June 3, 2008
Summer Time!
Yay for summer time! With the very busy summer most of us have, I just wanted to let you know that I won't be updating this blog on a weekly basis during the summer. Probably bi-weekly or monthly you will find something new from me.
But don't write me off! I'm still here if you want to email me with any questions or concerns about homeschooling in Tennessee. Or just look around. Hopefully I've covered most places you will need linked right here in this blog in the right side bar.
Have a wonderful summer and check back periodically to see what I've come up with to write about!
~Betsy
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April 25, 2008
Tax Free Day!
Moving this back to the top because it's *THIS WEEKEND*
SPECIAL SALES TAX HOLIDAY
Friday, April 25 at 12:01 a.m. to Sunday, April 27 at 11:59 p.m.
It's time for a Special spring "sales tax holiday," April 25-27, 2008. Consumers in Tennessee may make tax-free purchases on school related items during this weekend.
This is a special spring version of the ongoing Tax Holiday that will be repeated on the first weekend in August each year.
Visit the TN.GOV site for more information about the Sales Tax Holiday and a list of the items that will be exempt from sales tax.
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July 18, 2007
Film Your Issue
April 9, 2007
Mock Trial Competition
Homeschool students from the Family Christian Academy of Chattanooga placed second in the 27th annual Tennessee State High School Mock Trial Competition held March 23-24 in Nashville.
Read the rest of the article at the timesfreepress.com
Congratulations to those students and their families!
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November 7, 2006
TN Homeschooler on Oprah
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Talk-show queen picks area homeschooler
"The ever-chatty Oprah Winfrey plucked local frazzled mother Angela Ray out of her Washburn, Tenn., home to be a guest on Winfrey's wildly popular daytime talk show."
"Oprah" tapes several weeks in advance, a rep tells The
Insider," so we don't know when this show will air. Check your local listings for more information.
Read the story By TERRY MORROW, at this Knoxnews.com link.
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May 18, 2006
Homeschool Mom on Nashville School Board
A homeschooling mother, Kay Brooks, has been elected to the Nashville School Board.
"Brooks, who lives in Inglewood, said she wants to see all children learn, will learn quickly herself and will bring new ideas to a 72,000-student school district with plenty of room for improvement. Metro has 614 home-school students registered, but Brooks said she would not push a home-school agenda."
Read the rest of the story at WBIR.com
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April 3, 2006
Spelling Champion!
April 3, 2006
Tornado Tragedies
March 14, 2006
East TN homeschool groups win!
February 22, 2006
School closings?
Did you hear about the
Superindent of Knox County Schools announcing his desire to close Gap
Creek, New Hopewell, and Bonny Kate elementary schools in 2009 and
putting all of those children on a mega campus? Ludicrous.
Do the PS officials think they can solve their problems by making the
schools bigger and busing the children farther?
To quote Gena: Bring them home!
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February 20, 2006
Homeschoolers in the news!
Homeschoolers take peek at resources
| By JOEL DAVIS
Staff Writer | February 17, 2006 | | | PIGEON
FORGE - The Pigeon Forge Public Library staff is reaching out to
homeschooled children and their parents to encourage use of library
resources. | Children's Librarian Marcia Nelson held a quarterly lunch program this week.
The regular gathering allows parents of homeschooled children to learn more
about what the library has to offer.
"There is a large homeschooled population in Sevier County," Nelson said.
"I want to serve that population ... (Speaking) as a former homeschool parent,
the library is one of the most valuable resources that homeschool parents have.
It is free. It is in your neighborhood. It is a wealth of information at your fingertips."
Ken Blake, who brought his 7-year-old son James, attended the program for
the first time. "He usually comes with his mother," Blake said. "This is new
for me. It's been useful."
Each program focuses on a single resource at the library. The Wednesday
topic was cartooning."I always preview new materials so they stay abreast
of what we have new," Nelson said.
Leslie Ruff of Wears Valley brought her three children: Adam, 10, Samson, 7
and Lynsey, 4. This is their first year being homeschooled.
"We thought it would be good for them," Ruff said. "We like the flexibility
of the schedule." The Pigeon Forge Public Library has been useful to Ruff.
"We've been coming to the library to support some of the curriculum,
but we also want to find out what else is there for the children," she said.
Amy Kear brought her three children: Jacob, 2, Rachel, 6, and Sarah Beth, 8.
"We like to get together with other homeschoolers," she said. "I used to work
here. The library is very important to us, so we enjoy coming."
This is the second year Kear has homeschooled. There have been challenges.
"We keep trying to get out of the mindset that they have to be sitting in a
desk to learn," Kear said. "Life is learning."
©The Mountain Press 2006
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February 7, 2006
Achievements
Achievements
(as listed in Commercialappeal.com) February 5, 2006
Sarah Katherine Dunn of Germantown has been awarded the Chancellor's
Scholarship to study at the University of Arkansas. She is a
dual-enrolled homeschool student attending Southwest Tennessee
Community College and the daughter of Bob and Vickie Dunn of
Germantown, and the granddaughter of Mary Dunn of Germantown. Her
planned major is engineering.
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