Free Rice

Want to improve your vocabulary and do some good at the same time?

Check out the Free Rice website. For each word you get right, Free Rice donates rice thru the United Nations. It is funded by the advertising on the site. Seems to be on the up and up, and the words can be tough.

Give it a try!

"The Smallest Elf" Performance

“The Smallest Elf” Performance

TOP HAT Talented Young Performers - Homeschool Acting Troupe invites you to a FREE performance of our first production, "The Smallest Elf", a Christmas story for the whole family. The Smallest Elf, Elwyn, just can't get any of the toys she makes right. Now, there is a little boy named Luke who doesn't even want a Christmas because his parents are too busy. Santa wants to make him happy for Christmas and has given the elves a challenge to make the perfect gift for Luke by Christmas Eve. Will Elwyn be able to make him a gift that doesn't fall apart? Will Luke be happy for Christmas? Come find out! The touring schedule is: Wednesday, November 28 - 11:00 AM - Haywood Arts Regional Theatre, Waynesville. Friday, November 30 - 11:00 AM - Henderson County Library, Hendersonville. Monday, December 3 - 11:00 AM - Hendersonville Little Theatre, Hendersonville. Friday, December 7 - 11:00 AM - Pack Memorial Library, Asheville. Tuesday, December 18 11:00 AM - Asheville Community Theatre, Asheville. Please RSVP to cary@3dkarting.com for a seat count. Some locations have a limited number of seats and we would like to know how many people to expect. TOP HAT is a new theatre troupe in the Asheville area comprised entirely of home school students. Our cast for this show ranges in age from 7 to 16. They have all worked very hard rehearsing this show, learning lines, and creating their own costumes and set. Come out and see a great show at a location near you while you get to support fellow homeschoolers and the price is right! The show lasts about 40 minutes and will be sure to put you in the holiday spirit!

Rwandans Come To SCC

Southwestern Community College (JACKSON Campus) will be hosting the Mizero
> (Hope) Children of Rwanda Tour, on Tuesday October 23 from 10:00-11:40 in
> Myers Auditorium.
>
> The tour is coming to the States to perform at two UN sponsored events,
> one
> in Montreal and one in New York City. We are able to host the group
> because
> one of the tour group coordinators is a former SCC graduate.
>
> The person leading the tour is Jean Paul Samptu, an internationally known
> musician. In addition to Jean Paul, the group is composed of 12 boys and
> girls ages 9-15 who are either orphans of the genocide of 1994 or AIDS.
> The
> group brings a message of how real reconciliation can come from the world,
> even when it arises out of the worst possible trials.
>
> The 90 minute performance consists of an educational component, some
> testimonies by the children, traditional drumming and dancing.
>
> In addition to seeking support to stay on the radar screen of the world,
> the
> kids are also attempting to raise money to provide basic housing for the
> boys - they live in a bank parking lot when they are home in Kigali,
> Rwanda.
> If they don't get to their parking lot by the time it is locked up at the
> end of the day, the police pick them up an put them in jail, which is both
> unsanitary and unsafe.
>
> Performances like this happen upon us much too infrequently. I hope you
> will seriously consider including this performance in your educational
> offerings.
> If you have any more questions, please give me a call at 800-447-4091 ext.
> 245.
>
> Cheryl
>
>
> Cheryl Contino-Conner, Director
> Student Support Services
> Southwestern Community College
> 447 College Drive
> Sylva NC 28779
> (800) 447-4091, ext. 231
> cheryl@southwest.cc.nc.us

We're on our way home

Hi everyone! We're winding up our out west trip - at present we are in Nebraska, working our way back east. Our target is to arrive back in Bryson City around Oct 20th. Although we are way behind on the website  (http://www.HaveSchoolWillTravel.com), we've stayed busy the last month and a half - visiting Glacier, Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. We have just wrapped up a couple of weeks in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Vance is very anxious to see all his friends, and it will be great to catch up with everyone.

See you soon!

Mark, Denise and Vance Tyson

Self-Paced Courses

Check out...

www.fridaycenter.unc.edu/cp/catalog

for info on self-paced courses 

Paging all Jane Austen Fans!

Those interested in joining a library-hosted Jane Austen Book Club call Miss Christine at the Marianna Black Library, 488-3030  x30.

MHC events

 

Upcoming Events
at the
Mountain Heritage Center
October 3
Appalachian Lunchtime Series  
Tim Barnwell
On Earth's Furrowed Brow:  The Appalachian Farm in Photographs
Mountain Heritage Center Auditorium
12:15 p.m.
 
October 4
Exhibit Opening
Southern Stews: Traditions of One-Pot Cooking
Gallery B
 
October 7
Arti-Facts!
The History of Photography
Children's program – for reservations please call 227-7129
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
 
October 7
Book Signing
Victoria A. Casey McDonald
The African Americans in Jackson County
Mountain Heritage Center Auditorium
3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
 
October 9
Living with the Land Folklife Series
Tom Sheridan
Wilderness & Working Landscapes: Putting People Back in Nature
Mountain Heritage Center Auditorium
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.

For more information please call 227-7129.

Great Smoky Mountains Book Fair

Saturday, November 10th

9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Sylva First United Methodist Church

www.gsmbookfair.org

Adult Tickets $5 ~ kids free

 

 

Teachers' Night at City Lights Bookstore/Sylva

Tuesday, October 30th, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Join children's bookseller Jenifer Ross for an evening devoted to teachers (home school parents have attended).

She will present the newest books for children of all ages, K - high school.

Please note that this event is geared toward adults and is not intended as a parent/child activity.

For more info  www.citylightsnc.com   828-586-9499

High School Options Forum

 

 
> Hello all.
>
> This is an advance notice / request for RSVP / plea for
> help for a HIGH SCHOOL OPTIONS forum being planned
> for next month.
>
> It will be on Tuesday, October 23rd, from 7-10 pm,
> at the Friends Meeting House on Edgewood Road.
> If you plan to come, please RSVP (tahani@charter.net)
> by October 9th. The Meeting House is not huge, and
> we'll need time to find a bigger space if necessary.
>
> We are hoping to find a parent/student pair to represent
> each of the options listed below. Each pair will be
> asked to speak briefly to these general questions:
> What else did you consider?
> How was the transition from homeschool?
> What are the pros and cons?
> How has the academic experience been?
> How has the social experience been?
> And then will have a few minutes to answer questions.
> Unfortunately, to keep the forum from lasting into the
> small hours, we can only allot 10 minutes to each pair.
> There will be an hour of free mingling and munching time
> at the end to informally discuss things further.
>
> We plan to have a table with any literature we've gathered
> about the programs/places, but no "presentation" talks.
>
> Here are the options we've come up with. If we've missed
> anything, please let me know. If you would be willing to
> represent any of these, or have ideas of whom we might ask,
> PLEASE let me (tahani@charter.net) know. We do of course
> have leads for some -- others are wide open.
>
> * distance learning high schools (Laurel Springs, what else?)
> * internet AP classes
> * Asheville High
> * Asheville School
> * Carolina Day
> * New Classical (only 9th grade so far)
> * AB Tech Early College program
> * NC School of Math & Science in Durham
> * NC School of the Arts in Winston-Salem
> * AB Tech concurrent enrollment program
>
> We'll send out another announcement closer to the date,
> but mark your calendars and RSVP!!! (or you'll be relegated
> to the porch, lipreading through the windows).
>
> Thanks!
>
> Tahani S.

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