Events

The Elves and the Shoemaker The Junior Service League of Concord is presenting “The Elves and the Shoemaker” on Friday March 19 @ 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, March 20 @ 11:00 a.m. This is an upbeat, fast-paced retelling of an old children’s favorite, filled with delightfully wacky characters and clever dialogue. The whimsical romp of a fantasy also holds a gentle message about the nature of kindness. This is great family entertainment at an affordable price. Tickets are $6.00/General Admission. Both performances are at St. Paul’s School, 325 Pleasant Street, Concord, NH.
All proceeds will benefit many local community social service organizations that assist women and children in crisis. Contact Becky Biss at 603-228-1020 or at rjbiss66@comcast.net for more information.

Trimmings & Trappings, A Look a the Lives of Early Settlers
Wednesday, March 24, 1:00 to 2:00 PM, at the Village Chapel Baptist Church, 15 Twin Bridge Road, Weare, NH 03281. WeAre Home Educators presents Trimmings and Trappings, an engaging interactive look at the life of our earliest settlers. Through a broad display of children’s and adult’s costumes woven around a story line and songs, audiences experience the daily lives of a 17th century family. Discover why the tailor lined his coats with cabbages and the toddlers wore puddings on their heads!
This program is open to the public. Cost per seat is $6.00. To purchase tickets go to: http://whe.dimentech.com/

The First Annual PBS Kids Go! Writers Contest
This contest encourages creative young writers and illustrators in grades K-5 to create an original story. The contest is a national contest sponsored by local PBS stations. (It was previously the Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest.) The contest runs from January 27-March 24.

NHPTV will select first, second, and third place winners in grades K-3. The first place winners at each grade level will be sent on to compete at the national level. Winning stories from New Hampshire will be placed on our web site and the authors will be invited to an awards ceremony at NHPTV in Durham. There is no national contest for grades 4-5. First, second, and third place winners in these grades are only eligible for local prizes. (We expanded the contest in New Hampshire based on feedback from past participants in the Reading Rainbow Contest.)

You will find entry forms, rules, writing tips, contest details, and past winning stories on our web site at www.nhptv.org/kidswrite.

"Unsocialized" Homeschoolers - We know you are out there!
"Unsocialized" Homeschoolers in the Grafton, Orange, Canaan, Danbury, Enfield, Lebanon, Wilmot, Andover, Springfield, Grantham NH areas. Our first meeting will be April 28th. Bring your lunch and meet up from Noon - 2pm on April 28, 2010 at the Old Grafton Town Hall. Door prize to be given!
Spread the word to all your homeschooling friends. Hope to see you there!
Find us on facebook! Search for "Unsocialized Homeschoolers NH."

New Hampshire Lions' Essay Contest
The New Hampshire Lions Multiple District 44 is sponsoring an essay contest for New Hampshire Middle School Students in Grades 5 through 8. The theme is “The American Flag”. Essays should be 300 words or less (minimum of 100 words) and may be typed or hand written (if hand written the essay must be legible and written in ink). List sources and references used in the essay. Essays will be judged on originality, creativity and facts.

The contest runs from February 1, 2010 to April 16, 2010. Homeschoolers should submits essays POSTMARKED BY 4/16/10 TO: PDG Terri McGrew, 11 Rock Ramond Road, Brookline, NH 03033. (Telephone: 673-2322). 1st Place in each grade level (5th through 8th grade) in each district will receive a certificate and medal and also qualify for the Multiple District contest and a $100 award.

It's Prom time again
Join other home school teens, for a very special formal dance created just for homeschoolers! Bring your friend, or a date, or come yourself and have a night of fun surrounded by other home school friends. April 10th, 6-11 p.m., Paper Moon Dance Center, owned by Maria Brown, 515 DW Highway, Merrimack, NH 03054, (603) 429-1100.
The price will be $26 per teen.(we have added $1 from last years price of $25,to help defer clean up costs) The Home school Prom is for homeschoolers 14 years old through high school age. Dates are not required. If you do bring a date, or friend they do not have to be a homeschooler (but still at least 14 years old ) One person in a the pair needs to be a homeschooler.
Dress: To make this a truly special occasion we will do the same as we did in the past. The girls voted for Formal gowns. Of course all gowns should be tasteful, with appropriate necklines and slits. The boys voted for formal, with the option of wearing a tie and dress shirt/dress pants. (No jeans, t-shirts, or tennis shoes).

We will be asking each family to bring a dish or dessert for the teens (more details later). Parents and siblings will not be able to stay at the prom; we will do a promenade at the beginning of the prom for parents to see all these wonderful teens. Once you let me know that your teen is interested. I will email a registration form to you. We will also be sending out rules, and more details soon. Please send registration requests to Homeschoolprom2010@yahoo.com

Volunteer Opportunity
The Program Director for the Therapeutic Riding program at Horse Power in Temple, NH is looking for volunteers to help with their program those with disabilities. Volunteers need to be 12 years of age and older. The volunteer opportunities that she will need most help with are as follows: Leader - Lead horse carrying student by reigns, Side Walker - Walks along beside horse/student in case student needs assistance. Helpers would need to show up 1/2 hour prior to a 1 hour lesson (brush and tack horse) and remain for15 min after (remove tack, brush, put horse away) - about a 2 hour/week commitment. For children under age 12 years of age she may have some small jobs like cleaning tack, grooming horses, farm help, etc., but she primarily needs Leaders and Side Walkers at the current time.
It's a great way to spend time with horses and offer help to those with special needs.
Contact Terry Dublin at 654-6308 for more information and to be put on a list to receive upcoming schedule information.

Egypt Trip open to Homeschoolers
The Hebron Lions Club is offering a 10-day trip in January 2010.  
The trip is from January 8th to January 17th, 2010 and includes: Services of a English speaking professional Egyptologist Tour Director throughout the tour; Four nights at the 5-star Ramses Hilton in Cairo; Full-day Cairo tour of Pyramids, Sphinx, Mosques, the Bazaar, Museum of Antiquities; A half-day tour to Memphis and Sakkara; Domestic Air transportation Cairo/Aswan, Luxor/Cairo; We sail on the 5-star Presidential Nile Cruise five days/four nights between Luxor and Aswan.
Price is $2399 and includes international air from JFK Airport; eight breakfasts, four lunches and four dinners; all transfers and baggage handling; hotel service charges and taxes; and personally escorting on this trip from the U.S. by Dr. William Levy and Doug Payette. 
Not Included: Tourist visa for Egypt,- $25; Air taxes and fuel surcharges (subject to change) for four international/domestic flights - $263;. Travel Insurance - $159; Bus Transportation - Hebron Fairgrounds to/from JFK Airport - $70 pp/roundtrip. For travel questions contact Dr. William Levy (860) 647 -1195. For reservations contact Doug Payette at The Travel Companion at (860) 399-7776.

PAX-Program of Academic Exchange seeks host families for exchange students--Are you interested in learning about other countries and cultures? Open your heart and your home to a foreign exchange student. PAX students arrive in August of 2008 for a five or ten month academic homestay experience. They speak English, have full medical insurance, and their own spending money. For more information contact Shannon at 524-1795 or call the national office at 1-800-555-6211. Please visit our website at www.pax.org.

Experience The Japanese Culture
LABO International is a cultural exchange program that offers the opportunity for children between the ages of 10 and 20 to host a Japanese student in their home for approximately one month, starting at the end of July. Labo students arrive with everything that they need in order to share the everyday life of a New Englander. There is never a need to plan expensive vacations or costly trips. The student simply wants to be apart of an American family and to share their culture with them. Simple things as a bike ride, hiking, family cookouts are treasured moments for them. If your child is going to camp during this time Labo will pay $250.00 for the Japanese student to be a part of this as well.
Interested families are encouraged to call Lenny or Maureen Bolduc at 802-886-2316 or feel free to speak with our children Lindsay, Larry, Lauren and Leigh. We can also be reached by e-mail--
littlefootpres@vermontel.net. Please put LABO 2009 in the subject line.

Homeschooling Night at Barnes and Noble in Newington, NH
Homeschooling Night the last Thursday of every month at 7:00 featuring a non-profit, author, theatre group or some kind of artist with the homeschoolers so that they both learn about the other.
During the day, we have storytime on Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday at 11:00AM. All events are free and open to the public. Storytime is open to all ages and there is always a craft. You can pick up a calendar at the information station or at the registers regarding events, or you can ask
Sally Bruce Stoklosa, Community Relations Manager
Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Newington, NH 03801
603.422.6472, crm2988@bn.com

Have you ever considered hosting a foreign exchange student?
Benefits:  Expand your world horizons, learning new cultures & languages.  Make lifetime global friendships, with the possibility of future travel. Contact International Student exchange immediately by Calling Kris Matthieu 603-894-6468 iseusa.com 

Lumenarts presents performances of great works including The Odyssey, The Epic of Gilgamesh, Beowulf, and great people including Emily Dickinson and Caesar, Cicero, and Cato. Performances are live and improv: no two performances will be the same. While the language is improv the telling stays true to the original text. Performances are tailored for particular audiences. Performances can vary from 45 minutes to an hour and fifteen. DVDs are also available. Check www.lumenarts.com for more information.