Virginia Homeschool

To: Virginia Homeschoolers
From: Home Educators Association of Virginia

Above the Fold
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Passing of Dr. Raymond S. Moore

Editor's Note: When our oldest was about a year and a half old, we moved to a city where we had lots of Christian radio. We learned, from guests on more than one show, that the public schools were not what we had grown up with. Then from Dr. Raymond Moore and his wife, Dorothy, we heard the solution for us--homeschooling. He passed away at age 91, on July 14, 2007. Farewell, friend, and thank you.

www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/index.php

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God Uses Dr. Raymond Moore to Spark the Modern Homeschool Movement
From Chris Klicka, HSLDA

God Uses Dr. Moore to Light the Flame

Dr. Raymond S. Moore passed away Friday, July 13, 2007, at the age of 91 after having suffered a massive stroke on Father's Day. He is survived by his wife Bernice Reid Moore; brother Charles and two sisters Loraine Webster and Helena Reid; son Dennis Moore; and daughter Kathie Moore Kordenbrock, her husband and three sons.

In the early 1980's, Dr. Raymond Moore and his late wife, Dorothy, discovered the truth that children learn better if they are educated later than earlier. In 1972, Dr. Moore wrote an article for Harpers Magazine on the dangers of early schooling. Reader's Digest picked up this article and distributed it to many more millions of people. Dr. Moore struck a chord. More and more people began to doubt the American education system.

Dr. Moore ended up writing a book called "Better Late than Early," which served as one of the foundational books for the modern homeschool movement. He wrote several more books.

In 1982, he was interviewed twice by James Dobson, with Focus on the Family. These shows on homeschooling created a spark in the Christian community. Millions of people were exposed for the first time to the thought of teaching their children themselves. And it made sense, especially in light of the failing public school system. God's Holy Spirit worked in the individual hearts of families over the country at that time and the modern homeschool movement was born.

Dr. Moore has said "Dr. Dobson's attention made a great deal of difference. He said he got three times as many listener letters from our appearances than he had ever gotten from any program before." Dr. Moore did further ground-breaking research on parent-directed education, which helped to fuel the homeschool movement. He was the first voice heard in the major media advocating homeschooling.

I remember in the mid 1980's when Dr. Raymond Moore called me and was so thankful that Mike Farris established the Home School Legal Defense Association. Up until that time he felt like he had the burden to help these families legally, but he did not have the legal training. Nonetheless, Dr. Raymond Moore faithfully traveled to many court hearings to testify as an expert witness to the academic statistics and success of homeschooling. He also testified in many state legislatures when bills were introduced to legalize homeschooling.

I remember in the 1980's when Dr. Raymond Moore and Dorothy would call me and ask for the latest legal update, and I would tell them about the cases and legal conflicts we had around the country for homeschooling. They would write the report in their newsletter about our work and how the legal battle was going. They encouraged everyone to join Home School Legal Defense Association.

Although there was a parting of the ways for a while, Dr. Raymond Moore began calling me to ask how I was doing in the last few years. He explained too that he had no bitterness on some of the splits that occurred earlier, and that he forgave everyone and admitted that he had handled it wrongly. When I questioned him about his faith and his relationship with Jesus Christ, he testified strongly to that relationship, his belief in the Gospel, and his assurance of salvation by grace.

I believe I'll see him again someday and am thankful for his life of work, especially his research and advocacy for homeschooling.

In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations to the Raymond S. & Dorothy N. Moore Memorial Scholarship Fund at Weimar Institute, Weimar, CA 95736.

Sincerely,
Chris Klicka

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AND THE WINNER IS...

Congratulations to those who won prizes for filling out evaluation forms at the 24th Annual HEAV State Convention & Educational Fair in June. Our deepest thanks also goes to all of you who took the time to let us know how we are doing and what we can do to improve.

GRAND PRIZE
Sharon Levin of Leesburg, and her husband, won a free three-day registration for next year's 25th Annual HEAV State Convention & Educational Fair, along with a two-nights' stay at the Marriott Hotel.

3-DAY CONVENTION REGISTRATIONS
Jacqueline E. Jimenez of Midlothian and Robbin Rinehart of Haymarket each won a free three-day convention registration for themselves and their husbands at next year's convention.

HEAV TOTE BAGS
Julie Belcher of Chesapeake and Heidi Jenkins of Catlett were winners of the fun and practical HEAV tote bags.

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HEAV Homeschool Success Seminar - August 9

Thursday, August 9, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. - Yvonne Bunn and Vicki Bentley

Get off to the right start with HEAV's "How-to-Begin Homeschooling" summer seminar! If you've decided to homeschool but have questions about getting started, this is a great opportunity to get your questions answered. You'll hear from two veteran home educators-Yvonne Bunn and Vicki Bentley-who have helped thousands of parents prepare for a successful homeschool experience. The seminar includes:

· How to Homeschool-What You Really Need to Know
· The Law, Evaluations, and Testing
· How to Choose Curriculum

Location: HEAV Office and Resource Center
Address: 2248-G Dabney Road, Richmond, Virginia 23230
Cost: Each seminar is $15 for HEAV members; $20 for non-members; spouses are free!
Childcare: Not available.
Reservations: Call the HEAV office at 804-278-9200. We accept Visa or MasterCard.
Registration is available at the door, but pre-registration will guarantee a seat and allow us to notify you of any schedule changes or space limitations.

Contact: 804-278-9200, or e-mail questions to info@heav.org.

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State Fair Homeschool Day - Monday, October 1

The Virginia State Fair will be September 27 through October 7 at the Richmond Raceway Complex, 600 East Laburnum Avenue, Richmond. For homeschool group rates through HEAV, call the HEAV office at 804-278-9200 or visit www.heav.org. Visit State Fair for general information and directions.

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1) Homeschool Items
View All Homeschool Items
1.1 Registration: Right at Home Fall Classes - Western Loudoun County - Ongoing
1.2 Article - A Look at Individualized Learning

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2) General Interest Items
View All General Interest Items
2.1 Free Planetarium Show and Open Stargazing - Hampton - August 8
2.2 Sacred Marriage Conference - Richmond - November 10

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3) Cool Sites
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3.1 That's a Great Idea!
3.2 Why is it Summer?
3.3 Interactive Medical Tutorials
3.4 Phrase Finder
3.5 Gardening Chores by the Month - July

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4) Celebrate America's 400th: Study Virginia History!
View All Virginia History & Geography Sites
4.1 The Road to Revolution Game
4.2 Exhibits: "Jamestown, Quebec, Santa Fe: Three North American Beginnings" - Richmond - Ends September 3
4.3 "Looking Back: The Jamestown Negro Exhibit of 1907" - Richmond - Ends September 16
4.4 "The Episcopal Church in Virginia, 1607-2007" - Richmond - Ends January 13, 2008

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5) Parting Thought - You Might Be a Nerd If...

...you rotate your screen savers more frequently than your automobile tires.

...you have a functioning home copier, but every toaster you own turns bread into charcoal.

...you have more toys than your kids.

...you have introduced your kids by the wrong name.

...you have a habit of destroying things in order to see how they work.

...when the microphone or visual aids at a meeting don't work, you rush up to the front to fix it.

...you can remember seven computer passwords but not your anniversary.

...you have memorized the program scheduled for the Discovery channel and have seen most of the shows already.

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6) Worth Repeating
"Let us never despair while we have Christ as our leader!"
- George Whitefield (1714-1770), nicknamed "the Lightening Rod of the Great Awakening," spoke to crowds estimated at 5,000 in Williamsburg.

Benjamin Franklin had dismissed reports of Whitefield preaching to crowds of tens of thousands in England as exaggeration. When listening to Whitefield preaching from the court house in Philadelphia, Franklin walked away towards his shop in Market Street until he could no longer hear Whitefield distinctly. He then estimated his distance from Whitefield and calculated the area of a semi-circle centred on Whitefield. Allowing two square feet per person he realized that Whitefield really could indeed be heard by tens of thousands of people in the open air.

Read the text of his Williamsburg sermon here. (http://www.pioneernet.net/rbrannan/whitefield/sermons/WITF_024.HTM)

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7) Verse of the Week
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. -Psalms 1:1-2 (KJV).

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Home Educators Association of Virginia

1) Homeschool Items
July 24, 2007

1.1 Registration: Right at Home Fall Classes - Western Loudoun County - Ongoing
1.2 Article - A Look at Individualized Learning

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1.1 Registration: Right at Home Fall Classes - Western Loudoun County - Ongoing

Right at Home
38327 Charles Town Pike
Waterford, VA

Right at Home has an assortment of classes to support your homeschool efforts. Visit the RAH website to get all the class and registration information. If you have questions not answered there, contact Joyce Guthrie at 540-882-3310 or RightatHome7@aol.com.

www.rightathome.us

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1.2 Article - A Look at Individualized Learning

A Virginia teacher's article offers many resources that may be of interest to homeschooling parents.

www.pbs.org/teachers/mediainfusion/2007/07/one_size_fits_few_a_look_at_in_1.html#more

2) General Interest Items
July 24, 2007

2.1 Free Planetarium Show and Open Stargazing - Hampton - August 8
2.2 Sacred Marriage Conference - Richmond - November 10

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2.1 Free Planetarium Show and Open Stargazing - Hampton - August 8

Jones Magnet Middle School
1819 Nickerson Boulevard
Hampton, VA

Wednesday, August 8, 2007, at 7 p.m. Free. Inside activity held in any weather; stargazing weather permitting. Free raffle for all in attendance. Someone in attendance will be the lucky 4000th visitor to the planetarium (since VPAS reopened it in 2002) and will win a great prize sponsored by the Air and Space Museum.

Join the amateur astronomers from the Virginia Peninsula Astronomy/Stargazers group for a presentation about Native American astronomy stories. Hear how some Native Americans viewed and shared stories about the night sky. The presentation will be followed by a tour of the night sky "stars" and summer constellations. Stay to see the real stars and more outside afterwards, weather permitting. Binoculars and telescopes will be supplied by the group.

The group has a website and invites homeschoolers to activities.

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vpas/?yguid=156335724

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2.2 Sacred Marriage Conference - Richmond - November 10

Bon Air Baptist Church
2531 Buford Road
Richmond, VA

Saturday, November 10, 2007, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Cost: $39/person, $65/couple. Map provided for lunch at nearby eateries. Fee-based childcare will be available on a limited basis; please call number below.

The Christian Counseling and Training Center, Inc., presents "Sacred Marriage" with Gary Thomas (a homeschool dad), a conference based on his book of the same name. Explore how we can use the challenges, joys, struggles, and celebrations of marriage to draw closer to God.

For additional information and registration, please contact CCTC at 804-358-1343 or see the website.

www.cctcinc.org

3) Cool Sites
July 24, 2007

3.1 That's a Great Idea!
3.2 Why is it Summer?
3.3 Interactive Medical Tutorials
3.4 Phrase Finder
3.5 Gardening Chores by the Month - July

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3.1 That's a Great Idea!

The Great Idea Finder website was created to promote the progress of science and useful arts by providing a showcase for innovation. They say their only mission is to provide inspiration to the inventor in all of us. Start by clicking on "First Time Visitors."

www.ideafinder.com/home.htm

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3.2 Why Is It Summer?

Here are several websites on the seasons with lots of info for preschoolers just learning the seasons, to high schoolers studying physics. See some cool animations and activities like making a sundial on the website from Liverpool, England. Enchanted Learning has a variety of great stuff for younger elementary-aged kids. The other sites have good animations too, which make it much easier to understand why we have seasons.

www.surfnetkids.com/seasons_of_the_year.htm

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3.3 Interactive Medical Tutorials

Find a long list of diseases, conditions, and treatments covered in interactive modules with questions. Heavily illustrated, much of this would be suitable for even upper-elementary students with parental guidance.

www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials.html

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3.4 Phrase Finder

What a wonderful way to fritter away a few extra minutes--or actually look up the origins and history of an odd phrase or two.

www.phrases.org.uk/index.html

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3.5 Gardening Chores by the Month - July

Bookmark this page and check back monthly to see what the Old Farmer's Almanac recommends for each month in the garden. It even mentions houseplants for folks like your editor who are house-potatoes!

www.almanac.com/garden/jobs/index.php?month=7

4) Celebrate America's 400th: Study Virginia History!
July 24, 2007

4.1 The Road to Revolution Game
4.2 Exhibits: "Jamestown, Quebec, Santa Fe: Three North American Beginnings" - Richmond - Ends September 3
4.3 "Looking Back: The Jamestown Negro Exhibit of 1907" - Richmond - Ends September 16
4.4 "The Episcopal Church in Virginia, 1607-2007" - Richmond - Ends January 13, 2008

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4.1 The Road to Revolution Game

Part of the PBS website, this quiz/game will advance the player on the road to eventual victory at Yorktown.

www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/road.html

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4.2 Exhibits: "Jamestown, Quebec, Santa Fe: Three North American Beginnings" - Richmond - Ends September 3

Virginia Historical Society (VHS)
428 North Boulevard
Richmond, VA

Hours at the VHS are Monday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Museum Galleries only). Cost: $5/adults; $4/seniors (55 and up); $2/Tuesdays-galleries only; free/children under 18 and members. Admission to the galleries is free on Sundays. For group tour information, call 804-342-9652.

Jamestown, Québec, Santa Fe: Three North American Beginnings runs through September 3, 2007. It explores the first permanent English and French settlements and the chartering of the first villa in New Mexico.

Other exhibits include:

Virginians at Work: Long-term exhibition examines how Virginians have made a living and why jobs have changed over time.

Story of Virginia--an American Experience: Long-term display on 16,000 years [[] of Virginia history from prehistoric times to the present.

1802 Flint Musket--The Virginia Manufactory of Arms Collection: Long-term exhibition presents weapons made in Richmond from 1802 through 1821.

History Discovery Lab--Solving History's Mysteries: Long-term interactive exhibit introduces visitors to the principles and techniques of archaeology.

Silver in Virginia: Long-term display of vintage silver produced throughout the commonwealth.

For more information, please call 804-358-4901 or visit the website.

www.vahistorical.org

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4.3 "Looking Back: The Jamestown Negro Exhibit of 1907" - Richmond - Ends September 16

Virginia Historical Society (VHS)
428 North Boulevard
Richmond, VA

When President Roosevelt visited the Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition on June 10, 1907, his only stop was at the isolated Negro Building. Official records state that approximately 750,000 people visited the exhibit before it closed in November 1907. Looking Back explores a fleeting moment seized by African Americans to represent themselves and their accomplishments to an international audience.

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4.4 "The Episcopal Church in Virginia, 1607-2007" - Richmond - Ends January 13, 2008

Virginia Historical Society (VHS)
428 North Boulevard
Richmond, VA

The Episcopal Church in Virginia, 1607-2007as, will be on display through January 13, 2008.

As English settlers came to Virginia in 1607, so did their belief in the Anglican religion. The Virginia Historical Society (VHS), in collaboration with the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, has produced an exhibition to show the important role the church played in defining values and beliefs of Virginians. This exhibit shows the church's dominant beginning, near collapse after the Revolution, recovery in the early 19th century, turmoil during the Civil War, gradual revival in the late 19th century, and evolution throughout the 20th century.

High-resolution exhibit images are available at http://www.vahistorical.org/news/media_epischurch.htm.