Yearly Archives: 2009

Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship Venue for Students

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Entrepreneurs’ Club is an online financial literacy and entrepreneurship venue for students. Please feel free to view the website at www.duffyclub.co.nz (there is a sample tutorial on the homepage).

It was launched in Auckland two months ago and now they have 30+ Auckland schools taking part. They are planning on offering it to schools throughout the country. Students work as individuals or form teams of two or three members and complete practical tasks throughout the year.

Students learn via online video tutorials, network with other teams from their school or city, and have access to mentors for support and guidance. Topics include money, budgeting and saving, companies and shares, currency, mortgages and buying a home, etc…and writing a business plan, building a financial model, validating the market, etc…depending on the age group. The Entrepreneurs’ Club caters for Years 6-13.

The Duffy Club is happy to open this opportunity to home educated children!

I will act as the coordinator. If you are interested in your children taking part please contact me.
It will take me a couple of days to get back to you with more details: at the moment I am setting up the “Homeschool” school.

Regards

Tarnya Burge

www.tarnya@slingshot.co.nz

WE NEED A WEB DEVELOPER URGENTLY FOR A ONE-OFF JOB RELATED TO THE ANTI-SMACKING LAW.

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WE NEED A WEB DEVELOPER URGENTLY FOR A ONE-OFF JOB RELATED TO THE ANTI-SMACKING LAW.

I wonder if any home schoolers or their acquaintances can help.

I am after someone urgently to develop a basic web site which will make it really simple for people to send effective messages to relevant parties quickly without spending hours thinking and crafting emails, finding out how to contact people, etc, etc.

We are happy to pay for the service, and need someone flexible who will work hard and fast to get the product delivered to spec.  Their location can be anywhere, we will be working closely by email and phone, but I am only available evenings and weekends so that’s when the main communication will need to happen.

It may suit a home-schooling web development whiz who wants a challenge, but anyone is good.

Looking forward to hearing from anyone interested in discussing this project!

Kind Regards,
Rex Healy
email thehealys@175east.com
(please email for our phone number).

HOMESCHOOLERS BEAT NATIONAL AVERAGE ON ACT

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Home School Legal Defense Association

P.O. Box 3000, Purcellville, VA 20134

New HSLDA logo

J. Michael Smith, Esq.
President

Michael P. Farris, Esq.
Chairman



HOMESCHOOLERS BEAT NATIONAL AVERAGE ON ACT


Purcellville, VA—Recently, ACT published its results for 2009. On a scale of 1–36 homeschoolers scored an average of 22.5, which beat the national average of 21.1. “This is a remarkable achievement and shows that homeschool parents are successfully preparing their children for college,” said Michael Smith, president of HSLDA.

According to ACT officials, research shows that high achievement on the ACT strongly indicates a “greater likelihood of success in college.” Success on the ACT test also reveals that the courses taken by high school students to prepare for college have been effective.

A total of 1.48 million students took the ACT in 2009 which included 11,535 homeschoolers or just under 1 percent of the total.

The new ACT results also support the numerous studies which show that homeschoolers are out-performing their public school peers in K–12. The latest study from the National Home Education Research Institute shows that the average homeschooler scores 37 percentile points higher on standardized achievement test than the average public schooled student.

It has always been the position of homeschool advocates that the one-on-one instruction provided by dedicated parents is a more effective way to educate children. It’s also much cheaper.

The average public school spends US$10,000 per child per year whereas the average homeschooler spends US$500 per child per year. Homeschooling is also growing rapidly. The National Center for Education Statistics, part of the Federal Department of Education, estimates that homeschooling is growing at around 7% per year.

Due to the success and growth of the homeschool movement Washington Post education columnist Jay Mathews recently concluded that, “Homeschooling is the sleeping giant of the American education system.”

To find out more please visit www.hslda.org.

Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) is a 26-year-old, 85,000 member non-profit organization and the preeminent national association advocating the legal right of parents to homeschool their children.

Let’s dispel some myths about home-schoolers

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Let’s dispel some myths about home-schoolers

http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/ht.ssf?/base/news/125110539416800.xml&coll=1

Monday, August 24, 2009
Huntsville Times

Almost every time I tell someone I’m home-schooled, I get the same response: “Do you do school in your pajamas”?

People seem to think home schooling is an easy way out of work. You stay up late, sleep in and never get any schoolwork done.

Not exactly.

I’m not allowed to stay up as late as I want. School still starts at 8 a.m. And no, I don’t wear pajamas all day. Not unless I want to get in trouble with my “teacher,” I mean Mom.

I have to try hard not to laugh when I’m told how easy school is because my mom is teaching. They assume she’s biased and always bumps up my grades. If my mom ever gave me a higher grade just because I’m her daughter, I’d say the world had gone wacko. She pushes me academically to help me be the most I can be.

Also, I don’t get sick days. Unless I’m physically incapable of reading or writing, I’m not allowed to skip school. I never get weather days, time off for swine flu or anything like that.

However, home-schoolers have flexible schedules. We don’t have to wait until school lets out to go on vacation. We can go places, such as Disney World, in the off-season without the worry of having to make up a bunch of work when we return.

I also get to make my own schedule, which is a big plus. If I feel like doing Spanish first that morning instead of English, I can. Class lasts only as long as it takes me to finish all my work.

I have a huge say in what I study. Instead of just picking between biology and chemistry, I get to help choose what program I’ll use. Trust me; I’ve been begging my mom for weeks to let me do virtual dissections as opposed to the real thing. In public schools, without a doubt I’d be stuck slicing up dead frogs.

Just to clear up another myth about home-schoolers, we aren’t anti-social weirdos. I used to be busier than some of my friends in public school.

Through all its ups and downs, I love home-schooling. I love the flexibility, the work and even my teacher. While it may not be for everyone, home-schooling is definitely for me.