February 2012
Announcements
(NEW) Writing Contest: The Bethesda Urban Partnership and Washington Parent invite students to write a 100-500 word essay about what they would do as a grown-up for a day, for the Bethesda Literary Festival’s Youth Writing Contest. The top 10 winners from grades K-8 will be published in Washington Parent magazine and will receive a certificate and prizes. All winners will also be published on the Washington Parent and Bethesda Urban Partnership websites and will be honored along with their teacher at a special event during the Bethesda Literary Festival, April 20-22, 2012.
DEADLINE: Thursday, March 1, 2012 by 5PM. The contest is open to students in grades K-8 who live or attend school in Montgomery County. Students can enter the contest either as individuals or through their teacher, if the whole class would like to participate. More info and entry form on website: http://www.bethesda.org/bethesda/youth-writing-contest.
The Clare and Robert Moore Scholarship Fund awards a yearly $1,000 scholarship to an incoming first-year student or to a current Notre Dame of Maryland University student who is planning to major in or currently majoring in English and/or Drama. The scholarship can be applied to tuition, books, or educational fees. An online application and full details may be found on the scholarship website: http://crmoorescholarship.org. Applications are due by April 15, 2012. Send questions to the Scholarship Committee via email at appinfo@crmoorescholarship.org. Thank you for your time and attention to this matter. Clare and Robert Moore Scholarship Fund.Community Relations Committee
Mark your calendars now - Don’t miss the largest celebration of science in the US! USA Science & Engineering Festival Expo at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington D.C. April 27, 2012: Special Sneak Peek Friday Just for Students! April 28 & 29, 2012, 10:00am-6:00pm (4:00 pm on Sunday): Open to the general public
What is the universe made of? Why did dinosaurs go extinct? What do magic tricks and hip-hop have to with math? What will be the next medical breakthrough? What do fossils and rocks tell us about the Earth’s secrets? What does baseball have to do with physics? Find out at the 2nd USA Science & Engineering Festival Expo! Explore science & engineering with 1500 free, hands-on activities and over 75 stage shows and author presentations. The three-day Expo is perfect for teens, children and their families, and anyone with a curious mind who is looking for a weekend of fun and discovery. Meet Science Celebrities, award-winning Science Authors and Nobel Prize winners from the past and present. New this year: A Career Pavilion for high-school students, a Book Fair featuring over 30 science authors, and a science carnival for children! The Expo is the pinnacle event of the 2nd USA Science & Engineering Festival to be held in the greater Washington D.C. area in April 2012.
Students can experience the thrilling interaction with technology and leading innovators that the Expo's jam-packed schedule has to offer at our special "Sneak Peek" day on Friday, April 27, 2012 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Sign up to take your students on a special field trip to preview the exhibits and other activities that will be happening at the Expo that Saturday and Sunday by visiting: https://scholarnexus.wufoo.com/forms/sneak-peek-friday-application-form/
The Festival is a collaboration of over 500 of the nation’s leading science and engineering organizations. For more information on all Festival events and how you can get involved, visit www.usasciencefestival.org
Homeschoolers in the News
Pasadena Homeschoolers Get Off to a Fast Start in 2012
Link: www.pasadenavoice.com, January 25, 2012
Major Victory for Homeschool Graduates Enlisting in the Military
Link: www.hlsda.org, January 13, 2012
Two Families, Two Takes on Virtual Schooling
Link: Heidi Mitchell, Wall Street Journal Online, December 15, 2011
Carroll County Group Promotes Music for All Ages
Link: Katie V. Jones, Baltimore Sun, December 4, 2011
A Homeschooler Goes To College
Link: Kate Fridkis, www.salon.com, November 12, 2011
My Parents Were Homeschooling Anarchists
Link: Margaret Heidenry, New York Times, November 8, 2011
High Marks for Home Schooling, a Small Study Finds
Link: Meredith Melnick, Time: Healthland, September 15, 2011
Homeschool Co-ops Tap Pooled Resources
Link: Jim Carleton, Wall Street Journal Online, September 8, 2011
Curtain Falls on All Efforts to Raise Compulsory School Age
Link: HSLDA, www.hslda.org, August 31, 2011
Number of Homeschooled Students Down Slightly In Maryland
Link: Alessa Giampaolo, Owings Mills Patch, August 1, 2011
Thurmont teen's art to grace U.S. Capitol
Link: Frederick News Post, July 14, 2011, originally published May 19, 2011
After Home Schooling, Pomp and Traditional Circumstances
Link: New York Times, Tamar Lewin, June 18, 2011
Arundel Homeschoolers Host Curriculum Fair
Link: Patch.com, June 9, 2011
Students Earn Scholarships for Environmental Studies
Link: Gazette.net, June 8, 2011
Cyber-schooled Students: Pentagon Snubs Our Service
Link: AP on news.yahoo.com, May 9, 2011
Two HCC Students Part of NASA Scholar Program
Link: www.explorehoward.com, May 18, 2011
Local Homeschooled Student a Presidential Scholar
Link: Inside Ed, Baltimore Sun, May 12, 2011
Umbrella Diplomas Problematic for Maryland Law Enforcement Jobs
Link: HSLDA website, www.hslda.org, May 4, 2011
Homechoolers in Eldersburg
Link: Eldersburg.net, Laurel Robinson, April 28, 2011
Local Homeschooled Student a Presidential Scholar
Link: Baltimore Sun, May 12, 2011
In Spite of Top Ranked Schools, Some Carroll County Families Choose to Educate at Home
Link: Westminster Patch, Kim Byrnes, March 23, 2011
Home schooling's appeal spreads to mainstream
Link: www.Reuters.com, Lauren Keiper, March 16, 2011
Ending home-school stereotypes
Link: Omaha World-Herald, Joe Dejka, February 13, 2011
Do Homeschoolers Deserve a Tax Break?
Link: New York Times, January 5, 2011
Colleges Nationwide Recruit College Grads
Link: Christian News Wire, January 4, 2011
Chesapeake Sees Spike in Homeschooled Students
Link: PilotOnline.com, Hampton Roads, December 26, 2010
Race to Nowhere - Are High Schools Hurting Our Students?
Link: Huffington Post, Kate Fridkis, December 14, 2010
Colleges Now Required to Determine “Validity” of High School Diplomas
Link: HSLDA website, www.hslda.org, November 2, 2010
Class Dismissed: 3DStoryFilms Working on Documentary About Homeschooling
Link: Learning Freely Network, October 10, 2010
Who Homeschools in DC-And Why?
Link: NBC4 Blog, PJ Orvetti, September 28, 2010
At School At Home, Homeschooling in DC
Link: NBC4 Blog, PJ Orvetti, September 25, 2010
As Homeschooling Moves to Mainstream, Stigma Fades
Link: MSNBC, September 28, 2010
Achieving Techno-Literacy
Link: NY Times, Kevin Kelly, September 16, 2010
Charles County Rattles Saber, Promptly Retreats
Link: www.hsdla.org, September 10, 2010
Homeschooling for Trendy Brooklynites, Or People Like Me (Editor's note: interesting post by adult who was unschooled)
Link: Huffington Post , Kate Fridkis, August 26, 2010
School's In
Link: NY Times, August 18, 2010
School at Home
Link: Frederick News Post, Editorial, August 23, 2010
Students Go To Head of Class with Homeschooling
Link: Frederick News Post, Marge Neal, August 22, 2010
Deciding to Homeschool
Link: NY Times, Motherlode - Adventures in Parenting Blog, Lisa Belkin, August 17, 2010
Set Your Kids Free with Some Free Range Learning (Book Review)
Link: www.wired.com, Geek Dad blog, August 15, 2010
New Study Shows Homeschoolers Succeeding in College
Link: www.hsdla.org, August 3, 2010
Valedictorian's Speech: "When I leave educational institutionalism, will I be successful or forever lost?"
Link: Washington Times, Helping to Homeschool Blog, Amie Beal, July 25, 2010
Cab Schooled Students Earned Ticket to Harvard
Link: National Public Radio (NPR) transcript, July 20, 2010
Can Homeschoolers Do Well in College?
Link: www.moneywatch.bnet.com, Lynn O'Shaunessey, The College Solution, July 20, 2010
Homeschool Ban in Sweden Forces Families to Mull Leaving
Link: Washington Times, July 18, 2010
Homeschool Options - Curriculum or Not
Link: ABC News, Carole Feldman, Associated Press, July 13, 2010
Home Schooled Champs
Link: Frederick News Post, June 29, 2010
Homeschooled Students Bring Home National LifeSmarts Title
Link: Frederick News Post, June 27, 2010
Friends hope to find friends for lonely animals, seniors
Link: Frederick News Post, May 09, 2010
Homeschool Leaders Go to Washington
Link: www.hsdla.org, May 11, 2010
Classical Conversations: an editorial by Sam Bennett
Link: Frederick News Post, April 27, 2010
Homeschool Guilt: When a Child Returns to Public School
Link: Psychologytoday.com, April 10, 2010
Book Review: Love in a Time of Homeschooling
Link: Washington Post, April 6, 2010
Homeschoolers Do Well in FCPS Science and Engineering Fair
Link: fcpl.org, website of Frederick County Public Schools
Homeschooling on the Rise in Fairfax County
Link: Washington Post, April 1, 2010
Why Our Kids Don't Go to Kindergarten
Link: Salon Magazine, March 15, 2010
Frederick County Christian Homeschoolers Place 4th in Local MathCounts Competition
Link: Frederick News Post, March 9, 2010
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses Yearning to Homeschool
Link: Time Magazine, March 10, 2010
Children Teach Themselves to Read: Unschoolers' accounts of how their children taught themselves to read.
Link: Psychology Today, blog of Peter Gray, February 24, 2010
Beat the Burnout
Link: Washington Times, February 24, 2010
Muslims turning to home schooling in increasing numbers
Link: Washington Post, February 21, 2010
High Schools to Offer Plan to Graduate 2 Years Early
Link: New York Times, February 17, 2010
Homeschoolers Fight For Access to Public School Teams
Link: Sports Illustrated, January 14, 2010
Homeschooling Grows Up
Link: Washington Times, December 13, 2009
Homeschoolers Thrive at Bees
Link: The Washington Times, November 22, 2009
Home is Where the School Is
Link: The Capital-Hometown Annapolis, November 15, 2009
If School Is Cool, We Win
Link: BaltimoreMagazine.net, November 13, 2009
Homeschooling, How We Do It (Part 2 of 2)
Link: Salon Magazine, October 19, 2009
Owner Eyes Growth for Homeschooling Website
Link: Maryland Gazette Business, October 22, 2009
Home School
Editorial by local homeschooling dad, Sam Bennett, in FNP
Link: The Frederick News Post, October 13, 2009
Confessions of a Homeschooler (Part I of 2)
Link: Salon Magazine, September 28, 2009
From Homeschooling to Unschooling
Parents believe in letting children set the pace
Link: The Baltimore Sun, September 3, 2009
Telos Academy at Mindworks Gets New Director
Educational program for homeschoolers gets new director
Link: Frederick News Post, August 8, 2009
A Child's Greeting to the President
Link: Frederick News Post, April 5, 2009
Parents Discuss the Value of Homeschooling
Local parent discusses pros and cons of homeschooling in Frederick County
Link: Frederick News Post, January 23, 2008
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