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Aug 13, 2013
Aug 5, 2013
Response from the Dept. of Education Regarding College Admissions
I am not the originator of this information. I am forwarding it with permission though and encourage you share it as well!
From: StudentAid@ed.gov
Subject: 81 RE: Form submission from: Contact Us
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:09:11 +0000
Thank you for your inquiry about federal student aid.
The Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, requires that a school award federal student aid only to students who are sufficiently prepared. Effective July 1, 2012, a student is considered sufficiently prepared if he or she has
* has a high school diploma,
* the recognized equivalent of a high school diploma (such as a General Educational Development [GED] certificate), or
* has completed a home-schooling program approved by the student's state.
Though homeschooled students are not considered to have a high school diploma or equivalent, they are eligible to receive federal student aid funds if their secondary school education was in a homeschool that state law treats as a home or private school. Some states issue a secondary school completion credential
to homeschoolers. If this is the case in the state where the student was homeschooled, the student must obtain this credential in order to be eligible for federal student aid.
For homeschooled students in states where secondary school completion credentials are not provided, the student submits to the postsecondary school a transcript or the equivalent signed by the parent or guardian that lists the secondary school courses completed by the applicant and documents the successful completion of a secondary school education.
The U.S. Department of Education is responsible for administering federal laws that apply to education. The Department does not determine what provisions are included in the law or how language is used in the law. Changes to the current provisions or language used in the law would require Congress to pass additional legislation. However, the Department is prohibited from lobbying Congress, and it does not recommend or provide lists of lobbying groups.
We hope this information is helpful.
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From: studentaid@ed.gov [mailto:studentaid@ed.gov]
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 2:59 PM
To: StudentAid
Subject: Form submission from: Contact Us
Submitted on Mon, 07/22/2013 - 15:58
Submitted by anonymous user: [131.103.137.124] Submitted values are:
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--Question Type--
Question Type: General Question
Message:
The language regarding the eligibility of home schoolers for financial aid is rather odd and is creating some unusual (and impossible to fulfill) requests by colleges and universities for documentation from home schoolers. Home schooling law is different in every state and what might be done in one state is not necessarily done in 49 others. For example, states do not "approve"
home schooling -- they may, or may not, require notification that a student will be home schooled, but they do not "approve" that notification; they may, or may not, require some sort of occasional review, testing, or demonstration of compliance, but the states are all over the board on that issue and many require nothing at all, even notification. States certainly do not approve "a homeschool setting." Taken together, this makes the phrase "completing a high school education in a homeschool setting approved under state law"
curious and confusing.
How could the language be amended to strike "setting approved under" and replaced with "in compliance with"?
Jul 23, 2013
How Am I Smart? Free Download!
| Free Download from GHC: How Am I Smart?
Posted: 21 Jul 2013 11:00 PM PDT
This post is sponsored by Great Homeschool Conventions.
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Jul 5, 2013
A free online Algebra text? You bet!
Here is another free resource!
This post by Henri Picciotto has not only good information about why students often find traditional Algebra textbooks to be lacking, but also offers links to a free textbook (which he wrote) that attempts to make Algebra accessible to more by adding in manipulatives. Yeah manipulatives!
http://blog.mathedpage.org/
This post by Henri Picciotto has not only good information about why students often find traditional Algebra textbooks to be lacking, but also offers links to a free textbook (which he wrote) that attempts to make Algebra accessible to more by adding in manipulatives. Yeah manipulatives!
http://blog.mathedpage.org/
Mar 28, 2013
Homeschool High School for Free? Sure!
You can homeschool for free by using materials from the public library and on the Internet. You can, of course, spend thousands on a bunch of curriculum too. My family, typically, went the free route.
Check out the following sites for amazingly good quality free courses:
Jan 26, 2013
Escape from Childhood Free Download!
Just forwarding on a terrific offer:
I just want to let you know about a free Kindle download today and tomorrow
of John Holt's book Escape From Childhood: The Needs and Rights of Children.
You can find the link to the download, and an article Holt wrote for
Psychology Today about the ideas in this book, at www.patfarenga.com. You
can read Kindle books on your Mac, PC, tablet, or smartphone with these free
apps: http://tiny.cc/5w1grw.
Best wishes,
Pat
Fri Jan 25, 2013 1:37 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Pat Farenga" tmonk132001
I just want to let you know about a free Kindle download today and tomorrow
of John Holt's book Escape From Childhood: The Needs and Rights of Children.
You can find the link to the download, and an article Holt wrote for
Psychology Today about the ideas in this book, at www.patfarenga.com. You
can read Kindle books on your Mac, PC, tablet, or smartphone with these free
apps: http://tiny.cc/5w1grw.
Best wishes,
Pat
Jan 2, 2013
Winter Session classes at the Crystal Lake Park District begin soon!
I hope everyone is having a wonderful and healthy start to the new year! As we think about the coming year it is time to get registered for upcoming classes!
At the Crystal Lake Park District I am offering a 6 week Junior High and High School Genetics class on Monday afternoons and Math & Science Club classes for the younger set on Thursday afternoons. The winter session's Math and Science Club "over view" topics will be oceanography and decimals.
To register for these classes and many more (including Cooking, Art, and Karate) please visit the Crystal Lake Park District web page.
At the Crystal Lake Park District I am offering a 6 week Junior High and High School Genetics class on Monday afternoons and Math & Science Club classes for the younger set on Thursday afternoons. The winter session's Math and Science Club "over view" topics will be oceanography and decimals.
To register for these classes and many more (including Cooking, Art, and Karate) please visit the Crystal Lake Park District web page.
Oct 21, 2012
Late Fall Crystal Lake Park District classes start this week!
So many classes to choose from!
| 4243-1 | Home School Enrichment Karate | Session 021 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 10/25/12 | 12/06/12 | TH | 12:00pm to 1:00pm | Rotary Building | 3-8 years | $ 50.00 | $ 57.00 | 11/22 | ||
| 4243-2 | Home School Enrichment Art | 33 | 2 | 0 | 10/25/12 | 12/06/12 | TH | 11:00am to 12:00pm | Rotary Building | 4-7 years | $ 40.00 | $ 46.00 | ||||
| 4243-3 | Home School Math and Science Club | Session 033 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10/25/12 | 12/06/12 | TH | 2:15pm to 3:15pm | Rotary Building | 8-11 years | $ 45.00 | $ 51.00 | 11/22 | ||
| 4243-4 | Pen and Mouse Club House Artist | Session 036 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10/25/12 | 12/06/12 | TH | 2:00pm to 3:00pm | Rotary Building | 6-16 years | $ 75.00 | $ 85.00 | 11/22 | ||
| 4243-5 | Home School Enrichment Karate II | 9 | 6 | 0 | 10/25/12 | 12/06/12 | TH | 1:00pm to 2:00pm | Rotary Building | 8-99 years | $ 50.00 | $ 57.00 | 11/22 | |||
| 4243-6 | Home School Science: Chemistry | Session 037 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 10/29/12 | 12/03/12 | MO | 2:15pm to 4:00pm | Rotary Building | 14-18 years | $ 80.00 | $ 90.00 | 11/22 | ||
| 4243-7 | Home School-Girls Club | Session 035 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10/25/12 | 12/06/12 | TH | 3:15pm to 4:30pm | Rotary Building | 6-99 years | $ 10.00 | $ 15.00 | 11/22 | ||
| 4243-8 | Home School Enrichment Art | Session 030 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 10/25/12 | 12/06/12 | TH | 10:00am to 11:00am | Rotary Building | 7-99 years | $ 34.00 | $ 40.00 | |||
| 4243-9 | Home School Enrichment Cooking | Session 029 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 10/25/12 | 12/06/12 | TH | 11:15am to 12:15pm | Rotary Building | 7-12 years | $ 43.00 | $ 49.00 | 11/22 | ||
| 4442-1 |
http://inet-reg.crystallakeparks.org/
Sep 27, 2012
STEMfest 2012 is October 20th!
STEMfest 2012 is October 20th
10 AM to 5 PM at the NIU Convocation Center
- Hands-on activities such as navigating a laser maze
- Exhibitors such as NIU's Davis Hall Observatory
- Demonstrations of technologies and intriguing science phenomena including our popular Creepy Chemistry and Haunted Physics Labs
- Fun for people of all ages!http://www.stemfest.niu.edu/stemfest/
Aug 26, 2012
Crystal Lake classes start next week!
To register, please visit:
http://inet-reg.
Home School-High School Science
Grades 9-12 6 Weeks
These classes are designed for high school students and advanced junior high students. The schedule is organized like this to take best advantage of the weather and the best conditions for each level. It is also important to be studying Chemistry for a weeks before starting most labs. The instructor will provide
materials and assignments for the students, and will support the choice of textbook.
Biology: Microscopic Life Survey
This course consists of 12 hours (over 6 weeks) of high school level biology microscope exercises and related discussions. Lab work will include lessons in lab safety, microscope work (including
making and staining slides) and microscopic life. Each student will make their own lab notebook of algae, protozoa, and microscopic life forms and learn how to use a biologic key. Students should
be currently studying High School Biology and be prepared to do some reading in between classes. These labs follow every major curriculum requirement for microscopic work. Additional lab fee of $20 for materials will need to be paid to instructor.
Environmental Chemistry Lab
This course consists of 12 hours (over 6 weeks) of high school level chemistry laboratory exercises and related discussions while stressing the chemistry of earth’s environment. Lab work will include lessons in lab safety, metric measurements, density, acids and bases, titration, precipitates, endo and exothermic reactions,
chromatography, and more. Students should be currently studying High School Chemistry and be prepared to do some reading in between classes. These labs will fulfill about half of every major curricula requirement for chemistry lab work. Additional Lab fee of $10 for materials will need to be paid to instructor.
Rotary Building Min. 4/Max. 20
Program Fee: $90 Kathy Wentz
Resident Discount Fee: $80
CODE DAY DATES TIME
Biology
4242-6 M 2:15-4 PM Sep 10-Oct 22*
Chemistry
4243-6 M 2:15-4 PM Oct 29-Dec 3
*No class Oct. 8.
http://inet-reg.
Home School-High School Science
Grades 9-12 6 Weeks
These classes are designed for high school students and advanced junior high students. The schedule is organized like this to take best advantage of the weather and the best conditions for each level. It is also important to be studying Chemistry for a weeks before starting most labs. The instructor will provide
materials and assignments for the students, and will support the choice of textbook.
Biology: Microscopic Life Survey
This course consists of 12 hours (over 6 weeks) of high school level biology microscope exercises and related discussions. Lab work will include lessons in lab safety, microscope work (including
making and staining slides) and microscopic life. Each student will make their own lab notebook of algae, protozoa, and microscopic life forms and learn how to use a biologic key. Students should
be currently studying High School Biology and be prepared to do some reading in between classes. These labs follow every major curriculum requirement for microscopic work. Additional lab fee of $20 for materials will need to be paid to instructor.
Environmental Chemistry Lab
This course consists of 12 hours (over 6 weeks) of high school level chemistry laboratory exercises and related discussions while stressing the chemistry of earth’s environment. Lab work will include lessons in lab safety, metric measurements, density, acids and bases, titration, precipitates, endo and exothermic reactions,
chromatography, and more. Students should be currently studying High School Chemistry and be prepared to do some reading in between classes. These labs will fulfill about half of every major curricula requirement for chemistry lab work. Additional Lab fee of $10 for materials will need to be paid to instructor.
Rotary Building Min. 4/Max. 20
Program Fee: $90 Kathy Wentz
Resident Discount Fee: $80
CODE DAY DATES TIME
Biology
4242-6 M 2:15-4 PM Sep 10-Oct 22*
Chemistry
4243-6 M 2:15-4 PM Oct 29-Dec 3
*No class Oct. 8.
Home School Math & Science Club
Ages 8-11 6 Weeks
Each week, we will explore math and science topics with hands on games or activities designed to help students get a deeper understanding of the topics while supporting vocabulary and memorization skills in a fun and engaging way. Math topics will include multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, consumer math and Roman numerals. Science topics will include the scientific method, chemistry, the environment, oceanography and using a microscope. There will be weekly handouts offering suggestions of activities, books to read, documentaries to watch, and/or games to play at home.
Rotary Building Min. 4/Max. 10
Program Fee: $51 Kathy Wentz
Resident Discount Fee: $45
CODE DAY DATES TIME
4242-3 Th Sep 6-Oct 11 2:15-3:15 PM
4243-3 Th Oct 25-Dec 6* 2:15-3:15 PM
*No class Nov 22.
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