Apples of Gold Home School News

Edifying Homeschoolers Along the Way

In Wisconsin, we must file form PI-1206 with the Department of Public Instruction, not asking for permission, but informing them that we are instructing our children at home. This form attests that we are not circumventing the school attendance laws and are providing at least 875 hours of instruction per year covering at least reading, language arts, math, social studies, science and health. To request the form, call 608-266-5761 or write to:

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Bureau for School Management Services and Federal Aids
125 S. Webster St.
P.O.Box 7841
Madison, WI 53707-7841
 

PUBLICATION:

Homeschooling in Wisconsin: At Home With Learning A "must have" publication from the Wisconsin Parents Association for those who are considering homeschooling in this state.

ONLINE SOURCES:

Issues & Legislation  Current information about legal issues facing Wisconsin homeschoolers.

Part Time Public School Attendance Option  The school board of a school district operating high school grades shall allow a pupil enrolled in a private school or a pupil enrolled in a home-based educational program (commonly referred to as home-schooling), who has met the standards for admission to high school, to take up to 2 courses during each school semester.

What To Do When School Officials Contact You Here are suggestions for ways homeschoolers can effectively deal with public school officials in each of the following situations. From the WPA.

Northern Wisconsin Homeschool 
We are a list for Northern Wisconsin Homeschoolers (and moms) to join and plan get-togethers and outtings in the state of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. New Moms and not-so-new Moms are welcome.

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Faith, Fiction, Family

Join Others in 24-Hour Prayer

Living Waters Healing Network is a grassroots organization committed to prayer and the study prayer. There are two ways of getting involved in our organization. First you can use our at-cost curriculum designed to help you study and set up a prayer session in the home on a daily or weekly basis.This curriculum will be available by August 1. Second, you can sign up for a session in our master calendar of prayer on a weekly or daily basis. We eventually wish to have a 24-7 prayer blanket from rural areas and small towns that may not have churches planning to do this in their area and have staff manning those time periods to pray with you and answer questions.Contact us in the following ways: Phone: 715-441-1385 - Email: livingwatershealingnetwork@gmail.com -Website: http://www.livingwatershealingnetwork.com . Please email your interest in curriculum as soon as possible, so we can plan for one print-run.

Host A Foreign Exchange Student?

Pacific Intercultural Exchange is searching for Christian families who want to promote peace making by hosting an exchange student from a predominantly Muslim country. Our students are all 15-17 years old, speak English, have medical insurance, and their own spending money. Many of our students have been awarded scholarships through the US State Department and would not otherwise be able to spend an academic school year studying in the US. Students arrive in August and stay through June while they attend the local public high school. Students are placed throughout Minnesota in rural areas, suburban and urban areas. Our host families come from many backgrounds, but they share the love of learning, tolerance, and patience. If you would like more information about the program, please call Mary Armstrong at 952-236-0745/email: maryarmstrong@pieusa.org/website: www.pieusa.org

Former Homeschooler Selling Family Business

Fresh Flower Freeze-Drying Business For Sale - Alone, or with Home/Building. Contact http://www.mpefloral.com Mary Peshman, Memories Preserved Ent. Inc., N5881 Hwy 57 Hilbert, WI 54129 -- 920-849-3664