Manchester Area Homeschoolers
September 25, 2010
Parent Support Newsletter
WEBSITE:  http://manchnh-homeschoolers.tripod.com/ 
Editor:  Kimberly Lacerte
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" Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."
-- William Butler Yeats 
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CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE
1.  Overview of our September meeting
2.  Newsletter Editor and Webmaster (Mistress) Still Needed

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1.  Overview of our September meeting

We had an excellent turn out for this month’s meeting.  We talked about the different homeschooling styles from a highly structured school like environment in the home to relaxed/unschooling, which is sometimes called child led learning.  The style of homeschooling that you choose depends on your teaching style, your child’s learning style, and what works for your schedule and needs.  Most families fall somewhere within the continuum between highly structured and no structure.  There is no right choice, except what is right for your family.  If it works, it’s right.  If it’s not working, make changes until it works.

Our support group meets at Barnes and Noble’s on South Willow St., Manchester on the 3rd Sunday of each month from 6:30 - 8:30pm.  We meet in the café out back and Maureen Doyle is our facilitator.  Maureen usually sends an Email just before the meeting to give us the topic for discussion.  Our next meeting is October 17, 2010.  
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2. Newsletter Editor and Webmaster (Mistress) Still Needed

I will be retiring from homeschooling in 2011 when my youngest goes to West High School in Manchester.  It's his choice to attend West and I'm actually looking forward to the next phase of my education journey.  This also means that our group will need someone or ones to handle the things I usually handle for the group.

We have a volunteer to facilitate the monthly homeschooling meetings.  Anyone out there who would be interested in learning how to maintain the website or write the monthly newsletter, please let me know!  

Specifically, I do the following with the website and monthly newsletter:  (1) edit this newsletter, (2) maintain the MA Homeschoolers website, (3) moderate the Yahoo Group, and (4) manage the Email.  All told, I spend about 3 hours a month on all of these tasks.  

Please contact me if you are interested.  I'd like to start transitioning these tasks over sooner rather than later so I know you are comfortable with the tasks before I retire.

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All notifications I have received have been forwarded to the Yahoo Group.  Please review your Email or the postings on the Yahoo Group for event and activity information.
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