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HEAV's Virginia Homeschool Update

March 25, 2009

Above the Fold
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The Socialization Trap March's Top Pick - Save More than 20%!
The Socialization Trap
- by Rick Boyer
Reviewed by Vicki Bentley, mom of 17 homeschooled students, speaker, and author.

While most of us like to think that schools exist to teach children the "Three R's" over a twelve-year period, did you realize "John Holt has found that it only takes about thirty hours for a person to learn to read"...So what is the purpose of the other 11½ years of compulsory "education"?

Read the rest of the review and order your copy today!
For the month of March, we are offering The Socialization Trap for only $6 (members)/$7 (non-members), plus shipping. That's a savings of more than 20%!

Looking for a Meaningful Way to Prepare for Easter? Looking for a Meaningful Way to Prepare for Easter?
Check out this family devotional for Easter week written by a homeschool graduate specifically for homeschool families! Easy to use--and includes a craft for kids! Download today for $7.99. While you're on the site, sign up for FREE monthly e-newsletters with a short story, homeschool tip, and more!

http://www.christianperspective.net/devotionals/easter.html

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Online Science Classes and Camps: Anatomy, Biology, Forensics, Pre-Biology Anatomy & Physiology Summer Camps - Boone, NC
Directed by Veteran Homeschool Dad / Professor
- Week-long camps at Appalachian State University
- Caring, close supervision
- We use human cadavers for optimal anatomy
- Fun, instructive physiology labs
Please Visit Our Site for Details.

http://www.HomeschoolScienceAcademy.com

Home Education: Turning Our Hearts Toward Home
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THE CONVENTION APPROACHES!
Home Education: Turning Our Hearts Toward Home

Get ready to be challenged, encouraged, equipped, and inspired to make a lasting difference in your home! This year's convention is packed with incredible speakers, exhibitors, and events. Take a few moments to view the convention details, register (if you haven't already), and tell a friend.

New this year! Qualifying parents of preschoolers can attend the entire convention for FREE! Here is an amazing way to encourage young parents as they are making educational choices for their children. Be sure to tell your friends and MOPS groups. Here is everything you need to know!

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Graduation Packets Graduation Packets - Time Is Running Out!
If you haven't requested a GRAD packet, time is running out. Please download the GRAD packet and return it as soon as possible, or, if you need one mailed to you, contact the HEAV office at 804-278-9200 by this Friday, March 27. To participate in the graduation ceremony at the HEAV Convention in June, GRAD packet forms must be filled out and returned to HEAV by April 3, 2009. For more information on graduation, please see the graduation FAQs at www.heav.org/convention/graduation.

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Help Wanted! Do You Have a Young Adult at Home Who Would Like Office Experience?
Or are you looking for a service opportunity for your family? Please consider coming to the HEAV office and helping out for a few hours! There's LOTS of work to be done, and the HEAV office staff could help. Both parents, older children, and groups are greatly appreciated. This is a great opportunity to give back to the homeschool community, have fun volunteering, and learn office skills! If interested in more details, please call the office at 804-278-9200.

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NEXT TUESDAY! TIME IS RUNNING OUT!
Organizing Seminar for Homeschoolers
Coming to Northern Virginia!
Chantilly, Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Do you know you need to get organized, but aren't sure where to begin? Unsure if you even can get organized? Join Flo Feldman, HEAV's beloved convention director and a professional organizer with more than 25 years' experience. Flo has a unique way of dealing with the root issues of organization, encouraging you to get started and find ways to organize that work for you. Read more and register today!

This workshop was life-changing for us. Organizing issues we struggled with for years became clear, and we caught a vision for getting organized for more than just a day or a week. Rather than giving one "fix all" method that wouldn't really work, Flo helped us understand how to find a system that would work for us. Moms (and older girls), you don't want to miss this one! The seminar is usually held down in Richmond--this is a great opportunity for those in the Northern Virginia area! - Cris and Katherine Loop

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UPCOMING HIGH SCHOOL WORKSHOP
High School 101: Blueprint for Success
HEAV Office in Richmond, Thursday, April 2, 2009
Vicki Bentley, mom of 17 homeschooled students, shares the secrets to mapping out a successful high school course of study and shows why the high school years are the most important years to homeschool. She covers planning; recordkeeping; preparing for college admission and/or apprenticeship, military service, or other options; and much, much more. Don't miss this you-can-do-it seminar! Read more and register today!


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Ukrop's Golden Gift Reminder for Ukrop's Customers - Only a Few Days Left!
Until March 28, 2009, Ukrop's customers can help support HEAV while shopping! No registration is required--just use your UVC card when you shop. Earnings depend on the number of Golden Gift points contributed--with enough participation, HEAV can earn up to $4,000! View more details here, and check out the other ways to effortlessly support HEAV every day!

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Fund-It New Search Toolbar - Make Your Searches Count!
Your online searches can help financially support the work of HEAV--effortlessly! You can help us raise needed funds without spending a dime or any extra effort! Simply download our customized toolbar to your Internet browser and do your searches through the Yahoo search engine. There are no pop-up windows, spyware, or adware; your privacy is protected and it will not replace your existing toolbars. The download process takes less then a minute and the toolbar is unintrusive. Click here to see how the toolbar works, and download it today!

Already downloaded the toolbar? Thank you for your support! Please let your friends know about this new way to encourage homeschooling in Virginia--just forward them this information or send them a link to www.funditbenefitbar.com/2621.

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Website Reminder
Remember to check the websites of your favorite museums, historic sites, or cultural groups for updates, or subscribe to their newsletters. Space limitations keep us from publicizing all of the events that may interest your family!

If you need ideas on field trips, check past Virginia Homeschool Updates to find events or sites we have listed in the past. You may also want to consult the Virginia field trip information we have on our website.

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1) Homeschool Items
View All Homeschool Items
1.1 Play Auditions and Drama Camp - Highland Springs - Registering Now
1.2 Resource: Virginia Historical Society - Richmond - Ongoing
1.3 Free Talk: Transition from School to Homeschool - Williamsburg - April 21
1.4 Homeschool History Days - Gettysburg, PA - April 23-25
1.5 Radio Series - Homeschooling and Working at Home

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2) General Interest Items
View All General Interest Items
2.1 Science Museum Activities - Richmond - April
2.2 Cherry Blossom Festival - Washington, D.C. - March 28-April 12
2.3 Night Hikes - Springfield - Register by April 17 or June 19
2.4 Sons of the Confederate Writing Scholarship - Deadline Is April 30
2.5 College Scholarship Opportunity - Loudoun County Residents - April 1

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3) Cool Sites for Homeschoolers
View All Cool Sites for Homeschoolers
3.1 Gutzon Borglum's Birthday - March 25
3.2 Butterfly Society of Virginia
3.3 History: Figures in Motion
3.4 Free Audio Book Download: Ten P's in a Pod
3.5 Free - How Am I Supposed to Teach Art When No One Taught Me?!
3.6 Home School Vacation Exchange - Discount if Join by March 31
3.7 Space Math

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4) Parting Thought - Just So You Know
The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time - 1/100th of a second.

There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel it burns.

- Compiled from various Internet sources

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5) Worth Repeating
"Every child in America who enters school at the age of five is mentally ill, because he comes to school with an allegiance toward our elected officials, toward our founding fathers, toward our institutions, toward the preservation of this form of government that we have. Patriotism, nationalism, and sovereignty, all that proves that children are sick because a truly well individual is one who has rejected all of those things, and is truly the international child of the future."
- Dr. Chester Pierce, Harvard University professor of education and a humanist, addressing the Association for Childhood Education International in April, 1972; also quoted in Educating For The New World Order, 1973.

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6) Verse of the Week
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
- Romans 12:2 (KJV)

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7) Homeschool Laugh of the Week
Homeschool Laugh of the Week

Taken from the Official Book of Homeschooling Cartoons (www.familymanweb.com). Reprinted with Permission.

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Submit an Item
Know of an event, contest, or resource that would be of interest to homeschoolers? Please submit it using our online form at www.heav.org/resources/update/submit-event.html.

Note: We compile information for publication at least two weeks prior to send-out date, so please submit items as early as possible (preferably one month in advance). HEAV reserves the right to accept or reject any material submitted.

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Disclaimer
The Virginia Homeschool Update is produced by Kathleen Dillie (copy editor), Chris (editor), Anna Dykhoff (graphic designer), Sarah Kohrs (update manager), Katherine Loop (assistant director of publications & marketing), and Anne Miller (director of publications & marketing).

HEAV does not necessarily endorse the above-mentioned resources, nor guarantee the accuracy of information found on any external resource we may mention. If you find anything wrong on our website, please let us know so we can correct it.

HEAV diligently researches each link prior to publication. However, we recommend you, the parent, fully examine websites before allowing your children to surf them without supervision.

Copyright © 2009 by the Home Educators Association of Virginia. All rights reserved. You are free to pass along all or part of this Update, but please include the following credit line when you do: "Taken from HEAV's Virginia Homeschool Update, a free newsletter for Virginia homeschoolers. You can sign up at www.heav.org." You may modify this credit line if needed, but please credit HEAV and link to the HEAV website (www.heav.org).

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