Please add Homeschool events that affect LCA and area Homeschoolers.

Career Quest-Exploring Your Future

Sci-Quest, Hands-on Science Center will host Career Quest – Exploring Your
Future This monthly program provides middle, high school, and college
students from across the Tennessee Valley an opportunity to interact with
career professionals in high-growth careers in this area, and with
representatives of area colleges and universities. Focusing on science,
technology, engineering and mathematics careers, Career Quest features a
different career topic each month.

Programs will be held the first Tuesday of each month, September 2009 – May
2010. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Call Megan Wilson at
837-0606, ext. 276 or email mwilson@sci-quest.org to reserve your seat.
For a complete list of Career Quest topics, visit
http://www.sci-quest.org/home/special_events/career_quest.phtml.



Please pass on to others who may be interested.

Zoolights at the Birmingham Zoo needs volunteers to help with their
seasonal programs during the month of December. All volunteers must be at
least 13 years of age and must have a waiver/authorization sighned by their
parent or guardian. Volunteer times would be 4:30-9:30 on the following
dates:
December 4, 5, 6; 11, 12, 13; 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23; 26, 27,
28, 29, 30
For more information on what is required and/or to sign up for a time
please contact Brian Kutsch, Volunteer Manager at the Birmingham Zoo at
205-397-3863.

Huntsville Symphony Orchestra Opus Tadpole For Children Ages 3-6
Which instrument is bigger—violin or viola? How many strings are on a harp?
What’s a bassoon? Children and adults can have fun discovering the answers
to these musical questions and more during a twenty-minute presentation, an
entertaining way for our youngest listeners to learn about the orchestra.
Participants are invited to stay for the Sneak Previews at 11:00 a.m. in
the Concert Hall. $5.00 covers admission to Opus Tadpole AND Sneak
Previews. Children five and under are admitted free to both events.
Opus Tadpole dates in 2009-2010
October 17, 2009
February 6, 2010
February 20, 2010
March 20, 2010
April 17, 2010
Each twenty-minute Opus Tadpole presentation begins at 10:30 a.m. in the
Concert Hall and features a musician from the HSO.
Sneak Previews are different from Opus Tadpole and are for any age. Sneak
Previews generally are the rehearsals for the upcoming concert and cost
only $5.

The following area stores offer educator discounts. Usually items on
educator discounts are restricted to xeroxing (if available) and items
related to classroom use. Some retailers have different restrictions than
others on the use of their discounts so inquire at the individual stores.
This is not an exhaustive list. If you have additional stores, tell me and
I will add them.

Barnes and Noble
Staples
Office Depot
Apple Computer

The Birmingham Zoo offers classes for homeschoolers in science, math, art,
and reading and homeschool days.
Go to http://www.birminghamzoo.com/programs.asp for info.

Pre-registration is required for all classes.
All children must be covered by the Birmingham Zoo membership to get the
discount.
Parents may not stay with their children for classes.
All classes can be registered for online at our website at
www.birminghamzoo.com. You can also call (205) 397-3864 for more
information and to register or email cbrooks@birminghamzoo.com
Refund requests or class changes must be requested a minimum of 24 hours in
advance of the class date. We are unable to give any refunds or make any
changes once the deadline has passed. A $5.00 processing fee will be
retained for each refund request. No refunds will be given for package
deals. All credit must be used within the current semester and may not be
transferred to future semesters. NO MAKEUP CLASSES. NO EXCEPTIONS TO ANY
POLICIES.

Sci-Quest will also sponsor an e-cybermission team again this year; and new
this year, we will sponsor a Robotics team. Last year's e-cybermission team
took regional honors, and each student participating won a U.S. Savings
Bond. This is an excellent opportunity for your student to compete against
students from across the state and throughout the region.

For more information about these teams or Sci Quest's 2nd Wednesday
homeschool classes, contact 256-837-0606, ext.252

Walter Seitz, a student from Lionheart, was on the E Cybermission team that
won 2nd place nationally last school year (2008-2009.)

North Alabama Trailblazers is a support group open to all homeschoolers. We
are not a cover school and do not provide anyone legal coverage. We have
homeschool students from Madison, Morgan, and Limestone Counties in Alabama
and Lincoln county in TN as members. We do field trips, park days, seasonal
parties, Lego Club (non competitive,) Board Game Club, and American Girl
club (and other events as planned by member parents and dictated by member
interest.) We do not have dues but we require that each family pay their
own expenses as these arise.
Membership requirements:
*Must live in one of our 4 counties
*Must join our yahoo group at the following addres:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/North-Alabama-Trailblazers/join
*Must provide your contact information to the moderator at time of joining.
This is for the safety of our children.
*Must attend 2 events per school year (August 1-July 31) to maintain
membership.
Tabitha Schaffer, Lionheart mom, is the contact for this group.

Earlyworks Museum Chain is composed of the Earlyworks Children's Museum,
Constitution Village, and the Historic Huntsville Depot. On selected
Mondays of the school year, they provide homeschool history classes for 2
hours at one of the museums. Location rotates. For class subjects, dates
policies, locations, and costs, please visit:

http://www.earlyworks.com/homeschool-academy

NACHO (North Alabama Christian Homeschoolers) of Decatur sponsors swimming,
ice skating, and roller skating in the Decatur area for homeschoolers.

Homeschool Skate Day is generally (but not always) the first Friday of
every month. It meets at the Decatur Skate Castle The time is from
12:30-2:30 and the cost is $3 per person for ages 3 and over whether or not
they skate. This cost includes the skate rental fee. The music is
Contemporary Christian. Non skating moms and those age 2 and under get in
free. Low top skates or roller blades will be an additional $3 charge. A
free drink is included with each paying admission. Lunch choices are hot
dog/chips/drink or 1 slice pizza/drink--either choice is $1.25.

Homeschool Swimming at the Aquadome at Brookhaven Middle School in Decatur.
Cost is $2 per swimmer. Meets the 3rd Friday of every month from 1-2:30.
Address is 1202 5th Avenue SW Decatur AL 35601

Homeschool Ice Skating in Decatur at the Point Mallard Ice Plex on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of the month from 12-2:30. Cost is $7 per skater with a hot dog lunch or $6 per skater without lunch. Ice walkers rent for an additional $2.

The Nashville Zoo offers a variety of classes and programs for
homeschoolers. The informations is too extensive to post here in its
entirety but go to the following website and click on what interests you:

http://www.nashvillezoo.org/education_programs.asp?eduGroupID=9

Creative Learning Connection is a store in Madison, AL run by Cathy Jaime
(pronounced HY-MEE) a longtime homeschooling mom of 12. CLC offers meeting
space for homeschool events (when available); takes used curriculum on
consignment; sells used curriculum, and offers a variety of homeschool
classes, workshops, and conferences to the community free of charge or at
very low cost. If you are looking for curriculum to teach your student
with, this is THE place to go in the North Alabama area.
Phone number: 256-325-3305
Website: http://www.creativelearningconnection.com
Hours:
Monday through Thursday 12-5 and one selected Friday and Saturday from 12-5
(usually, but not always, the first Friday and Saturday of the month.)
Address, directions, class information, and more details about the services
offered and curriculum sold are available on her website.

Lionheart is now enrolled in the Weekly Reader Read to Succeed Program. If
your child documents six hours of reading outside of school hours then he
or she is eligible to receive a free admission ticket to Six Flags over
Georgia. The coordinator is Faye Lynn Thompson (Lionheart's art teacher.)
Families who are interested need to give Faye Lynn their name (one parent)
and email address so I can enter them in the website and get them a
password as a teacher. I think they can also register their children as
their class hemselves once the site goes live November 15, 2009. K-6th
grade are eligible for this activity and names of everyone who completes
six hours of reading for pleasure are due in March of 2010. Click on the
link below to send Faye Lynn an email if you are interested in enrolling.

Tuesday December 15, 2009 from 12:30-2:30 LCA will have its X-mas Party at
the current LCA location on East Limestone Road. Parents please bring food
and drinks. LCA will furnish paper products such as plates, cups, napkins,
plastic cutlery, etc. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DON'T BRING ANYTHING TO EAT OR
DRINK THAT COULD STAIN OUR CARPET! Examples include anything such as red
drinks, purple drinks, red or purple jello or the like. That's not an
exhaustive list but just a few examples. If you have any questions about
whether an item is appropriate to bring into the building, please ask
Sheila.

If you desire to have a class taught at LCA in the spring semseter of 2010
or in the fall semster in 2010, please post your desire here. We will try
to accomodate all class request.

I would like to see Spanish II offered in school year 2010-2011.

We will post most events and news items on the site pages. If there are
other new items you desire to have posted, such as awards and recognitions,
please post them here.

Christmas Chorus Concert will be held Friday December 11, 2009 at Capshaw
Baptist Church at 6 p. m. Singers please be there by 5:40 p. m. The program
will run a little over an hour for the 2 choirs plus a short intermission.

The Christmas band concert will be Saturday December 12 at Capshaw Baptist
Church at 10 a. m. Band members please be there by 9:30 a. m.

All concerts are free and open to the public. Donations to keep the band
and chorus going are gratefully accepted.
DIRECTIONS TO CAPSHAW BAPTIST:
We are located between Huntsville and Athens in Capshaw, Alabama between
Dupree Worthey Road and Smith Street.
From Athens - Hwy 72E, go 8.8 miles and turn left on Dupree Worthey Road,
go 1.7 miles and CBC is on the right.
From Huntsville/Madison area - Hwy 72W, go to County Line Road/Old Railroad
Bed Road and turn right, go 1.7 miles to stop sign at Capshaw Road and turn
left, go .3 miles and CBC is on the left.
14944 Dupree-Worthey Rd Harvest, AL 35749

Please post Area Homeschool Information here. Remember LCA is open to area
homeschoolers regardless of Homeschool Covering.

Melody Kiyak Locklair, a homeschool graduate, teaches dance classes at
Melodie's Dance School. Classes are open to all homeschoolers and are
reasonably priced. Ballet, Modern, Tap,Pre-pointe and pointe are offered.
Music is either Christian or classical, costumes are modest, and recitals
are based on the Bible. More info can be found at
http://www.melodiesdanceschool.com or by emailing Melody at
homespungirl84@yahoo.com or calling her at 256-206-0220. Melody can be
challenging to reach sometimes because she's very busy but she loves her
students. If you cannot reach her but are interested in her classes, look
at the class schedule on her website and drop by and talk to her between
classes. Tuition rates can be found on the class schedule page of her
website. Monday and Tuesday classes are held at the Athens Recreation
Center and Wed and Thurs classes are held at the North Alabama Seibukan
Karate School in Harvest.

The 2nd Wed. of each month, Sci Quest offers homeschool classes for all

ages. There is a different topic each month. Elementary classes last 30

minutes or 1 hour depending on age of student. Middle school classes
for

ages 11-14 last 2 hours.

For more information on each month's programming, download the Topic

Descriptions here:

http://www.sci-quest.org/home/homeschool_science/

To register for Home School Science, call 256-837-0606, ext.252.

POLICIES:

*Reservations required at least two weeks in advance and are not
confirmed

until payment is received (cash, check, credit card, money order.)

*No refunds unless class is canceled by the participant one week in
advance

OR by Sci Quest if class minimum not reached.

Math 112 (Precalculus Algebra) will be offered fall 2009 and Math 113
(Precalculus Trigonometry) will be offered spring 2010. These classes are
Online Only. Students who are on the block schedule or who want to take
both classes in 2 9 week mini-mesters may register during the spring. The
courses are web based, but Sharon Johnson, the instructor, is available on
a daily basis by email and phone to answer questions and address student
concerns. These classes will use the Calhoun Syllabus and textbook adapted
to a web-based format and specifically crafted for high school dual
enrollment students. Students may participate in a block or traditional 7
period day section. Students may take it any period of the day. Students
will save money over a regular class because the textbook for the class is
online and students need only purchase the textbook code which costs less
than $100. For more info please contact Gwen Baker at 306-2665 or
gzb@calhoun.edu

Math U See Homeschool Curriculum now offers online student and teacher
classes in calculus. The cost is $120 for Fall 2009-Spring 2010 school
year. For more info go to
the clearance cart at the math u see website
at https://www.mathusee.com
Click on
PURCHASE
Scroll down and click on Clearance Cart
Select BUY NOW next to calculus teacher and student online classes.

For more assistance please get in touch with your local math u see
representative by calling 1-888-854-MATH (1-888-854-6284.)

Subscribe to the Homeschool Freebie of the Day email and every Monday you
will receive a list of free things to download for homeschooling from their
site--one download per day generally. No charge to join the mailing list.
http://www.homeschoolfreebieoftheday.com

We just started a group for homeschoolers to swap or sell clothing. If you
would like
to join go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clothesswapforalabamahomeschoolers/
Originally posted on the Christan Homeschoolers of Alabama Yahoo Group by
Rhonda Weathers of Narrow Way Academy. Group is open to anyone but in order
for it to work correctly, you must be a yahoo groups member. If you are not
a member you will be prompted to go through the membership process when you
try to join this group. Membership is free.

SCHOOL AT SEA HOMESCHOOL CRUISES
Our program now includes Science Labs and Art Stations!
School at Sea Special Edition Cruises.
If your family would enjoy a vacation at sea, participating in our School
at Sea program, I look forward to hearing from you! Our special group
pricing for School at Sea families will help you enjoy more but spend less.
All family and friends who would like to join us onboard are welcome to
book with our group and take advantage of our special group rate pricing.
For more details, please visit:
www.worldwidefamilyvacations.com/SchoolAtSea
or contact:
Karen Hall – School at Sea
Worldwide Family Vacations
(949) 466-3571
(866) 746-5712
14 Via Arribo, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688
Karen@WorldwideFamilyVacations.com
Worldwide Family Vacations is affiliated with Ticket To Travel - CST
#1010000-40. Reservations are backed by IATAN(International Association of
Travel Agents Network), and CLIA (Cruise Line International Association).

http://scratch.mit.edu/

Scratch is a new programming language that makes it easy to create
your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and
share your creations on the web.

Scratch is designed to help young people (ages 8 and up) develop 21st
century learning skills. As they create and share Scratch projects,
young people learn important mathematical and computational ideas,
while also learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and
work collaboratively.

Advanced Social Media Class
Taught by: Jennifer Navarrete

5 Sessions on:

Nov. 9 - Twitter
Nov. 16 - Facebook
Nov. 23 - LinkedIn
Nov. 30 - Audio/Video (live & recorded)
Dec. 7 - Bonus session - Bringing it all together: How to Use Social Media
in Business

Learn how to work as a consultant/trainer for businesses as a
Social Media Consultant.

The virtual class is for families.

Details are here:

http://EducatingforSuccess.com/advancedsocialmediaclass

Rhea!

Our third planning meeting will be on Wednesday,
Nov. 11, 7:00 – 9:00pm at my house. Parents and teens (9th grade
and up) who are interested in helping plan are invited. Please email me
for directions to my house (I'm in SE Huntsville) or call me at 489-9018
if you have any questions.

Plans are forming and we need more parent & teen volunteers to make this
happen!

We need parents and teens to help with advertising, catering,
photography, music, tickets, decorations, etc. The next few months are
important to ensure we can provide a memorable prom for our high school
teens.

We have decided on a fundraiser event that's brand-new… Every
dollar we earn through a fundraiser lowers the cost of prom tickets;
please participate!

Email me for more information.

Kristen Lindelow

kristen@lindelowkoon.com

Huntsville Homeschool Bowling
Date: Every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday Time: 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: AMF Parkway Lanes
Notes: Time: 1:30 - 3:30
Place: AMF Parkway Lanes (on South PKWY between Governors Dr and The
Huntsville Times Newspaper
Cost: $5.50 +tax per bowler - shoes included but you can wear tennis
shoes.
PS no food is allowed to be brought in. You must tell the staff that you are a homeschooler to get this price.

Wanted: Young Adult Writers who LOVE to write
Place: Madison Public Library
Date: Wednesday, November 18th
Time: 4:00 - 5:00

The young adults at the Madison Library have spoken, and under the
direction
of Maggie, Youth Services Librarian, they will be forming a writers group
to
gather and receive support from peers with the same passion. This will be a
place for young adults to discuss the art of writing and to share with
others what they are working on. Hope to see you there! If you see this
message after November 18, 2009 call Maggie at the Madison Library for more
information.

THIS IS THE ONLY CONCERT LIKE THIS IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA. Performers and
attendees are needed.
HUNTSVILLE - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 - TIME: 3:30 pm
LOCATION: Huntsville Museum of Art
REGISTRATION: 12:30 pm, same as concert
REHEARSAL: 1:00 pm, same as registration
PARKING: Free in bank parking garage across from the Museum
NOTE: Participants are asked to bring a music stand, to decorate their
instruments and themselves!
CONDUCTOR: Dr. Danny Hutson, Assoc. Professor of Music at Alabama A & M
University
COORDINATOR: Philip Moore 256-883-9384 or 256-508-1010
More info: http://www.tubachristmas.com/

THIS IS THE ONLY CONCERT LIKE THIS IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA. Performers and
attendees are needed.
HUNTSVILLE - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 - TIME: 3:30 pm
LOCATION: Huntsville Museum of Art
REGISTRATION: 12:30 pm, same as concert
REHEARSAL: 1:00 pm, same as registration
PARKING: Free in bank parking garage across from the Museum
NOTE: Participants are asked to bring a music stand, to decorate their
instruments and themselves!
CONDUCTOR: Dr. Danny Hutson, Assoc. Professor of Music at Alabama A & M
University
COORDINATOR: Philip Moore 256-883-9384 or 256-508-1010
More info: http://www.tubachristmas.com/

Please post instrument needs here. If you have an instrument available for
someoen to use, please post it here also.