I'm in! I really enjoyed seeing you there last year.

I agree with everything that has been posted. I enjoyed hearins her enthusiasm in person and got a fat dose of motivation. Watching SWB "school" them a bit was quite entertaining. I was shocked at how difficult the basic concepts were for the audience to grasp. Not only from the questions they asked, but also all the sighing and eye-rolling i witnessed. LeAnn

As far as I know they have not sent the invitatations, and my emails are no longer answered. Maybe they had a change of heart. Would love SWB to come to AZ again sometime so we can get a chance to see her!

I actually have no information about where or anything. We have to get invited to find out since it's a closed event. I sent a list of names - hope we all get to go! LeAnn

Good news! Let me know by tonight (10/11) your name and email. They will let me submit a list of names and will send out invitations :) Email me at LeAnnContessa@ gmail.com LeAnn

I was so excited that SWB was finally coming to speak in Arizona! If any of you here in AZ were stalking the website of the Archway Classical Academy for information about registering, you can stop. After finally sending them an email I found out that the language arts symposium is by invitation only. No, I don't know how you get invited. sigh... very sad :( LeAnn

Any updates on the release of level 2? Amazon is saying October.

Great ideas! I find it sometimes takes a bit for my family to get into the groove of the slower, relaxed pace of camping. The first day is usually the loudest :) We also play lots of games, do crafts, bow/arrows, etc. I love to bring egg cartons with names on them. They use them as sorters/holders for all the things they find. It keeps them occupied for a long time.

Thanks!

Are the companion CD's of music full excerpts or samples of pieces? Are they recordings with real instruments or electronic? Thanks!

One of my dogs didn't take to it right away either. I had to get rid of all the "kibble" so she couldn't smell it. Also, you can warm it a bit, and try a small sprinkle of parmesan cheese. This worked for us, and after a week I didn't have to do it anymore. Now, years later, she is a pro. My dogs have perfect teeth, very little poop, and are very healthy. It's much cheaper than what we were paying for vets, and expensive food for allergies.

We like them. Occasionally the reading selection has been, imo, not age appropriate. More like high school level - difficult to understand. I just substitute with something else.

I used this for a couple of my kids and was quite underwhelmed. Honestly, you could put it together yourself so easily. I am pretty sure I spent more time navigating the website than it would have taken to put something together.

I just think violin is one of many instruments that in order to be able to advance to more difficult music and play it well, you really need guidance. Even with a parent in the lesson and me coaching them on how to practice with the child at home it can still be difficult.

I heard back today from them. They said only a matter of months for the Classiquest physics program. I already went ahead with Noeo Physics III. Has anyone used this yet??

My dd did this last year. She enjoyed the 2nd half more than the first. It has proven to be much more thorough and in-depth than the local cc Biology class. She was well prepared.

Has anyone heard any updates on if this will really be coming out soon? I really like the set-up of both classiquest and elemental. We have used Noeo in the past but it was a bomb. Maybe it has improved since then - we used it when it was a brand new program. Looking for a logic stage Physics if there are any recommendations.

Thanks. We got a cheaper one and it works perfectly! I think our other one had too many other functions so it worked differently, and was confusing her.

Thanks. It is an algebraic one but maybe too fancy? We are going to try a 30xa instead.

We are using saxon algebra 2, and having trouble with our scientific calculator. Our Texas instruments TI30x doesn't work the same way as indicated in the book. Dd is so frustrated. We have been figuring it out each time a new type of calculation is done, but she is stumped again on some problems with scientific notation, powers, and roots. For my sanity sake I just want to get one that works the same way as the text. Anyone advice welcome. LeAnn

Lavender!! You can put it under your pillow.

I taught in the music advancement program at Juilliard. We had to fill out an ethnicity form on our students each year. It was about 85 percent Asian while I was there. LeAnn

The coaches, and yes, they all knew. They knew because the walk-ons don't get treated the same. They weren't pursued for the team. The hotshots got pampered a lot more. It depends on why you want to do it. I really loved doing triple jump so it didn't matter. I am sure it varies from school to school and sport to sport. ime, the long distance programs - the coaches seemed to be a lot more easy going :) Maybe all that long distance running LOL.

I was a walk-on for track at a division I school. I was never treated as well even when I made more points for the team. Almost like I was on my own. I heard the same for others.

Thanks susan!