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Homeschool Conventions in the Atlanta area

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:43:00 -0500

Homeschool Conventions

Two major homeschool conventions are held each year in the Atlanta area. GHEA sponsors a convention held at the Georgia International Convention Center. This year this convention begins Thursday, April 30th with free sessions and continues Friday and Saturday, May 1,2. Visit GHEA.org for more information.

The Southeast Homeschool Expo is held at the Cobb Galleria each year. The dates for this convention are July 31—August 1. More information will be available later in the year for this convention.

UGA College of Veterinary Medicine - Open House Friday, April 3rd

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:40:00 -0500

Annual Open House: Friday, April 3, 2009

The College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Georgia would like to thank you for your interest in our Open House, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, April 3, 2009.

The Open House demonstrates the exciting and rewarding aspects of a career in veterinary medicine. There will be many demonstrations and tours showing the diverse career choices from which graduates in veterinary medicine may choose.

Guided tours of the College and Teaching Hospital facilities will be available throughout the day. These tours will feature both the large and small animal teaching hospitals.

Interesting exhibits will focus on topics such as the life of a veterinary student, computers in veterinary medicine, animal behavior, equine reproduction, herd health and others.

Admission to the Open House is FREE and the public is invited. Please pass along this information to individuals or groups in your community or school who might be interested in learning more about the rapidly changing and scientifically challenging world of veterinary medicine.

Time Event Location

9 a.m. Parade of Breeds Lameness Center

Milking demonstration Front of College

10 a.m. Vet student Q&A session (until 11 a.m.) H203

Flyball demonstration Lameness Center

11 a.m. Retriever demonstration (until 11:30 a.m.) Lameness Center

Quail hatching — quail present all day, expected to hatch between 11:30 a.m. and noon) Front of College

Noon Disc Dogs and Agility Show (until 12:30 p.m.) Lameness Center

Vet student Q&A session (until 1 p.m.) H203

1 p.m. Milking demonstration Front of College

2 p.m. Vet student Q&A session (until 3 p.m.) H203

Environmental Education Homeschool Day

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:22:00 -0600

I am the program coordinator at the Fortson 4-H Center in Hampton, GA. We run an environmental education program during the school year. In an effort to make our programs more accessible to the homeschool community we are having our first annual homeschool day on April 6th. I think this will be a fun and educational opportunity that you will want to get your families involved with.

If you would like more information you can visit our website, www.fortson4h.org. There is a link on our homepage to information about the homeschool day.

Homeschool Days at Atlanta History Center

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:37:00 -0600

Our next Homeschool Day is Friday, December 12, from 10:00 AM -- 2:00 PM. This year, we've decided to expand our popular "Christmas at Tullie" program into "Holidays in History." Experience both an 1860s pioneer Christmas at our Tullie Smith Farm and a 1930s Christmas at the Swan House mansion!

Activities and demonstrations at the Tullie Smith Farm include blacksmithing, open-hearth cooking, candle dipping, historic toys and games, tours of house, and much more.

At the Swan House, enjoy a fun lesson on proper 1930s party etiquette, period games, and tours of the elegantly decorated mansion.

Before you head over to Swan House, make sure you stop by the craft table to make a gift for your gracious hostess. The craft table also offers many other historic crafts and activities. Bring your camera so you can take pictures of your kids in pioneer clothing!

While you're at the History Center, make sure to see our newest traveling exhibitions Norman Rockwell's Home for the Holidays and Jim Henson's Fantastic World. If you need a break, take a load-off and watch the video "My Christmas Soldier" about German POWs arriving in a small Georgia town during WWII.

Admission to Homeschool Days is $7 for nonmembers; $5 for children of members; and free for adult members. Children 3 and under are free. Discounted rates are available for groups with ten or more children. For more information or to make group reservations, please call 404.814.4018 or email Homeschool@AtlantaHistoryCenter.com .

I also wanted to let you know about our Pearl Harbor School Day on Friday, December 5, from 10:00 AM -- 1:00 PM. Commemorate the anniversary of Pearl Harbor and enjoy this rare opportunity to speak with WWII veterans and hear their personal stories. Students enlist in officers' camp, meet with WWII reenactors, learn about rationing through hands-on activities, and more. Admission for Pearl Harbor School Day is $7 per person. One chaperone is admitted free per 5 students. For more information on this program or to make a reservation, call 404.814.4110.

We hope to see you in December! Please let me know if you have any questions.

Wishing you and yours all the best this holiday season,
-Andrea and the AHC staff

Andrea Rombauer
Public Programs Coordinator | Atlanta History Center

130 West Paces Ferry Road NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30305
p | 404.814.4018 f | 404.814.2041
e | ARombauer@AtlantaHistoryCenter.com

Special Offer from Trivium Pursuit and Christian Logic

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:14:00 -0600

Special Offer from Trivium Pursuit and Christian Logic

Our readers have the opportunity to receive two free ebooks from
Trivium Pursuit.

1.The 73 page ebook of the entire text of Chapter Twelve: Ten Things
to Do With Children Ages Ten Through Twelve from the book Teaching the
Trivium: Christian Homeschooling in a Classical Style by Harvey and
Laurie Bluedorn

2.The new 94 page ebook Ancient Literature: Significant Excerpts from
the Books of Classical Authors Which You Can Use to Supplement Your
History Curriculum - Volume Two: Alexander the Great.

You will receive both of these ebooks when you subscribe to the
Homeschooling with the Trivium newsletter. This offer is only for new
subscribers to Homeschooling with the Trivium and is good only through
November 30.

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In addition, if you subscribe to Christian Logic's Fallacy Detective
News you will receive two lessons from the logic textbook The Thinking
Toolbox by Nathaniel Bluedorn and Hans Bluedorn (Lessons 12 and 13,
along with exercises and answer key). This offer is only for new
subscribers to The Fallacy Detective News and is good only through
November 30.

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Go here to subscribe and to find out more information:

http://hef.org.nz/2008/special-offer-from-trivium-pursuit-and-christian-logic/

Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History - New Educational Center

Mon, 3 Nov 2008 05:15:00 -0600

The Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History, located in
Kennesaw, has opened a great new educational center for children.
Along with the interactive center, they are offering lots of fun,
new programs for kids of all ages. My son and I frequent the
museums in our area, so we learned of these programs while there.
They are offering fun and educational Kids' Workshops (my son has
attended one and really enjoyed it), special Homeschool Days with
programs and activities for homeschoolers, along with programs for
younger children. It's very reasonable and educational as well.

The last workshop was canceled because my son was the only sign-up!
I was very surprised, because this is such a fun program to be
offered to the public. The director of the programs mentioned that
she has limited budget for advertising, and so I offered to post a
few messages to the homeschool groups I have joined. I thought it
might help to get the word out a bit.

You can find more information on the museum web site:

www.southernmuseum.org

Open Letter to the Georgia Board of Regents

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:18:00 -0500

Open Letter to the Georgia Board of Regents

Homeschooling families in Georgia need your help. Independent
homeschooling, without third party oversight, is legal in Georgia,
but the Board of Regents' policy states that independent
homeschoolers may not even apply for joint enrollment in the
University System of Georgia. This policy is discriminatory and
should be replaced with a fair standard based on qualification, not
on accreditation.

Please click, read the details, and sign the Open Letter. Please ask
your spouse, your family, your extended family, friends, neighbors,
church, etc. to sign the open letter. Please add the link to your
Facebook pages and forward it to your other support groups.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/GA-BOR-Policy-JE/index.html
You sign at the bottom of the Open Letter.
You can access signatures by clicking on the tab at the top of the
page.

American Legion National Oratorical Contest

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:12:00 -0500

American Legion National Oratorical Contest

2008-2009 is the 72nd year of the American Legion National High School
Oratorical
Competition. This competition is designed for all contestants to
discover a deeper
understanding of the US Constitution.

The competition is a prepared oration on these 4 topics from the US
Constitution:

Amendment 1
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free
exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;
or the right of the
people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a
redress of grievances.

Amendment 3
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without
the consent of the
Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Amendment 4
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers,
and effects, against
unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no
Warrants shall issue, but
upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and
particularly describing the
place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Art 3, Sec 3
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War
against them, or in
adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person
shall be convicted of
Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt
Act, or on
Confession in open Court. Clause 2: The Congress shall have Power to
declare the
Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work
Corruption of Blood, or
Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.

The 6-8 minute oration is delivered without written notes before the
Legion's selected
judges. The first level begins in December 2008 and then moves into
local and regional
competitions. The national finals are in Indianapolis in the early
spring of 2009. State
winners earn $1,000 scholarships. National winners receive $18,000.

To learn more go to
http://legion.org/programs/youthprograms/oratorical

Thank you to Lillian, South Carolina Blogger, for sharing this info.

Atlanta Botanical Garden Homeschool Day, October 8th

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:35:00 -0500

Homeschool Day
Date: Wednesday, October 8
Time: 9 a.m. - noon

The Garden will host an exciting day of tours and activities exclusively for home school groups. Supplement your life science, botanical and environmental studies by visiting a tropical rain forest, a desert house, and a native Georgia Bog. The Garden also has a 2-acre Children's Garden focusing on the interactions between people, animals and plants.

A discounted rate of $6 per student and $6 per adult chaperone (maximum two per student) will include Garden admission and all activities. Reservations are not required, but an RSVP to 404.876.5859 ext. 2556 is appreciated.

Homeschool Day TN Aquarium - Monday, September 29

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:32:00 -0500

HOMESCHOOL DAY
Our Home School Day this fall will be on Monday, September 29, 2008. We had over 800 home school participants this January, so make sure you mark your calendars for our fall exhibition. We are still offering great discounts for admission to the Tennessee Aquarium, the IMAX Theater, and the gift shops in each facility (See special rates below). Free animal programs will be offered in the auditorium from 11 am to 3 pm and special behind-the-scenes tours will be offered just for that day. So don’t miss this special day of fellowship with other home school students and their families. (To get your discounts, all you have to do is identify yourself as a home school parent.)

Prices:
HS Students (on HS Day only) pay:
$6.00 AQ only
$5.00 Imax only
$9.75 Combo

HS Parents (on HS Day only) pay the General Admission Child rates:
$12.95 AQ only
$6.00 Imax only
$17.95 Combo

Home school students and parents will receive a 10% discount at the Aquarium Gift Shops. Members of the Aquarium who are home school students or parents can receive a 20% discount on this day only. Tickets for a guided behind-the-scenes tour will be available for $5.00 on this special day and must be purchased at the ticket office when you purchase your tickets for the Aquarium or IMAX. (These discounts are only offered during our home school day.)

HOMESCHOOL DAY

1. How much does it cost?
Home school students may purchase tickets at a discounted education rate of $5.75 to the Aquarium and $4.50 for the IMAX. Adult Aquarium tickets are $17.95 and adult IMAX tickets are $7.25. Combo tickets (Aquarium and IMAX movie) are $9.00 per student and $22.95 per adult. Home school students and parents will receive a 10% discount at the Aquarium Gift Shops. Members of the Aquarium who are home school students or parents can receive a 20% discount on this day only. Tickets for a guided behind-the-scenes tour will be available for $5.00 on this special day and must be purchased at the ticket office

2. These rates are normally only available for groups of 10 or more students. Do I have to attend with a group to receive the discounted rates?
No. Families are eligible for the discounted rate only on scheduled homeschool days.

3. Do I need to make a reservation to attend?
No. Simply tell our admissions staff that you are a homeschool family when you purchase your ticket on the day of the event to receive the discounted rate.

4. Do I need proof of homeschooling?
No. Just tell the admissions staff you are a homeschool family and we’ll take your word for it.

5. Can students tour the Aquarium alone?
As with any other education group, we do require that students be supervised by an adult during the duration of your visit.

6. My entire homeschool group would like to attend together. Do we have to make a reservation?
Groups of ten or more students have two choices for Home School Day: making a group reservation or asking each family to pay separately upon arrival. If you choose to pay separately, there is no need to worry about calling ahead to make a reservation or to collect money in advance. If you choose to make a group reservation, one person will represent the entire group and pay for everyone upon arrival. Your group representative will also be responsible for calling at least one week prior to the event to make the reservation, including the number of students expected to attend. When making an advance reservation only, one adult chaperone for every ten students will be given free admission.

7. What education activities will be offered that day?
A detailed schedule of events will be available online soon as well as the day of the event. Feeding dives, behind-the-scenes tours, live animal encounters and other education programs will be offered throughout the day. Educational activities will be available for you to complete with your child.

8. I noticed that you offer other education programs, such as Lunch N Learns and classroom programs. Can I sign up for these on Homeschool Day?
No. Our entire education staff will be involved in presenting a variety of education programs throughout the day. These programs will be offered on a first-come first-served basis. Plenty of opportunities will be available.

9. Are there any education materials available to prepare my child for our visit or to complete as we explore the Aquarium?
Yes! Try our new AquaGuide (pdf). It includes background information about the exhibits and animals, as well as questions to explore as you visit to the Aquarium. Print and bring your own copy if you wish to use it during your visit on Home School Day. We also have fun educational Scavenger Hunts for our galleries throughout the Aquarium. Print them out and take them along!

10. Where do we go for lunch?
No food or drinks are allowed in the Aquarium; however picnic tables are located just outside the Aquarium for your convenience. Coolidge Park is a local favorite – just a quick walk or drive across the river, this park has plenty of green space for picnics. If you’d like to purchase your lunch, a concession stand is located on the Aquarium plaza. Many restaurants are within walking distance.

11. I can’t attend on the date you have planned. Will you hold another Homeschool Day?
We currently offer two homeschool days per year – one in September and another in January. Specific dates will be posted as they are planned.

for more information about the Homeschool program e-mail brm@tnaqua.org