Marriage Rally
Show your support for HB 437
Legislation that returns to genuine marriage - one man & one woman

New Hampshire State House
107 North Main St. Concord

12:00 noon on Tuesday
February 7, 2012

Please arrive by 11:45 am

I recommend that people write and bring with them a note to the Governor and a note for their Senator asking them both to support HB 437. People can deliver them in person or leave them for us to deliver on their behalf. Those coming to Concord can bring letters from others who cannot make it next Tuesday. I hope everyone will make an effort to inform their elected officials how they feel about this issue.

If you have any questions or need

more information, please call any time at

(603) 894-6987

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Representative David Bates
Chairman House Election Law Committee
Vice Chair Special Committee on Redistricting
David.Bates@leg.state.nh.us
LOB Room 308
(603) 271-3319
Hm. 894-6987

There are several home education bills that are worth looking at and potentially supporting. Would you please let the other home schoolers know about these bills.

The final executive session is tomorrow for these bills. The committee needs to hear from home education parents.
the email address for the committee is: ~HouseEducationCommittee@leg.state.nh.us

HB1571: Removes the need for turning in the annual evaluations and eliminates the ability of the Superintendent, commissioner or principal terminate the program for failure to educate.
Here is a portion of an internal discussion on the HEC committee:

UPDATE: HB1571- that one just passed 17-0 with a recommendation of Ought to Pass out of the House Education Committee. So we'll want to watch for the full House vote on that bill

http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2012/HB1571.html

If possible I would like to speak to the group on this bill.

The other bills to look at are:
HB1382: Requiring a warrant or permission of the parent to take a child back to school for "Truancy"
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2012/HB1382.html

HB1440:
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2012/HB1440.html
Allowing for on-line and other types of driver-ed programs increasing the competition and lowering the cost.

Best Regards,

JR Hoell
State Rep. Bow/Dunbarton
 

Art Trailworks
(for grades 2 - 5) with environmental art teacher, Cynthia Robinson*

Using natural materials like bark, pine cones and sticks to create a sculpture, we'll construct an indoor Nature Trail linking our animal homes. Take your Trailwork Artwork home to enjoy!

March 3, 1:30 - 2:30 PM
Community Room, Hopkinton Town Library,
Contoocook, FREE

Preregistration required: call 746-6121; limit 15 children

Information: 746-6121 ~ www.littlenaturemuseum.org
Directions: www.hopkintontownlibrary.org

Program sponsored by The Little Nature Museum

*Instructor, Cynthia Robinson, a currently certified art teacher in grades K-12, has 20 yrs. experience teaching and directing learning & arts programs. She blends art, education and the environment in her unique EcoArt approach.

Please keep Kim Reid in prayer.  As many of you know she had a knee replacement surgery last week. Today she is back in the hospital as a result pof some complications.  Please pray that these complications will be resolved and allow Kim to go home and recover quickly. 

I have been asked to purchase non-perishable food items for our church food pantry. I would appreciate any donations of your Sunday coupons so I can make the money stretch as far as possible and enable us to serve more families. I am at the co-op on Tuesdays from 12-2 and Thursdays from 9-2.
Thank you!
Kim Daggett

Please bring in all your trimmed boxtops and place them in the purple box or give them to Kim Daggett by Thursday, February 16th.
Thank you,
Kim

The Six Flags Read to Succeed Program has been changed this year. There is
no longer a need for a coordinator and each family registers on their own.
Please see the following link which contains everything you need to
participate in this great program. Thanks!

http://readtosucceed.discoveryeducation.com/homeschool.cfm
 

There are several of you that have not yet turned in your pictures, money, forms or scheduled your voice overs yet.  You are incurrring monthly late fees of $10 per item per month (right now that is $20 per item). 

As of Feb 23 it will be a late fee of $10 per item per week. 

After Feb 23 we will not accept pictures and if the voice over is not done it will not be included.

Voice overs are being done next week so if you haven't scheduled yours do it NOW. (There is a $20 late fee because it wasn't scheduled by the deadline).

Please check your graduation instructions for all details and get all required information in ASAP including late fees.

This is just a reminder that if you or one of your kids is sick to please stay home!  There is a nasty virus (Norwal?) as well as some respiratory infections  going around right now that we dont want to spread!  This is one time we can tell our kids we don't want to share!  

We also have several families who have children or even the adults with a weakened immune system. Any infection can be devastating to those families. We can help by not bringing our sick ones in!

Thank you all for your help in this.

We will be listed as First Agape Homeschool Coop on the WMUR list.