Here is a link for an engineering program for students:

http://www.rose-hulman.edu/ExploreEngineering/

THE STATEWIDE GRADUATION CEREMONY FOR 2008

Interested in the 2008 Statewide Graduation Ceremony?

Date:  May 31st, 2008 at 2 p.m.

Location:  East 91st St. Christian Church, Indianapolis (Castleton)

Please e-mail us Info@IndianaHomeSchooling.org and ask to be added to the 2008 list.  Please include your mailing address, phone, and e-mail. We will send you updates about the 2008 ceremony and scholarship information.

NOTE to families:  To connect to our online registration, we need you to go to our new updated website - www.IndianaHomeSchooling.org

Click here for update on registration and scholarship info for grads!

The IFHS has a few scholarships to award annually to seniors participating in the statewide graduation through our Dollars for Scholars chapter.  Click here for an application. Postmark Deadline for scholarship application will be March 1, 2008.

I apologize that it has been such a long time since I have updated the Indiana blog. I hope that all of you are enjoying a blessed 2008!

I will be adding some updates to this blog soon on events that are going to be taking place in the upcoming months.

Are any of you going to be attending the upcoming IAHE Convention in Indianapolis this year?

Blessings to you in the Lord,
Sharra

The Maxwell family will be conducting a seminar in Indianapolis on September 17th and you can visit the following link to download the flyer with all of the information:

Encouragement for the Homeschool Family Conference

The Maxwell's have a great website will a great deal of homeschool encouragement and helpful tips.

Blessings!
Sharra

Indianapolis Children's Museum Homeschool Programs

Please join us as we explore topics with a variety of activities and experiments that are sure to educate and excite you. These Family experiences are recommended for children 3 and older and pre-registration is required to participate. A registered adult must accompany the children.

Programs are offered September through May 2007/2008.

Visit the museum's website for dates and times of programming.

Studio of Colors Home School Program Discover everyone’s inner artist as your family makes art together. Create an amazing balloon sculpture tower, shape a colorful plastic sun catcher and participate in other imaginative learning activities, all inspired by Dale Chihuly’s Fireworks of Glass. Fee: Youth member, $5/ Youth non-member, $5.50 Ages: Recommended age 3 and older with a registered adult

Stories from the Hearth Home School Program

Families tell stories to teach, entertain or create a legacy. Spend a delightful afternoon with one of America’s most celebrated storytellers, Donald Davis! Mr. Davis performs some of his original and heart-warming tales, followed by a storytelling workshop for families. Everyone will learn how to turn memories into stories to share with others (ddavisstoryteller.com)

Note: There will be only one section offered for this home school program. Please note the date and time for this class and sign up early!

Fee: Youth member, $5/ Youth non-member, $5.50
Ages: Recommended age 3 and older with a registered adult

Ooey Gooey Chemistry Home School Program

Some cool chemistry concoctions can be made right in your kitchen, but others require safety precautions of a laboratory setting. At this program, older participants – ages 8 and up – work with a professional scientist to create an actual polymer called Jiggle Jelly. Younger children have fun making and experimenting with Outrageous Ooze. Participants leave with some great recipes for kitchen chemistry and the motivation to develop their own inquiries. The Jiggle Jelly workshops are sponsored by The American Chemical Society through their financial and volunteer support.

Fee: Youth member, $5/ Youth non-member, $5.50
Ages: Recommended age 3 and older with a registered adult

Making a Difference Home School Program

The museum’s newest permanent exhibit, The Power of Children, celebrates the lives of Anne Frank, Ruby Bridges and Ryan White – children who showed extraordinary courage in the face of adversity and prejudice. As we tour this inspirational space, listen to an exhibit developer describe its origins and goals. Each family will develop their own Action Plan for making the world a better place and add their own unique pledge to the exhibit’s Tree of Promise.

Fee: Youth member, $5/ Youth non-member, $5.50
Ages: Required age 8 and older with a registered adult

Pop Bots: Fun with Robots Home School Program

Discover how robots have evolved from characters in science fiction to actual rovers on distant planets. Don’t miss the opportunity to have a close-up glimpse of objects from the museum’s amazing robot collection. Then, use your imagination to construct robots out of recycled materials, or assemble an edible Mars spacecraft. Visit the Robots + Us exhibit to learn how these amazing artificial devices have changed people’s lives.

Fee: Youth member, $5/ Youth non-member, $5.50
Ages: Recommended age 3 and older with a registered adult

CSI: Curious Scientific Investigators Home School Program

Can you solve the Case of the Mysterious Stain? We’ll visit the museum’s Biotechnology Learning Center and use science methods, skills and tools to determine where in the museum a spill occurred. The answer can be found by investigating the properties of water: temperature, density, volume and color.

Fee: Youth member, $5/ Youth non-member, $5.50
Ages: Recommended age 3 and older with a registered adult

Fitness Fun Frolic Home School Program

Learn how to lead a healthy and active family lifestyle. Work with a yoga instructor and explore the poses of Cat-Cow, Down-Dog and Wheel. Participants will receive a pedometer and be inspired to increase the number of steps they take across a whole day. Get started during the program’s Family Relays

Fee: Youth member, $5/ Youth non-member, $5.50
Ages: Recommended age 3 and older with a registered adult

Peeking at Plants Home School Program

Were you aware scientists believe that the oldest known living organism on Earth is a tree? There were many fascinating plants all around us and we depend on them for food and to make the oxygen we breathe. Using your senses, explore the world of seeds, flowers and plants, and learn how museum staff care for the trees and greenery on our grounds.

Fee: Youth member, $5/ Youth non-member, $5.50
Ages: Recommended age 3 and older with a registered adult

Fiesta! Cinco de Mayo Home School

Did you know that Cinco de Mayo is not Mexican Independence Day? Have fun exploring the history of this Mexican holiday and immerse your family in the in the colorful aspects of Cinco de Mayo fiesta. Celebrate traditional Mexican art, food and folklore, and learn authentic Spanish dancing from a professional performer.

Fee: Youth member, $5/ Youth non-member, $5.50
Ages: Recommended age 3 and older with a registered adult

Homeschool Day at the Creation Evidence Expo
is Wednesday, September 26 from 0900-1100am.  RSVP, today!

The Real Big Bang is Coming to Indy
and a City Near You Soon!

Mr. Ken Ham will be at the Life Center on September 28, at 7:00pm for two lectures.

The presenters are Dr. Carl Baugh, Bert Wagoner, Dr. G. Thomas Sharp, Dr. Charles Jackson, Malachi King, Mr. Nick Lally and Mrs. Rose Ann Salanitri.  As well as special guest musicians, Jeff and Heather Setzer, Danny Deluna and Rosa Sadowski.

The Expo will be of particular interest to families and the children - there will be children's activities, a 2,000 square foot dinosaur display, and many artifacts from Dr. Sharp's Museum of Earth History in Eureka Springs, Arkansas and from Dr. Baugh's Creation Evidence Museum in Glen Rose, Texas.

Parents, come learn the Truth about the theory of evolution being taught as fact to our children in Indianapolis School text books!

All event activities are free and open to the public - (view the schedule here). 

Designed with the family in mind, it's an incredible experience of exploration into the mysteries of our universe and the Truth of how we were all created!  The lies of the Darwin/evolution theory will be exposed!

Parents! There are school field trips being planned - Homeschoolers schedule a tour for your family or group right away.   RSVP a tour date NOW before they are all booked up!

This 6 day Expo will begin Friday, September 21^st with a Dinner Reception to thank our Sponsors & Partners (to become a sponsor or partner, see the Sponsorship page).

If you, or your church youth group would like to volunteer to be a part of the inner workings of the event, please email our Director or contact the Expo Coordinators Gerald Ivey at (317) 353-1360, or Doug Thompson at (317) 225-2665 or (317) 783-6753.

Senior Executive Director, Fredrick Boyd  ,(317) 356-7273.

For more info follow the link below to the website for the:

Creation Evidence Expo

Expo will be held at the Life Center of Southport

4002 E Southport Rd.
Indianapolis, IN 46237-3223


And our lunchtime events at

College Park Church

2606 W 96th St
Indianapolis, IN 46268

Conner Prairie in Fischers, Indiana will be holding their Glorious Forth celebration from June 30 to July 4. You can find more information about this event at this link.