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HEAV's Virginia Homeschool Update
 
July 29, 2009
 
Above the Fold
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Reminder: August 1 Deadline Approaching!
After each year of homeschooling, parents must submit evidence of their child's academic achievement to the division superintendent (or his designee) by August 1. The evidence may be in the form of a standardized achievement test or an evaluation or an assessment (§ 22.1-254.1 (C)).
 
HEAV's Testing FAQ covers the most-asked testing questions. Look for information on the HEAV website under "Testing," and feel free to contact us if you need additional information at support@heav.org or 804-278-9200.

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Upcoming Sales Tax Holiday - Get Ready to Save!
Save an extra 5% as part of Virginia's Sales Tax Holiday on qualifying purchases of school supplies and clothes made on August 7, 8, and 9, 2009. To go along with the holiday, we're putting together a special sale to help you save even more on great homeschool material. We're also in the process of adding some new materials to our online store--watch for more details next week!
 

Save BIG during LEARN A LANGUAGE Month at the Co-op!
This month the Co-op has lined up the BEST DEALS ON THE PLANET for these popular foreign language learning products:

· Rosetta Stone: Save 10% + FREE Bonus Curriculum
· Auralog's TELL ME MORE Homeschool: Save up to 50%
 

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COMING SOON!
How to Begin Homeschooling: What You Really Need To Know!
August 13, 2009
Are you thinking about homeschooling next year? Get your questions answered and use the information from this seminar to prepare for the coming year!

Visit www.heav.org/events/seminar/index.html for more details and to reserve your spot today.

Note: If you have friends who are thinking about homeschooling or just beginning, please let them know about this seminar!

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BECOME A MEMBER OF HEAV!Become a member of HEAV!
Save money. Support HEAV. Get great benefits.
 
Your membership helps us continue ministering to homeschoolers across the state, plus gives you special benefits! Besides saving on HEAV resources and events, your membership will help you save on HSLDA Membership, CollegePlus! Enrollment, and more! Memberships start at $35 a year--check out all the benefits of being an HEAV member and join today! 
 
Lifetime Memberships - Free Convention for Life!
HEAV lifetime members not only receive all the great benefits of our basic membership, but as Lifetime Members, you and your family* get free entry into the annual HEAV convention every year. Your family will save up to $185 on convention registration and membership renewal in just one year! Find out about Lifetime Memberships and the easy payment plan online or by calling the HEAV office at 804-278-9200!

*Lifetime Membership convention benefits include adults, teens, and young adults. Children's Program is not included.
 
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2009 Convention MP32009 Convention MP3
Simple. Relevant. Lasting.
 
This year's convention MP3 includes more than 80 workshops!
 
· Get relevant encouragement and help for every stage of life--from preschool to high school to college and beyond.
· Gain insight into parenting your teen through the teen years and beyond.
· Learn hands-on strategies for helping your struggling learner.
· Find out how to begin homeschooling.
· Learn how to successfully start a business and turn your home into a profit center.
 
Learn more and order your MP3 today! MP3s/CDs of individual workshops are also available.

Already have the MP3? Make the most of it by downloading the Convention MP3 Guide and speaker handouts!

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Parental Advisory on Last Week's Item 3.5
We received a note of concern from a Virginia Homeschool Update reader and wish to advise that there are several links in last week's "Cool Sites for Homeschoolers 3.5 Personal Finance in 'Just One Page'" item that HEAV does not endorse. Please accept our apologies.
- The Update Staff 

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1) Homeschool Items
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1.1 Peter Pan - Alexandria - August 13-15
1.2 REACH Back to School Party - Fredericksburg - August 21
1.3 Hampton Roads Homeschool Sports Soccer - Hampton Roads - Until Early September
1.4 Archaeology Field Trip Idea and Online Resources - Gloucester - Ongoing
1.5 Article - Financial Rescue Package for Homeschoolers

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2) General Interest Items
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2.1 Sully Sleuths - Chantilly - Register by August 2
2.2 Science Museum Activities - Richmond - August
2.3 Monthly Origin Science Meetings - Multiple - Monthly
2.4 History and Adventure Trail - Gloucester Area - Second Saturdays Through October
2.5 Article - Illiteracy: An Incurable Disease or Education Malpractice?
2.6 Firefly Project - Your House - Now
2.7 Inventors Digest Essay Contest - Deadline Is August 31
2.8 Nielsen Study: Kids Watching More TV Than Ever

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3) Cool Sites for Homeschoolers
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3.1 A capella Psalm Singing
3.2 20 Cheap Ways Renters Can Stay Cool This Summer
3.3 Better Than TV
3.4 Word Studies - Vintage Reading, Spelling, Phonics, and Copywork
3.5 Language Arts Resources - Free Summer E-course
3.6 Hoot of Loot Used Curriculum Site
3.7 We Choose the Moon!

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4) Parting Thought - A Caution
 
If your lips you'd keep from slips,
Five things observe with care:
To whom you speak, of whom you speak,
And how, and when, and where.
 
- Anonymous. Found in the 1905 book Word Studies by Edwin Samuels Sheppe.
 
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5) Worth Repeating
"Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books..." - Sir John Lubbock (1834-1913), English banker, statesman, and naturalist.
 
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6) Verse of the Week
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- Psalm 46:1 (KJV)     
 
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7) Homeschool Laugh of the Week
 
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 interest fellow 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 the 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 (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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