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HEAV's Virginia Homeschool Update
 
August 11, 2009
 
Above the Fold
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It's Time to File Your Notice of Intent!
The deadline to let your division superintendent know you will be homeschooling is August 15. The HEAV website has newly revised Notice of Intent information, as well as a Notice of Intent form you can download and use.
 
Have questions? Not sure if you need to file? Take a look at our updated Notice of Intent FAQs. If you don't find the answer to your question, please just give us a call (804-278-9200) or send us an e-mail (support@heav.org). 

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New Study Says Homeschoolers Are Still Performing Well
Just yesterday, HSLDA released the results of an extensive study by Dr. Brian Ray. "The results were consistent with previous studies on homeschool academic achievement and showed that homeschoolers, on average, scored 37 percentile points above public school students on standardized achievement tests." Read a pre-publication report, an article on the survey, and more on HSLDA's website.
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Website Maintenance
The website may be down for periods of time this Thursday and Friday, August 13 and 14. We apologize for any inconvenience. (If you are going to get a NOI form, be sure to download it NOW!)
 
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Yvonne BunnTHIS THURSDAY!
How to Begin Homeschooling:
What You Really Need To Know!
August 13, 2009
Thinking about homeschooling this fall? Get your questions answered and use the information from this seminar to prepare for the coming year! Don't miss it!
 
Visit www.heav.org/events/seminar/index.html for more details and to reserve your spot today.
 
Note: If you have friends who are thinking about homeschooling or just beginning, please let them know about this seminar!

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Vicki BentleyHigh School 101: Blueprint for Success 
August 28, 2009
Vicki Bentley, mom of 17 homeschooled students, shares the secrets to mapping out a successful high school course of study and shows why the high school years are the most important years to homeschool. She covers planning; recordkeeping; preparing for college admission and/or apprenticeship, military service, or other options; and much, much more!

Visit www.heav.org/events/seminar/index.html for more details and to reserve your spot today.

Don't miss these you-can-do-it seminars! 
 
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Homeschool Day at the Virginia State Fair
SAVE THE DATE!
Homeschool Day at the Virginia State Fair
Homeschool Day at the Virginia State Fair is coming up on Monday, September 28, 2009. Thanks to HEAV's partnership with the State Fair, you and your family can visit the State Fair at a discounted price! Watch for more details soon.

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Box Tops for EducationPLEASE DON'T THROW AWAY THAT BOX OR LABEL!
Through the Box Tops for Education program, you can turn the box tops found on certain cereal boxes and soup labels into cash for your homeschool support group--and HEAV! The September 30 submission deadline will be here soon! More details are on our website at www.heav.org/events/boxtops/index.html.

Box Tops for EducationSpecial Opportunity for Food Lion Customers
If you shop at Food Lion, you can earn bonus Box Tops all year long! Download the current Box Top coupon here.


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1) Homeschool Items
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1.1 Communicators for Christ Conference - D.C. Metro Area - Best Price by August 12
1.2 CHESS Open House and Registration - Centreville - Open House Is August 18/Register by August 28
1.3 Powhatan Homeschool Music - Powhatan - Register by August 25
1.4 Free Vision Screening - Richmond - September 3
1.5 German, Web Design, and Much More - Fredericksburg - Register by September 11
1.6 Article - College Professor Critiques Homeschoolers

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2) General Interest Items
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2.1 Virginia Center for Architecture - Richmond - September Through October

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3) Cool Sites for Homeschoolers
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3.1 D6 and "Splinks" - Connecting Parents with Kids
3.2 Twenty-Four Simple Birthday Ideas
3.3 Printable Play Money
3.4 Elementary Catechism for the Constitution of the United States
3.5 World History Sources: A World History Survey Course
3.6 Audio-Visual Lesson: A Historian Teaches How He Analyzes Newspapers
3.7 Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids

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4) Parting Thought - Sewing Lesson
A little girl came to spend a few weeks with her grandmother, so the older woman decided to teach her to sew.

After going through a lengthy explanation of how to thread the machine, the girl stepped back, put her hands on her hips, and said in disbelief, "You mean you can do all that, but you can't operate my Game Boy?"
 
- As seen on the Internet (author unknown)
 
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5) Worth Repeating
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."
- John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), sixth President of the United States. After accompanying his father on several overseas trips in his early youth, he served for three years as secretary to Francis Dana on a mission to Saint Petersburg, Russia. He began serving as Francis' secretary at the age of just 14!
 
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6) Verse of the Week
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
- Isaiah 41:10 (KJV)

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7) Homeschool Laugh of the Week
 
Homeschool Laugh of the Week
 
Taken from The Official Book of Homeschooling Cartoons (www.familymanweb.com). Reprinted with permission.
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Submit an Item
Know of an event, contest, or resource that would interest fellow homeschoolers? Please submit it using our online form at www.heav.org/resources/update/submit-event.html.
 
Note: We compile information for publication at least two weeks prior to the send-out date, so please submit items as early as possible (preferably one month in advance). HEAV reserves the right to accept or reject any material submitted.
 
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Disclaimer
The Virginia Homeschool Update is produced by Kathleen Dillie (copy editor), Chris (editor), Anna Dykhoff (graphic designer), Sarah Kohrs (manager), Katherine Loop (assistant director of publications & marketing), and Anne Miller (director of publications & marketing).
 
HEAV does not necessarily endorse the above-mentioned resources, nor guarantee the accuracy of information found on any external resource we may mention. If you find anything wrong on our website, please let us know so we can correct it.
 
HEAV diligently researches each link prior to publication. However, we recommend you, the parent, fully examine websites before allowing your children to surf them without supervision.
 
Copyright © 2009 by the Home Educators Association of Virginia. All rights reserved. You are free to pass along all or part of this Update, but please include the following credit line when you do: "Taken from HEAV's Virginia Homeschool Update, a free newsletter for Virginia homeschoolers. You can sign up at www.heav.org." You may modify this credit line if needed, but please credit HEAV and link to the HEAV website (www.heav.org).


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