Jun
30
2009
admin
Someone posted this nifty link, familyfriendlyjury.org – it’s a compilation by state of the laws pertaining to exceptions from jury duty when homeschooling or the care of young children is involved.
I am at a point where if called for jury duty, I could attend. But, when we first moved to the state, I was called up. I had 3 children under 4 and my husband had started a new job with no vacation. The summons office told me to put my kids in day care and show up. Fortunately, someone in the office took pity and deferred me.
Jun
19
2009
admin
Memoria Press has a novel idea – online Latin camps in the summer. Fortunately, they begin in late June so kids do get some time off. What a fantastic idea to get up to speed – they offer a Latin camp for those planning on going into Latina Christiana I and another for going into Henle II. I do wish they would offer a course for the intermediate.
What is novel is that they offer two Latin teacher training programs over the summer. The first one is for Latina Christiana. I would expect it to be a terrific benefit to homeschool moms who are concerned about teaching Latin. The second is of particular interest to me – it is a teacher training program for First Forms.
We are going to switch from Latina Christiana II to First Forms I this year as it has more worksheets and drill work built in directly to the program.
Jun
12
2009
admin
Dear Support Leaders,
A few weeks ago, I emailed you about summer online courses through Homeschool Connections (see below). I would like to let you and your support group know that Homeschool Connections is now offering partial scholarships to those who are struggling in these tough economic times. If there are students who would benefit from our courses but can’t take them due to financial constraints we’d like to give them a helping hand. All they need to do is drop me an email at mwittlans@aol.com and I’ll send them a coupon code. I’m sorry this is such short notice, but I would need to hear from them by Monday (June 15, 2009).
Scolarships probably will not be offered for the fall courses. Instead, there will be large discounts for early registration (for example: http://tinyurl.com/democracycourse)
Thank you for your time. I hope these partial scholarships will be helpful to you and your support group.
Blessings,
Maureen Wittmann
My name is Maureen Wittmann. I’m a homeschooling mom and author. I also own a company called Homeschool Connections that provides online classes for Catholic homeschoolers. The instructors of the following courses are Catholic college professors who are carving out time from their summers to serve Catholic high school students. I’m really excited about having these two gentleman teaching for Homeschool Connections. Please note that if your high school children are no longer homeschooled they are still welcome to join us.
We use webinar technology for our online courses. The students can see and hear the professor via a webcam and microphone. In turn, the students can communicate with the professor through the chat room or their own microphone. There is also a Power Point presentation that is viewable on the same screen. The teens love the technology.
Here are the links to the classes with all the necessary information. (They’re not so lofty as they sound — both of these gentlemen have experience teaching at the kitchen table as well as in the ivory tower.)
The Catholic Shakespeare: MacBeth with Henry Russell, Ph.D.
http://tinyurl.com/catholicmacbeth
The Space Trilogy and C. S. Lewis with Robert Gotcher, Ph.D.
http://tinyurl.com/spacetrilogy
Catholic Living for Young People with Robert Gotcher, Ph.D.
http://tinyurl.com/catholicliving
Writing for College Preparatory with Robert Gotcher, Ph.D.
http://tinyurl.com/collegewriting
Short Stories by J. R. R. Tolkien with Robert Gotcher, Ph.D.
http://tinyurl.com/tolkienfairystories
The Mass Explained for Young People with Robert Gotcher, Ph.D.
http://tinyurl.com/massexplained
This is an awesome opportunity to keep teens engaged and learning over the summer. These particular courses have been designed for summer time with no or light homework. Also, all classes are recorded so if you’re away on vacation for a week or two, and can’t access the Internet, you can simply watch the recorded event later. In fact, registered students have access to the recorded classes for 6 months. This is a great value for the price!
Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Our website is currently under major reconstruction (www.homeschoolconnectionsonline.com) so I started a blog to keep everyone up-to-date for the time being, www.homeschoolconnectionsonline.blogspot.com. Thanks for any help.
Blessings,
Maureen Wittmann
Jun
11
2009
admin
Hands down, Bethlehem Books has to be my favorite publisher. When I visit their booth at our local Catholic homeschool convention, I could browse for a couple of hours trying to whittle down my WTB (want to buy) list. So, I had to pass on the website and this fanastic sale:
Save 25% on your total order during June. During checkout on our web site at www.bethlehembooks.com enter code June1 and click the submit code button. No other discounts apply, including the discounted book series prices.
