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Hi,


I started another reply and I think I lost it (or this will be duplicate)

SW MI is great for homeschoolers because there are so many of us :) 

In addition to what has already been mentioned there are several homeschool co-ops in the area.

The closer you get to St Joseph the easier it is to take advantage of all it has to offer.  Summer is awesome with many free and family friendly activities, brown bag lunch concerts, the fountain, beaches, festivals almost weekly in the summer and others all year through, great library programs in St Joseph and Lincoln Township.     Krasl, Box Factory, Sarett and Love Creek Nature Centers, offer home school classes and after school classes, and of course Curious Kids and Discovery Museums are fun to visit.

Welcome to the area!

Mary Ann Annis

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Julie,

I recommend you settle in MI.  St. Joseph along the lakeshore is nice.  I live in Dowagiac, which is a nice small town with little festivals throughout the year, some parks, a couple nature preserves, a community college, a small downtown of shops and restaurants, a nice little library, etc.  Housing tends to be a little more affordable than in some of the surrounding places.  We love it here.

Niles/Buchanan is a nice area, too--it's near Fernwood, a large nature center/pubic gardens place that has summer daycamps for kids--I attended them when I was a kid, and my older son did also.

Curious Kids museum in St. Joe (St. Joseph), Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend, Fernwood near Buchanan, art museums in Kalamazoo and South Bend, a larger zoo in Battle Creek, Love Creek Nature Center, the beaches along the lakeshore, lots of lakes and woods for caning, walking, fishing, camping, etc., lots of stuff to do in Chicago...there's lots of stuff to do around the area.

The two Partnerships are great--Berrien Springs and Niles.  Definitely a good thing to get involved with.  My son (16) takes college classes in Dowagiac, participates in an orchestra ensemble in Niles, and attends Boy Scouts in Berrien Springs.  My little guy (4) goes to story time at the library in Dowagiac and Niles, and attends monthly programs at Berrien Springs library.  We have had memberships to Fernwood, Potawatomi Zoo (current) and Curious Kids Museum.

--Andrea


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 Name: Julie Bunnell
Husband's Name: Jon
Childrens' First names/ages: Joshua-8, Jessica-7, Josiah-5, Jonny-2
Where you are from: We are currently in NY, but will be moving to the area within the next few months.
Curriculum using: I use several different ones. I like Saxon Math, All About Reading, God's Design for science, etc. I like to evaluate each subject individually.
Intersts in Group involvement: I am very interested in finding out what all this group has to offer.
Any questions for the group: We will be very new to the area, so I would appreciate everyone's opinions on where to settle. Anything you can tell me about the area would be great!


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Hi Julie,

The Niles and Berrien Springs Partnerships are a real blessing for area homeschoolers. When your kids get to high school age they can get dual enrollment college classes paid for through the Partnerships too. The first two years of college can be done for free that way.

Silver beach in St. Joe is a favorite spot for our family. Exploring the art galleries in Saugatuck is fun too. The plays at the Mendel Center at Lake Michigan College in Benton Harbor are high quality. They have a series for kids each year that we always enjoyed.

My kids are grown now, but we homeschooled for 20 years. There's lots to do in this area. It's the fruit belt....pick blueberries, raspberries, apples, peaches, etc. and make jam, freeze for smoothies, and of course, eat a ton while picking. The Chicago museums are a great day trip. In winter there is snow boarding and skiing to learn.

I believe LMC is adding a Fab Lab to it's Benton Harbor campus too. I don't know when it will open, but when it does, classes there will be great for all age kids.

Kathy Joyce
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[homeschoolhub] Re: activities and programs available to you in Saint Joe, Covert area.

 

Julie. welcome to the area! My husband and I moved here from Philadelphia,PA not too long ago and we live in Saint Joseph, MI.  We have seven children ranging in ages from 2 yo to 15 yo.

Please feel free to contact me, I'd love to answer your questions and share with you activities and programs available to you which do not involve enrolling with a local school district. The homeschooling liberties in Michigan are such a wonderful attribute to appreciate.  
 
Jennifer Siek
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(610) 945-7895

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The reason I ask is that in Michigan you can tap into the local school districts for non-core classes.  Berrien Springs and Niles has taken that up a notch and created programs geared just to homeschoolers called Partnerships. You have to be Michigan resident to participate.  It doesn't matter what town in Michigan you are in to participate in either partnership.  What this means is that if you want to take classes at the YMCA, art lessons or private music lessons, etc, these partnerships can pay for them.  I am the director for the Niles Partnership and Sharon Haynes is the director for the Berrien Springs Partnership.   My website is currently being updated with Fall classes, but I do have a few resources up.  Sharon's program is pretty identical to mine and shows a lot of classes we both tap into.  My website should be all up and ready for registration by July 1st.  I believe Sharon will have hers updated by then too.  The Perimeters for both programs are on their websites.

Here is the link to mine.


Michigan has implemented a new seatwaiver that will apply to grades k-5 so as soon as we get ours approved I will be changing our website to reflect that option.  If you look at Seatwaiver guidelines, you will be able to see what that will look like for K-5 grades too.

If you have any questions just let me know.


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Hi Gail,
     My husband will be working in Covert. We were looking to go between there and St Joseph. 




On Mar 28, 2015, at 9:52 AM, Gail Bliss blissfamily@gmail.com [homeschoolhub] <homeschoolhub@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Where, in our area, will you be living?  Michigan or Indiana?

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 Name: Julie Bunnell
Husband's Name: Jon
Childrens' First names/ages: Joshua-8, Jessica-7, Josiah-5, Jonny-2
Where you are from: We are currently in NY, but will be moving to the area within the next few months.
Curriculum using: I use several different ones. I like Saxon Math, All About Reading, God's Design for science, etc. I like to evaluate each subject individually.
Intersts in Group involvement: I am very interested in finding out what all this group has to offer.
Any questions for the group: We will be very new to the area, so I would appreciate everyone's opinions on where to settle. Anything you can tell me about the area would be great!



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Gail Bliss






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Hi Gail,
     My husband will be working in Covert. We were looking to go between there and St Joseph. 




On Mar 28, 2015, at 9:52 AM, Gail Bliss blissfamily@gmail.com [homeschoolhub] <homeschoolhub@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Where, in our area, will you be living?  Michigan or Indiana?

On Saturday, March 28, 2015, Jon and Julie Bunnell jbunnell2003@yahoo.com [homeschoolhub] <homeschoolhub@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

 
 Name: Julie Bunnell
Husband's Name: Jon
Childrens' First names/ages: Joshua-8, Jessica-7, Josiah-5, Jonny-2
Where you are from: We are currently in NY, but will be moving to the area within the next few months.
Curriculum using: I use several different ones. I like Saxon Math, All About Reading, God's Design for science, etc. I like to evaluate each subject individually.
Intersts in Group involvement: I am very interested in finding out what all this group has to offer.
Any questions for the group: We will be very new to the area, so I would appreciate everyone's opinions on where to settle. Anything you can tell me about the area would be great!



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Gail Bliss



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Where, in our area, will you be living?  Michigan or Indiana?

On Saturday, March 28, 2015, Jon and Julie Bunnell jbunnell2003@yahoo.com [homeschoolhub] <homeschoolhub@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

 
 Name: Julie Bunnell
Husband's Name: Jon
Childrens' First names/ages: Joshua-8, Jessica-7, Josiah-5, Jonny-2
Where you are from: We are currently in NY, but will be moving to the area within the next few months.
Curriculum using: I use several different ones. I like Saxon Math, All About Reading, God's Design for science, etc. I like to evaluate each subject individually.
Intersts in Group involvement: I am very interested in finding out what all this group has to offer.
Any questions for the group: We will be very new to the area, so I would appreciate everyone's opinions on where to settle. Anything you can tell me about the area would be great!



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Gail Bliss



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 Name: Julie Bunnell
Husband's Name: Jon
Childrens' First names/ages: Joshua-8, Jessica-7, Josiah-5, Jonny-2
Where you are from: We are currently in NY, but will be moving to the area within the next few months.
Curriculum using: I use several different ones. I like Saxon Math, All About Reading, God's Design for science, etc. I like to evaluate each subject individually.
Intersts in Group involvement: I am very interested in finding out what all this group has to offer.
Any questions for the group: We will be very new to the area, so I would appreciate everyone's opinions on where to settle. Anything you can tell me about the area would be great!

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[homeschoolhub] high school class planning with Landry Academy

 

Landry Academy offers classes, Intensives, retreats you name it. If anyone is interested in bulk ordering at an extreme discount with someone local, please let me know, we will be trying their services out this year for a few classes. 

Generics can be ordered 80% off 18 months in advance for those planning ahead. read below


 
 

Greetings Homeschooling Family,

We receive lots of questions about high school class
planning. So, we put together a guide that we think
will be very helpful to all homeschooling families
with children in or approaching the high school years.

Please consider forwarding this class planning guide
to your homeschool group and your homeschooling
friends...

Our New Class / Course Planning Guide

It's now on our site to give you guidance for four tracks:

- Traditional / College Prep Track
- Classical Track
- Science / Math / Engineering Track
- Vocational Track

You can see them here...
http://www.landryacademy.com/parents/courseplanning
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So many people tell us, "I wish I had known about
Landry Academy and the big discounts sooner." Please
forward this message to your homeschooling friends
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Ends March 3 or sooner if they fill.

Registering for "generic semesters" allows you to
take advantage of huge early registration discounts
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-- Here's How it Works..

Purchase 50 generic semesters for $58 each!

NOTE: To get the huge discount you can also share
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directed to other people by emailing our enrollment team
with their names and contact information.

For example...

If you would like to take advantage of the 85% discount
but don't want 50 generics for your family, you can get other
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One of you purchases the 50 generics online for $2900
and then you can email our enrollment team at any time
( mailto:Enrollment@LandryAcademy.com )
with the names and email addresses of the other families,
indicating how many of the generics should go to each
family. It's that simple and you all get the huge discount.

Ends March 3 or sooner if they fill.

To Register for 50 Generic 2016-17 Semesters...

Go to our course catalog, and from the
" Select School Year" drop-down menu, select
"Generic Class Semesters Summer 2016 & Beyond"
Then click submit...
http://www.landryacademy.com/live-classes/course-catalog
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- Open: Registration for Specific 2015-16 Online Classes

Please forward this to your homeschool group and your
homeschooling friends.

As you may know, we just opened specific 2015-16 online
class registration and published our schedule of classes
for summer 2015, fall 2015 and spring 2016. It's a long
list with lots of new classes.

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You can see an alphabetical list of all our online
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- Redeeming Generic Online Class Semesters

If you have generic semesters for 2015-16, you can redeem
them and convert them to specific online classes...

1. Email us - mailto:Generics@LandryAcademy.com
2. Subject line: Redeeming Generic Semesters
3. In the body of the email message:
- Parent name
- Student name
- Section title (including day and time) of the class(es).
We'll use your generic(s) to register your student(s) for the
specific class(es) you request and we'll send you a confirmation
email message.
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Please don't hesitate to contact us if we can help
with anything..
mailto:Enrollment@LandryAcademy.com

Blessings,

Greg

Greg Landry
Homeschool Dad
Former College Professor
Founder and Director, Landry Academy


Jennifer Siek
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[homeschoolhub] Skate Correction- date is Tuesday March 10, 2015

 

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Sorry for the error! Correct date is Tuesday March 10, 2015 for the Pizza Party Skate 
Roller Skating Tuesday March 10, 2015 1-3pm

Lakeshore Roller Club is sponsoring Roller Skating (family friendly music) at Lakeshore Roller World Stevensville, Michigan, a large, beautiful skating facility with other Michiana homeschool moms and young people. 
$5.50 p/person. Wouldn't be the same without you, our visitors! Join regular club members for an afternoon of exercise and fun.
 
Jennifer Siek
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