NHHC News Dec 2018

by NHHCwpadmin · March 5, 2019

The New Hampshire Homeschooling Coalition News December 2018

Volume XXX Number 4

Joke of the month

What does the Gingerbread Man use to make his bed?

Cookie sheets!

Happy Holidays

to all of our families!

🤪

Report from the NHHC Board

At the Board of Representatives meeting on November 8, we welcomed new representatives and elected officers for the year. Amy Gall will serve as Interim Coordinator, in hopes of retiring from the job by the year’s end. Emilia Brown continues as secretary. Amy Gall will take on the treasurer duties. Paula-Marie Passen is the new newsletter editor, and Amy Zinck-Farkas will be the webmaster.

At each meeting, representatives report on the questions they’ve received from homeschoolers and people considering homeschooling, and on home education issues that have come up in their districts. We discuss solutions, referring to past experiences, the home education law and rules. It’s always interesting! The Board also talked about spring workshop plans and other ways for homeschoolers to get together and help each other out. The next meeting is planned for January and will be posted on our website www.nhhomeschooling.org and on Facebook.

Fifty homeschooled children, ages 4-14, rehearsed at Camp Sentinel in Tuftonboro with the crew from Children’s Stage Adventures. In one week they put on an amazing musical. The Fisherman and His Wife, performed on November 17 at the

K.A. Brett School in Tamworth, was fantastic!

Homeschool Semi-Formal at Camp Sentinel in Tuftonboro

Saturday, December 15, 6-9pm

Camp Sentinel, 29 Sentinel Lodge Rd., Center Tuftonboro

High school aged homeschoolers are invited to a semi-formal event at Camp Sentinel. The evening will include hors d’oeuvres, socializing, and dancing. This year’s theme will be “Outer Space”. Tickets will be sold as singles for $25. To RSVP or receive more information please email Ben at ben@campsentinel.org or call 603.539.4839.

NH Institute of Art

2018-2019 Winter/Spring Weekend Workshops and Classes, Ages 12-18

Intro to Metal Jewelry, Instructor Jennifer Mamone

December 8, 10:00am – 3:00pm Cost: $95 This beginners ring workshop will introduce you to basic metal skills, cutting, filing, polishing and some torch work. You will learn to measure fingers and work with copper wire to make different styles of rings.

Patterning with Linocuts, Instructor Liz Melnyczuk

December 15 and 16, 10:00 – 3:00pm Cost: $120 In this two-day workshop, you will sketch, plan, and learn how to carve and print linocuts. Linocuts are a meditative, unique way of creating bold graphic black and white imagery, and patterns on paper and fabric. Each student will create their own patches, cards, smaller prints plus a large class-wide collaborative print.

Landscape Painting, Instructor Shannon Silva

January 12, 10:00am – 3:00pm Cost: $95 During this painting workshop, you will learn different techniques and applications in landscape painting. Your own style will develop throughout the workshop as you experiment with different approaches and work with a variety of tools and wet media including, watercolor and acrylic.

For more opportunities…Click here

Speech and Debate Team

NCFCA Competition

(National Christian Forensics and Communication Association Competition)

Heather Murch, the NH state rep and the speech and debate club leader for the NCFCA competition, invites students to get involved with NH’s only NCFCA Speech and Debate Team!

NCFCA offers two styles of debate—Lincoln Douglas value/philosophical debate (one vs one) and Team Policy (two vs two) debate which debates a change in US policy. The club offers ten different speech categories. This year our Lincoln Douglas and Speech clubs meet on alternating Mondays at Bethany Covenant Church in Bedford, NH and our Team Policy Debate club meets on alternating Mondays in Dracut, MA.

Competition season begins in January For more information: ncfca.org or contact, Heather Murch, nh_staterep@ncfca.org

2019 Scripps Local Spelling Bee for Homeschoolers

Bethlehem Public Library 2245 Main St, Bethlehem, NH 03574

Wednesday, January 9, 2019 @ 12pm (Snow Date: January 10 @12pm)

Are you a homeschooler interested in participating in an annual spelling bee? Register by January 1 at the Nesmith Library in Windham, NH to be part of this exciting opportunity for homeschoolers in the Granite State! Registration fee is $10 per family; students in grades 4 – 8 are invited to attend (please see the official Scripps eligibility requirements at spellingbee.com for any questions). Our spelling bee is registered with Scripps and classified as a “school wide” local competition; the champion speller from this competition will advance to the state championships in Concord, NH on February 23, 2019. Upon registration, you will receive access by email to study materials provided by Scripps. For questions about this local NH Spelling Bee, please contact the Nesmith Library at 432-7154 or Bethlehem Public Library at 869-2409

New Hampshire Historical Society

Guided Gallery Tour

Saturday, December 8, 2018, 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Friday, December 21, 2018, at noon

Enjoy a guided tour of the New Hampshire Historical Society’s historic Park Street building and exhibitions led by a member of the Society’s education or volunteer docent staff. Find out more about New Hampshire’s “Temple of History” and hear stories about the objects on display. From a 500-year-old dugout canoe to a 1972 Ski-doo, the exhibitions on display at the New Hampshire Historical Society show you things you can’t see anywhere else. Guided gallery tours are 45 minutes long and are appropriate for visitors of all ages. The tour is included in the price of paid admission for adult and family audiences. New Hampshire Historical Society members are admitted for free. Reservations are not accepted. Availability is on a first-come-first-served basis, and tours are capped at 12 people. To schedule a guided tour for an adult group of 12 or more people, see our group tours page or contact Assistant Director of Education and Public Programs Jenn Walton at jwalton@nhhistory.org or 603-856-0645. Youth and school groups of any size must schedule a guided visit in advance.

New Hampshire Audubon Center February Fun Nature Day Camp

February 25-March 1, 2019

All day sessions, 9am – 4pm, for children ages 6-12 at the Massabesic or McLane Center. For more information: http://www.nhaudubon.org/get-outside/camps/

NH Audubon Winter Homeschool Sessions at Massabesic

Wednesdays, 10-11:30 am

Wee Wonders classes are for ages 4-6

Junior Explorers are for ages 7-12

Please dress to be outside and wear appropriate footwear. Pre-registration required for all classes. Call us at 668-2045 or visit http://www.nhaudubon.org/learn/ to register online. Cost: $12 M/$15 NM (per child/parent pair)

Wee Wonders Winter Session

Jan 16: Snow Birds

Who are the snow birds? From the black capped chickadee to the great horned owl, these are the birds that brave the cold and snow. We’ll search the area for our local snow birds and find out how they survive through the winter.

Jan 30: Who is Wearing White?

Some animals are very good at disappearing in the winter. Why? Because they “put on” a white winter coat! Come and see if you can find our white animals in winter! We will be on the lookout talk about the unique winter lives of these animals.

Feb 13: Life Under Ice

Fish, frogs and turtles spend their winter under ice. Who else might we find in this wintery water world? How do they survive? Explore this hidden world under the ice, and meet a few of the animals that spend their winter there!

Junior Explorers Winter Session Parents are encouraged to stay and participate.

Jan 16: Snow Birds

Not all snow birds go to Florida. Some birds, like the Snowy Owl, migrate down from Canada to winter in New Hampshire when food is scarce. Discover other irruptive winter visitors. Prepare to take part in Audubon’s NH Winter Bird Survey the second week in February!

Jan 30: Snow walkers

For the naturally curious, signs of animal life abound! Learn about tracks and scat and other visible signs of a variety of animals that stay active in the frosty cold! We will make some tracks of our own as we trek the fields and forest in search of animal evidence.

Feb 13: Life Under the Snow and Ice

What is happening under that ice and snow? Discover New Hampshire’s native species that hunker down for the long New England winter. Fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals-learn how they adapt to survive the winter.

Community College System of New Hampshire

eStart course registration, Spring 2019 semester is open

Courses begin January 22, 2019

eStart is an excellent opportunity for students to enhance their educational experience, and get an early and affordable start on their college careers.

Spring 2019 semester is offering STEM Scholarship Program, Funding is available for students (juniors/seniors) to take up to 2 STEM courses (science, technology, engineering and math) per year, and be fully reimbursed the eStart tuition cost.

Financial assistance is available for eligible students. http://www.ccsnh.edu/estart/scholarshipfinancial-aid

For more information visit, http://www.ccsnh.edu/academics/estart

or contact Ed Symes, 603-717-5965 estart@ccsnh.edu

The Huntsman Marine Science Centre

St. Andrews, New Brunswick All Things Marine will take place, May 28-31, 2019

An overnight program for families & friends, 10 years old and over. The program includes meals, accommodations, boat and lab rentals, aquarium admission, instructional fees and taxes.

Explore the diverse environment of the Bay of Fundy! Discover the wonderful and unique biodiversity of our local ecosystems, a drifting plankton community that starts most marine food chains, marine invaders new and old, art and photography skills you didn’t know you had and St. Andrews by-the-Sea maritime connections past and present.

For more information contact Laura Barrett, lbarrett@huntsmanmarine.ca or (506) 529-1226 Website: huntsmanmarine.ca

Homeschool Golf Opportunity at Walt Disney World Resort

We would like to announce the first Homeschool Golf World Championship at The Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, Florida. This incredible two-day event will take place April 29th and 30th, 2019. (There is also an optional Glow Night Golf Skills Challenge on April 28th.) Teams can earn money towards registration fees. Contact information: info@homeschoolgolfusa.com or www.homeschoolgolfusa.com Registration: https://form.jotform.com/81570877848171

For more information go to https://nhhomeschooling.org/

NHHC Newsletter Staff

Paula-Marie Passen, Editor, 7 Douglas Drive, Amherst, NH 03031 603-465-8295, pmlp65@gmail.com Portions of NHHC publications may be reprinted for information purposes provided that credit is given to the New Hampshire Homeschooling Coalition. Contributors retain full rights to their writing, and their permission should be obtained before reprinting. If you’d like to receive the NHHC News, please join the NHHC. It’s free! Just sign up at https://www.nhhomeschooling.org/join-us. To unsubscribe, please email membership@nhhomeschooling.org.