June 2013
Announcements
Summer Freedom Pass from TransIT for area youth: Students ages 13-18 can ride all some on Transit for a $10 pass. See more info here on this great resource for getting to summer jobs, malls, restaurants and more.
Boy Scouts of America Troop 3711: Troop 3711 of Monrovia, MD meets at Oakdale Middle School on Thursday nights and would love to have any interested boys, ages 11-18 join us for a meeting! We have a very active troop with great boys. Please check out our website at http://troop3711.scoutlander.com/ You may also contact one of our Committee Chairs, Chris Henry at cmh62@comcast.net or 301-606-1622 for more information. We hope to see you at one of our meetings!
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Homeschoolers in the News
(NEW) Homeschooling on the Rise in Virginia
Link: www.fairfaxtimes.com, May 24, 2013
(NEW) New First Lego League at ShepRobo
Link: www.journal-new.net, May 11, 2013
Homeschooling Gives Freedom to Students and Parents
Link: www.towncourier.com, April 27, 2013
Homeschoolers learn financial literacy by taking part in town simulation
Link: CarrollCountyTimes.com, April 2, 2013
12-year-old Abby Pepin wins Baltimore spelling bee
Link: Baltimore News Journal, March 19, 2013
Accokeek home-schooled student wins Prince George’s spelling bee in 28th round
Link: Gazette.net, Jamie Anfenson-Comeau, March 16, 2013
Study: Homeschoolers get more sleep, may be better prepared to learn
Link: Washington Post, Valerie Strauss, March 12, 2013
Bill would allow home-schoolers on public-school teams
Link: Frederick News Post, March 3, 2013
Bowie Teen Fencer Wins National, International Gold Medals
Link: Bowie Patch, December 20, 2012
2012 Siemens Competition: Sam Pritt From Walkersville Wins $40,000 Prize
Link: Siemens Foundation: 2012 Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology
MSO, Choral Arts, Soloists and Santa Make Audience feel Home for the Holidays
Link: HeraldMail.com, December 12, 2012
Bible Bee Contestant Wins $100,000 After Three-Way Tiebreaker
Link: Christian Post, November 19, 2012
Teen’s Geolocation Project Wins Prize: Seeks $100,000 Award in National Competition
Link: Frederick News Post, November 8, 2012
The Year I Went to School and Why I Left
Link: Ruthie Goping (Silver Spring, MD homeschooler), Huffington Post, November 6, 2012
Frederick County Teen Wins Regional Science Competition
Link: Washington Post, November 4, 2012
What the Harvard Admissions Director Thinks
Link: New York Magazine, October 14, 2012
Hidden Rival of Charter School Growth
Link: Jay Matthews, Washington Post, October 7, 2012
Homeschool Advantage
Link: Sara Taylor, SoMDNews.com, October 5, 2012
DC Parents Choosing to Homeschool Their Children
Link: Janice Darcy, Washington Post, September 6, 2012
My Education in Homeschooling
Link: Quinn Cummings, Wall Street Journal Online, July 27, 2012
Homeschooling Goes Mainstream in Maryland
Link: Dana Amihere, www.thesentinel.com, June 6, 2012
African Americans Increasingly Turn to Homeschooling
Link: Garrett Tenney, FoxNews.com, June 16, 2012
Homeschooled Teens Ripe For College
Link: Kelsey Sheehy, US News and World Report, June 1, 2012
Frederick homeschoolers claim top prize in national competition
Link: Blair Ames, Frederick News Post, April 24, 2012
Homeschoolers Don't Just Stay Home
Link: Jill Caryl Weiner, NY Times, March 14, 2012
Gaithersburg students take top spot in regional Science Olympiad
LInk: Peggy McEwan, www.gazette.com, March 14, 2012
Frederick County students make math count
Twenty students being sent to state-level competition
Link: Staff writer, www.gazette.com, February 9, 2012
Voices in Education: Hagara Emira
Link: by Peggy McEwan, www.gazette.com, February 8, 2012
Maryland History Day students honored in Annapolis- Three Bethesda students among honorees
Link: Peggy McEwan, www.gazette.com, February 1, 2012
Muslim Families Turn to Homeschooling
Link: Daniel Jackson, The Washington Times, February 21, 2012
Tim Tebow Debate: Should Homeschoolers Be Allowed on Public-School Sports Teams?
Link: Andrew J. Rotherman, www.Time.com, February 16, 2012
Pasadena Homeschoolers Get Off to a Fast Start in 2012
Link: www.pasadenavoice.com, January 25, 2012
Major Victory for Homeschool Graduates Enlisting in the Military
Link: www.hlsda.org, January 13, 2012
Two Families, Two Takes on Virtual Schooling
Link: Heidi Mitchell, Wall Street Journal Online, December 15, 2011
Carroll County Group Promotes Music for All Ages
Link: Katie V. Jones, Baltimore Sun, December 4, 2011
A Homeschooler Goes To College
Link: Kate Fridkis, www.salon.com, November 12, 2011
My Parents Were Homeschooling Anarchists
Link: Margaret Heidenry, New York Times, November 8, 2011
High Marks for Home Schooling, a Small Study Finds
Link: Meredith Melnick, Time: Healthland, September 15, 2011
Homeschool Co-ops Tap Pooled Resources
Link: Jim Carleton, Wall Street Journal Online, September 8, 2011
Curtain Falls on All Efforts to Raise Compulsory School Age
Link: HSLDA, www.hslda.org, August 31, 2011
Number of Homeschooled Students Down Slightly In Maryland
Link: Alessa Giampaolo, Owings Mills Patch, August 1, 2011
Thurmont teen's art to grace U.S. Capitol
Link: Frederick News Post, July 14, 2011, originally published May 19, 2011
After Home Schooling, Pomp and Traditional Circumstances
Link: New York Times, Tamar Lewin, June 18, 2011
(NEW) Arundel Homeschoolers Host Curriculum Fair
Link: Patch.com, June 9, 2011
(NEW) Students Earn Scholarships for Environmental Studies
Link: Gazette.net, June 8, 2011
Cyber-schooled Students: Pentagon Snubs Our Service
Link: AP on news.yahoo.com, May 9, 2011
Two HCC Students Part of NASA Scholar Program
Link: www.explorehoward.com, May 18, 2011
Local Homeschooled Student a Presidential Scholar
Link: Inside Ed, Baltimore Sun, May 12, 2011
Umbrella Diplomas Problematic for Maryland Law Enforcement Jobs
Link: HSLDA website, www.hslda.org, May 4, 2011
Homechoolers in Eldersburg
Link: Eldersburg.net, Laurel Robinson, April 28, 2011
Local Homeschooled Student a Presidential Scholar
Link: Baltimore Sun, May 12, 2011
In Spite of Top Ranked Schools, Some Carroll County Families Choose to Educate at Home
Link: Westminster Patch, Kim Byrnes, March 23, 2011
Home schooling's appeal spreads to mainstream
Link: www.Reuters.com, Lauren Keiper, March 16, 2011
Ending home-school stereotypes
Link: Omaha World-Herald, Joe Dejka, February 13, 2011
Do Homeschoolers Deserve a Tax Break?
Link: New York Times, January 5, 2011
Colleges Nationwide Recruit College Grads
Link: Christian News Wire, January 4, 2011
Chesapeake Sees Spike in Homeschooled Students
Link: PilotOnline.com, Hampton Roads, December 26, 2010
Race to Nowhere - Are High Schools Hurting Our Students?
Link: Huffington Post, Kate Fridkis, December 14, 2010
Colleges Now Required to Determine “Validity” of High School Diplomas
Link: HSLDA website, www.hslda.org, November 2, 2010
Class Dismissed: 3DStoryFilms Working on Documentary About Homeschooling
Link: Learning Freely Network, October 10, 2010
Who Homeschools in DC-And Why?
Link: NBC4 Blog, PJ Orvetti, September 28, 2010
At School At Home, Homeschooling in DC
Link: NBC4 Blog, PJ Orvetti, September 25, 2010
As Homeschooling Moves to Mainstream, Stigma Fades
Link: MSNBC, September 28, 2010
Achieving Techno-Literacy
Link: NY Times, Kevin Kelly, September 16, 2010
Charles County Rattles Saber, Promptly Retreats
Link: www.hsdla.org, September 10, 2010
Homeschooling for Trendy Brooklynites, Or People Like Me (Editor's note: interesting post by adult who was unschooled)
Link: Huffington Post , Kate Fridkis, August 26, 2010
School's In
Link: NY Times, August 18, 2010
School at Home
Link: Frederick News Post, Editorial, August 23, 2010
Students Go To Head of Class with Homeschooling
Link: Frederick News Post, Marge Neal, August 22, 2010
Deciding to Homeschool
Link: NY Times, Motherlode - Adventures in Parenting Blog, Lisa Belkin, August 17, 2010
Set Your Kids Free with Some Free Range Learning (Book Review)
Link: www.wired.com, Geek Dad blog, August 15, 2010
New Study Shows Homeschoolers Succeeding in College
Link: www.hsdla.org, August 3, 2010
Valedictorian's Speech: "When I leave educational institutionalism, will I be successful or forever lost?"
Link: Washington Times, Helping to Homeschool Blog, Amie Beal, July 25, 2010
Cab Schooled Students Earned Ticket to Harvard
Link: National Public Radio (NPR) transcript, July 20, 2010
Can Homeschoolers Do Well in College?
Link: www.moneywatch.bnet.com, Lynn O'Shaunessey, The College Solution, July 20, 2010
Homeschool Ban in Sweden Forces Families to Mull Leaving
Link: Washington Times, July 18, 2010
Homeschool Options - Curriculum or Not
Link: ABC News, Carole Feldman, Associated Press, July 13, 2010
Home Schooled Champs
Link: Frederick News Post, June 29, 2010
Homeschooled Students Bring Home National LifeSmarts Title
Link: Frederick News Post, June 27, 2010
Friends hope to find friends for lonely animals, seniors
Link: Frederick News Post, May 09, 2010
Homeschool Leaders Go to Washington
Link: www.hsdla.org, May 11, 2010
Classical Conversations: an editorial by Sam Bennett
Link: Frederick News Post, April 27, 2010
Homeschool Guilt: When a Child Returns to Public School
Link: Psychologytoday.com, April 10, 2010
Book Review: Love in a Time of Homeschooling
Link: Washington Post, April 6, 2010
Homeschoolers Do Well in FCPS Science and Engineering Fair
Link: fcpl.org, website of Frederick County Public Schools
Homeschooling on the Rise in Fairfax County
Link: Washington Post, April 1, 2010
Why Our Kids Don't Go to Kindergarten
Link: Salon Magazine, March 15, 2010
Frederick County Christian Homeschoolers Place 4th in Local MathCounts Competition
Link: Frederick News Post, March 9, 2010
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses Yearning to Homeschool
Link: Time Magazine, March 10, 2010
Children Teach Themselves to Read: Unschoolers' accounts of how their children taught themselves to read.
Link: Psychology Today, blog of Peter Gray, February 24, 2010
Beat the Burnout
Link: Washington Times, February 24, 2010
Muslims turning to home schooling in increasing numbers
Link: Washington Post, February 21, 2010
High Schools to Offer Plan to Graduate 2 Years Early
Link: New York Times, February 17, 2010
Homeschoolers Fight For Access to Public School Teams
Link: Sports Illustrated, January 14, 2010
Homeschooling Grows Up
Link: Washington Times, December 13, 2009
Homeschoolers Thrive at Bees
Link: The Washington Times, November 22, 2009
Home is Where the School Is
Link: The Capital-Hometown Annapolis, November 15, 2009
If School Is Cool, We Win
Link: BaltimoreMagazine.net, November 13, 2009
Homeschooling, How We Do It (Part 2 of 2)
Link: Salon Magazine, October 19, 2009
Owner Eyes Growth for Homeschooling Website
Link: Maryland Gazette Business, October 22, 2009
Home School
Editorial by local homeschooling dad, Sam Bennett, in FNP
Link: The Frederick News Post, October 13, 2009
Confessions of a Homeschooler (Part I of 2)
Link: Salon Magazine, September 28, 2009
From Homeschooling to Unschooling
Parents believe in letting children set the pace
Link: The Baltimore Sun, September 3, 2009
Telos Academy at Mindworks Gets New Director
Educational program for homeschoolers gets new director
Link: Frederick News Post, August 8, 2009
A Child's Greeting to the President
Link: Frederick News Post, April 5, 2009
Parents Discuss the Value of Homeschooling
Local parent discusses pros and cons of homeschooling in Frederick County
Link: Frederick News Post, January 23, 2008
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