Manchester Area Homeschoolers
September 22, 2009
September Newsletter

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Parents Support Group

This month we discussed some basics of homeschooling and how to handle homeschooling when some of your children are homeschooled and some are in public school or what to do when your homeschooled child wants to attend public school.  The right choice for each child is what is best for that child.  Some children really do thrive in public school environments, others need the extra benefits that homeschooling provides.
 
We meet the 3rd Sunday of each month at Barnes and Nobles on South Willow St. Manchester, NH from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. Hope to see you there! 

Log-on to groups.yahoo.com and join our discussion group manchesterhomeschoolers to ask more questions and add your own ideas.

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Celebrating the Fall Harvest – Homeschool Classes

Fee: $20 M/$24 NM per class
Ages: 7-11

Discover the joys of harvesting and eating local foods – especially foods with fascinating natural and cultural histories of their own. Each class will focus on a traditional New England fall food, its history at Prescott Farm and how it plays a part in the overall ecology of the farm. Each class will include a walk or time in the garden, a story, and a cooking project that will build on kids’ sense of place in New England.

Wednesday, September 23; 10:00-2:00 Herbs: Tea & Butters
Wednesday, October 7; 10:00-2:00   Walnuts, Butternuts & Acorns
Wednesday, October 21; 10:00-2:00  Pumpkins & Potatoes   
Wednesday, November 4; 10:00-2:00  Apples: Sauce & Cider
Wednesday, November 18; 10:00-2:00 Cranberries

To sign up, please contact:
Sarah W. Dunham
Environmental Educator
Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center
928 White Oaks Road
Laconia, NH 03246
phone | 603.366.5695
fax | 603.366.5720
www.prescottconservancy.org

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Martial Arts Classes for Homeschoolers

Where: RTH Martial Arts and Wellness here in Weare
Who:   Suzanne and Michael Couhie
What:  Homeschool Taekwondo training during daytime hours
Contact:  529-2090 (h) during day 529-5425 (w) evenings 5-7pm

We would need a minimum of 12 students to begin a day program. We teach ages 5 through Adults.

Class times would be 2:30 to 3:30 (1 hr.) twice a week (either Mon./Weds. or Tues./Thurs.)

Membership is $75 per month.

We ask a minimum 6 month commitment (no contracts) as this type of training takes time to integrate into one's being.

website: www.nhkick.com

***************************************************************Exchange City! 

Exchange City is a remarkable hands-on learning experience for Middle and High School aged students. Exchange City applies Math, Language Arts, Financial Literacy, Civics, Technology Skills, Team Work, and essential Life Skills, in a real world setting.

The experience combines an exciting standards-based curriculum that can be taught in the home school environment, followed by a field trip visit to our life-size, state-of-the-art city run by students.

We would like to invite you to learn more about the program and you and your homeschoolers to join us. Please visit us at www.enterprisecity.org or call us at 603-430-0091. 
We look forward to hearing from you and working together towards a beneficial learning experience for your children. 

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Anna Hanks
Director
Enterprise City New Hampshire
PO Box 368
Portsmouth, NH 03802

Ph: 603-430-0091
Fax: 603-217-5869

www.enterprisecity.org 

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Education Dates for Teachers

The McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord, NH announces
educator orientations to tour the new Discovery Center and learn about its various educational tools and offerings -- including samples of our new Experience Programs; outreach possibilities, including a demonstration of our portable Discovery Dome; a taste of shows offered in the planetarium theater; and more. Refreshments will be served. 

Dates are set for Saturday, October 3rd from 9 AM to 12 PM, and
Wednesday, October 7th from 4 to 7:30 PM. 
RSVP by September 29th - call 271-7827 

More info on all workshops, programs and events posted online
at www.starhop.com.

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Shakespeare Faire

Perform It! Young People’s Stage Company will hold their second annual Shakespeare Faire with acting, theater, and Shakespeare presented in a fun, hands-on, all-day workshop. 

At this year's Faire students will be learning the inner workings of putting on a Shakespeare play including how to apply stage makeup, how to design stage costumes, how stage lights work, and what is involved backstage to make a show happen. Participants will learn about Elizabethan history and meet Shakespeare’s wife, Anne Hathaway, and their children Judith, Hamnet, and Susannah Shakespeare in a living timeline. 

The day's activities will culminate in an opportunity to act in a scene from a Shakespearean play with the help of trained, young Perform It! actors. This is a lively, hands-on, educational opportunity that you won’t want to miss. Open to all students grades 6 – 12. 

When:  	Thursday October 22, 2009   8:45 - 3:00pm
		Friday October 23, 2009  8:45 - 3:00pm

Where: Village Players Theater, Glendon Street, Wolfeboro, NH. 
Cost:  $30 per student for the entire day (either day)
Contact:  Jenny Watson for more information at 603-524-3736 
Website:  www.PerformItStageCompany.org

Download an application at the website.