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Getting Started in Homeschooling
Saturday, March 4, 2006 at 2:00pm at the HOME Office in Hope. Are you just beginning to homeschool? Are you researching the option for your family? Plan to attend this workshop! We will cover the following topics:

Maine’s new homeschooling law

Record keeping

Curriculum planning

Helpful resources

Portfolios and evaluations

Support groups

Special needs

And much more!

Call the HOME office at 763-2880 to register.

bulletHome: The Story of Maine

The MPBN video series, "Home: The Story of Maine," is a thirteen part series on the history of Maine. To receive this video series, send four blank tapes or send a check for $20.00 made out to Treasurer State of Maine. The address is: Maine State Library, Media Services, 64 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333

Attn: Alan Fecteau - Call Alan Fecteau at 287-5620 for more info.

 

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Homeschooling Through High School
HSLDA has a new resource Homeschooling Through High School email newsletter for parents teaching through high school. It has information on curriculum, colleges, the military, schedules, vocation, and much, much more! If you are or will be starting high school soon, be sure to check out this wonderful resource at: http://www.hslda.org/highschool/default.asp

 

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Adopt A Library
Would you like to help promote homeschooling in your neighborhood? HSLDA has available a Homeschool Library Kit that you can put in your library. For a tax-deductible donation of $35, they will send you an attractive poster and display box filled with 150 You Can Homeschool brochures, along with five homeschooling classics that HSLDA is able to include at their cost. The kit will be your gift to the library. And when the brochures run out, there's a number on the box they can call to order more-for free. For more information go to http://www.hslda.org/hslibrarykit/default.asp

 

bullet2006 Christian Worldview Essay Contest
The 2006 Christian Worldview Essay Contest, sponsored by the Trinity Foundation, is open to all young people between the ages of 17 and 23. The topic of the 2006 Christian Worldview Essay Contest is the book "Not What My Hands Have Done" by Horatius Bonar and Charles Hodge. Each person who enters the Contest must read this book and write an essay about it. Visit http://www.trinityfoundation.org/2006EssayContest.php for more information.

 

bulletJourney North
Journey North is a science, math, technology, and geography project supported by Annenberg/CPB. Teachers and students in K-12 classrooms are invited to participate this February through May in one of the Journey North project’s free online global studies of wildlife migration and seasonal change. For more information and inspiration, visit the Journey North Web site at: www.learner.org/jnorth. You’ll find an overview of all Journey North projects here: www.learner.org/jnorth/orientation/Overview.html

 

bulletAre You a Single Parent?
A Maine mom has started a blog site that has turned into a regular ministry to and for Christian single moms who desire to be keepers at home. If you are a single homeschooling parent check out this site at: http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/maggieraye