Playing with Blog Hosts

I'm playing various blog hosts and think I'm going to go with Blogsome instead of Blogger. Much nicer features on trackback and categories.

This site's new URL will be http://indianahomeschool.blogsome.com.

Shakespeare Under the Stars

When: July 21-24 8:00 pm
What: Shakespeare Under the Stars: Much Ado About Nothing
Where: Ball State University Arts Terrace
Cost: Free

The romantic comedy, Much Ado About Nothing will headline this summer's outdoor Shakespeare Under the Stars festival on the Arts Terrace at Ball State University, July 21-24. Admission to the festival is FREE.

This year, festival patrons are invited to start arriving to the grounds at 6 p.m. to participate in an enhanced slate of pre-show activities, including roving performers, crafts for children, live instrumental music, traveling vendors, discussions with the production staff, and browsing the Ball State University Museum of Art.

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Shakespeare Under the Stars is Indiana’s only free professional outdoor Shakespeare festival. Attendees are invited to bring lawn chairs or picnic blankets for seating. Patrons may also bring a picnic or dine at the new festival café. Blackmer adds, "the mission of the event is to provide East Central Indiana families with a professional, theatrical experience that is inexpensive and close to home."

More info here.

(Nod: Tiffany Arnold)

Arrogance of Public School

Here is an interesting post by Danny in Texas, a homeschool Dad.

He takes apart, paragraph by paragraph, an article written by Dave Arnold at the NEA.

There's nothing like having the right person with the right experience, skills and tools to accomplish a specific task. Certain jobs are best left to the pros, such as, formal education.

More on this article here.

Home School Soccer Travel Teams

Two home school travel teams are being organized for the fall season. Gene Brueggan will coach the 9-14 co-ed team. The high school boys' team, ages 15-19, will be coached by Tracy Koch and assisted by Kevin Tharp. To qualify for each team, one must be within the age requirement by September 1st.

The 9-14 co-ed team will bu using the teal uniforms of the past years. We are asking for players that are no longer using their teal uniform to donate it to the younger team. This can best be accomplished by turning it in to the coach or Tammy Koch(team administrator) ASAP. The high school team will need new uniforms.

There is a MANDATORY call-out for any 15-19 year old male soccer player on Saturday, July 23rd from 10:00-12:00 in the field behind Union Chapel located on Broadway in Muncie. Take the 67 by-pass to Riggin Rd. Go west on Riggin Road to Broadway. Go left(south) on Broadway to Union Chapel(approximately 1 block). Go through parking lot to back of parking lot. You will see the field. This won't be the home field. The home field is to be announced. Each player will be evaluated with skills and ability tests along with scrimmage play. A parent meeting will follow the call-out to answer questions and receive further information. Due to the unknown number of participants at this call-out, it should be understood that this call-out could be considered a try-out for this team. If there are more than the maximum players that will make up this team, the spots will be chosen by the coach. Any players not making the team will be put on an alternates list. All players will be contacted by the coach with results of the try-out. If you have further questions concerning this call-out, please call the coach or administrator(Tracy or Tammy) at 286-8991 on July 19th or later. We can be reached via e-mail: tekhome2001@yahoo.com.

Gene Brueggan wishes that all players interested in playing on the 9-14 team contact him via e-mail: GJBRUEGG@SJHSNET.org or by phone at 378-5091. He needs your name, date of birth, phone number, and e-mail if available. You should contact him by July 23rd.

Due to a lack of e-mail addresses in our possession, you may contact other home schoolers that might be interested in soccer and pass this information on to them. Thank you for your help.

We are looking forward to a very exciting & productive year!

Tracy & Tammy Koch

New Central Indiana Homeschool Blog

Since there are already a bazillion homeschool blogs out there, I thought I would start another one. The main function of this site will be to post information and current events of interest to homeschoolers in Central Indiana, particularly the Delaware / Madison County area.

Many of the posts will be taken directly from the DCCHC yahoo groups list, and it's mostly for my easy reference on an RSS feed, but if you find it helpful, feel free to RSS, bookmark, or just stop back regularly!