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On April 17-18, 2008, a team of seven homeschooled high schoolers swept the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) World Championship in Atlanta, Georgia, taking home a Winning Alliance Team trophy and the Amaze Award (awarded by the judges to a team whose uniqueness sets it apart from all other award categories). Team Overdrive, from Bridgewater, New Jersey, won four regional tournaments (an FTC record) during the season and racked up the two highest scores ever in the championships.
With the benefit of having spell check these days, many of us take for granted the skill of spelling. For those super spellers out there, the Scripps National Spelling Bee is the super bowl of spelling.
http://www.kspr.com/news/whereyoulive/dent/19206979.html
rehearing in the 'In re Rachel L.' case--the controversial decision
which purported to ban all homeschooling in that state unless the
parents held a teaching license qualifying them to teach in public
schools.
HSLDA has officially registered CHESS as a discount group. If you wish to join HSLDA under CHESS and get the $20 discount off your fee, please contact Tressa chessnwk@chessnwk.org
America is recognized for its “can-do spirit,” an attitude whereby people confront the challenges before them without being defeatist. This quality is essential because a nation cannot make progress unless individuals are willing to step forward and take a risk.
Homeschoolers have that can-do spirit. In the early 1990s, despite the growing evidence of the academic and social success of homeschoolers, the homeschool movement ran into an obstacle.
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July 1-June 30 "school year" in the Missouri Law
"A Missouri Court of Appeals case a couple years ago in which Home School Legal Defense Association represented the family said that homeschoolers are not required to follow a July 1 to June 30 calendar when satisfying the requirement of 1,000 hours. Instead, the Court said the family should establish the start date and stop date for the family's own homeschool term, which must be not longer than 12 months. Naturally, they can decide to start their term on July 1 and end it on June 30 if they wish.
News Worth Knowing
This year (2007)......
At the Scripps National Spelling Bee there were 36 home school participants. Five of whom advanced to the finals. There were fifteen finalists. When the competition narrowed down to five spellers, three of them were home schoolers. Evan O'Dorney of Walnut Creek, CA took home the championship. He is a home schooler. For more info go to
...Caitlin Snaring of Washington State, a home schooler, won the National Geography Bee.
...Matthew Evans of Albuquerque, New Mexico, another home schooler, won the Reader's Digest National Word Power Challenge. He was also a finalist at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
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