Strengthening their foundation
The Sacramento Bee - Aug 19 6:03 AM
Chris Nagy Chow spends her year explaining her life away to the countless number of people who question her home-schooling lifestyle.

Hiltner Brothers entertain guests at Hartford Fair
The Advocate - Aug 14 6:31 AM
CROTON -- The three brothers approached the gazebo at the Hartford Fair and began setting up. The oldest of The Hiltner Brothers, Nathan, 17, did all of the electrical connections and fiddled with the speakers while his father, Don, stood by and watched.

PRESIDENT'S PAGE
Home School Legal Defense Association - Aug 24, 2005 involvement with caring adults who mentor, advise, and support students throughout their high school careers." This sounds like a typical homeschool program!

Bear Branch offers activities for all ages
Baltimore Sun, United States - Aug 28, 2005 Homeschool Archery for Beginners will be held at 10:30 am, 1 pm and 3 pm Sept. The course is required for the Fall Homeschool Archery Club.

Family Briefs
Bradenton Herald, United States - Sep 3, 2005 and more. Information: 722-0783. Registration for Homeschool Gym & Swim at the Bradenton Branch YMCA, 3805 59th St. W., begins the

Making the transition
News-Leader.com, MO - 21 hours ago The National Center for Education Statistics estimated there were about 1.1 million homeschool students nationwide in 2003, though the National Home Education

LM zoning board nixes home school
Ardmore Main Line Times, PA - Sep 1, 2005 With days to go to the start of a new school year, a Gladwyne home schooling group may be looking for a new home. The Lower Merion

More School Bells Ring at Home
New York Times, United States - Aug 20, 2005 a desire for a classical education or a hope for closer family bonds, a growing number of Long Island families are choosing to home-school their children.

University eligibility universal
Daily Pilot, CA - Sep 2, 2005 If private schools or those who home school want their students to be able to the Rye," the "Great Books" or "Dick, Jane and Sally," the curriculum changes in

Retraining vocational teachers
The Tide, Nigeria - 14 hours ago of technologies that are used at home, school and the society school laboratory workshop The curriculum regularly undergoes revision in order to prepare

High-school students participate in Summerfame program
The Valley News - Sep 04 10:09 AM
Summerfame, a residential performing arts program offered by Oswego County BOCES, attracted a record number of high school students this summer, which included its first participant from a foreign country.

More School Bells Ring at Home
New York Times, United States - Aug 20, 2005 a desire for a classical education or a hope for closer family bonds, a growing number of Long Island families are choosing to home-school their children.

Clothing clash at middle school
Napa Valley Register - Sep 04 3:04 AM
Staffers at a Napa middle school say they will engage in a new round of talks with students, parents, teachers and school workers about a strict dress code in the wake of clashes this academic year that have forced a handful of students to be removed from class.

Vallejo Times Herald - Home
The Vallejo Times-Herald - Sep 02 7:31 AM
BENICIA - School board members complained to county education officials and lashed out at each other Thursday as they confronted their budget problems and tried to agree what should be done about them.

Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) Detroit Partnership: Improving Diabetes-Related Outcomes Among
RedNova - Sep 04 1:38 AM
Objectives. We sought to determine the effects of a community- based, culturally tailored diabetes lifestyle intervention on risk factors for diabetes complications among African Americans and Latinos with type 2 diabetes. Methods.

Support groups aid area home school parents
Bartlett Express, TN - Sep 1, 2005 But for other parents, those who choose to home school their kids, the end of the summer can signal a time of frustration and worry.

Back to HOME school
The Wichita Eagle, KS - Aug 19, 2005 "We used to have desks, but they'd get all bunched up in the middle," Sanchez said in explanation of the non-school-house look of her home.

The Ruebkes' Homeschool House
Newton Kansan, KS - Sep 3, 2005 Though dozens of families homeschool their children, few do it like the Ruebkes. But their home/school is used for more than reading, writing and arithmetic.

Saints Exploring Options for Home Games
AP via Yahoo! News - 28 minutes ago
The New Orleans Saints said Sunday they are considering three options where to play their home games this season: LSU's Tiger Stadium, the Alamodome in San Antonio or at the stadiums of all their opponents.

ABC Television Journalists Barred From School No. 1
The Moscow Times - Sep 04 1:54 PM
Journalists with U.S. television network ABC were barred from entering Beslan School No. 1 last week to film commemorations for the anniversary of the Sept. 1-3, 2004, attack, an ABC spokeswoman said.

Four Accused of Vandalizing Jewish Home
AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 03 9:21 AM
Four high school students have been accused of vandalizing the home of a Jewish family with swastikas.

First Electrosmog Detector for Education
PR Leap (press release), CA - 9 hours ago ago, the pulsing signals are now commonplace in the home, school, workplace and Within the 21st Century Science schools curriculum, important notice is taken

COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - Sep 3, 2005 A BEKA BOOK HOME SCHOOL curriculum and textbook sale will be held from 10 am to noon and 2 to 4 pm Thursday at the Plano Centre, 2000 E. Spring Creek Parkway.

Cops: Girl saved kids from drunken school bus driver
Chicago Sun-Times - Sep 02 2:38 AM
AURORA, Mo. -- A teen took matters into her own hands when a substitute school bus driver who smelled of alcohol sped down the road with kids on board, police said.

Briefs
Salisbury Post - 1 hour, 17 minutes ago
The East Rowan High School Class of 1985 is planning its 20-year reunion Sept. 9 and 10. Family night is set for the Sept. 9 home football game against North Rowan. Class members can tour of the school at 6:30 p.m. or meet to sit in a designated section at the game.

Emus and goats, and lye -- oh my!
The Charlotte Observer - Aug 15 12:28 AM
Back in the day, people made soap of pig fat and lye -- a potent one-two combo, to be sure. But one even today's Madison Avenue wizards would have trouble selling.

:: The News-Courier :: Athens, AL
The News-Courier - Aug 29 10:05 PM
A carved wooden sign tucked into a box in the Condrey living room reads "Bread for Sale." Don't be deceived. This is not the home of a baker.

Students want tougher, more demanding high school education
Marietta Times, OH - Aug 31, 2005 Marietta, a sophomore, would like to see a more challenging curriculum. enrolled in public schools, with some attending private school, home school, or another

Black: Perfect storm in Crawford
Waco Tribune Herald, TX - 7 hours ago Or we head to the courts to prevent religious groups from offering abstinence-only programs on school property. Or we homeschool.

Support groups aid area home school parents
Bartlett Express, TN - 6 hours ago is a biology lab, music class and other classes that augment the curriculum that parents If parents want to give their home-school kids a place where they can

GEAR UP Program could net more than $20 million
WMU News, MI - Aug 30, 2005 become self-sustaining in their home school districts Bangor Middle School students went to Gettysburg to activities were then woven into the class curriculum.

DCS expands role for district social worker
Outer Banks Sentinel, NC - Aug 31, 2005 needs, serve as a resource person in implementation of the Life Skills Training Curriculum, and serve as contact person for home school, student attendance

The Beaumont Enterprise - News - 09/01/2005 - School districts face influx of now-homeless students
Beaumont Enterprise - Sep 01 8:20 AM
ORANGE - Kenyata Gettridge, a 29-year-old mother of two who fled as Hurricane Katrina approached her home just east of New Orleans, grew worried this week as news spread that her return home could be delayed for months.

Four arrested in home invasion, abduction
WTNH-TV New Haven - Sep 01 3:31 AM
(Meriden-AP, Sept. 1, 2005 6:09 AM) _ Meriden police have arrested four of the five men they say were involved in a home invasion and abduction.

Felts home after tour of duty
Galax Gazette - Sep 01 6:43 AM
HILLSVILLE - Back in the U.S. from Afghanistan, Army reservist Mike Felts wants to marry his fianc e, complete his major and get on with life. The 1999 graduate of Carroll County High School joined the reserves with friend Jason Delp in 2001.

School boards could learn from home-schoolers' successes
East Valley Tribune, AZ - Aug 28, 2005 who took the ACT this year achieved an average score of 22.5, which is significantly above the national average, according to the Home School Legal Defense

Home school group plans for new year
Winchester Sun, KY - Aug 25, 2005 Approximately 20 families were represented at last week's meeting of The Central Kentucky Christian Home School Association at The Bethany Book Room to make

Families choose to home school
Bloomington Pantagraph, USA - Aug 20, 2005 However, the Christian Home School Education Association estimates the number of students being taught at home is 60,000 and 70,000 in Illinois and more than 2

THE WONDERS OF AMERICA: School Daze
Forward - Sep 01 9:35 AM
For millions of contemporary American Jewish children, September is back-to-school time. Like their parents and grandparents before them, they approach the first day of class with a mix of anticipation and trepidation: Butterflies in the stomach, my mother called it.

The Jubilee Academy Unveils a Comprehensive Pre-K Homeschooling Program
[Press Release] PR Web - Aug 11 12:03 AM
The Jubilee Academy (www.TheJubileeAcademy.org) is expanding its K-12 online Christian school to include Pre-K homeschooling courses for the 2005-2006 school year. [PRWEB Aug 11, 2005]

Back-to-school What parents and students can expect for the new
Valley Stream Herald, NY - 3 hours ago students who will now be educated in their home district. 28 at 8 pm at James A. Dever School. 24 spent the summer aligning its math curriculum to comply with

LETTERS TO BUSINESS
San Francisco Chronicle - Aug 28 3:37 AM
New energy policy ignores consumers Editor -- Thanks for David Lazarus' continued efforts to challenge, confront and energize us ("Guzzling the order of the day," Lazarus at Large column, Aug. 24). I'm grateful that you give voice to what many of us...

Alibris Announces Record Sales of New and Used Textbooks
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 21 hours ago "At Alibris, we are continually improving the customer experience for textbook shoppers, whether they are looking for books for a homeschool, public school, or

International Homeschool Publication Moves Operations Hub to
ArriveNet (press release), CO - Aug 18, 2005 neighbors. Kris Price of the Five Rivers Homeschool Association says the local homeschool community is always open to newcomers .

Support groups aid area home school parents
Bartlett Express, TN - 3 hours ago is a biology lab, music class and other classes that augment the curriculum that parents If parents want to give their home-school kids a place where they can

San Diego County Schools Show Mixed Results in Progress Report
Voice of San Diego, CA - 12 hours ago foundation," said Janet Bernard, assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction option for students whose parents primarily home-school their children

Felts home after tour of duty
Galax Gazette - Sep 01 6:43 AM
HILLSVILLE - Back in the U.S. from Afghanistan, Army reservist Mike Felts wants to marry his fianc e, complete his major and get on with life. The 1999 graduate of Carroll County High School joined the reserves with friend Jason Delp in 2001.

Friday night bites
Chicago Tribune - Sep 01 6:16 AM
Talk about home-grill advantage--at many high school games, the grub outshines the gridiron action

More high school grads paying more for housing
USA Today - Aug 30 11:39 AM
Rent payments and home values have increased over the past five years and a greater percentage of the population has graduated from high school, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. Commuting time to jobs hasn't changed much, and neither has the number of rooms in those homes.

Religion notes
Brookline TAB, MA - 3 hours ago The school's curriculum emphasizes the basics of Torah, Hebrew to its twice-weekly religious school, the synagogue an informal atmosphere in the home of Rabbi

San Diego County Schools Show Mixed Results in Progress Report
Voice of San Diego, CA - 11 hours ago foundation," said Janet Bernard, assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction option for students whose parents primarily home-school their children

COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - 10 hours ago A BEKA BOOK HOME SCHOOL curriculum and textbook sale will be held from 10 am to noon and 2 to 4 pm Sept. 8 at the Plano Centre, 2000 E. Spring Creek Parkway.

Parents have different reasons for teaching children at home
Benton County Daily Record, AR - Aug 26, 2005 She chooses the curriculum at a home school fair each spring. John Isaac, her seventh grader, will work with a computer based curriculum this year.

School doors swing open for new year: Initiatives aim to increase
Montclair Times, NJ - 13 hours ago The school district will also introduce a new technology curriculum for kindergarten Vincent s Hospital and Nursing Home, the Washington Street YMCA, and

Brown A to Z: A guide to Brownspeak
Brown Daily Herald, RI - 5 hours ago New Curriculum: This is what allows you take whatever classes you want in the nation with the longest name, and your home now RISD: Rhode Island School of Design

Success for All aptly named
Leavenworth Times, KS - 3 hours ago materials, Success for All curriculum includes such things as CDs and video segments, Winston said. Lunsford said he, Winston and home school coordinator Will

Express & Star Midlands Life: West Midlands features, people and places
Express and Star - Sep 01 1:05 AM
Advertise here for just 1 a day - unlimited clicks! As pupils and teachers prepare to start a new school year, it's interesting to wonder how they would have fared in the 1850s and 1860s.

Seeds of Loudoun Science School Sprout
Washington Post - Aug 29 8:28 PM
The 23 high school seniors enrolled at Loudoun County's new Academy of Science had a few guesses yesterday about the identity of the strange, swollen knots growing on the weedy plants that George Wolfe had gathered over the weekend in Maryland.

School psychologists help students cope
The Charlotte Observer - Aug 28 9:56 AM
Mental health plays a pivotal part in academic success. ''Do you think a student who was yelled at, abused at home or just bullied in the hall is in a frame of mind to learn at an optimal rate?'' asked Scott Poland, retiring director of psychological services at Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District near Houston.

Texas Tech-Highland Lakes planning move at year's end
The Highlander - Aug 31 10:02 PM
About six hours from the home campus in Lubbock, the Hill Country still is home to Red Raiders -- and not just alumni. With campuses in Junction, Fredericksburg and Marble Falls, the Texas Tech Hill Country system services students through both on-site education and distance learning.

High school stadiums go quiet in wake of hurricane
The Clarion-Ledger - Sep 01 3:15 AM
Booneville's Jim Drewry has coached Mississippi high school football for more than 40 years and pretty much seen it all.

GEAR UP Program could net more than $20 million
WMU News, MI - Aug 30, 2005 become self-sustaining in their home school districts Bangor Middle School students went to Gettysburg to activities were then woven into the class curriculum.

DCS expands role for district social worker
Outer Banks Sentinel, NC - Aug 31, 2005 needs, serve as a resource person in implementation of the Life Skills Training Curriculum, and serve as contact person for home school, student attendance

Polk district schedules college fair
Orlando Sentinel, FL - 6 hours ago principal. Explorations V Children's Museum in Lakeland will have home-school workshops throughout the school year. Sessions are

Home school woes? Data show none
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - Aug 17, 2005 It s worth the risk to continue Indiana s excellent home-school policy. We have the freedom to excel and also the freedom to fail.

Back to HOME school
The Wichita Eagle, KS - Aug 19, 2005 "We used to have desks, but they'd get all bunched up in the middle," Sanchez said in explanation of the non-school-house look of her home.

The Powell River Peak - This week - 08/31/2005 - New home allows club to set sights higher
Powell River Peak - Aug 31 6:19 PM
GIANT SWINGS: Powell River gymnast Courtney Craigen, almost 15, tries out some of the men's gymnastics equipment in Powell River Gymnastic Club's new home, which was once the Brooks Secondary School Junior Campus gymnasium.

Young writers Middle school students learn writing elements at UM camp
Missoulian - Aug 31 10:36 PM
During the last two weeks of July , 12 middle school students from Missoula and the surrounding region participated in the second annual Young Writer's Camp. Sponsored by the Montana Writing Project.

Survey: Rents and Home Values Higher
AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 30 11:05 AM
Rent payments and home values have increased over the past five years and a greater percentage of the population has graduated from high school, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. Commuting time to jobs hasn't changed much, and neither has the number of rooms in those homes.

Brown A to Z: A guide to Brownspeak
Brown Daily Herald, RI - 1 hour ago New Curriculum: This is what allows you take whatever classes you want in the nation with the longest name, and your home now RISD: Rhode Island School of Design

San Diego County Schools Show Mixed Results in Progress Report
Voice of San Diego, CA - 6 hours ago foundation," said Janet Bernard, assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction option for students whose parents primarily home-school their children

Berkshire Eagle Online - Headlines
Berkshire Eagle - Aug 21 12:12 AM
Don't miss Dining for a growing list of restaurant reviews plus restaurant locator. Also: Health Quarterly and Business sections.

School boards could learn from home-schoolers' successes
East Valley Tribune, AZ - Aug 28, 2005 who took the ACT this year achieved an average score of 22.5, which is significantly above the national average, according to the Home School Legal Defense

Sweet Home school board won't sell Pleasant Valley
Albany Democrat Herald, OR - Aug 17, 2005 SWEET HOME The Sweet Home School Board said Monday it isn't interested in selling the former Pleasant Valley Kindergarten for at least another year.

Karatu school shut after riot
IPP Media - Aug 31 9:41 PM
Karatu Secondary School in Karatu District has been closed down indefinitely after students rioted on Monday. The Karatu District Defence and Security Committee reached the decision yesterday after meeting with the schools administration.

Massive review of school spending
Newsday.com - 4 minutes ago
Federal investigators are demanding spending records from all 124 Long Island school districts and its three regional education boards as part of a mammoth financial review that local officials say is unprecedented in sweep.

Families choose to home school
Bloomington Pantagraph, USA - Aug 20, 2005 However, the Christian Home School Education Association estimates the number of students being taught at home is 60,000 and 70,000 in Illinois and more than 2

Home school woes? Data show none
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - Aug 17, 2005 It s worth the risk to continue Indiana s excellent home-school policy. We have the freedom to excel and also the freedom to fail.

Class notes
St. Petersburg Times, FL - 5 hours ago The center can be found between the Lecanto Middle and High schools. The presentation is for home school families in Citrus County.

International Homeschool Publication Moves Operations Hub to
ArriveNet (press release), CO - Aug 18, 2005 neighbors. Kris Price of the Five Rivers Homeschool Association says the local homeschool community is always open to newcomers .

International Homeschool Magazine Offers Curriculum Buyers
ArriveNet (press release), CO - Aug 23, 2005 Dandridge, TN -- (ArriveNet - Aug 23, 2005) -- As summer comes to an end, homeschool families across North America are analyzing their curriculum choices for

Mattole plans opening of Mt. Shasta center
Mount Shasta Herald, CA - 14 hours ago Mattole Valley Charter School has been offering educational choices to homeschool and independent study students in Siskiyou County for 8 years.

Parents have different reasons for teaching children at home
Benton County Daily Record, AR - Aug 26, 2005 She chooses the curriculum at a home school fair each spring. John Isaac, her seventh grader, will work with a computer based curriculum this year.

Sturgis seeks a stable home
Cape Cod Times, MA - 22 hours ago baccalaureate program, a demanding curriculum that is similar to college-level classes. The program was a central component in the school's original 1998

GEAR UP Program could net more than $20 million
WMU News, MI - Aug 30, 2005 become self-sustaining in their home school districts Bangor Middle School students went to Gettysburg to activities were then woven into the class curriculum.

School boards could learn from home-schoolers' successes
East Valley Tribune, AZ - Aug 28, 2005 who took the ACT this year achieved an average score of 22.5, which is significantly above the national average, according to the Home School Legal Defense

Sweet Home school board won't sell Pleasant Valley
Albany Democrat Herald, OR - Aug 17, 2005 SWEET HOME The Sweet Home School Board said Monday it isn't interested in selling the former Pleasant Valley Kindergarten for at least another year.

Canterbury Shaker Village launches home-school 'Shaker Scholars'
Laconia Citizen, NH - Aug 28, 2005 This fall Canterbury Shaker Village is launching "Shaker Scholars," an educational program for home-schooled students ages 7 - 11.

Charter school approved by Board of Education
News Daily - Aug 31 9:37 PM
Cheers from dozens of charter school supporters resounded in the old church hall at the Clayton County Public Schools Administrative Complex Wednesday night, when the Clayton County Board of Education voted unanimously with three absent members to allow the county's first charter school to open on Tuesday, Sept. 6, called the Lewis Academy of Excellence.

New school opens doors for preview
Capital News 9 - Aug 31 8:36 PM
When students at an Albany school go back to classes next week, they'll be the first to walk the halls of a new school. The new Montessori Magnet School opened its doors to offer a sneak peek for parents and students.

Food & Drink Teach a kid to cook (and you feed her for a lifetime)
San Antonio Current, TX - 3 hours ago to culinary programs that put old-school Home Ec to Clark High School, on the North Side, launched its increased to nearly 100, and its curriculum is geared

Band set to honor troops
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Aug 09 5:07 AM
Drum majors Chris McManus and Daniel Freeman will conduct the Sequoyah High School "Band of Chiefs" at Friday night football games, beginning Aug. 19. Eliot Franklin is the band captain. David E. Harrison is director of bands and orchestra.

JUNIOR MASTER GARDENER PROGRAM HELPS YOUNG MINDS
Tyler Morning Telegraph - Aug 10 7:53 PM
Did you know that there were about 526 insect fragments in that plate of spaghetti that you ate recently? Or that you can tell the temperature by counting the number of cricket chirps in 15 seconds and adding 39?

Co-ops give an added dimension to homeschool
Longmont Daily Times-Call, CO - Aug 30, 2005 Co-ops can act as a network of support, like the Longmont Homeschool Co-op with 170 families, or its many sub-groups, like the 13 families of the co-op

Broad Meadow Brook's homeschool programs for fall, 2005
Stoughton Journal, MA - Aug 5, 2005 Broad Meadow Brook's homeschool programs offer a friendly, cooperative learning environment for people of all ages. Our homeschool

Seeds of Loudoun Science School Sprout
Washington Post - Aug 29 6:12 PM
The 23 high school seniors enrolled at Loudoun County's new Academy of Science had a few guesses yesterday about the identity of the strange, swollen knots growing on the weedy plants that George Wolfe had gathered over the weekend in Maryland.

Student allowed to try out for team
St. Petersburg Times - Aug 10 10:32 PM
But the state high school athletic board says the private schooler can't play volleyball for Centennial Middle. DADE CITY - Shelby Mander needed more than just her serve and her spike at Tuesday's tryouts for Centennial Middle School's volleyball team.

Charter school remains closed
News Daily - Aug 11 8:37 PM
On Aug. 1, dozens of parents and citizens of Riverdale gathered at the front entrance of the Clayton County Public Schools Administrative building in support of the Lewis Academy of Excellence, the county's would-be first charter school.

Tucson grade school without air conditioning
KVOA Tucson - Aug 31 6:15 AM
TUCSON, Ariz. Imagine sitting in a classroom with no air conditioning? That's what students and faculty are going through at Tucson's Secrist Middle School.

Business helps father mill family tradition
Brown County Democrat, IN - 16 hours ago store. It s hard to learn, and it takes a while to get adjusted, said Isaac, a 19-year-old graduate of the Manuel homeschool.

Homeschool Exchange!
Bella Online - Aug 10, 2005 Homeschool-Exchange is a one-stop-shop for homeschool families around the world who want to exchange postcards, Flat Travelers, keychains, snail mail letters

Homeschool band seeks members
Lawrence Journal World, KS - Jul 31, 2005 Encore Homeschool Band and Orchestra organizers are seeking students who would like to participate in band, orchestra and choir. Rehearsals begin in September.

Hazen developer's plans include school site
Lahontan Valley News - Aug 30 1:31 AM
Developers of a planned 2,500-home residential, commercial and industrial complex in Hazen will work with the Churchill County School District to include an elementary school site as part of the massive project.

Evacuees can register children for school in Lafayette Parish
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Aug 30 11:02 PM
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) Parents who had to evacuate because of Hurricane Katrina will be able to register their children for school in Lafayette Parish starting Wednesday, officials said.

Girl Turns in Drinking School Bus Driver
AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 31 5:05 AM
A teenager took matters into her hands when a substitute school bus driver who smelled of alcohol sped down the road with youngsters in tow, police said.

Discovery Center's camp helps students disect biology
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription), TN - 22 hours ago "This camp allows children to go much further in their studies than they could in a typical classroom or homeschool setting," said Christy Lewis, the education

Homeschool Exchange!
Bella Online - Aug 10, 2005 Homeschool-Exchange is a one-stop-shop for homeschool families around the world who want to exchange postcards, Flat Travelers, keychains, snail mail letters

Rogers student among inductees into homeschool honor society
Benton County Daily Record, AR - Aug 20, 2005 By Gary Lookadoo Staff Writer garyl@nwanews.com. BENTONVILLE Seven new inductees into the Eta Sigma Alpha National Home School

Bus Driver Administers Life-Saving CPR
Detroit Now - Aug 31 4:52 PM
A bus driver saved the life of a South Lake High School football player when his heart stopped Friday night and he collapsed. Senior Nate Mixon was coming home from a game, Friday night, when his chest began hurting and he was unable to catch his breath.

School starts - for some
phillyburbs.com - Aug 31 3:09 AM
Area school districts vary in their approach to setting a date to return to class.

Having a Computer at Home 'Holds Boys Back in School'
RedNova - Aug 29 4:53 PM
HOME computers are holding boys back at school because they spend so much time playing games, a study has revealed. While conscientious girls use their PCs for homework, boys are spending hours on 'leisure purposes' that leave them with little time to study.

More high school grads paying more for housing
USA Today - Aug 30 11:41 AM
Rent payments and home values have increased over the past five years and a greater percentage of the population has graduated from high school, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. Commuting time to jobs hasn't changed much, and neither has the number of rooms in those homes.

The Mt. Vernon Community Focus page appears every Tuesday in the print edition of the Register-News. By APRIL TOLER
Mt. Vernon Register-News - Aug 30 11:45 AM
The Mt. Vernon Community Focus page appears every Tuesday in the print edition of the Register-News. MT. VERNON After spending almost two weeks conducting missionary work in Zimbabwe, Randy Sells said he has grown more appreciative with all he has back home in the United States.

Cards host Crandon in home opener Friday night; fall to Ladysmith 27-13 to open season
Park Falls Herald - Aug 31 7:10 AM
PARK FALLS -- The Park Falls High School football team opened its season with a 27-13 loss to Ladysmith at the 2005 Gridiron Classic last Thursday, Aug. 25 at the University of Wisconsin-Stout in Menomonie.

Sweet Home school board won't sell Pleasant Valley
Albany Democrat Herald, OR - Aug 17, 2005 SWEET HOME The Sweet Home School Board said Monday it isn't interested in selling the former Pleasant Valley Kindergarten for at least another year.

Home-school education grows in Boynton area
Palm Beach Post, FL - Aug 23, 2005 While many parents sent their kids back to school this month with a sigh of relief, work is just beginning for families who home-school their children.

Families choose to home school
Bloomington Pantagraph, USA - Aug 20, 2005 However, the Christian Home School Education Association estimates the number of students being taught at home is 60,000 and 70,000 in Illinois and more than 2

Back to HOME school
The Wichita Eagle, KS - Aug 19, 2005 "We used to have desks, but they'd get all bunched up in the middle," Sanchez said in explanation of the non-school-house look of her home.

COUNTY IN BRIEF
Maui News, HI - Aug 30, 2005 Learning Center s services include student tutoring, home school support and Discussion topics will include curriculum, school calendar, field trips, report

Parents have different reasons for teaching children at home
Benton County Daily Record, AR - Aug 26, 2005 She chooses the curriculum at a home school fair each spring. John Isaac, her seventh grader, will work with a computer based curriculum this year.

Back To School Time What's New?
Indiana Gazette, PA - 7 hours ago Changes include implementing new English curriculum for grades seven players from the Purchase Line School District, the grass on their home football field

Strengthening their foundation
The Sacramento Bee - Aug 19 6:03 AM
Chris Nagy Chow spends her year explaining her life away to the countless number of people who question her home-schooling lifestyle.

Kids Bulletin Board
Nashua Telegraph - Aug 25 9:05 AM
NASHUA MIDDLE SCHOOLS: Any middle school student athlete that wishes to sign up for a fall sport at Elm Street, Fairgrounds or Pennichuck Middle Schools can do so in their respective school s main office throughout the summer months from 8 a.m.-noon.

Live Q&A: Parent's Guide
Seattle Times - Aug 12 3:28 PM
Have a question about negotiating local schools? Ask three frank and savvy experts in a live online Q&A.

Bill would let home pupils play public school sports
The Decatur Daily, AL - Aug 27, 2005 He also said that even though home school students are required to meet certain academic standards, they may not meet the specific standards required for

Home-school program suspended
Bend Bulletin, OR - Aug 27, 2005 The Sisters School District has suspended its home-school program until a secretary of state audit can be reviewed, district administrators said Friday.

More School Bells Ring at Home
New York Times, United States - Aug 20, 2005 a desire for a classical education or a hope for closer family bonds, a growing number of Long Island families are choosing to home-school their children.

Smithfield Foods gives CNU $5M
Daily Press, VA - 15 hours ago "This is where we call home.". The investment might allow Smithfield Foods to have some say in developing the business school's curriculum, he said.

Online learning boom echoes across state
Seattle Times - Aug 14 5:25 PM
Internet classes are joining the education mainstream so quickly it's unclear what all the ramifications may be.

Alibris Announces Record Sales of New and Used Textbooks
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 1 hour ago "At Alibris, we are continually improving the customer experience for textbook shoppers, whether they are looking for books for a homeschool, public school, or

Co-ops give an added dimension to homeschool
Longmont Daily Times-Call, CO - Aug 30, 2005 Co-ops can act as a network of support, like the Longmont Homeschool Co-op with 170 families, or its many sub-groups, like the 13 families of the co-op

Having a Computer at Home 'Holds Boys Back in School'
RedNova - Aug 29 4:53 PM
HOME computers are holding boys back at school because they spend so much time playing games, a study has revealed. While conscientious girls use their PCs for homework, boys are spending hours on 'leisure purposes' that leave them with little time to study.

International Homeschool Publication Moves Operations Hub to
ArriveNet (press release), CO - Aug 18, 2005 neighbors. Kris Price of the Five Rivers Homeschool Association says the local homeschool community is always open to newcomers .

Homeschool Exchange!
Bella Online - Aug 10, 2005 Homeschool-Exchange is a one-stop-shop for homeschool families around the world who want to exchange postcards, Flat Travelers, keychains, snail mail letters

For many, home school meets range of needs
Pioneer Press, MN - Aug 27, 2005 In addition, home school organizations and education companies offering curriculum plans have made it easier for parents. "(Home

Homeschool band seeks members
Lawrence Journal World, KS - Jul 31, 2005 Encore Homeschool Band and Orchestra organizers are seeking students who would like to participate in band, orchestra and choir. Rehearsals begin in September.

International Homeschool Publication Moves Operations Hub to
ArriveNet (press release), CO - Aug 18, 2005 neighbors. Kris Price of the Five Rivers Homeschool Association says the local homeschool community is always open to newcomers .

Alibris Joins FOX to Outfit a Home-School with Books
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Aug 09 9:51 AM
Alibris, the premiere destination for used, new, and out-of-print books, has teamed up with FOX's Renovate My Family to help one struggling family in Watts, California, to fill their home-school shelves with much-needed books.

Emus and goats, and lye -- oh my!
Tallahassee Democrat - Aug 19 3:23 PM
Back in the day, people made soap of pig fat and lye -- a potent one-two combo, to be sure. But one even today's Madison Avenue wizards would have trouble selling.

First, define a neighborhood school
Galesburg Register-Mail - Aug 31 8:58 AM
GALESBURG - Defining a neighborhood school topped the list of issues impacting District 205's comprehensive boundary study at a special board meeting Tuesday.

Science academy in line for $89,450
St. Petersburg Times, FL - 14 hours ago Another challenge is how to work out a feasible curriculum for out-of county The other half of the year they attend their home high school for other

DCS expands role for district social worker
Outer Banks Sentinel, NC - 11 hours ago needs, serve as a resource person in implementation of the Life Skills Training Curriculum, and serve as contact person for home school, student attendance

Area students hold their own on SAT scores
Daytona Beach News-Journal, FL - 13 hours ago Spruce Creek High School, home of a highly competitive Taylor High School went up 20 points on its quite like that," said Nicki Junkins, curriculum and program

Live Q&A: Parent's Guide
Seattle Times - Aug 12 11:16 AM
Have a question about negotiating local schools? Ask three frank and savvy experts in a live online Q&A.

Education Calendar
Santa Cruz Sentinel - Aug 28 5:08 AM
Alianza Charter Schools governing board meets 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the school library, 115 Casserly Road, Watsonville. All interested parents are welcome to attend. Visit www.lgshakes.org.

Mises Institute Home Study Course in Austrian Economics
Mises.org - 22 hours ago economics than from this organized curriculum that takes you are preparing for college, graduate school, professional life of study that can be pursued at home.

News For Your Web Site
dBusinessNews Chicago (press release), IL - 9 hours ago we've agreed, that a quality preschool curriculum is vital to a child's ultimate success in school," said Gary about activities they can do at home to extend

Back To School Time What's New?
Indiana Gazette, PA - 2 hours ago Changes include implementing new English curriculum for grades seven players from the Purchase Line School District, the grass on their home football field

Parents have different reasons for teaching children at home
Benton County Daily Record, AR - Aug 26, 2005 She chooses the curriculum at a home school fair each spring. John Isaac, her seventh grader, will work with a computer based curriculum this year.

School trades textbooks for laptops
Independent Record - Aug 28 11:10 PM
VAIL, Ariz. Students at Empire High School here started class this year with no textbooks but it wasn't because of a funding crisis.

News
Daily Gate City - 2 hours, 39 minutes ago
Keokuk High School and Keokuk Middle School are on the state's list for schools in need of improvement.

New' Thames Academy Aims To Build On Existing Program
TheDay (subscription), CT - 8 hours ago they either will take their own bus home or participate in fund by state law, not to the school to offset Brown said the curriculum at Thames Academy will call

For many, home school meets range of needs
Pioneer Press, MN - Aug 27, 2005 In addition, home school organizations and education companies offering curriculum plans have made it easier for parents. "(Home

Parents have different reasons for teaching children at home
Benton County Daily Record, AR - Aug 26, 2005 She chooses the curriculum at a home school fair each spring. John Isaac, her seventh grader, will work with a computer based curriculum this year.

Thieves strike city shop again
Daily Journal - Aug 25 3:15 AM
MILLVILLE -- A West Main Street flower shop was victimized by thieves for the second time in a week Monday night. George Mitchell, owner of The Flower Shoppe Limited, told police 13 white Cordova pots of ornamental grass were stolen. Last week, two hanging plants valued at $75 each were stolen.

Group seeks veterans for living history program
St. Petersburg Times - Aug 02 10:33 PM
The Veterans Appreciation Week Ad Hoc Coordinating Committee will conduct its annual Veterans in the Classroom program Oct. 31 through Nov. 10 as part of Veterans Appreciation Week.

The Howard School breaks ground on new school facility on the dynamic west side
The Weekly - Aug 31 5:37 AM
ATLANTA (Aug. 31, 2005) The Howard School announces plans to build a new home on Foster Street near Atlantic Station on the booming west side of midtown Atlanta. The new school will be open for the 2006-2007 school year.

Whitsitt to retire from school post
Peoria Journal Star - Aug 31 1:02 AM
LEWISTOWN -The superintendent of the Lewistown Unit 97 school district will retire at the end of the school year. Dan Whitsitt, 54, said he decided to end his 32-year career in education because he is eligible for full retirement benefits beginning next year.

Sturgis seeks a stable home
Cape Cod Times - Aug 31 4:38 AM
BOSTON - Seven years after its creation, Sturgis Charter Public School is laying the groundwork to buy the downtown Hyannis building the school has been leasing since it opened.

Sweet Home school board won't sell Pleasant Valley
Albany Democrat Herald, OR - Aug 17, 2005 SWEET HOME The Sweet Home School Board said Monday it isn't interested in selling the former Pleasant Valley Kindergarten for at least another year.

Home school woes? Data show none
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - Aug 17, 2005 It s worth the risk to continue Indiana s excellent home-school policy. We have the freedom to excel and also the freedom to fail.

Austin schools ratings up under NCLB
Austin Herald, MN - 21 hours ago n Implement new K-12 Reading/Language Arts curriculum. n Extending learning opportunities with our after school classes. and students can be bused home at 4 pm.

Sturgis seeks a stable home
Cape Cod Times, MA - 5 hours ago baccalaureate program, a demanding curriculum that is similar to college-level classes. The program was a central component in the school's original 1998

Students want tougher, more demanding high school education
Marietta Times, OH - 3 hours ago Marietta, a sophomore, would like to see a more challenging curriculum. enrolled in public schools, with some attending private school, home school, or another

DCS expands role for district social worker
Outer Banks Sentinel, NC - 7 hours ago needs, serve as a resource person in implementation of the Life Skills Training Curriculum, and serve as contact person for home school, student attendance

Back-to-School Tip for Success: Demand Great Home/School
PR Newswire (press release), NY - Aug 16, 2005 highest priority. Bagin claims the school principal is often the catalyst for improving home school communication. "Principals need

Home school group plans for new year
Winchester Sun, KY - Aug 25, 2005 Approximately 20 families were represented at last week's meeting of The Central Kentucky Christian Home School Association at The Bethany Book Room to make

College schedules meet home school
Charlotte Observer, NC - Aug 22, 2005 from his parents. The part-home school, part-private academy concept is called the university-model school. The first such school

Bill would allow home schoolers to play public school sports
Tuscaloosa News (subscription), AL - Aug 27, 2005 The problem is that when parents in Alabama decide to home school their children, they are not only taking them out of the classroom, they are also taking them

Science academy in line for $89,450
St. Petersburg Times, FL - 9 hours ago funded, the academy may pursue enrolling ninth-graders" and "expand the recruitment to other counties and increase the number of homeschool students attending

Discovery Center's camp helps students disect biology
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription), TN - 11 hours ago "This camp allows children to go much further in their studies than they could in a typical classroom or homeschool setting," said Christy Lewis, the education

Brooks right at 'home' working at YMCA
Republican American - Aug 31 2:13 AM
He was practically raised in the place. He can hardly recall a day of his life that wasn't spent at the YMCA. He played basketball there. He attended after school programs there. He put in hundreds of volunteer hours there, and they even created a part-time job for him while in high school.

THE AMISH COOK: It's quiet at home, now that children are at school
The Herald-Press - Aug 30 12:11 PM
I thought I'd write this column before I have to wake the children to get ready for school. It is now 5:25 a.m. and my husband Joe left a half hour ago for work. I let the children sleep until 6 a.m., since they don't have to leave for school until around 7.

Broad Meadow Brook's homeschool programs for fall, 2005
Stoughton Journal, MA - Aug 5, 2005 Broad Meadow Brook's homeschool programs offer a friendly, cooperative learning environment for people of all ages. Our homeschool

Science academy in line for $89,450
St. Petersburg Times, FL - 9 hours ago funded, the academy may pursue enrolling ninth-graders" and "expand the recruitment to other counties and increase the number of homeschool students attending

Homeschool open house
Bridgeton News, United States - Aug 19, 2005 By COURTNEY DuBose. MILLVILLE -- The Homeschool Academy of South Jersey will host an informational open house on Monday, Aug. 29

'Home ec' is so 1950s! Now it's food science, finance
Austin American-Statesman - Aug 28 10:56 PM
'Home ec' is so 1950s! Today's cover subjects from household budgeting to career management, and attract a lot more guys. Round Rock students construct models of neighborhoods as they study urban environments.

SAT Math Scores Hit Record High
phillyburbs.com - Aug 30 7:50 AM
The high school class of 2005 recorded what officials say are the highest-ever average scores on the math portion of the SAT college entrance exam, a modest jump from last year that comes amid conflicting data on the math skills of American students.

Homeschool band seeks members
Lawrence Journal World, KS - Jul 31, 2005 Encore Homeschool Band and Orchestra organizers are seeking students who would like to participate in band, orchestra and choir. Rehearsals begin in September.

Discovery Center's camp helps students disect biology
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription), TN - 9 hours ago "This camp allows children to go much further in their studies than they could in a typical classroom or homeschool setting," said Christy Lewis, the education

Austin schools ratings up under NCLB
Austin Herald, MN - 18 hours ago n Implement new K-12 Reading/Language Arts curriculum. n Extending learning opportunities with our after school classes. and students can be bused home at 4 pm.

Parents have different reasons for teaching children at home
Benton County Daily Record, AR - Aug 26, 2005 She chooses the curriculum at a home school fair each spring. John Isaac, her seventh grader, will work with a computer based curriculum this year.

PLANO CALENDAR
Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - 6 hours ago A BEKA BOOK HOME-SCHOOL curriculum and textbook sale will be from 10 am to noon and 2 to 4 pm Sept. 8 at the Plano Centre, 2000 E. Spring Creek Parkway.

For many, home school meets range of needs
Pioneer Press, MN - Aug 27, 2005 "Lots of kids get in trouble and screw around. (Home school is) more efficient.". More than 17,000 Minnesota students attended home school last year.

Back to HOME school
The Wichita Eagle, KS - Aug 19, 2005 "We used to have desks, but they'd get all bunched up in the middle," Sanchez said in explanation of the non-school-house look of her home.

For many, home school meets range of needs
Pioneer Press, MN - Aug 27, 2005 "Lots of kids get in trouble and screw around. (Home school is) more efficient.". More than 17,000 Minnesota students attended home school last year.

Kids Bulletin Board
Nashua Telegraph - Aug 25 9:56 AM
NASHUA MIDDLE SCHOOLS: Any middle school student athlete that wishes to sign up for a fall sport at Elm Street, Fairgrounds or Pennichuck Middle Schools can do so in their respective school s main office throughout the summer months from 8 a.m.-noon.

Local woman hopes to draw support for theater group
The News-Courier - Aug 16 10:04 PM
A carved wooden sign tucked into a box in the Condrey living room reads "Bread for Sale." Don't be deceived. This is not the home of a baker.

Charter school may face year delay
Baltimore Sun - Aug 31 12:46 AM
Certificate of occupancy needed by tomorrow for Tuesday opening; Chesapeake Science Point still is renovating A charter school that has struggled to find a facility to fit evolving county standards may not open until the fall of 2006, despite promises by the county school system that it would only have to wait a semester.

Virtual Learning Academy is alternate choice
The Steubenville Herald-Star - Aug 29 9:37 AM
STEUBENVILLE - The school year has started and the Jefferson County Educational Service Center has an alternative to traditional schooling.

Teaching Science
National Review Online, NY - 23 hours ago Or you could homeschool them, or send them to a religious school, and make sure they are not exposed to the science you fear so much.

Homeschool band seeks members
Lawrence Journal World, KS - Jul 31, 2005 Encore Homeschool Band and Orchestra organizers are seeking students who would like to participate in band, orchestra and choir. Rehearsals begin in September.

DCS expands role for district social worker
Outer Banks Sentinel, NC - 2 hours ago needs, serve as a resource person in implementation of the Life Skills Training Curriculum, and serve as contact person for home school, student attendance

Learning By Grace Launches New Homeschooling Options: Affiliates, Cooperatives and Virtual Schools
[Press Release] PR Web - Aug 22 12:21 AM
Learning By Grace, Inc. (LBG) announces Partners By Grace (PBG), a PreK-12 homeschooling cooperative program that offers several dynamic partnerships for ministries to homeschool with ease. [PRWEB Aug 22, 2005]

week
Santa Barbara Independent - Aug 11 5:56 PM
Listings submission deadline is noon Tuesday for the following weeks issue. Listings may be edited to meet space limitations.

JUNIOR MASTER GARDENER PROGRAM HELPS YOUNG MINDS
Tyler Morning Telegraph - Aug 10 7:51 PM
Did you know that there were about 526 insect fragments in that plate of spaghetti that you ate recently? Or that you can tell the temperature by counting the number of cricket chirps in 15 seconds and adding 39?

School trades textbooks for laptops
Independent Record - Aug 28 11:14 PM
VAIL, Ariz. Students at Empire High School here started class this year with no textbooks but it wasn't because of a funding crisis.

Seeds of Loudoun Science School Sprout
Washington Post - Aug 30 3:59 AM
The 23 high school seniors enrolled at Loudoun County's new Academy of Science had a few guesses yesterday about the identity of the strange, swollen knots growing on the weedy plants that George Wolfe had gathered over the weekend in Maryland.

Having a Computer at Home 'Holds Boys Back in School'
RedNova - Aug 29 4:56 PM
HOME computers are holding boys back at school because they spend so much time playing games, a study has revealed. While conscientious girls use their PCs for homework, boys are spending hours on 'leisure purposes' that leave them with little time to study.

Class notes
St. Petersburg Times - Aug 10 10:40 PM
LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY: Open house, 6 to 6:45 p.m. Aug. 18 for primary grades; 7 to 7:45 p.m. Aug. 18 for intermediate grades. LAND O'LAKES HIGH: Open house, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Aug. 24. There are five openings for the parent representative on the school advisory council.

Online learning boom echoes across state
Seattle Times - Aug 14 6:31 PM
Internet classes are joining the education mainstream so quickly it's unclear what all the ramifications may be.

Main News
West Bloomfield Eccentric - Aug 30 9:16 PM
A column in the Thursday, Aug. 25 Observer should have said it was the VFW Post 6695 on Mill in Plymouth that hosted a fund-raiser for Gulf War veteran Wade George, now diagnosed with three inoperable brain tumors.

Bill would allow home schoolers to play public school sports
Tuscaloosa News (subscription), AL - Aug 27, 2005 The problem is that when parents in Alabama decide to home school their children, they are not only taking them out of the classroom, they are also taking them

Sweet Home school board won't sell Pleasant Valley
Albany Democrat Herald, OR - Aug 17, 2005 SWEET HOME The Sweet Home School Board said Monday it isn't interested in selling the former Pleasant Valley Kindergarten for at least another year.

Parents scurry to enroll in pre-K
Hernando Today - Aug 03 1:28 AM
SPRING HILL -- Spring Hill mother Julie Hartman was beyond concern after reading Hernando Today last week. She planned for more than a year to enroll her son in the Head Start program at J. D. Floyd Elementary School.

:: The News-Courier :: Athens, AL
The News-Courier - Aug 22 10:04 PM
A carved wooden sign tucked into a box in the Condrey living room reads "Bread for Sale." Don't be deceived. This is not the home of a baker.

Fresh starts, new beginnings; School starts for most on Thursday
LaCrosse Tribune, WI - 4 hours ago with state academic standards and district curriculum objectives 9.9 million: Number of school-age children (5 to 17 speak a language other than English at home.

Home-school program suspended
Bend Bulletin, OR - Aug 27, 2005 public funds to teach some home-schooled students. paid $120,000 to Sonrise Christian School for instructors However, the curriculum was not closely monitored

Class notes
St. Petersburg Times - Aug 10 10:40 PM
LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY: Open house, 6 to 6:45 p.m. Aug. 18 for primary grades; 7 to 7:45 p.m. Aug. 18 for intermediate grades. LAND O'LAKES HIGH: Open house, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Aug. 24. There are five openings for the parent representative on the school advisory council.

Your Weather
The Auburn Citizen - Aug 23 6:56 AM
The Syracuse Festival of Races has announced the creation of the John Trowse Memorial Award, which will be presented annually to the top Central New York finisher in the Men's 5K at the Festival.

Kids learn at home, but no one's watching
Detroit News - Aug 14 12:06 AM
ROCHESTER -- Kelly Flack twirls on the ice at Onyx Skating Center while her mother teaches elementary school in Illinois.

Couple Fired From School Contemplate Lawsuit
The WMUR Channel - Aug 30 7:53 AM
PLAINFIELD, N.H. -- A couple who were fired from Runnemede School last spring are contemplating a lawsuit against the school's board members. Headmistress Joanne Evarts and her husband, Jeremiah Evarts, were fired in April amid allegations they stole nearly $200,000 from school accounts.

Questions For Constance Evelyn, New Principal At Oswego Middle School
Oswego Daily News - Aug 30 4:07 PM
Twenty-five years ago the Oswego Middle School doors swung open for the first time and Carl Palmitesso greeted his students. Through the years Edward Matott, Mary Milcetic and Don Beckers have followed in Palmitesso s footsteps.

Online learning boom echoes across state
Seattle Times - Aug 14 11:09 AM
Internet classes are joining the education mainstream so quickly it's unclear what all the ramifications may be.

Class notes
St. Petersburg Times - Aug 10 10:40 PM
LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY: Open house, 6 to 6:45 p.m. Aug. 18 for primary grades; 7 to 7:45 p.m. Aug. 18 for intermediate grades. LAND O'LAKES HIGH: Open house, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Aug. 24. There are five openings for the parent representative on the school advisory council.

Community Calendar
Ashland City Times - Aug 03 12:06 AM
(Editor's note: The weekly deadline for submitting an item for Community Calendar for publication in The Ashland City Times is 11 a.m., each Friday. Each item will be published in the following week's Wednesday edition.)

Student allowed to try out for team
St. Petersburg Times - Aug 10 10:40 PM
But the state high school athletic board says the private schooler can't play volleyball for Centennial Middle. DADE CITY - Shelby Mander needed more than just her serve and her spike at Tuesday's tryouts for Centennial Middle School's volleyball team.

Tara Oaks PTA makes plans for active year
Whitehaven Appeal - Aug 21 2:43 AM
The Tara Oaks Elementary School PTA is already busy planning another exciting and productive year. Our membership theme for this year is "Score Today for the PTA.''

The Jubilee Academy Unveils a Comprehensive Pre-K Homeschooling Program
[Press Release] PR Web via Yahoo! News - Aug 11 5:00 AM
(PRWEB) August 11, 2005 -- The Jubilee Academy ( www.TheJubileeAcademy.org ) is expanding its K-12 online Christian school to include Pre-K homeschooling courses for the 2005-2006 school year.

Parents scurry to enroll in pre-K
Hernando Today - Aug 03 1:28 AM
SPRING HILL -- Spring Hill mother Julie Hartman was beyond concern after reading Hernando Today last week. She planned for more than a year to enroll her son in the Head Start program at J. D. Floyd Elementary School.

Worries this school year
Charlotte Observer, NC - 13 hours ago Julie Flanagan, 15, home-schooled, Charlotte: I am not is squeezing more into the curriculum, students' work Daniel Staten, 17, Butler High School, Matthews: I

Magnets Can Attract Achievers
Hartford Courant, United States - 3 hours ago which opened Monday in its temporary home at Capital Capital Prep opened, heralding its college-geared curriculum. The University High School, to be located

Back to HOME school
The Wichita Eagle, KS - Aug 19, 2005 "We used to have desks, but they'd get all bunched up in the middle," Sanchez said in explanation of the non-school-house look of her home.

For many, home school meets range of needs
Pioneer Press, MN - Aug 27, 2005 "Lots of kids get in trouble and screw around. (Home school is) more efficient.". More than 17,000 Minnesota students attended home school last year.

Home school woes? Data show none
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - Aug 17, 2005 It s worth the risk to continue Indiana s excellent home-school policy. We have the freedom to excel and also the freedom to fail.

Aurora police chief says school bus driver failed sobriety test
Belleville News-Democrat - 47 minutes ago
AURORA, Mo. - Law enforcement officials are hailing the actions of a 17-year-old girl who ushered a group of school children off a bus that was being driven erratically by a driver who reeked of alcohol.

School districts to offer classes from a distance
Great Falls Tribune - Aug 29 4:13 AM
HELENA More than 40 school districts will offer dozens of online courses to public, private and home-schooled students across the state starting next month under a new distance learning program.

A culinary curriculum
Ha'aretz (subscription), Israel - 20 minutes ago Increasing numbers of children who remain in school and in municipal kindergartens after 1 they were willing to taste it because it's real home-style couscous

Home-school program suspended
Bend Bulletin, OR - Aug 27, 2005 public funds to teach some home-schooled students. paid $120,000 to Sonrise Christian School for instructors However, the curriculum was not closely monitored

Back to (cooking) school
Boulder Daily Camera (subscription), United States - 23 minutes ago it was once known for its home cook classes said Karen Barela, the culinary school's assistant director. the chefs on staff and the curriculum that incorporates

:: The News-Courier :: Athens, AL
The News-Courier - Aug 29 10:05 PM
A carved wooden sign tucked into a box in the Condrey living room reads "Bread for Sale." Don't be deceived. This is not the home of a baker.

JUNIOR MASTER GARDENER PROGRAM HELPS YOUNG MINDS
Tyler Morning Telegraph - Aug 10 7:51 PM
Did you know that there were about 526 insect fragments in that plate of spaghetti that you ate recently? Or that you can tell the temperature by counting the number of cricket chirps in 15 seconds and adding 39?

International Homeschool Magazine Offers Curriculum Buyers
PR Leap (press release), CA - Aug 25, 2005 (PRLEAP.COM) Dandridge, TN As summer comes to an end, homeschool families across North America are analyzing their curriculum choices for the new school

Homeschool families come to Dollywood to learn, have fun
The Mountain Press, TN - Aug 27, 2005 The Deals homeschool all four of their children. Lisa Deal, who has teaching experience, said there are a lot of curricula available.

Discovery Center's camp helps students disect biology
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription), TN - 1 hour ago "This camp allows children to go much further in their studies than they could in a typical classroom or homeschool setting," said Christy Lewis, the education

School zone speeding stops today
Tri-City Herald - Aug 30 10:31 AM
You've spent the summer cruising by your neighborhood school at 30 mph.

Charter school remains closed
News Daily - Aug 11 8:27 PM
On Aug. 1, dozens of parents and citizens of Riverdale gathered at the front entrance of the Clayton County Public Schools Administrative building in support of the Lewis Academy of Excellence, the county's would-be first charter school.

Live Q&A: Parent's Guide
Seattle Times - Aug 12 3:33 PM
Have a question about negotiating local schools? Ask three frank and savvy experts in a live online Q&A.

Homeschool families come to Dollywood to learn, have fun
The Mountain Press, TN - Aug 27, 2005 The Deals homeschool all four of their children. Lisa Deal, who has teaching experience, said there are a lot of curricula available.

International Homeschool Publication Moves Operations Hub to
ArriveNet (press release), CO - Aug 18, 2005 neighbors. Kris Price of the Five Rivers Homeschool Association says the local homeschool community is always open to newcomers .

Parents have different reasons for teaching children at home
Benton County Daily Record, AR - Aug 26, 2005 She chooses the curriculum at a home school fair each spring. John Isaac, her seventh grader, will work with a computer based curriculum this year.

Act I set for arts high school in Pawtucket
Providence Journal (subscription), RI - 23 hours ago A few hours earlier, Tweedly rushed home during her Rosemary Burns, an art teacher at Lincoln High School. The people who created the curriculum -- all arts

Teaching Science
National Review Online, NY - 15 hours ago Or you could homeschool them, or send them to a religious school, and make sure they are not exposed to the science you fear so much.

Grandparents --- Homeschool Your Grandchildren and Feel Younger
ClickPress (press release), United Arab Emirates - Aug 4, 2005 Grandparents love their grandkids. If they helped homeschool the kids, they could feel loved and be a real part of the family again.

Co-ops give an added dimension to homeschool
Longmont Daily Times-Call, CO - 10 hours ago Co-ops can act as a network of support, like the Longmont Homeschool Co-op with 170 families, or its many sub-groups, like the 13 families of the co-op

School boards could learn from home-schoolers' successes
East Valley Tribune, AZ - Aug 28, 2005 who took the ACT this year achieved an average score of 22.5, which is significantly above the national average, according to the Home School Legal Defense

Bill would allow home schoolers to play public school sports
Tuscaloosa News (subscription), AL - Aug 27, 2005 The problem is that when parents in Alabama decide to home school their children, they are not only taking them out of the classroom, they are also taking them

THE AMISH COOK: It's quiet at home, now that children are at school
The Herald-Press - Aug 30 12:11 PM
I thought I'd write this column before I have to wake the children to get ready for school. It is now 5:25 a.m. and my husband Joe left a half hour ago for work. I let the children sleep until 6 a.m., since they don't have to leave for school until around 7.

Unhealthy risks for kids tip scale
USA Today - Aug 28 7:02 PM
While USA TODAY correctly points out that "42 state legislatures have enacted or proposed measures that require or recommend nutritional guidance for schools," this is only half of the story ("Health movement has school cafeterias in a food fight," Cover story, News, Aug. 22).

www.delawareonline.com The News Journal Pupils learn the ropes at kindergarten
Delaware Online - Aug 30 1:10 AM
NEWARK -- In their new world, there is no kicking, punching or straggling in line. There is no yelling. There is no interrupting. And chewing with your mouth open is definitely out.

NJ students see SAT scores rise in line with national trend
New York Newsday - Aug 30 8:27 AM
Tuesday: Showers likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the lower 80s. ...

PCS Edventures! Announces Continued UK Expansion
[Press Release] Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Aug 30 7:00 AM
PCS Edventures! today announced progress in the UK marketplace with its Learning Labs. PCS Edventures! deployed an initial pilot program into the UK in 2003 to introduce key educators and organizations to the curriculum solutions provided by PCS. A follow-up initiative is now being deployed through a variety of workshops administered by the UK Science, Engineering, Technology and Mathematics

Home-school education grows in Boynton area
Palm Beach Post, FL - Aug 23, 2005 however, and that's why group members gather monthly to share information on curriculum, set up field The school district monitors home-schoolers by

For many, home school meets range of needs
Pioneer Press, MN - Aug 27, 2005 In addition, home school organizations and education companies offering curriculum plans have made it easier for parents. "(Home

A New Face for Cross River
Newswatch, Nigeria - 12 hours ago he also identified is that "we are merely growing for home consumption from Junior Secondary School to Senior Secondary School following the school curriculum.

Jore performing in 'Village of Idiots' at Rosebud
Williston Herald - Aug 17 12:36 PM
We have some great news to pass along regarding another Youth Education on Stage alumni.

Homeschool Prepares Female Cadet for Air Force Academy, Number of Students with Non-traditional Schooling Growing in
[Press Release] PR Web via Yahoo! News - Aug 17 5:00 AM
Colorado Springs, Colo. (PRWEB) August 17, 2005 -- As a homeschool student, one might think that Sarah Alford of Aurora, Colo., had a lesser chance of being accepted to the United States Air Force Academy than students with traditional schooling. But she maintains that homeschooling couldn"t have been a better choice.

Families choose to home school
Bloomington Pantagraph, USA - Aug 20, 2005 However, the Christian Home School Education Association estimates the number of students being taught at home is 60,000 and 70,000 in Illinois and more than 2

Home-school program suspended
Bend Bulletin, OR - Aug 27, 2005 The Sisters School District has suspended its home-school program until a secretary of state audit can be reviewed, district administrators said Friday.

Education Briefly
Skagit Valley Herald, WA - 7 hours ago Hillcreek Christian School, a private school that also works with independent study and home school students, is accepting applications for students grades K

Back to school article on homeschoolers becomes a defense of
Blogging Baby, CA - 1 hour ago We ve been talking on and off what back to school means for those of us who homeschool our kids, and what it means for the kids themselves.

Homeschool open house
Bridgeton News, United States - Aug 19, 2005 By COURTNEY DuBose. MILLVILLE -- The Homeschool Academy of South Jersey will host an informational open house on Monday, Aug. 29

Rogers student among inductees into homeschool honor society
Benton County Daily Record, AR - Aug 20, 2005 By Gary Lookadoo Staff Writer garyl@nwanews.com. BENTONVILLE Seven new inductees into the Eta Sigma Alpha National Home School

A New Face for Cross River
Newswatch, Nigeria - 10 hours ago he also identified is that "we are merely growing for home consumption from Junior Secondary School to Senior Secondary School following the school curriculum.

Back to school article on homeschoolers becomes a defense of
Blogging Baby, CA - 1 hour ago ve been talking on and off what back to school means for them - students like Hana Bieliaukas, who used the Leaves of Learning curriculum. MOMS, WORK AT HOME!

GEAR UP Program could net more than $20 million
WMU News, MI - 9 hours ago become self-sustaining in their home school districts Bangor Middle School students went to Gettysburg to activities were then woven into the class curriculum.

Capt. Seth Middleton, US Army, Fort Knox, Ky.
Kansas.com, KS - 11 hours ago I made a lot of friends. Those relationships are lasting and a real blessing.". Middleton grew up in Wichita and was active in homeschool athletics.

Co-ops give an added dimension to homeschool
Longmont Daily Times-Call, CO - 6 hours ago Co-ops can act as a network of support, like the Longmont Homeschool Co-op with 170 families, or its many sub-groups, like the 13 families of the co-op

Homeschool Academy of SJ offers expanded services
Bridgeton News, United States - Aug 17, 2005 The Homeschool Academy of South Jersey furthers the learning experience for homeschooled students pursuing a high school diploma and higher learning

'Home ec' is so 1950s! Now it's food science, finance
Austin American-Statesman - Aug 28 10:56 PM
'Home ec' is so 1950s! Today's cover subjects from household budgeting to career management, and attract a lot more guys. Round Rock students construct models of neighborhoods as they study urban environments.

Britons rethink approach to community
Nashua Telegraph - 16 minutes ago
Just weeks after homegrown Muslim terrorists attacked London, the British people affirmed their support for multiculturalism, according to a MORI poll for the BBC.

For 30 years, school offers lessons in all things Italian
Recordnet.com - Aug 30 8:28 AM
STOCKTON -- Ralph Lucchetti remembers the days of the primavera dances, when more than 500 people would pack Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium, eat and get their groove on to benefit the Central California School of Italian Language and Culture.

JUNIOR MASTER GARDENER PROGRAM HELPS YOUNG MINDS
Tyler Morning Telegraph - Aug 10 7:51 PM
Did you know that there were about 526 insect fragments in that plate of spaghetti that you ate recently? Or that you can tell the temperature by counting the number of cricket chirps in 15 seconds and adding 39?

Group seeks veterans for living history program
St. Petersburg Times - Aug 02 10:41 PM
The Veterans Appreciation Week Ad Hoc Coordinating Committee will conduct its annual Veterans in the Classroom program Oct. 31 through Nov. 10 as part of Veterans Appreciation Week.

Nancy Levant: Public Education: Schools, Financiers, and Social Cleansing
Sierra Times - Aug 08 10:43 AM
Today, and particularly so in Westernized nations, big money, or corporate/philanthropic wealth, dictates political power and social philosophy. What is good for corporate profits is political and socio-economic globalization. What is detrimental to globalization is non-funded opinion.

Online learning boom echoes across state
Seattle Times - Aug 14 3:17 PM
Internet classes are joining the education mainstream so quickly it's unclear what all the ramifications may be.

Lady Tigers pick up two wins at home on Tuesday
The Fayette Citizen - Aug 29 6:38 AM
The Fayette County High School varsity volleyball team hosted their first home matches of the year last Tuesday night. So far, so good. They faced Harris County in the first match and won 25-13 and 25-16. Later that evening, they faced Our Lady of Mercy and won 25-12 and 25-23.

Seeds of Loudoun Science School Sprout
Washington Post - Aug 30 3:59 AM
The 23 high school seniors enrolled at Loudoun County's new Academy of Science had a few guesses yesterday about the identity of the strange, swollen knots growing on the weedy plants that George Wolfe had gathered over the weekend in Maryland.

Jore performing in 'Village of Idiots' at Rosebud
Williston Herald - Aug 17 12:36 PM
We have some great news to pass along regarding another Youth Education on Stage alumni.

Rogers student among inductees into homeschool honor society
Benton County Daily Record, AR - Aug 20, 2005 By Gary Lookadoo Staff Writer garyl@nwanews.com. BENTONVILLE Seven new inductees into the Eta Sigma Alpha National Home School

Seacoast family turns its home into a classroom
Portsmouth Herald News, NH - Aug 28, 2005 "I think it creates an environment of learning constantly," Eric said of his homeschool experience. "I think homeschool has made our family so tight.".

:: The News-Courier :: Athens, AL
The News-Courier - Aug 16 10:04 PM
A carved wooden sign tucked into a box in the Condrey living room reads "Bread for Sale." Don't be deceived. This is not the home of a baker.

Education Digest
Baltimore Sun - Aug 22 10:16 AM
Parent forms can limit access to information

CCA begins school year
Dyersburg News/State Gazette - 2 hours, 5 minutes ago
As the 2005-06 school year begins at Christ Classical Academy, the faculty has two main objectives for the coming months.

Charter school plan again on the table for Deming Schools
The Deming Headlight - Aug 29 9:23 AM
Still tabled after all these days. Members of the Deming Public Schools Board of Education and staff of Home Livelihoood Education Program agreed Thursday night to continue last months tabling of HELPs September 2004 charter school application.

Britons rethink approach to community
Nashua Telegraph - Aug 30 6:02 AM
Just weeks after homegrown Muslim terrorists attacked London, the British people affirmed their support for multiculturalism, according to a MORI poll for the BBC.

Homeschool Prepares Female Cadet for Air Force Academy, Number of Students with Non-traditional Schooling Growing in
[Press Release] PR Web via Yahoo! News - Aug 17 5:00 AM
Colorado Springs, Colo. (PRWEB) August 17, 2005 -- As a homeschool student, one might think that Sarah Alford of Aurora, Colo., had a lesser chance of being accepted to the United States Air Force Academy than students with traditional schooling. But she maintains that homeschooling couldn"t have been a better choice.

Community Calendar
Ashland City Times - Aug 03 12:06 AM
(Editor's note: The weekly deadline for submitting an item for Community Calendar for publication in The Ashland City Times is 11 a.m., each Friday. Each item will be published in the following week's Wednesday edition.)

Learning By Grace Launches New Homeschooling Options: Affiliates, Cooperatives and Virtual Schools
[Press Release] PR Web - Aug 22 12:21 AM
Learning By Grace, Inc. (LBG) announces Partners By Grace (PBG), a PreK-12 homeschooling cooperative program that offers several dynamic partnerships for ministries to homeschool with ease. [PRWEB Aug 22, 2005]

Controversy accompanies arrival of virtual schools in Wisconsin
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI - Aug 22, 2005 for the virtual school, a large part of the elementary school curriculum is still taught through textbooks with the help of a parent or another adult at home.

Home-school program suspended
BendBulletin.com - Aug 27 12:55 AM
The Sisters School District has suspended its home-school program until a secretary of state audit can be reviewed, district administrators said Friday.

Virtual Learning Academy is alternate choice
The Steubenville Herald-Star - Aug 29 9:37 AM
STEUBENVILLE - The school year has started and the Jefferson County Educational Service Center has an alternative to traditional schooling.

Audit finds profuse payroll abuse
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Aug 28 9:13 AM
New Orleans school employees collected nearly $21 million in stipends and overtime last year in a paycheck free-for-all that allowed some to nearly double their salaries with no scrutiny, according to a blistering new report by the state's legislative auditor.

Manual students find little choice
Peoria Journal Star - Aug 30 1:13 AM
PEORIA - Districts that have been asked to accept Manual High School students said Monday they aren't interested in doing so. District 150 superintendent Ken Hinton sent out letters to six area districts last week, asking them if they could take Manual students.

Home schooling on the rise
Cass County Democrat Missourian - Aug 26 8:50 AM
Editors note: This is the first in a three-part series about home schooling in Cass County. The series will address why people home school, the benefits of educating in the home and the misconceptions that tend to go hand-in-hand with the term home school.

Blunt critic on schools, integration
Calendar Live (subscription), CA - 19 hours ago horn beeps and unanswered calls to Kozol's home and cellphone fourth grade in an all-black school in the poem, which was not part of the approved curriculum.

Home-school education grows in Boynton area
Palm Beach Post, FL - Aug 23, 2005 however, and that's why group members gather monthly to share information on curriculum, set up field The school district monitors home-schoolers by

SCHOOL CALENDAR
Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - 11 hours ago A BEKA BOOK HOME SCHOOL curriculum and textbook sale will be held from 10 am to noon and 2 to 4 pm Sept. 8 at the Plano Centre, 2000 E. Spring Creek Parkway.

South End teachers reach out through home visits
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Aug 29 12:46 AM
Educators in south Seattle visited the homes of their students to improve communication between the schools and parents.

A campus of change
San Diego Union-Tribune - Aug 30 2:37 AM
CARMEL VALLEY, Aug. 30 (UNION-TRIBUNE): The county's largest Catholic high school began the year yesterday on a Carmel Valley campus with up-to-date art and athletic facilities in one of the region's most burgeoning communities.

New Bedford Leads the Way in Dog Bite Prevention Education
[Press Release] PR Web - Aug 29 12:08 AM
This summer, children in four New Bedford schools participated in an innovative dog bite prevention education program. Using the Be A Tree program, created by the Canadian non-profit organization Doggone Safe, the children learned how to use a simple behavior skill to make unsafe or scary dogs (or just overly rambunctious dogs) go away. New Bedford will be the first city in North America to

Home-school program suspended
Bend Bulletin, OR - Aug 27, 2005 The Sisters School District has suspended its home-school program until a secretary of state audit can be reviewed, district administrators said Friday.

Families choose to home school
Bloomington Pantagraph, USA - Aug 20, 2005 However, the Christian Home School Education Association estimates the number of students being taught at home is 60,000 and 70,000 in Illinois and more than 2

'Elite' Colleges Not Always Best for Young Christians, Says Home
Agape Press, MS - 21 hours ago Michael Farris is a constitutional attorney; founder, chairman, and general counsel of the Home School Legal Defense Association; and president of Patrick

Health ministers praise for Angus school
The Evening Telegraph - Aug 30 7:18 AM
Health minister Andy Kerr samples Lynne Howe s award-winning dish at Tannadice Primary School as Lynne looks on. Health minister Andy Kerr was in Angus today to view Forfar s new multi-million pound community facility and give a pat on the back to rural schoolchildren for their healthy appetite.

Back to HOME school
The Wichita Eagle, KS - Aug 19, 2005 "We used to have desks, but they'd get all bunched up in the middle," Sanchez said in explanation of the non-school-house look of her home.

Local woman hopes to draw support for theater group
The News-Courier - Aug 06 7:19 AM
A carved wooden sign tucked into a box in the Condrey living room reads "Bread for Sale." Don't be deceived. This is not the home of a baker.

Canterbury Shaker Village launches home-school 'Shaker Scholars'
Laconia Citizen, NH - Aug 28, 2005 This fall Canterbury Shaker Village is launching "Shaker Scholars," an educational program for home-schooled students ages 7 - 11.

Home-school education grows in Boynton area
Palm Beach Post, FL - Aug 23, 2005 While many parents sent their kids back to school this month with a sigh of relief, work is just beginning for families who home-school their children.

Sweet Home school board won't sell Pleasant Valley
Albany Democrat Herald, OR - Aug 17, 2005 SWEET HOME The Sweet Home School Board said Monday it isn't interested in selling the former Pleasant Valley Kindergarten for at least another year.

Charters: There's no place like home
North County Times, CA - 11 hours ago about 50 portables, from their former home at Susan It mixes a traditional curriculum with instruction in The school also mandates that parents volunteer part

Home-school education grows in Boynton area
Palm Beach Post, FL - Aug 23, 2005 however, and that's why group members gather monthly to share information on curriculum, set up field The school district monitors home-schoolers by

An Education In Social Justice
Hartford Courant, United States - 8 hours ago only mother who had trouble going home on opening said, because she likes the school's theme concentrating theme will be infused through the entire curriculum.

Online learning poised for breakthrough in Minnesota
Grand Forks Herald, ND - Aug 26, 2005 started to reach out to home-school families. administered by the Houston, Minn., School District, withstood over concerns about the quality of its curriculum.

Back-to-School Tip for Success: Demand Great Home/School
PR Newswire (press release), NY - Aug 16, 2005 highest priority. Bagin claims the school principal is often the catalyst for improving home school communication. "Principals need

Back to HOME school
The Wichita Eagle, KS - Aug 19, 2005 "We used to have desks, but they'd get all bunched up in the middle," Sanchez said in explanation of the non-school-house look of her home.

Online learning poised for breakthrough in Minnesota
Grand Forks Herald, ND - Aug 26, 2005 started to reach out to home-school families. administered by the Houston, Minn., School District, withstood over concerns about the quality of its curriculum.

Review : Homeschool Tracker Basic
Bella Online - Aug 17, 2005 Homeschool Tracker Basic is a free organizational tool offered by the people at TGHomeSoft. Regardless of the legal requirements

International Homeschool Magazine Offers Curriculum Buyers
PR Leap (press release), CA - Aug 25, 2005 (PRLEAP.COM) Dandridge, TN As summer comes to an end, homeschool families across North America are analyzing their curriculum choices for the new school

Home-school education grows in Boynton area
Palm Beach Post, FL - Aug 23, 2005 While many parents sent their kids back to school this month with a sigh of relief, work is just beginning for families who home-school their children.

'Elite' Colleges Not Always Best for Young Christians, Says Home
Agape Press, MS - 17 hours ago Michael Farris is a constitutional attorney; founder, chairman, and general counsel of the Home School Legal Defense Association; and president of Patrick

Bill would allow home schoolers to play public school sports
Tuscaloosa News (subscription), AL - Aug 27, 2005 The problem is that when parents in Alabama decide to home school their children, they are not only taking them out of the classroom, they are also taking them

Families choose to home school
Bloomington Pantagraph, USA - Aug 20, 2005 However, the Christian Home School Education Association estimates the number of students being taught at home is 60,000 and 70,000 in Illinois and more than 2

Opening doors
Bradenton Herald - Aug 30 12:17 AM
SARASOTA - Jori Simmons didn't know what he wanted to choose as a career until a University of South FloridaSarasota-Manatee guidance counselor told him of the growing demand for people in Florida's hospitality industry.

SAN FRANCISCO / School secretaries, custodians, food workers hold sickout
San Francisco Chronicle - 2 hours, 46 minutes ago
A number of custodians, cafeteria workers and secretaries for the San Francisco Unified School District called in sick Monday, the first day of school, to underscore their dissatisfaction with their union's stalled contract negotiations. The workers,...

For some, religious schools fill needs
Courier-Post - Aug 28 2:13 AM
Melissa Neurell didn't want to put her kindergartner on medication. After all, doctors said her little girl did not have a learning disability or attention deficit disorder. But her public school teacher said medication was what Dezirae Kee needed to learn.

Canine campus
Independent Record - Aug 30 12:30 AM
A professor of psychology at Carroll College and two students welcomed a new puppy to campus this week; a yellow Lab named Zulu who isn't the school's future mascot, but rather, a future companion to a child in a wheelchair.

Charter school plan again on the table for Deming Schools
The Deming Headlight - Aug 29 9:23 AM
Still tabled after all these days. Members of the Deming Public Schools Board of Education and staff of Home Livelihoood Education Program agreed Thursday night to continue last months tabling of HELPs September 2004 charter school application.

Back to school: no bubbly for the homeschoolers!
Blogging Baby - Aug 11 6:07 AM
Yesterday, my colleague Melissa Summers popped open the champagne to celebrate her daughters impending return to school. It led me to think how much of a non-event summer has become in my homeschooling family. My daughter Neve takes classes at a local resource center for homeschoolers run by the school district, so we retain a loose sense of when the school year begins and when it ends. But

Your Weather
The Auburn Citizen - Aug 23 6:56 AM
The Syracuse Festival of Races has announced the creation of the John Trowse Memorial Award, which will be presented annually to the top Central New York finisher in the Men's 5K at the Festival.

Class notes
St. Petersburg Times - Aug 10 10:40 PM
LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY: Open house, 6 to 6:45 p.m. Aug. 18 for primary grades; 7 to 7:45 p.m. Aug. 18 for intermediate grades. LAND O'LAKES HIGH: Open house, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Aug. 24. There are five openings for the parent representative on the school advisory council.

Drop in student enrollment could cost Palm school district $20 million
Sun-Sentinel - Aug 29 10:02 PM
It had practically become a back-to-school tradition to start the year off with an extra 5,000 students. But the growth in Palm Beach County schools slowed dramatically this year, with only 1,000 additional students showing up when school started this month.

It's time to get ready for start of school year
Missoulian - Aug 29 10:47 PM
Assuming last-minute contract negotiations are settled in time, Missoula County Public Schools classrooms are ready for a new crop of students. Families who haven't yet registered new students may do so at any school building between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on weekdays.

Plano school offices get own home
Aurora Beacon News, IL - Aug 19, 2005 "We look forward to this being our permanent home," School Board President Jim Porter said. "I know the staff here is very happy to be home at last.".

SCHOOL CALENDAR
Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - 4 hours ago A BEKA BOOK HOME SCHOOL curriculum and textbook sale will be held from 10 am to noon and 2 to 4 pm Sept. 8 at the Plano Centre, 2000 E. Spring Creek Parkway.

Blunt critic on schools, integration
Calendar Live (subscription), CA - 12 hours ago horn beeps and unanswered calls to Kozol's home and cellphone fourth grade in an all-black school in the poem, which was not part of the approved curriculum.

Temporary Beats Old
TheDay (subscription), CT - 1 hour ago the building began its service as the school's temporary home, a role represented another step in the revitalization of the curriculum and school system

New administrators, principals abound as school year opens
Providence Journal (subscription), RI - 6 hours ago routes to avoid elementary schoolers arriving home after dark new principals -- one at a middle school and two be a new science and social studies curriculum.

Seacoast family turns its home into a classroom
Portsmouth Herald News, NH - Aug 28, 2005 "I think it creates an environment of learning constantly," Eric said of his homeschool experience. "I think homeschool has made our family so tight.".

Rogers student among inductees into homeschool honor society
Benton County Daily Record, AR - Aug 20, 2005 By Gary Lookadoo Staff Writer garyl@nwanews.com. BENTONVILLE Seven new inductees into the Eta Sigma Alpha National Home School

Homeschool band seeks members
Lawrence Journal World, KS - Jul 31, 2005 Encore Homeschool Band and Orchestra organizers are seeking students who would like to participate in band, orchestra and choir. Rehearsals begin in September.

Jore performing in 'Village of Idiots' at Rosebud
Williston Herald - Aug 17 12:36 PM
We have some great news to pass along regarding another Youth Education on Stage alumni.

Saturday, Aug. 20
The Town Crier - Aug 19 4:44 PM
This Week's Calendar... The Buckler Craft Show will return to the South Florida Fairgrounds Expo Center from Friday, Aug. 19 through Sunday, Aug. 21. Admission is $6, children under 12 free. Call (561) 793-0333 for more info.

Home school children to start new school year
Belvoir Eagle, VA - Aug 25, 2005 not mentally, physically or emotionally prepared to attend school. A parent may teach at home if they hold correspondence course; or use a curriculum that, in

Can Old-School Print Textbooks Survive the Digital Revolution?
Book Standard, NY - 17 hours ago Our curriculum, then, can says that while the laptops (which the students use during the school year as they would a textbook, taking them home at night

Kids Bulletin Board
Nashua Telegraph - Aug 25 9:56 AM
NASHUA MIDDLE SCHOOLS: Any middle school student athlete that wishes to sign up for a fall sport at Elm Street, Fairgrounds or Pennichuck Middle Schools can do so in their respective school s main office throughout the summer months from 8 a.m.-noon.

Back to school: no bubbly for the homeschoolers!
Blogging Baby - Aug 11 6:07 AM
Yesterday, my colleague Melissa Summers popped open the champagne to celebrate her daughters impending return to school. It led me to think how much of a non-event summer has become in my homeschooling family. My daughter Neve takes classes at a local resource center for homeschoolers run by the school district, so we retain a loose sense of when the school year begins and when it ends. But

:: The News-Courier :: Athens, AL
The News-Courier - Aug 21 10:04 PM
A carved wooden sign tucked into a box in the Condrey living room reads "Bread for Sale." Don't be deceived. This is not the home of a baker.

Homeschool band seeks members
Lawrence Journal World, KS - Jul 31, 2005 Encore Homeschool Band and Orchestra organizers are seeking students who would like to participate in band, orchestra and choir. Rehearsals begin in September.

Grandparents --- Homeschool Your Grandchildren and Feel Younger
ClickPress (press release), United Arab Emirates - Aug 4, 2005 Grandparents love their grandkids. If they helped homeschool the kids, they could feel loved and be a real part of the family again.

Open House Launches Bialystoker Synagogues Educational Program for Public School Students
[Press Release] PR Web - Aug 29 12:05 AM
The Bialystoker Synagogue is launching its expanded Jewish educational program with a open house program on September 6, 2005 at 5:30 p.m. [PRWEB Aug 29, 2005]

Great sport Gareth is off to the USA
Chronicle - Aug 29 7:26 AM
AN ANGLESEY all-round athlete is off to America to further his education and sports ambitions. Gareth Rowlands had been pondering on a scholarship offer to follow Mon Magic basketball clubmates, Kylie Barker and Emma Salisbury, to Kings Academy Prep School in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Home school children to start new school year
Belvoir Eagle, VA - Aug 25, 2005 in age from seven months to 11 years, said the socialization that public schools provide is selective. She said she opted to home school her children

High fuel costs whittle away at school budgets
Baxter Bulletin, AR - 22 hours ago "Our biggest expense on the buses is fuel and tires," he said. The Mountain Home School District is also making changes to handle the rising fuel costs.

Blunt critic on schools, integration
Calendar Live (subscription), CA - 9 hours ago horn beeps and unanswered calls to Kozol's home and cellphone fourth grade in an all-black school in the poem, which was not part of the approved curriculum.

Home-school education grows in Boynton area
Palm Beach Post, FL - Aug 23, 2005 however, and that's why group members gather monthly to share information on curriculum, set up field The school district monitors home-schoolers by

Charters: There's no place like home
North County Times, CA - 3 hours ago about 50 portables, from their former home at Susan It mixes a traditional curriculum with instruction in The school also mandates that parents volunteer part

Home school children to start new school year
Belvoir Eagle, VA - Aug 25, 2005 in age from seven months to 11 years, said the socialization that public schools provide is selective. She said she opted to home school her children

School boards could learn from home-schoolers' successes
East Valley Tribune, AZ - Aug 28, 2005 who took the ACT this year achieved an average score of 22.5, which is significantly above the national average, according to the Home School Legal Defense

Home-school program suspended
Bend Bulletin, OR - Aug 27, 2005 The Sisters School District has suspended its home-school program until a secretary of state audit can be reviewed, district administrators said Friday.

Seeds of Loudoun Science School Sprout
Washington Post, United States - 6 hours ago chemically tricked into sprouting a green home for the academy in the spring, before its curriculum was written with life at Park View High School, where she's

Act I set for arts high school in Pawtucket
Providence Journal (subscription), RI - 3 hours ago A few hours earlier, Tweedly rushed home during her Rosemary Burns, an art teacher at Lincoln High School. The people who created the curriculum -- all arts

Sunday Briefs
Detroit News - Aug 28 10:48 PM
The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department has started pumping out tons of sand, sediment and other debris from the interceptor sewer along 15 Mile at the utility corridor near Baumgartner Park. The 11-foot-wide sewer line collapsed a year ago at 15 Mile and Hayes, a mile and half east of the corridor.

School trades textbooks for laptops
Independent Record - Aug 28 11:14 PM
VAIL, Ariz. Students at Empire High School here started class this year with no textbooks but it wasn't because of a funding crisis.

Home school children to start new school year
Belvoir Eagle, VA - Aug 25, 2005 not mentally, physically or emotionally prepared to attend school. A parent may teach at home if they hold correspondence course; or use a curriculum that, in

Controversy accompanies arrival of virtual schools in Wisconsin
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI - Aug 22, 2005 for the virtual school, a large part of the elementary school curriculum is still taught through textbooks with the help of a parent or another adult at home.

New kid on the block
Tri-City Herald - Aug 29 9:14 AM
For the second half of his sixth-grade year, Steven Andrews was the new kid.

Class notes
St. Petersburg Times - Aug 10 10:40 PM
LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY: Open house, 6 to 6:45 p.m. Aug. 18 for primary grades; 7 to 7:45 p.m. Aug. 18 for intermediate grades. LAND O'LAKES HIGH: Open house, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Aug. 24. There are five openings for the parent representative on the school advisory council.

Parents Disgusted by Unsanitary Conditions at Detroit School
Detroit Now - Aug 29 10:35 AM
Parents were appalled Monday when they took their kids to school and found filthy bathrooms at Detroit's Rosa L. Parks Middle School.

School Bus Drivers Wheel and Deal for Best Routes
Los Angeles Times - Aug 29 12:06 AM
School bus driver Isiah Simon plotted his strategy carefully. At stake was the route he would drive when classes resume in a few weeks. He would pick a route close to home so he could spend more time with his family. And he would ask for older kids; older kids are calmer.

Berkshire Eagle Online - Home
Berkshire Eagle - Aug 29 12:09 PM
Don't miss School information for bus schedules and the school calendar. Also: Dining and Business sections.

:: The News-Courier :: Athens, AL
The News-Courier - Aug 20 2:50 AM
A carved wooden sign tucked into a box in the Condrey living room reads "Bread for Sale." Don't be deceived. This is not the home of a baker.

Nancy Levant: Public Education: Schools, Financiers, and Social Cleansing
Sierra Times - Aug 08 10:43 AM
Today, and particularly so in Westernized nations, big money, or corporate/philanthropic wealth, dictates political power and social philosophy. What is good for corporate profits is political and socio-economic globalization. What is detrimental to globalization is non-funded opinion.

The Jubilee Academy Unveils a Comprehensive Pre-K Homeschooling Program
[Press Release] PR Web via Yahoo! News - Aug 11 5:00 AM
(PRWEB) August 11, 2005 -- The Jubilee Academy ( www.TheJubileeAcademy.org ) is expanding its K-12 online Christian school to include Pre-K homeschooling courses for the 2005-2006 school year.

Homeschool families come to Dollywood to learn, have fun
The Mountain Press, TN - Aug 27, 2005 The Deals homeschool all four of their children. Lisa Deal, who has teaching experience, said there are a lot of curricula available.

International Homeschool Publication Moves Operations Hub to
ArriveNet (press release), CO - Aug 18, 2005 neighbors. Kris Price of the Five Rivers Homeschool Association says the local homeschool community is always open to newcomers .

Bear Branch offers activities for all ages
Baltimore Sun, United States - Aug 28, 2005 Homeschool Archery for Beginners will be held at 10:30 am, 1 pm and 3 pm Sept. The course is required for the Fall Homeschool Archery Club.

Online learning poised for breakthrough in Minnesota
Grand Forks Herald, ND - Aug 26, 2005 started to reach out to home-school families. administered by the Houston, Minn., School District, withstood over concerns about the quality of its curriculum.

Blunt critic on schools, integration
Calendar Live (subscription), CA - 5 hours ago horn beeps and unanswered calls to Kozol's home and cellphone fourth grade in an all-black school in the poem, which was not part of the approved curriculum.

Workers race to finish new school for Monday opening; delay
Tryon Daily Bulletin, NC - 9 hours ago Just picture "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" and multiply it made their first visit to the new school. Utz, along with director of curriculum and instruction

Two MTSU profs back home after trek to Alaska
Daily News Journal (subscription), TN - 17 hours ago On the way back home there were several places we are fluid dynamics, no matter what school you go "But there is also the military component to the curriculum.

Home schooling on the rise
Cass County Democrat Missourian, MO - Aug 26, 2005 teaching methods for the different styles, how to pick curriculum that is There are many reasons parents choose to home school religious beliefs, specific

LETTERS TO BUSINESS
San Francisco Chronicle, United States - Aug 28, 2005 Aside from the obvious fact that workplace safety does not appear to be part of the homeschool curriculum, seeing that picture and the one of the 3-year-old

Grandparents --- Homeschool Your Grandchildren and Feel Younger
ClickPress (press release), United Arab Emirates - Aug 4, 2005 Grandparents love their grandkids. If they helped homeschool the kids, they could feel loved and be a real part of the family again.

Seacoast family turns its home into a classroom
Portsmouth Herald News, NH - Aug 28, 2005 "I think it creates an environment of learning constantly," Eric said of his homeschool experience. "I think homeschool has made our family so tight.".

International Homeschool Magazine Offers Curriculum Buyers
ArriveNet (press release), CO - Aug 23, 2005 Dandridge, TN -- (ArriveNet - Aug 23, 2005) -- As summer comes to an end, homeschool families across North America are analyzing their curriculum choices for

Rogers student among inductees into homeschool honor society
Benton County Daily Record, AR - Aug 20, 2005 By Gary Lookadoo Staff Writer garyl@nwanews.com. BENTONVILLE Seven new inductees into the Eta Sigma Alpha National Home School

More School Bells Ring at Home
New York Times, United States - Aug 20, 2005 a desire for a classical education or a hope for closer family bonds, a growing number of Long Island families are choosing to home-school their children.

Canterbury Shaker Village launches home-school 'Shaker Scholars'
Laconia Citizen, NH - Aug 28, 2005 This fall Canterbury Shaker Village is launching "Shaker Scholars," an educational program for home-schooled students ages 7 - 11.

Marin County kids in need pack home school supplies
San Francisco Chronicle, United States - Aug 19, 2005 About 250 Marin County kids from disadvantaged homes picked up backpacks full of school supplies last Friday thanks to an annual drive put on by the Ritter

Deaths sow doubt, grief at city school
Baltimore Sun - 5 minutes ago
On the first day of school, Forest Park High mourns two alumni killed in combat this month On the first day of school, students returned to Forest Park Senior High School Monday and confronted war.

Three nursing home residents die in evacuation from NO to BR
The Daily Comet - Aug 28 10:05 PM
Three residents of a New Orleans nursing home are believed to have died during a stressful evacuation from the storm-threatened city on a school bus.

Germany School Reopens After 2002 Rampage
AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 29 8:17 AM
A German high school where a former student killed 16 people and then himself during a shooting rampage three years ago was officially reopened Monday in a ceremony attended by Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.

Back to HOME school
The Wichita Eagle, KS - Aug 19, 2005 "We used to have desks, but they'd get all bunched up in the middle," Sanchez said in explanation of the non-school-house look of her home.

Marin County kids in need pack home school supplies
San Francisco Chronicle, United States - Aug 19, 2005 About 250 Marin County kids from disadvantaged homes picked up backpacks full of school supplies last Friday thanks to an annual drive put on by the Ritter

The faces of dropouts
Indianapolis Star, United States - Aug 28, 2005 of an ailing grandfather. An attempt to home school at her future father-in-law's Bible college ended when she became pregnant.

International Homeschool Publication Moves Operations Hub to
ArriveNet (press release), CO - Aug 18, 2005 neighbors. Kris Price of the Five Rivers Homeschool Association says the local homeschool community is always open to newcomers .

Rising fuel prices cause schools to reevaluate field trips
The Star Press - Aug 28 10:15 PM
KNIGHTSTOWN - The loss of state funding for transportation and the high cost of fuel have caused East Central Indiana school districts to scrutinize field trips.

NASD test scores see increases
The Natchez Democrat - Aug 28 5:59 PM
NATCHEZ - Perhaps the giddy smiles on the faces of the Natchez-Adams administrators are hiding a mental "I told you so." All on the job for less than five years, the superintendent and principals have been promising improved test scores since day one.

Review : Homeschool Tracker Basic
Bella Online - Aug 17, 2005 Homeschool Tracker Basic is a free organizational tool offered by the people at TGHomeSoft. Regardless of the legal requirements

International Homeschool Publication Moves Operations Hub to
ArriveNet (press release), CO - Aug 18, 2005 neighbors. Kris Price of the Five Rivers Homeschool Association says the local homeschool community is always open to newcomers .

Main News
West Bloomfield Eccentric - Aug 28 9:31 PM
By Paul E. Lipson, Ed.D. What about ...? When asking questions about what's going on in schools, that opening can have infinite responses. Friends, relatives, parents and even complete strangers are continually asking me, "What about ...?"

Political novice steps up to challenge, despite odds
The Wichita Eagle - Aug 28 4:52 PM
Throughout high school, Linda Nguyen always signed up for the most challenging classes. Honors math, accelerated English, advanced-placement history. At times she found herself in over her head, as was the case in her sophomore year with math analysis, a course typically taken by juniors.

statesman.com | 'Home ec' is so 1950s! Now it's food science, finance
Austin American-Statesman - Aug 29 6:25 AM
'Home ec' is so 1950s! Round Rock students construct models of neighborhoods as they study urban environments. In Austin, high school teacher Gracie Alanis will arm her class with facts about credit cards and how to stay out of debt.

Home schooling on the rise
Cass County Democrat Missourian, MO - Aug 26, 2005 teaching methods for the different styles, how to pick curriculum that is There are many reasons parents choose to home school religious beliefs, specific

Controversy accompanies arrival of virtual schools in Wisconsin
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI - Aug 22, 2005 for the virtual school, a large part of the elementary school curriculum is still taught through textbooks with the help of a parent or another adult at home.

School boards could learn from home-schoolers' successes
East Valley Tribune, AZ - 19 hours ago who took the ACT this year achieved an average score of 22.5, which is significantly above the national average, according to the Home School Legal Defense

Sports registrations & tryouts & events
Concord Monitor, NH - 11 hours ago or older) costing $25 for residents, $37.50 non-residents; preschool soccer for ages 4-5 ($10 residents, $15 non-residents); and home school recreation ($10

Families choose to home school
Bloomington Pantagraph, USA - Aug 20, 2005 However, the Christian Home School Education Association estimates the number of students being taught at home is 60,000 and 70,000 in Illinois and more than 2

Rogers student among inductees into homeschool honor society
Benton County Daily Record, AR - Aug 20, 2005 By Gary Lookadoo Staff Writer garyl@nwanews.com. BENTONVILLE Seven new inductees into the Eta Sigma Alpha National Home School

International Homeschool Magazine Offers Curriculum Buyers
ArriveNet (press release), CO - Aug 23, 2005 Dandridge, TN -- (ArriveNet - Aug 23, 2005) -- As summer comes to an end, homeschool families across North America are analyzing their curriculum choices for

Broad Meadow Brook's homeschool programs for fall, 2005
Stoughton Journal, MA - Aug 5, 2005 Broad Meadow Brook's homeschool programs offer a friendly, cooperative learning environment for people of all ages. Our homeschool

College schedules meet home school
Charlotte Observer, NC - Aug 22, 2005 from his parents. The part-home school, part-private academy concept is called the university-model school. The first such school

Sports registrations & tryouts & events
Concord Monitor, NH - 10 hours ago or older) costing $25 for residents, $37.50 non-residents; preschool soccer for ages 4-5 ($10 residents, $15 non-residents); and home school recreation ($10

Home school woes? Data show none
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - Aug 17, 2005 It s worth the risk to continue Indiana s excellent home-school policy. We have the freedom to excel and also the freedom to fail.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The Monitor - Aug 28 12:50 AM
So often lately I hear about the special legislative session having to do with school financing, and what a difficult task this is because of funding....

McCool Junction school winning battle in school-consolidation war
Lincoln Journal Star - Aug 26 12:15 AM
McCOOL JUNCTION The publicity masterminds in McCool Junction don't miss many opportunities to stay out of the Legislature's school-consolidation grasp.

Students help keep bars full
Red and Black - Aug 29 3:07 AM
While students make up the majority of downtown patrons, they are not entirely responsible for Athens party culture, local officials say.

School starts early for teachers
Hinton Parklander, Canada - 6 hours ago Bolkowy said he s been in the school since mid first class -- going over the resources and the curriculum. s so beautiful, Bolkowy said of his new home.

Safety first are still the watchwords in our schools
Belfast Telegraph, United Kingdom - 11 hours ago working with teachers and pupils to bring home this very We estimate that during the 2004 school year we made as an element of the formal curriculum such as

Homeschool families come to Dollywood to learn, have fun
The Mountain Press, TN - Aug 27, 2005 The Deals homeschool all four of their children. Lisa Deal, who has teaching experience, said there are a lot of curricula available.

Rising fuel prices cause schools to reevaluate field trips
The Star Press - Aug 28 10:15 PM
KNIGHTSTOWN - The loss of state funding for transportation and the high cost of fuel have caused East Central Indiana school districts to scrutinize field trips.

Parents Hauled Children Home
Lakeland Ledger, FL - 11 hours ago area school children were hauled home by angry School Superintendent Homer Addair said Wednesday that county office educators in the curriculum department have

Safety first are still the watchwords in our schools
Belfast Telegraph, United Kingdom - 10 hours ago working with teachers and pupils to bring home this very We estimate that during the 2004 school year we made as an element of the formal curriculum such as

Broad Meadow Brook's homeschool programs for fall, 2005
Stoughton Journal, MA - Aug 5, 2005 Broad Meadow Brook's homeschool programs offer a friendly, cooperative learning environment for people of all ages. Our homeschool

District, students enjoy new digs at New Vista Charter School's
Montrose Daily Press, CO - 38 minutes ago The curriculum is computer-driven, individualized and self kind of like a second home to them communications coordinator for Montrose County School District Re-1J

Parents Hauled Children Home
Lakeland Ledger, FL - 10 hours ago area school children were hauled home by angry School Superintendent Homer Addair said Wednesday that county office educators in the curriculum department have

Plano school offices get own home
Aurora Beacon News, IL - Aug 19, 2005 "We look forward to this being our permanent home," School Board President Jim Porter said. "I know the staff here is very happy to be home at last.".

Home-school program suspended
Bend Bulletin, OR - Aug 27, 2005 The Sisters School District has suspended its home-school program until a secretary of state audit can be reviewed, district administrators said Friday.

Families choose to home school
Bloomington Pantagraph, USA - Aug 20, 2005 However, the Christian Home School Education Association estimates the number of students being taught at home is 60,000 and 70,000 in Illinois and more than 2

Canterbury Shaker Village launches home-school 'Shaker Scholars'
Laconia Citizen, NH - Aug 28, 2005 This fall Canterbury Shaker Village is launching "Shaker Scholars," an educational program for home-schooled students ages 7 - 11.

College schedules meet home school
Charlotte Observer, NC - Aug 22, 2005 from his parents. The part-home school, part-private academy concept is called the university-model school. The first such school

2005-2006 First Days of School
Portsmouth Herald - Aug 29 5:41 AM
l The first day of school for students in first through 12th grades is Tuesday. The first day for kindergartners is Thursday. l Dondero Elementary School, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; morning kindergarten, 9-11:30 a.m.; afternoon kindergarten, 12:30-3 p.m.; early release, noon.

Fresh call for a longer school day
The Journal News - Aug 29 3:05 AM
A longer school day is one of those ideas that pops up now and again, but one Carmel psychologist put a new spin on it last week when I called to talk to him about something else entirely.

Portsmouth Herald Local News: Seacoast family turns its home into a classroom
Portsmouth Herald - Aug 28 6:09 AM
Like children all over New Hampshire, the Hadley kids are getting ready to go back to school. But for the six children, going to school does not mean packing their backpacks, getting on the school bus and settling into a classroom with new teachers and old friends.

Spaulding school principal: 'We are ready to go'
Townsend Times - Aug 26 6:37 AM
TOWNSEND -- Spaulding Memorial School Principal Gwen Warwick is gearing up for what she calls "a very exciting school year ahead, and we are ready to go."

What's new for South Sound school districts
Tacoma News Tribune - Aug 29 2:55 AM
Auburn School District

Plano school offices get own home
Aurora Beacon News, IL - Aug 19, 2005 "We look forward to this being our permanent home," School Board President Jim Porter said. "I know the staff here is very happy to be home at last.".

Review : Homeschool Tracker Basic
Bella Online - Aug 17, 2005 Homeschool Tracker Basic is a free organizational tool offered by the people at TGHomeSoft. Regardless of the legal requirements

Online learning poised for breakthrough in Minnesota
Grand Forks Herald, ND - Aug 26, 2005 started to reach out to home-school families. administered by the Houston, Minn., School District, withstood over concerns about the quality of its curriculum.

Home-School Workshops Teachers' History Immersion Program
The Ledger, FL - Aug 14, 2005 Explorations V Children's Museum, 109 N. Kentucky Ave., Lakeland, will host home-school workshops on the second Thursday of each month during the school year.

South End teachers reach out through home visits
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 10 hours ago Education Association: aligning the K-12 curriculum so students Academy, a South End K-8 school, to prepare might encounter when they visit a student's home.

PRESIDENT'S PAGE
Home School Legal Defense Association - Aug 24, 2005 involvement with caring adults who mentor, advise, and support students throughout their high school careers." This sounds like a typical homeschool program!

PRESIDENT'S PAGE
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