“Shoppers World book fair to benefit homeschooling group” plus 3 more |
- Shoppers World book fair to benefit homeschooling group
- Prominent Jesuit Launches New Catholic College-Credit Online Program
- Kiddie sabbatical offers families a chance to find new approaches to learning
- College Recruit Rankings Profile: Six-Star Amber McDermott, Class of 2011
| Shoppers World book fair to benefit homeschooling group Posted: 11 May 2010 06:59 AM PDT Spot the Dog and storyteller Norah Dooley will be among the featured guests at a book fair Friday at Barnes & Noble to benefit a homeschooling organization. Supporters who visit the free, all-day fair at the Shoppers World store can learn about homeschooling, meet and talk with parents and see homeschooled students in action. People who make a purchase can use special vouchers so a percentage of the sale will go to support the Advocates for Home Education in Massachusetts (AHEM), a nonprofit agency and support organization. The book fair will run from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, 1 Worcester Road. Patrick Farenga, author of "Teach Your Own" and a national homeschooling figure, will offer a talk and sign books at 8 p.m. In the morning, storyteller, children's author, and former homeschooling parent Norah Dooley will perform some "Stories from the Neighbors" and introduce some storytelling games at 10. Dooley will also greet guests and sign her books, which include "Everybody Cooks Rice" and "Everybody Bakes Bread." Framingham homeschooler Cassandra Turner-Goldsmith will have a display about Greek Mythology from 10 a.m. to 2:30 pm. Other homeschooled students will set up a Junior Lego League creation in the afternoon, art work all day, and projects about geography, history, and science at a display area from 10 to 11:30 a.m. At 11:30 a.m., homeschooled Boston-area Suzuki violinists will perform, led by Bekka Schellenberg. Starting at 12:30 p.m., students will present readings of fiction, classical and folk music for string ensemble, a magic show, and more. At 2:30 p.m. there will be face painting and board games. At 4 p.m., AHEM representatives will offer an informational session on homeschooling, focusing on the theme "A Day in the Life." Homeschooled students from the Jae Hun Kim Tae Kwon Do Institute, Ashland, MA will do a demonstration at 6 p.m., and Spot the Dog will greet visitors and be available for photographs at 7 p.m. Advocates for Home Education in Massachusetts (AHEM) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, independent, grassroots, volunteer-run, educational organization that gathers and disseminates information about homeschooling in Massachusetts through education, advocacy, and events. Vouchers are available on the AHEM web site www.ahem.info/Bookfair_Flyer_with_Vouchers.pdf. Online purchases made with a special code between May 14-19 will also help support AHEM. Five Filters featured article: The Art of Looking Prime Ministerial - The 2010 UK General Election. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. | |
| Prominent Jesuit Launches New Catholic College-Credit Online Program Posted: 11 May 2010 09:11 AM PDT
Prominent Jesuit Launches
New Catholic College-Credit Online Program
Contact: Rose Trabbic, Publicist, Ignatius Press, 239-867-4180, rose@ignatius.com SAN FRANCISCO, May 11 /Christian Newswire/ -- Jesuit Father Joseph Fessio, founder and editor of Ignatius Press, a former student of Pope Benedict XVI, and longtime leader in Catholic higher education, is launching a groundbreaking, international college-credit program for Catholic high school students, homeschoolers, and others. The program, called the Ignatius-Angelicum Liberal Studies Program (www.liberalstudiesprogram.com), is a joint project of Ignatius Press and Angelicum Great Books Program, a longstanding provider of homeschooling and other liberal arts resources. Father Fessio serves as Chancellor of the new online LSP program, which begins this fall. "The Liberal Studies Program comes at the perfect time to address a rapidly growing need and desire of serious Catholic parents and students," according to Father Fessio, whose previous academic positions include founding and serving as the first Director of the St. Ignatius Institute, University of San Francisco, and Provost of Ave Maria University in Florida. "Many of these students attend community colleges for one or two years, and then transfer to a four-year institution. But how many truly excellent Catholic colleges are there to transfer into? And at what cost? Furthermore, it's the first years of a good Catholic college education that are the most important: the liberal arts foundation." The Liberal Studies Program (LSP) curriculum combines distance education, online classes-- including a theology course nearing completion for full online access--and Ignatius Critical Editions Great Books and Study Guides, to provide Catholic high school students with the ability to earn college credit, while acquiring the foundations for a Catholic liberal education and lifelong learning. Participating students are homeschoolers, students in Catholic high schools, and other serious students ages fourteen and older. "Great Books education is central to the LSP," notes Angelicum Academy President Patrick Carmack. "It takes its inspiration from the philosopher and renowned educator Dr. Mortimer J. Adler, the former Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia Britannica and the Great Books of the Western World. Adler called for a reform of American education, which included providing many high school students college-level education in the liberal arts." Fidelity to the teaching of the Catholic Church is fundamental to the LSP program. Pope John Paul II's Apostolic Constitution on Catholic higher education, Ex Corde Ecclesiae, guides the program's understanding of the LSP's Catholic mission. LSP is accepted for college-credit at Benedictine College (Atchinson, Kansas, USA); Campion College, Australia; St. Bede's Hall, Oxford, UK; Catholic Distance University; and many other colleges and universities. "Many good Catholic families are blessed with talented children, but the costs of four years of private college are simply beyond their means," notes Father Fessio. "Or they don't want their children to be burdened with tens of thousands of dollars of debt when they graduate." The costs of the LSP are a small fraction of the expense of traditional college education. A private, four-year college tuition and fees average $26,273 per year--over $100,000 for a four-year degree. With a coordinated course of study through LSP and its affiliates in the Universities of Western Civilization network of cooperating colleges, students can obtain a bachelor's degree with an accredited college for as little as $26,600--about a fourth of the cost of four years on campus. "The LSP solves many of the problems of higher education at once," insists Father Fessio. "It's inexpensive. It provides up to two years of college credit. It challenges talented students, introducing them to the great books of Western civilization and the Catholic intellectual tradition. It provides the foundation necessary for any professional career. Young people have another year or two before having to decide on a major. And, not to be taken for granted: the LSP faculty is composed of talented, experienced Catholic professors, with at least one PhD in each class." "And this is just the beginning," Father Fessio continues. "As the LSP grows, we intend to provide opportunities for students to complement their on-line studies with week-long, even month-long meetings with professors and other students. There are already plans for gathering at the centrally located campus of Benedictine College near Kansas City, and even at Benedictine's campus in Florence, Italy. Because the cost of the LSP is so modest, and because students will have much more control over their schedules, many, if not all, of the students enrolled in the LSP will be able to take part." Classes for the Ignatius-Angelicum LSP begin the first week of September, 2010. To register, students should call 1-360-496-0098, text 719-930-7549, or email lspmail@aol.com. They may also learn more at www.liberalstudiesprogram.com. Students must have access to a PC and a phone line. High-speed internet is helpful but not necessary. Most students participate from home. To interview Father Joseph Fessio, S.J., Chancellor of the Liberal Studies Program, please contact:
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| Kiddie sabbatical offers families a chance to find new approaches to learning Posted: 09 May 2010 09:00 PM PDT Schools that demand so much don't work for some kids. Parents, including some Post colleagues, occasionally tell me about their bright children who see no point in many assignments and don't do them, leading to tension and heartburn for the adults. When it gets too bad, a family may pull a child out of school to let everyone calm down and see whether another approach can be found. The pause in schooling doesn't usually last long. The student reads on his or her own for a while -- something he or she likes to do -- until the parents find a different school or a new year begins with new teachers better tuned to different rhythms. You might call this a kiddie sabbatical, a break to recharge batteries and reassess values. It isn't the same thing as long-term home schooling. The strain on parents is short-term. In the Internet age, it is often possible to work at home for a few months. I have found no data on this, but we could be seeing a trend toward sabbaticals for the young and restless. Just published is what could be considered a guidebook for such family adventures, Laura Brodie's "Love in a Time of Homeschooling: A Mother and Daughter's Uncommon Year." Brodie is a novelist and adjunct English professor at Washington and Lee University. From the beginning of her fifth-grade daughter Julia's year at home, Brodie had no intention of abandoning the public schools of Lexington, Va. She just wanted a respite from battles over homework. Within the home-schooling community, Brodie says, these breaks are no longer considered unusual. Home Education Magazine calls them "emergency homeschooling." Your kid is being bullied. A hurricane has wiped out your city. This year's classroom teacher is not a good fit. Your spouse gets a sudden transfer. So you teach the child for a while. Brodie had an intriguing but dreamy daughter. Teachers would lose her on field trips because she lingered at some sight that was only supposed to take 10 minutes. In the same sweet way, Julia resisted certain school assignments. When pushing her daughter to finish her worksheets ruined one too many evenings, and when Julia once hid in a closet to avoid the torture, Brodie figured that home-schooling her would provide at least a year when she didn't have to dread life between the time Julia got home and the time she went to bed. She would be the teacher, at least for a time, and could make sure her nights were free. Julia was less entranced with the idea but accepted on these terms: no after-school academic work except reading an hour every day and writing one page in a journal, anything she wanted. Freedom of choice in writing appealed to the independent-minded child, but Julia was initially relieved to return to regular school because the teachers did not demand nearly as many writing assignments as her mother did. Brodie made daily writing across the curriculum the centerpiece of their year. Did Brodie fail to teach something important? That is hard to do. She learned a secret of elementary school known to most home-schoolers. Just keep the kid progressing in math and she will do fine. In the regular schools, all the other subjects are pretty much the same every year. For more Jay, go to http:/
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| College Recruit Rankings Profile: Six-Star Amber McDermott, Class of 2011 Posted: 11 May 2010 12:28 AM PDT By Reed Shimberg
| PHOENIX, Arizona, May 10. AMBER McDermott, a six-star recruit from the class of 2011 is the first subject in this summer's Swimming World College Recruit Rankings Profiles series. McDermott lives in Mill Creek, Wash., and swims for the Cascade Swim Team. McDermott maintains her profile in the Swimming World College Recruit Rankings. She owns short course yards times of 4:38.89 in the 500 free and 4:09.33 in the 400 IM, which would have put her in the A final last year for both events. She also owns long course senior national cuts in the 100 (57.74) and 1500 (16:22.80) free, the 200 back (2:13.66) and the 200 fly (2:18.04). What is your favorite set?
Have you committed to a college? If so, where? If not, where will you be taking your official visits?
What is your favorite swimming-related memory?
Who do you look up to in the world of swimming?
What do you consider to be your breakthrough moment in swimming?
What is your daily schedule with school and practice and such?
What are your long-term goals?
What are your short-term goals?
What is something that people wouldn't know about you?
What type of input do you have in your training (versus your coach)?
What are you interested in studying in college?
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