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Kickapoo Homeschool Coop Information Night 8/13


By borges, Section School House
Posted on Mon Aug 11, 2008 at 03:46:42 PM CST

The Kickapoo Homeschool Coop is hosting an information eventing in Viroqua on August 13th at 7 pm.  All the details are in the flier below:

KHC information meeting

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Kickapoo Homeschool Coop--Sushi Safari 5/17


By borges, Section School House
Posted on Thu May 15, 2008 at 06:42:17 AM CST

The Kickapoo Homeschool Coop is finishing the year with a bit of celebration and fundraising.  There will be short plays by the children, food and games.  All are welcome.  Click on the image below for details...

Kickapoo Homeschoo Cooperative Spring Fundraiser

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Yellow Cello Music Camp Registration


By borges, Section School House
Posted on Sun Apr 27, 2008 at 07:50:33 AM CST

The Yellow Cello music camp for strings will be available again this summer.  Details are on the flyer below.  Click the image to enlarge.  Registration form is in the full story...

Yellowcello flyer08.pdf

(94 words in story) Full Story

Non-Sectarian Homeschool Conference


By borges, Section School House
Posted on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 09:34:29 AM CST

Illinois has an excellent homeschool conference that happens in early March.  All the information is available on their website and although the early registration has passed, most sections and activities are still open for registration. The details:

11th Annual InHome Conference March 7 - 8, 2008

Pheasant Run Resort and Spa
4051 East Main St.
St. Charles, Illinois

Our 2008 conference will present 100's of children and adult workshops featuring some of the most talented, knowledgeable, and committed individuals in the homeschooling movement today.

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Opting-out of High School Military Recruitment


By borges, Section School House
Posted on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:15:58 AM CST

[This in from VetsForPeace]

What Parents Need to Know About Military Recruiting in High Schools

President Bush's NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT grants military recruiters access to students' private ID information without parents even knowing about it. With this access, recruiters can make unsolicited calls and send direct-mail recruitment literature to a young person. Schools that do not comply with this section risk the loss of federal funding.

However, also written into Section 9528 of the Act is the requirement that schools must notify parents and students of their right to "opt-out". Schools are obligated by law to remove a student's name from lists given to military recruiters if that is requested by a parent or student. The burden is on you to fill out and submit the Opt-Out form [maybe?] included in your registration packet. If you need clarification your high school principal or guidance counselor can explain the details.

Or visit LeaveMyChildAlone.org

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Farm School Update--now a homeschool cooperative


By borges, Section School House
Posted on Thu Jun 21, 2007 at 07:57:08 AM CST

The (newly named) Kickapoo Homeschool  Cooperative has been in the planning for several months.  Meeting announcements have been regularly posted here.  The planning has resulted in their decision to have 2 main components.  The following is their vision on moving the project forward:

On Tuesdays, we will have Farm Thyme, which consists of visiting a farm one week and then following up the next week with a classroom component that relates to the farm experience.  On Wednesdays, we will have the Learning Circle, which is a day of 4 classes.  Every semester the cooperative will vote on what these classes are.  However, for the first semester it seemed best to already have things in place.  So, for this fall we will begin with Yoga, World Cooking, Spanish, and leather/bead work.  We will also share sack lunch together, have recess, and end our day with games.

We will be hosting a booth at the Kickapoo Country Fair on July 28, so please feel free to stop by.  I will send out the brochure via email as soon as I have them.  It is so exciting to see this coming together!

[Please note we now have a School section on KickTime and all these school happenings can be located in one click (right hand column blue buttons.) So if you wonder about contact info/history of this project it can be located there, or here for the confused.]

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Farm School Meeting--March 21


By borges, Section School House
Posted on Wed Mar 21, 2007 at 10:43:42 AM CST

A group gathered in early_March to discuss the idea of children learning in a farm setting.  Christine (at loverocks(at-sign)mchsi.com for more info) reported that the first meeting was a great gathering of ideas and visions.  It was also productive.

We made plans to implement our final group vision in the form of a "practice" farm experience before the end of May.  Our vision consists of a two-day learning experience.  One day spent on a working farm doing meaningful chores that hopefully assist the farmer as well as give learning opportunties to the children.  The second day would be group academic focus activities that connect to the activities on the farm. Those in attendance had a focus on the needs of homeschooled children.  We are working to connect with a farm and work from there.

Our next meeting is Wednesday, March 21 at 7:00pm at 234 Center Ave.  Thank you to the Whited-Fords for opening their lovely home for both meetings.

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Farm School Meeting--March 8th


By borges, Section School House
Posted on Mon Mar 05, 2007 at 05:05:47 AM CST

The potential for a local Farm School will be discussed on March 8, 7:00pm, at 234 Center Ave Viroqua. Interested parents are encouraged to attend.

This initial meeting will explore options and gather ideas for organizing a farm school for school aged children. Christine Harrington explained that this idea has emerged from several people and the meeting will be a very preliminary bringing together of ideas, exchanging of visions.

For more info contact Christine Harrington
loverocks(at-sign)mchsi.com

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