Opportunities Abound for Pennsylvania Homeschoolers! Whether they are educational, vocational or spiritual, we have some great opportunities to grow our families "in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man." This month's eNews highlights a few of these opportunities. "Make the most of every opportunity" to show your family and the world what God's doing!
The 21st Annual CHAP Convention is fast approaching. You'll find a great line up of inspiring speakers, practical workshops & helpful vendors at the Harrisburg Farm Show complex on May 12th & 13th, 2007. Registration brochures have been mailed & on-line registration is now running at www.chaponline.com! Sign up early and receive the Early Bird Discount!
Of course, many have volunteered in the past to make the CHAP Convention happen! Over 400 volunteers coordinate their efforts to serve homeschooling families and help them focus on family discipleship. You can help this year and the benefits are great! Volunteers receive a refund of their convention tuition and early bird shopping on Friday morning. First, to volunteer, you must register for the convention online. After you've registered, click on Volunteering and follow the prompts to choose a job & time. Be a Volunteer This Year!
The American Mathematics Competitions (AMC), run by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), is a fantastic chance for students to participate in an exciting, challenging and enjoyable mathematics contest. Information about the test can be found at www.unl.edu/amc.
Students who do particularly well on the tests will be invited to participate in the American Invitational Mathematics Exam, the USA Mathematical Olympiad, and potentially the Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program and the International Mathematics Olympiad. But even if your students aren't likely to be one of the top scorers in the nation, this test gives them the opportunity to be challenged and, hopefully, get excited about mathematics. Some homeschoolers already participate but I would love to see more homeschoolers involved in this activity. Contact the AMC office at amcinfo@maa.org. The MAA and the AMC are eager to do everything possible to encourage any students, be they public, private, parochial or home schooled, to participate.
Harvey Cedars Bible Conference, six miles at sea on beautiful Long Beach Island, NJ, offers a seashore vacation designed to bless, help, and encourage homeschool families. The programs are designed to provide times of family rest and relaxation as well as times of learning, challenge, and interaction with other families and teachers.
Special features: Your entire family will be fascinated by the nightly presentations of Dean Ortner (“The Million-Volt Man”) and his Sermons from Science. Marine Biology classes, both introductory and advanced, will be taught again by Drs. Jim and Dan DeVries. Last year’s students considered this subject their favorite. Certificates for 3 – 5 hours of credit can be earned from the teacher-leaders. These vacation packages are affordably priced with a variety of accommodations available. For more information, check their website at www.hcbible.com or call Linda Lukacs at (609) 494-5689 x.114 Harvey Cedars Bible Conference, 12 Cedars Ave., Harvey Cedars, NJ 08008
Engineering Day is being held on Thursday, Feb 22 at the Harrisburg Campus of HACC in the Wildwood Conference Center. The registration deadline has been extended until noon on Wednesday, Feb 21. To register, please respond to Deb DeSantis directly at dadesant@hacc.edu. Each student can select 2 different sessions to attend from the following choices: Architecture, Civil, Computer, Electronics/Electrical, Environmental, GeoSpatial, Mechanical, & Nanofabrication. Contact: Deb DeSantis, Faculty Secretary - H213 Business, Hospitality, Engineering, and Technologies Division Harrisburg Area Community College One HACC Drive Harrisburg PA 17110 dadesant@hacc.edu (717) 780-2543 - phone (717) 780-1130 - fax.
Antique Auto Museum in Hershey Homeschool Day 2007, Wednesday, March 14, Special Activities Run 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Museum Hours: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Innovation and Invention will be a main focus of the day as visitors explore cars from motoring’s early days that are part of the TOP BRASS Horseless Carriages 1890-1915 exhibition. Brass era vehicles introduced, tested, and perfected the systems and pieces that would eventually be used to build the modern automobile. They are also some of the most colorful, visually interesting vehicles ever produced. “In addition to the special brass era cars, the children will have an opportunity to cruise eight decades of automobiles in unique settings,” says AACA Museum Curator Jeff Bliemeister, “and they will have wonderful interactive experiences as well, like sitting at the counter of a restored 1941 diner comparing menu prices, or jumping on the bell of a recreated WWII Era service station. Families will be able to handle historic auto-related artifacts or make various take home projects.” This is a self-guided program and advance registration is requested. Age-appropriate activities and “learning labs” supported by Pennsylvania State Standards in history, math, economics, English, science and technology will occur throughout the exhibits. The Antique Auto Museum at Hershey, a member of the Smithsonian Institutions Affiliations Program, displays beautifully restored automobiles in unique scenes and settings. This Museum is one of the nation’s newest and largest automotive museums. Visitors are transported through eight decades in time from New York to San Francisco, making each visit a visual adventure for all ages. The Museum is located just off Route 39, one mile west of Hersheypark Drive in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Regular admission $9, seniors age 61 and older $8, juniors age 4-12 $7, children age 3 and under are FREE. Regular admission prices apply for students and a $2.00 per person discount will be offered to adults that are accompanying the students for this event. For further information, please call 717-566-7100 or visit www.aacamuseum.org. EVENT CONTACT: Amanda Eshenour, Administrative Assistant, 717-566-7100 ext.101, aeshenour@aacamuseum.org
The Liberty Institute For Young Champions Summer 2007June 24 -- 29, 2007 The Liberty Institute for Young Champions is a Christian academic summer camp for students held each summer on the campus of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. Liberty University’s Christ-centered environment is the perfect place for 10th, 11th or 12th grade students to explore college life. Students come for one week in the summer and grow from the knowledge and biblical worldview taught of the best instructors in academia.Students will attend morning concentrations (major areas of study) and afternoon seminars Monday through Thursday. The concentrations will include the following topics: African-American Studies, Biology and Etymology, Computer Science, Cross Cultural Missions, The Civil War in Virginia, Graphic Design, Psychology, Literature, and Spanish Studies. Several of the concentrations will conduct tours to nearby historical or educational sites. Afternoon seminars will include special topics and feature numerous guest speakers and action-oriented activities.For more information, call 434-582-2087 or e-mail youngchampions@liberty.edu.
By listing these items/events, CHAP is not endorsing any of the events. Each homeschooling parents needs to investigate and be discriminating according to their beliefs and viewpoints as to whether the event is suitable for their family.
If you know about a great opportunity or website that you think might benefit other homeschooling families, please pass it along. Email the information to editor@chaponline.com or mail it to the address at the end of this email. Keep it simple with important information and a brief description. Most importantly, keep pressing on!
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