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HEAV's
Virginia Homeschool Update
July 21, 2010
Above the Fold
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THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
Modeling Repentance
How do our children
see us respond when we make a mistake? When we answer them more harshly than necessary...or
forget something we'd promised? Are we modeling repentance for our children by
confessing where we've erred and asking for their forgiveness?
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FREE INFORMATION--AND AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE
Founded
by Dr. Brian D. Ray back when homeschooling was not legal
in most states, the National Home
Education Research Institute has faithfully worked to compile homeschool
statistics used in court cases and legislatures around the country to promote
and defend homeschooling. Every
homeschool family in America, in one way or another, has been blessed by Dr.
Ray's labor of love.
Today,
NHERI helps homeschoolers in America, and around the world, by providing
statistical data and research to show how well homeschooling works. Check out
the NHERI website to see helpful statistical information, to sign up for
their mailing list, and to make a donation! (You can donate online or fill out this form.) NHERI is a non-profit
organization, and donations are tax-deductible.
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UPCOMING
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August 2 -
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Are you thinking about homeschooling? Or have
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Know new homeschoolers? Please help them get started on the right foot by letting them know
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View all upcoming Homeschool Success Seminars.
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NEW PROGRAM!
Walk-a-Thon,
Bike-a-Thon, and Canoe-a-Thons for Homeschooling
Want
to raise money for your local homeschool
support group or other community service group? Try a walk-a-thon, bike-a-thon, or a canoe-a-thon! You raise money for your local group, have a fun
group outing in the great outdoors, AND raise money to support the work of HEAV!
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Save money. Support HEAV. Get great benefits.
Your membership helps continue the work of HEAV, and gives you special benefits! Besides
saving on HEAV resources and events, your membership will help you save on HSLDA
membership, CollegePlus! enrollment, and more! Memberships start at just $35 a
year.
Check out all the benefits of being an HEAV member and join today!
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SAVE
THE DATE!
Homeschool
Day at the Virginia State Fair
Homeschool
Day at the Virginia State Fair is coming up on Monday, September 27, 2010. Thanks to HEAV's partnership with the
State Fair, you and your family can attend at a discounted price!
Watch for more details soon.
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PLEASE
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.
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Congratulations to 13-Year-Old Homeschooled Eagle Scout
Jeffrey Scot Wrobel, Jr., of Richmond's homeschool
Boy Scout Troop 1807, recently completed a 425-foot guardrail around the bison
enclosure at Maymont Park as his Eagle Scout project and was awarded his Eagle Scout
rank on July 1. Jeffrey and his two younger brothers (who are also homeschooled
and active in Boy Scouts) were Liberty Bell "tappers" in the July Fourth "Let Freedom Ring" observance in Philadelphia.
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1) Homeschool Items
View All Homeschool Items
1.1 CurrClick Photo Contest - Deadline Is July 30
1.2 HSLDA Photo Contest - Deadline Is August
1
1.3 Christmas Card Art Contest - Deadline Is August 1
1.4 Children's Art Workshop -
Purcellville - Register by August 2
1.5 Article - "Ways to Reduce Your Homeschool Expenses"
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2) General Interest Items
View All General Interest Items
2.1 Sales Tax Holiday: School Supplies and Clothing - August 6-8
2.2 Sustainable Dream House Contest -
Deadline Is September 15
2.3 Answers for Pastors Conference -
Lakeside Park, KY - September 21-23
2.4 Be a Missionary - Send a Postcard
or Letter
2.5 First-Person Video - Living with Autism
2.6 Article on Modesty: "Don't Set a Snare"
2.7 Resource: Hillsdale College's Center for Constitutional Studies
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3) Cool Sites for Homeschoolers
View All Cool Sites for Homeschoolers
3.1 Free Download: "Your Summer Adventure" from
James Dobson
3.2 Sixty Uses for Baking Soda - Plus
More Household Tips
3.3 Formula and Tutorial for Girls' Three-Tiered Skirts
3.4 Not for the Faint of Heart: The U.S. Debt Clock
3.5 Cook Like Lewis and Clark
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4)
Parting Thought - Latin for Bumper Stickers
"Sona si Latinae loqueris." (Honk if you speak Latin.)
"Si hoc adfixum in obice legere potes, et liberaliter
educatus et nimus propinquus ades." (If you can read this, you are both very
well-educated and much too close.)
- From various Internet sources
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5)
Worth Repeating
"If the
next century does not find us a great nation...it will be because those who
represent the...morality of the nation do not aid in controlling the political
forces."
- James Garfield, then U.S. congressman
chairing the Committee on Appropriations, July 4, 1876
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6) Verse of the Week
And
the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the
congregation of the saints.
- Psalm
89:5 (KJV)
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7) Homeschool Laugh of the Week
Taken from The Official Book of Homeschooling Cartoons (www.familymanweb.com). Reprinted with permission.
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YOU MAKE HEAV POSSIBLE!
Your membership support and tax-deductible gifts help us continue to promote and protect homeschooling in Virginia. We couldn't do what we do without you!
Thank you for your support!
HEAV is a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization, and your contribution is tax-deductible to the extent provided by law. Upon written request, a financial statement is available from the Office of Consumer Affairs. |
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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
Maya Barnes
(graphics & layout), Kathleen Dillie (copy editor), Chris (editor),
Katherine Loop (director of publications & marketing), Anne Miller (publications
advisor), and Karen Sweeney (content editor).
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.
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