tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78169301926817672772011-11-27T15:51:13.112-08:00Celebrating amazing homeschooled students and their familiesBlondiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797015205023892052noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816930192681767277.post-11251356947112145152010-08-02T06:34:00.000-07:002010-08-02T06:34:16.805-07:002010-08-02T06:34:16.805-07:00<blockquote>More and more two and four-year colleges are readily accepting students from homeschooling backgrounds. These students have proven repeatedly that they are capable of academic excellence and intellectual vitality, and are welcome assets to their schools.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.catholic.org/college/story.php?id=37617">Read more ... </a></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7816930192681767277-1125135694711214515?l=homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iccjqFsn2-kRoPr-jVZDxZdnN18/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iccjqFsn2-kRoPr-jVZDxZdnN18/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iccjqFsn2-kRoPr-jVZDxZdnN18/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iccjqFsn2-kRoPr-jVZDxZdnN18/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/IAMn/~4/XB_qpmrejho" height="1" width="1"/>Blondiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797015205023892052noreply@blogger.com0http://homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com/2010/08/more-colleges-welcoming-home-schooled.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816930192681767277.post-64934821616408551672010-08-02T06:31:00.001-07:002010-08-02T06:31:49.414-07:002010-08-02T06:31:49.414-07:00<blockquote>The Imaginary Friends and STARRT teams of home-schooled students from Lighthouse Instruction for Enrichment who live in DeSoto, Marshall or Tate Counties teamed up against students from across the U.S. and more than 30 countries, including teams from Turkey, Brazil, Poland, China, Mexico, Canada and Guatemala. These students earned the right to take part in the competition of a lifetime at the Destination ImagiNation (DI) Global Finals.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/jul/30/competitions-home-schoolers-compete-on-global/">Read more ... </a></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7816930192681767277-6493482161640855167?l=homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8TY8xc-e3fqXJqmb2t1qNt04jEE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8TY8xc-e3fqXJqmb2t1qNt04jEE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8TY8xc-e3fqXJqmb2t1qNt04jEE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8TY8xc-e3fqXJqmb2t1qNt04jEE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/IAMn/~4/uhG9nxjcWXk" height="1" width="1"/>Blondiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797015205023892052noreply@blogger.com0http://homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com/2010/08/home-schoolers-compete-on-global-level.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816930192681767277.post-27553763256152043882010-08-02T06:27:00.000-07:002010-08-02T06:27:59.184-07:002010-08-02T06:27:59.184-07:00<blockquote>Mary Brown of Waxhaw isn't old enough for a driver's license, but she's spending her summer doing graduate-level research at N.C. State University's veterinary school.<br /> <br /> While other teens are texting, swimming and socializing, she's using a microscope to gauge whether nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (think Advil) slow healing in horse intestinal cells that have been deprived of oxygen.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/07/31/605905/at-vet-school-the-doctor-is-in.html">Read more ...</a> </blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7816930192681767277-2755376325615204388?l=homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3mKgi1TZXqGs3667YEyrmZgXSkc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3mKgi1TZXqGs3667YEyrmZgXSkc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3mKgi1TZXqGs3667YEyrmZgXSkc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3mKgi1TZXqGs3667YEyrmZgXSkc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/IAMn/~4/7ZEEbg2mzR4" height="1" width="1"/>Blondiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797015205023892052noreply@blogger.com0http://homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com/2010/08/at-vet-school-doctor-is-in-and-so-is.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816930192681767277.post-59906572137102633582010-05-04T04:40:00.001-07:002010-05-04T04:40:48.926-07:002010-05-04T04:40:48.926-07:00<blockquote>Agatha Christie. Agatha was a painfully shy girl, so her mom homeschooled her even though her two older siblings attended private school. <br /> <a href="http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/20302">Read more ... </a></blockquote><br /> <br /> <img src="http://apcsite.info/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/BlSigP.png"><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7816930192681767277-5990657213710263358?l=homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tuTa2lyGFNW4ieGNxO7xj3HgSxE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tuTa2lyGFNW4ieGNxO7xj3HgSxE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tuTa2lyGFNW4ieGNxO7xj3HgSxE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tuTa2lyGFNW4ieGNxO7xj3HgSxE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/IAMn/~4/010IdH3z73o" height="1" width="1"/>Blondiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797015205023892052noreply@blogger.com0http://homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com/2010/05/10-famous-homeschooled-people.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816930192681767277.post-91568608888074250122010-05-04T04:31:00.000-07:002010-05-04T04:31:13.332-07:002010-05-04T04:31:13.332-07:00<blockquote>At 18, an age when most students are graduating high school, Leitch received a Bachelor of Science degree at UWF's undergraduate commencement exercises. Leitch listed home schooling and dual enrollment as the keys to her academic success.<br /> <a href="http://www.pnj.com/article/20100502/NEWS01/5020333/1006/NEWS01/Homeschooler-packs-education-into-18-years">Read more ...</a> </blockquote><br /> <br /> <img src="http://apcsite.info/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/BlSigP.png"><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7816930192681767277-9156860888807425012?l=homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9K_7s_SNrVVjf-m4tvhzT-d9AIg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9K_7s_SNrVVjf-m4tvhzT-d9AIg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9K_7s_SNrVVjf-m4tvhzT-d9AIg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9K_7s_SNrVVjf-m4tvhzT-d9AIg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/IAMn/~4/taZzg4qb8jg" height="1" width="1"/>Blondiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797015205023892052noreply@blogger.com0http://homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com/2010/05/homeschooler-packs-education-into-18.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816930192681767277.post-39534408084334323912010-05-04T04:25:00.000-07:002010-05-04T06:09:46.245-07:002010-05-04T06:09:46.245-07:00<blockquote>Do you homeschool your kids? Were you homeschooled as a child? Tell us why you or your family chose that option and how it has worked out. Share your stories and experiences and we may use them in a future story for TODAYshow.com.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/36917674/ns/today-today_participate/">Read more ...</a> </blockquote><br /> <br /> <img src="http://apcsite.info/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/BlSigP.png"><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7816930192681767277-3953440808433432391?l=homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QVPHXmPE0Q9vtj8Bkn3H8rYIsv4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QVPHXmPE0Q9vtj8Bkn3H8rYIsv4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QVPHXmPE0Q9vtj8Bkn3H8rYIsv4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QVPHXmPE0Q9vtj8Bkn3H8rYIsv4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/IAMn/~4/52bvcxsBhyE" height="1" width="1"/>Blondiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797015205023892052noreply@blogger.com0http://homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com/2010/05/today-show-wants-you.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816930192681767277.post-86485085640454334132010-01-03T06:40:00.000-08:002010-01-06T06:44:24.010-08:002010-01-06T06:44:24.010-08:00<blockquote>After her Aunt Marlene was diagnosed with breast cancer in the spring of 2009, Olivia Bates knew she wanted to do something to help.<br /> <br /> “We’re really close in our family, and I just wanted to do something to help so that we could try to prevent breast cancer from spreading,” she said.<br /> <br /> Only 10 years old, Bates thought for months about how she could support her aunt. <a href="http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/10/01/02/10-year-old-does-her-part-to-help-prevent-breast-cancer">Read more ... </a></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7816930192681767277-8648508564045433413?l=homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/s9UUpY9STE1HSsu0ChELxEzTtm4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/s9UUpY9STE1HSsu0ChELxEzTtm4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/s9UUpY9STE1HSsu0ChELxEzTtm4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/s9UUpY9STE1HSsu0ChELxEzTtm4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/IAMn/~4/HA1kW1ahqLE" height="1" width="1"/>Blondiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797015205023892052noreply@blogger.com0http://homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com/2010/01/10-year-old-does-her-part-to-help.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816930192681767277.post-8573051844605808452010-01-03T06:38:00.000-08:002010-01-06T06:44:35.135-08:002010-01-06T06:44:35.135-08:00<blockquote>Isaac James Paulson, 18, of Glenville, has earned the highest advancement award the Boy Scouts of America offers to Scouts, the Eagle Award.<br /> <br /> Paulson will be recognized in ceremonies Jan. 3 at First Presbyterian Church in Albert Lea. <a href="http://www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/dec/30/glenville-native-earns-eagle-award/">Read more ...</a> </blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7816930192681767277-857305184460580845?l=homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aYJcyX4ds7YOhvU7uHwQV8Ei6YM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aYJcyX4ds7YOhvU7uHwQV8Ei6YM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aYJcyX4ds7YOhvU7uHwQV8Ei6YM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aYJcyX4ds7YOhvU7uHwQV8Ei6YM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/IAMn/~4/hMUNGlBmnek" height="1" width="1"/>Blondiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797015205023892052noreply@blogger.com0http://homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com/2010/01/glenville-native-earns-eagle-award.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816930192681767277.post-32088899896622775082010-01-03T06:37:00.000-08:002010-01-06T06:44:45.519-08:002010-01-06T06:44:45.519-08:00<blockquote>The next Bobby Fischer is living on a quiet street in West Jordan, says Damian Nash, a U.S. Chess Federation senior tournament director.<br /> <br /> Utah's own chess phenom is Kayden Troff, and in many ways, he's a normal 11-year-old boy. He loves to swim, go sledding and play video games. <br /> <a href="http://www.sltrib.com/valleywest/ci_14090244">Read more ...</a> </blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7816930192681767277-3208889989662277508?l=homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9OUrjnInwW_r1HUWc2t-0MeB7KA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9OUrjnInwW_r1HUWc2t-0MeB7KA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9OUrjnInwW_r1HUWc2t-0MeB7KA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9OUrjnInwW_r1HUWc2t-0MeB7KA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/IAMn/~4/q1BJ5uC8QQ4" height="1" width="1"/>Blondiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797015205023892052noreply@blogger.com0http://homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com/2010/01/utah-boy-is-chess-national-master.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816930192681767277.post-47325856744874198962010-01-03T06:36:00.000-08:002010-01-06T06:45:10.499-08:002010-01-06T06:45:10.499-08:00<blockquote>It’s easy to say that Daijua-Corin Miller is as cute as the cupcakes she makes.<br /> <br /> Her cupcakes have bright colors with carefully swirled frosting tops. Daijua ( “DAY-jah” – her mother named her after Tyra Banks’ character in the movie “Higher Learning”) is just as bright herself – huge smile, shining eyes and eyelashes so long that her mother, Lanelle, says they look like a giraffe’s.<br /> <br /> But don’t fooled by that sweet face. Daijua, 13, is all business.<br /> <a href="http://www.charlotteobserver.com/food/story/1149908.html">Read more ...</a> </blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7816930192681767277-4732585674487419896?l=homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Xf-yJ77rMk0hEqcsTCy_SoczCRs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Xf-yJ77rMk0hEqcsTCy_SoczCRs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Xf-yJ77rMk0hEqcsTCy_SoczCRs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Xf-yJ77rMk0hEqcsTCy_SoczCRs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/IAMn/~4/LMBnctTW8ok" height="1" width="1"/>Blondiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797015205023892052noreply@blogger.com0http://homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com/2010/01/not-just-cute-face.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816930192681767277.post-48023911458449404922010-01-03T06:32:00.000-08:002010-01-06T06:45:21.561-08:002010-01-06T06:45:21.561-08:00<blockquote>Deborah Lynn Flores, the author of this children's picture book, lived in Seaside for a number of years before recently moving to Sanger. Flores home-schooled two of her three children.<br /> <br /> Content: When Michael visits his friends, Joseph and Jonah Torrez, he gets a major lesson on why eating nutritious meals is important. Candy for breakfast is not going to help the little boy get through a day full of activities.<br /> <a href="http://www.thecalifornian.com/article/20100101/LIFESTYLE/1010333/1031/LIFESTYLE07">Read more ...</a> </blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7816930192681767277-4802391145844940492?l=homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HKnHiRTYlenneMnTQJDCQsyaZno/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HKnHiRTYlenneMnTQJDCQsyaZno/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HKnHiRTYlenneMnTQJDCQsyaZno/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HKnHiRTYlenneMnTQJDCQsyaZno/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/IAMn/~4/xaEsW4Jo434" height="1" width="1"/>Blondiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797015205023892052noreply@blogger.com0http://homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com/2010/01/book-aims-to-teach-kids-how-to-eat.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816930192681767277.post-42325421329423888092009-12-27T08:13:00.000-08:002009-12-27T08:13:51.560-08:002009-12-27T08:13:51.560-08:00At just 19 Dargaville girl Latesha Randall has published her first children’s book and financed it herself.<br /> <br /> Latesha says the book Button Thief is about two little girls who are button collectors, their friendship goes awry when some of their buttons go missing, but who really is the button thief? <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/northland/3180531/Creating-a-book-for-kids-from-the-word-go">Read more ...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7816930192681767277-4232542132942388809?l=homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/s4Tl2JYEmIxJ9O66i0Ux0bUqQwM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/s4Tl2JYEmIxJ9O66i0Ux0bUqQwM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/s4Tl2JYEmIxJ9O66i0Ux0bUqQwM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/s4Tl2JYEmIxJ9O66i0Ux0bUqQwM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/IAMn/~4/MvwpYUS5600" height="1" width="1"/>Blondiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797015205023892052noreply@blogger.com1http://homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com/2009/12/creating-book-for-kids-from-word-go.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816930192681767277.post-88780900232431847312009-12-27T08:12:00.000-08:002009-12-27T08:12:11.342-08:002009-12-27T08:12:11.342-08:00<blockquote>Alex Jaeger breezed through high school coursework, and scored above average on the college entrance exam, and now, at the age of 10, he’s off to college. <a href="http://www.kwtx.com/offbeatnews/headlines/79943507.html">Read more ...</a></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7816930192681767277-8878090023243184731?l=homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6xxovSmGjRSOAH2m5mSxoZMlNiw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6xxovSmGjRSOAH2m5mSxoZMlNiw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6xxovSmGjRSOAH2m5mSxoZMlNiw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6xxovSmGjRSOAH2m5mSxoZMlNiw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/IAMn/~4/4xgbFfSVzgo" height="1" width="1"/>Blondiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797015205023892052noreply@blogger.com0http://homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com/2009/12/hes-just-10-but-hes-off-to-college.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816930192681767277.post-10729964888997122922009-12-27T08:07:00.000-08:002009-12-27T08:07:05.823-08:002009-12-27T08:07:05.823-08:00<blockquote>Dyllan McIntee of north Phoenix won the juvenile girls title at the 2010 U.S. Junior Figure Skating Championships in Ohio last week.<br /> <br /> Dyllan, 11, landed eight doubles, including a double Axel-double toe and a double Lutz-loop-loop and displayed three perfect level-four spins. Her 31.81 element score carried her to the top, even though she received only the second-best component mark of 24.44, and she finished with a 56.25 segment mark. <a href="http://www.azcentral.com/community/surprise/articles/2009/12/23/20091223phx-mcintee1224-ON.html">Read more ...</a></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7816930192681767277-1072996488899712292?l=homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dYJnDq931ptcFpFetcAxlhSS_9Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dYJnDq931ptcFpFetcAxlhSS_9Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dYJnDq931ptcFpFetcAxlhSS_9Q/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dYJnDq931ptcFpFetcAxlhSS_9Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/IAMn/~4/6WZ4ihNkbXY" height="1" width="1"/>Blondiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797015205023892052noreply@blogger.com0http://homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com/2009/12/phoenix-girl-wins-national-figure.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816930192681767277.post-25006670018236693942009-12-27T08:00:00.001-08:002009-12-27T08:00:35.272-08:002009-12-27T08:00:35.272-08:00<blockquote>The sounds of the holiday season filled the Grand Parlour at Straight Farmhouse in Garden City when the Christian Homeschool Educators' CHEPA Homeschool Choir performed as part of the opening a Nativity exhibition at the Garden City Historical Museum. <a href="http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20091224/NEWS24/912240471">Read more ...</a></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7816930192681767277-2500667001823669394?l=homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bF4ECMchoB1bSv9G5VqyZ0bCTHM/0/da"><img 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scholarship to the world-renowned Bollettieri Tennis Academy. <a href="http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20091225/SPORTS02/912250337/1287/SPORTS/For-Brandon-s-Britton-career-took-off-in-2009">Read more ...</a></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7816930192681767277-4184271492348143313?l=homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wV2USQ_Fdbce152SEB_yzyWxVqQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wV2USQ_Fdbce152SEB_yzyWxVqQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wV2USQ_Fdbce152SEB_yzyWxVqQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wV2USQ_Fdbce152SEB_yzyWxVqQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/IAMn/~4/Akza6v6Y07w" height="1" width="1"/>Blondiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797015205023892052noreply@blogger.com0http://homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com/2009/12/for-brandons-britton-career-took-off-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816930192681767277.post-13873687691916161532009-12-27T07:55:00.000-08:002009-12-27T08:01:14.846-08:002009-12-27T08:01:14.846-08:00<blockquote>Just like her idols the Jonas Brothers, 17-year-old Kristina Hawkins of Staunton said she has her eyes set on stardom, but having a family could fit into her grand plan as well. <a href="http://www.newsleader.com/article/20091225/NEWS01/912250309/1002/news01">Read more ...</a></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7816930192681767277-1387368769191616153?l=homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ANQRbZxpxIhAufG1cXT4mYKEsuk/0/da"><img 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bigger.” <a href="http://www2.starexponent.com/cse/sports/high_school_prep/high_school_running/article/culpeper_woman_living_the_dream/49288/">Read more ...</a></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7816930192681767277-997250075261522354?l=homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/g_ICDg2CcmjjLt41EM0ZXw9MtIQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/g_ICDg2CcmjjLt41EM0ZXw9MtIQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/g_ICDg2CcmjjLt41EM0ZXw9MtIQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/g_ICDg2CcmjjLt41EM0ZXw9MtIQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/IAMn/~4/QjhumI-bXVY" height="1" width="1"/>Blondiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797015205023892052noreply@blogger.com0http://homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com/2009/12/culpeper-woman-living-dream.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816930192681767277.post-59802243529275667552009-12-27T07:47:00.000-08:002009-12-27T07:47:03.365-08:002009-12-27T07:47:03.365-08:00<blockquote>Born to missionaries, Tim homeschooled his way to win the Heisman trophy and a dozen Player of the Year awards. In American Christian culture (especially the south), it's roughly the equivalent of being the reincarnated Dalai Lama. <a href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/stuffchristianculturelikes/2009/12/tim-tebow.html">Read more ...</a></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7816930192681767277-5980224352927566755?l=homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/s94jEDVV-9DlETld7oT7Mniq654/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/s94jEDVV-9DlETld7oT7Mniq654/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/s94jEDVV-9DlETld7oT7Mniq654/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/s94jEDVV-9DlETld7oT7Mniq654/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/IAMn/~4/e8v_gyiyTHA" height="1" width="1"/>Blondiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797015205023892052noreply@blogger.com0http://homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com/2009/12/tim-tebow-stuff-christians-are-made-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816930192681767277.post-68791931193043334232009-12-20T10:16:00.000-08:002009-12-27T08:01:28.656-08:002009-12-27T08:01:28.656-08:00The Ben Sutin Band has booked two upcoming shows. Led by Westampton violinist Ben “Jammin” Sutin,” the all-teen band is playing its “Jazz Holiday Music” in Bordentown City on Saturday, Dec. 19 and in Mount Holly on Dec. 31. A home-schooled student Ben, who also plays piano, is a member of the Philadelphia Clef Club. His band is comprised of young peers from throughout the Delaware Valley region. <a href="http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/news_details/article/92/2009/december/15/teen-jazz-band-performing-holiday-shows.html">Read more ...<br /> </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7816930192681767277-6879193119304333423?l=homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/E_2DImJxGi8Cr57O4CnFfhSssSY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/E_2DImJxGi8Cr57O4CnFfhSssSY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/E_2DImJxGi8Cr57O4CnFfhSssSY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/E_2DImJxGi8Cr57O4CnFfhSssSY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/IAMn/~4/rjfxkOG1H5k" height="1" width="1"/>Blondiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797015205023892052noreply@blogger.com0http://homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com/2009/12/teen-jazz-band-performing-holiday-shows.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816930192681767277.post-39855249454491396592009-12-13T10:06:00.000-08:002009-12-14T10:08:05.231-08:002009-12-14T10:08:05.231-08:00<blockquote>The field of artificial-intelligence research (AI), founded more than 50 years ago, seems to many researchers to have spent much of that time wandering in the wilderness, swapping hugely ambitious goals for a relatively modest set of actual accomplishments. Now, some of the pioneers of the field, joined by later generations of thinkers, are gearing up for a massive "do-over" of the whole idea. <br /> <br /> Peter Schmidt-Nielson, a home-schooled prodigy who, though he never took a computer science class, at 15 is taking a leading role in developing design tools for the new software. <a href="http://www.ddj.com/architect/222000815">Read more ...</a><br /> </blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7816930192681767277-3985524945449139659?l=homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_gLPzup-JHphWpTXaAIsPSBeoA4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_gLPzup-JHphWpTXaAIsPSBeoA4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_gLPzup-JHphWpTXaAIsPSBeoA4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_gLPzup-JHphWpTXaAIsPSBeoA4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/IAMn/~4/0luqbxyJ73U" height="1" width="1"/>Blondiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797015205023892052noreply@blogger.com0http://homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com/2009/12/rethinking-artificial-intelligence.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816930192681767277.post-5503034178869763972009-12-13T10:04:00.000-08:002009-12-14T10:05:32.116-08:002009-12-14T10:05:32.116-08:00Lake was born in Georgia and later moved to up-state New York. He was one of six, with three brothers and two sisters, homeschooled by his mother and his father, who was a pastor. He described himself as always being a story-teller and lover and, as a child, one of his favorite things to do was go to the library to check-out books. <a href="http://www.gsusignal.com/news/celebrated-atlanta-based-journalist-talks-to-students-about-reporting-and-writing-1.2115232#5">Read more ...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7816930192681767277-550303417886976397?l=homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GQoX5ptjCxaKwWy6j4qDfYIROmw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GQoX5ptjCxaKwWy6j4qDfYIROmw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GQoX5ptjCxaKwWy6j4qDfYIROmw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GQoX5ptjCxaKwWy6j4qDfYIROmw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/IAMn/~4/zvJkU_2f-70" height="1" width="1"/>Blondiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797015205023892052noreply@blogger.com0http://homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com/2009/12/celebrated-atlanta-based-journalist.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816930192681767277.post-37475884900864505352009-12-13T09:57:00.000-08:002009-12-14T10:02:17.477-08:002009-12-14T10:02:17.477-08:00Yekaterina "Katie" Shpanskaya, a home-schooled student from Raleigh, and Neil Shah, a senior at Northwest Guilford High School in Greensboro, finished second in the team competition and will split a $50,000 scholarship. They linked numerous computers together to analyze data produced by a simulation of a nuclear fusion reactor. <a href="http://www.wral.com/news/local/noteworthy/story/6566891/">Read more ...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7816930192681767277-3747588490086450535?l=homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wt5es_bBnfMGLW7PPH4sHS4erhU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wt5es_bBnfMGLW7PPH4sHS4erhU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wt5es_bBnfMGLW7PPH4sHS4erhU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wt5es_bBnfMGLW7PPH4sHS4erhU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/IAMn/~4/HrNSOM0r7Xo" height="1" width="1"/>Blondiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797015205023892052noreply@blogger.com0http://homeschoolersinthenews.blogspot.com/2009/12/nc-students-among-winners-in-national.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816930192681767277.post-30233684560029859162009-12-13T09:55:00.000-08:002009-12-14T09:55:55.792-08:002009-12-14T09:55:55.792-08:00The Honeywell Fiesta Bowl Aerospace Challenge presented by The Arizona Republic featuring Microsoft Mission Control has quickly become one of Arizona's premier academic contests for youth. Designed to enhance knowledge of space technology for fifth through eighth grade students, the Aerospace Challenge requires participants to develop plans for an International Lunar Base complete with a physical scale model. 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