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| HEAV’S Virginia Homeschool Update
August 29, 2012 |
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HOMESCHOOL DAY AT THE VIRGINIA STATE FAIR
Tickets Are Now Available! Homeschool Day at the Virginia State Fair is coming up on Monday, October 1, 2012. Thanks to HEAV’s partnership with the State Fair, you and your family can attend at a discounted price! View more details about Homeschool Day at the State Fair, and get your tickets now! Tickets must be ordered through the HEAV office by September 14, 2012.
Save up to 30% During August August isn’t over yet, and our summer sale is still on! For a few more days, you can still save 20-30% off retail prices on nearly every in-stock item in our store.
The Fall Magazine Is Here! Take a look at the newest Virginia Home Educator! Read about ways to mentor a young adult in articles like these: “Things My Father Taught Me about Being an Entrepreneur,” “I Am Your Child’s Future Employer,” and “Mentorships, Apprenticeships, and Internships.” Not a subscriber? Get the PDF online, and sign up for a free subscription!
Can You Help Us Distribute Magazines? Would you like extra copies of the magazine to distribute through your church, homeschool group, local library or Christian bookstore, or other location? These magazines are a great way to introduce families to home education–and to connect existing homeschoolers with resources and support. If you’d be willing to give out magazines, please sign up as an Outreach Partner and we will send you some! Looking for Ideas? Get Olympic Games Unit Studies at SchoolhouseTeachers.com. This is a members-only website created by The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine. Members have access to exclusive lessons 24/7/365.
Support HEAV When You Join SchoolTeachers.com HEAV is an affiliate member, and a portion of your membership there will go towards supporting the work of HEAV.
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~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ HOMESCHOOL NEWS AND REMINDERS Hear of an interesting event that you’d like to share with other Virginia homeschool families? Fill out the form on our website to include an event in a future Virginia Homeschool Updates. Note: Please submit items for inclusion as early as possible–one month ahead is preferable.
Help Raise $10,000! It’s time to send in your Box Tops! If each person who receives this newsletter sends in just 10 labels, we could raise approximately $10,000! The September 10 submission deadline will be here soon! Thank you to everyone who has already sent in their Box Tops!
Help Sort Box Tops Volunteers needed! Attention Richmond families! The HEAV office urgently needs volunteers to come into the office to help cut, count, and sort Box Tops. If interested, please call 804-278-9200. |
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An HEAV-Sponsored Event! Homeschool Appreciation Day at Virginia Air & Space Center Your imagination will soar as you enjoy interactive educational programs that will have you construct a futuristic Mars outpost, enjoy an “electrifying” science demonstration, learn about the Mars Science Laboratory mission, and so much more! Also, find out how the NASA Educator Resource Center (ERC) can enhance your curriculum in a variety of ways, including homeschool workshop opportunities and minicamps.
11th Annual Fall Homeschool Festival at the Biltmore Thursday, September 20 to Friday, September 21, 2012 – Asheville, North Carolina Get to know the Vanderbilts–how they lived, traveled, and entertained–and what their contribution was to their community and state! Learn about the Vanderbilts’ private railway car, find out how steamships sent messages, enjoy lawn and parlor games, and much more! |
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~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ARTICLES & INFORMATION Article of the Week Five Ways to Encourage a Struggling Reader – Kimberly This homeschooling mom uses reading aloud, reading for fun, reading to learn more, reading to exercise some mental muscle, and reading to grow spiritually as her points. Read the article to get her solidly fleshed-out advice.
Homeschool Q&A Notice of Intent and Birth Dates Q. I filed my Notice of Intent and received a letter from the superintendent saying he couldn’t approve my request to homeschool until I give him my child’s birth date. I provided my child’s age. Do I have to give him the birth date? |
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~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ARTICLES & INFORMATION Article of the Week Five Ways to Encourage a Struggling Reader – Kimberly This homeschooling mom uses reading aloud, reading for fun, reading to learn more, reading to exercise some mental muscle, and reading to grow spiritually as her points. Read the article to get her solidly fleshed-out advice.
Homeschool Q&A Notice of Intent and Birth Dates Q. I filed my Notice of Intent and received a letter from the superintendent saying he couldn’t approve my request to homeschool until I give him my child’s birth date. I provided my child’s age. Do I have to give him the birth date? |
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~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ 1) Homeschool Items 1.1 San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival – Deadlines Approaching 1.3 The Teaching Home Magazine Resources
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View All Cool Sites for Homeschoolers 3.1 Christian Resources: Voddie Baucham Sermons 3.6 Fitness: Clubhouse Jr.’s Olympic Fitness Challenge 3.7 Health: Five Things You Need to Know about West Nile Virus |
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~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ 4) Parting Thought – When Life Gets You Down, Just Remember… This world is not my home; I’m just passing through. My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue. The angels beckon me from Heaven’s open door And I can’t feel at home in this world anymore…
They’re all expecting me and that’s one thing I know. My Savior pardoned me and now I onward go. I know He’ll take me through, though I am weak and poor. And I can’t feel at home in this world anymore…
O, Lord, you know I have no friend like you. If Heaven’s not my home, then Lord what will I do? The angels beckon me from Heaven’s open door And I can’t feel at home in this world anymore.
Just up in Glory Land we’ll live eternally. The Saints on every hand are shouting victory. Their song of sweetest praise drifts back from Heaven’s shore And I can’t feel at home in this world anymore…
- Jim Reeves
Listen to this a cappella version, sung beautifully by Mennonite Bible school students on YouTube.
~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ 5) Worth Repeating “Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.” - Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish writer during the Victorian era, teacher, historian.
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~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~~ FORWARD TO A FRIEND!  If you know a family interested in homeschooling in Virginia, please pass this message along! ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:~~ YOU MAKE HEAV POSSIBLE!
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Thank you for your support!
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