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Not crass, imo if you word it something like,"the total cost for this project is $4,700. $10 can feed 200 people for an entire day." (HOW, btw, is that possible?!)
The organization we are working with packs a very nutritionally dense meal that provides the entire caloric and nutritional needs of a person for one day. Each packaged meal costs 30 cents and feeds six people.
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Thank you for your replies. Your input is helpful. Would you recommend we encourage individuals to give what they can while emphasizing x dollars = so many people fed? Would it be crass to just be up front and say x amount of total dollars is needed for this project?
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I'm coordinating a humanitarian service project at our church. I don't want to give to many details to avoid identifying the specific organizations we are working with which are both wonderful organizations doing a wonderful work.
For this particular project, we are asking people to give an hour and 15 minutes of their day and a minimum donation of $10 per person. The donation is needed as the total cost for the product and shipping it to the foreign country is going to be $4,700. Each $10 donation will feed 200 people for one day. I've had a few individuals indicate they think the minimum suggested donation is too steep per person particularly for families as children ages four and up are encouraged to participate. (My at the time not quite five year old participated and still talks about the experience all the time.) We are going to have sponsor forms available for those who wish to obtain sponsors to help defray costs. My question for all of you is, would the $10 donation be a deterrent to your family participating or would participating in a service project that will potentially feed thousands of disaster victims off-set any concern?
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When I was teaching, what happened to the doors in the evening was very different from the day time. Our doors were locked from theinside in the evenings, after students left, but staff had a key to let anyone in or out. For thigns like band rehearsals, usually only one door was left accessible from the inside. It prevented theft and such.
:iagree: Evening procedures and daytime procedures are completely different. It could be that full-time students know that if you are here after hours for this or that practice, you must use this door to leave. Before you call the police or the fire department, see what happens during the day time. Even then, check with the building administrators to inquire what is going on.
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We had used a crib that turned into a toddler bed. My children are both also quite small (ds 5 is a smidge over 30 lbs; dd almost is less than 50 lbs). My son received his big boy bed in August before starting kindergarten.
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My children aren't college-aged yet, but I hang out at this board because I work at a college and sometimes have insight into questions raised here.
Not knowing exactly what you want to do when you enter college isn't a bad thing. Many students begin with one major and then change to something else. Focusing on your general education or core curriculum your first semester or two is not a bad idea. Sometimes taking those classes can give you an idea of what you enjoy doing or what you don't like. One possibility to consider is to start at a community college to begin. Another possibility, if you are a person of faith, is to begin at a faith-based institution where many of your classes would be Bible or religion based your first year.
If you are considering working with special needs children I would encourage you to find opportunities to volunteer and get experience. Perhaps you local church has a special needs Sunday School class or has an individual child who could use an aide during class. Perhaps you can volunteer (or get paid) to be a mother's helper in a family with a special needs child. There are many opportunities if you keep your eye out.
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The traditional undergraduate students only make up a portion of this university's student body. The seminary and the adult and graduate studies which includes several online graduate degrees and a degree completion program also round out the enrollment.
The salaries quoted are based on averages of what supporting churches pay.
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I thought some of you may enjoy this article.
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I believe I'm "preaching to the choir" here, but please make sure your college-bound student has written a researched paper complete with citations. I work for my day job at a university. I just finished conducting a session as part of our freshman orientation on using our institution's preferred citation style (Turabian). In this session one of the students self-identified as a home-schooled student and admitted she is scared to death to write a paper because she has never written a research paper and had no idea what a citation was. Granted this is one example, but please make sure your students have written a research paper.
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It really depends on what exactly you want to cover. Apologetics and worldviews overlap some but there are also distinct differences. There are a LOT of great resources out there, but I need a little more information on what you want out of the curriculum? thanks
I agree there are a lot of really great resources available. DD is going into 3rd grade and is starting to be ready for some study that is beyond just Bible stories to a "why does this matter". I agree that apologetics and worldview are completely different. I would like study both eventually and have identified these two curricula as resources I would like to use. I'm just trying to decide if one would be better to work through than the other. The Apologia set is actually based on Summit's Building on the Rock series, and I know that Summit has good stuff.
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Our church also has a similar ministry. We found the kids could not get enough fresh fruits and vegetables. I found that offering a variety of options and repeating the fruits week after week to get them used to it was great. Grapes, bananas, oranges, apples were all a hit. Carrots were huge too. One day we did grilled cheese and the kids thought it was great. Good luck!
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The Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum is in Mansfield, MO which is close.
The big Bass Pro shop is a great way to spend a day and I highly recommend Hemingway's cafe.
Dogwood Canyon Nature Park (owned by Bass Pro) is south of Branson and is absolutely beautiful. You can walk or rent bicycles. They also have fishing.
There are some civil war battlefields near Springfield, MO. There is also a really nice Japanese stroll garden in Springfield as well. My dd still talk about going to the fish hatchery and seeing the fountains.
There are lots of great things to see and do in Kansas City as well.
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Our public school begins on August 25.
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I always get a tracking code from RR. It's funny though that because I'm fairly close to their warehouse location, I get my items the day the tracking code is emailed.
Please keep in mind that RR is a family operated business ran by a homeschooling family. Yes, they have hired additional individuals as they have grown, but it is still family owned and operated whereas CBD and Amazon aren't.
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The lady who had only been working for a week is probably spending this time shadowing the other ladies and attending other campus wide training prior to being issued her own log-in. In addition, technology departments are always behind schedule this time of year getting new computers ready and issued or doing networking and issuing her a log-in probably isn't high on their priority list.
As for the ID, at a community college it's not as big a deal since you usually don't need to show it for the cafeteria. You will need it for the library and maybe a computer lab but if the campus has run out they will most likely be lenient until they have come in. At our library we aren't sticklers about IDs until after Labor Day.
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Any other thoughts?
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I'd like to work through a Bible/apologetics/worldview resource with my dd. I was wondering if we should use Strobel's Case For kids books or Apologia's Who is God (v.1) first. Suggestions?
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Yesterday I bought a boat load of folders and a black storage box for them. I spent yesterday evening labeling folders (dd, ds, and together) and filling them up. It was a lot of fun to cut apart the consumable items. There are some things that I'm trying to keep to re-use with my younger so I'm going to have to either put the book in on a regular basis or a note to do it or spend a lot of time at the copier machine (for items that may be copied). There are a few things where we have permission to copy but I'm going to have to decide if it's cost effective to copy, purchase again, or do orally.
It was really helpful to grid everything out before hand so I knew what to put in each folder. It's going to take me a few more weeks to get our together folder put together as it's going to be more of a reminder for mom of what books I need to order from the library, what book or CD to find, or art supplies to have out. It's time intensive up front but I think it will be really worthwhile later. I'm uncertain if we'll get to everything I have planned for each week, particularly while it's still warm and the kids can play outside. But I figure, we'll still be getting to more things than before and covering more of the content areas that we're getting skipped before.
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Our school sends home supply lists in May when school gets out. I found I could put together about half of the things they needed by using things we already had at home or items they took to school last year that didn't get used much. The remaining items I'm going to buy next week. Our state is having a tax holiday on some school supplies and clothes beginning Friday.
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We missed the awards program for our library's summer reading program this past week. Quite frankly we've never attended the program. But we learned today that dd won the top reader award for her age group. She was just shy of 5,000 pages for the 7 weeks.
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You inquired what was the difference between "Christian counseling" and "regular counseling." Christian counseling is done from a Biblical viewpoint and is often based through a church or private counseling practice. These students take their regular counseling and psychology courses along with a number of Bible courses. After they graduate, they may choose to take the state licensure exam to be a licensed counselor just like counselors from a secular school.
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My question is why afterschool? And, I don't mean this to be snarky in the least little bit, I'm genuinely interested in why you've made this choice? Do you feel your public schools aren't adequate and if so, why keep your child enrolled at all? Again, not being judgemental, just curious. Are you nervous about homeschooling and feel you need the "back up" of a public/private school? Do you have family who are opposed to homeschooling?
I first heard of afterschooling as an official term in the WTM. I think I always knew I would, but SWB gave me confirmation and encouragement. I afterschool for several reasons. First, I have chosen to work outside the home in a ministry-related position at a Christian college. Second, there are subjects the curriculum doesn't cover thoroughly or at all at the younger grades. Finally, enrolling my children in school does not mean I have washed my hands of their education. It is still my job to see that they obtain a good education.
And, how excited is your child to do more schoolwork after spending a full day in public school? I can tell you that I would meet with a brick wall of resistance. :lol: Do you ever feel like you are requiring too much of your child by doing this?My children see it as a special time with mom and dad. We emphasize reading aloud, games, and projects. Workbook pages are usually done orally rather than written.
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I've been thinking strongly about running for our school board in the next election. However, they currently have a vacancy in our township so I'm filing a letter of interest. I was curious if any of you have been or do serve on your school boards. I am also curious what you would want your school board members to know.
How are children in NYS supposed to pass the yearly state tests if the state
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I'm not in New York, but I've always known the previous year's state exam results to go home with students at the end of the first quarter. States have to do the tests for all of the schools and figure out what the state average is, and the averages for each school, and whether schools are making annual yearly progress or not. State tests results are calculated based just on who is taking the test at the same time.
Teachers and parents can figure out what a child needs to work on based on daily classroom work and other real-work sampling such as portfolios.