in the Michiana area using the science facilities generously offered to us for our use by the Biology department at Andrews University. For this coming year the two homeschool science courses that will be offered are Physical Science and Chemistry for the ages / grade levels indicated below. Both courses will be taught from 2nd edition textbooks in the Apologia series by Dr. Jay Wile. ² A deposit of $75 is required to hold a spot in each class and is used for purchasing the lab materials for the year. Below are the age/grade levels we believe are appropriate for the courses we offer. There are overlaps allowing for difference in maturity, science interests and math skill level prior to taking a course. We believe that younger elementary students can appropriately do their science and labs fully at home. Students should complete Dr. Wile's or similar courses at each level before moving to the next levels as shown below: COURSE-Year offered AGE(min.) GRADE MATH SKILL LEVEL Physical Science-09/10 13-16 8-10 Pre-Algebra or Algebra I Chemistry-09/10 16-18 10-12 Algebra I or Advanced Math Biology-10/11 13-16 8-10 Pre-Algebra or Algebra I Advanced Biology-10/11 16-18 11-12 Algebra I or Advanced Math Costs – Physical Science: $340 Tuition+$75 deposit/lab costs for the year Chemistry: $400 Tuition+$75 deposit/lab costs for the year * Chemistry labs will vary in length with some being shorter and others being longer, so the ending time can range from 3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Dr. Judge will attempt to let students know the previous week an approximate time for the following week's lab. Classes are on Friday afternoons and will start on August 28, 2009 and end on April 30. 2010 with the possibility of going into May if any Friday's have to be cancelled due to weather or the teachers' work schedule if they have to miss a class that can't be taught by a substitute teacher. A detailed class schedule will be given out at the first class in August including dates off for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Spring Break. Note: You will need a parking permit to avoid receiving an AU parking fine. We will give permits out the first day of classes. ------------- TEXTBOOKS Physical Science – Exploring Creation with Physical Science, 2nd ed. by Dr. Jay L. Wile ** Note that this is a brand new edition and previous editions will not work for the class ** Chemistry – Exploring Creation with Chemistry, 2nd ed. by Dr. Jay L. Wile One of the most economical place we have found to you to order these textbooks is at the website www.efinders-keepers.com . Feel free to contact us with any questions. Randy Graves, M.S. Peggy Judge, M.D. 6258 Smith Rd. 11869 Rangeline Rd. Berrien Center, MI 49102 Berrien Springs, MI 49103 gravesr@andrews.edu pjudge@tribeofdan.org 269.473.5935 269.471.7537 REGISTRATION SHEET For priority listing, indicate your interest in any of the courses for 2009-2010 by filling out this form and returning it to Randy Graves for either Physical Science or Chemistry with a $75 deposit. If a class is full, students requesting these courses will be placed on a waiting list on a first-come first-served basis. Please print fill out one of these forms for each student in a family requesting a course. STUDENT NAME ________________________________________ Student's email address ____________________________________ CLASS: PHYSICAL SCIENCE CHEMISTRY (circle one) PARENTS' NAMES ______________________________________ Parents' email address _____________________________________ Address __________________________________ City _______________________ State _________ Zip ________________ Phone number _________ - _________ - _______________ TUITION PAYMENT PLAN (indicate your preference with a ü) * payment due at the beginning of the time frames for the upcoming month, semester, etc. *Weekly _____ *Monthly _____ *Semester _____ *Whole year _____ Deposits and tuition for both Physical Science and Chemistry are payable to Randy Graves. Money enclosed: ___ $75 Deposit - Physical Science ___ $75 Deposit - Chemistry ___ $____ Tuition 3) Don't forget! Homeschool used books and curriculum sale this Saturday, May 16, 10:00 am–2:00 pm. at Michiana Covenant Church, 14567 Cleveland Road, Granger. There is no fee to browse, there will also be a "free" table. Please invite everyone that you know. Questions: Contact Ninette at ndtd@juno.com or (574) 273-3149. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 Looking for 4-door Grand Am, in good shape, under $2000. Call Annette or Rick: 269-683-7223. Have something for sale, free or trade? Advertise here! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LAST BUT NOT LEAST--LINKS OF INTEREST (links do not imply endorsement): American sign language lessons--free: http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/index.htm Take the Geobee challenge: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee 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.