Arizona HOMESCHOOL HeartBeat
Monthly E-letter
May
2008
Volume 9, Issue 5
Even though Arizona
is in our name,
we also cover news items of interest across the nation.
SPECIAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Let us know about the special activities that your
support group, your family
or your co-op are doing, and we can highlight them here.
Arizona Youth Leadership Conference
EXPELLED - The Movie
Special Events from the Goldwater
Institute
Summer Movie Deals
Fiddlesticks Rewards for Grades
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - Exclusive
First Look Art
Coach Kuyper Television Show Debuts
Pizza Hut
BOOK IT! Program Accepting Enrollments
Arizona Youth Leadership Conference
8-12 JUL 2008
I am Richard E Minor,
Director of the Arizona Youth Leadership Conference (AZYLC) and the
coordinator for the Phoenix Chapter. The purpose is to recruit your
outstanding students for our program. You can access application and
other forms required by going to
WWW.AZYLC.ORG. I
hope you will be able to recruit both young men and women either
sophomores or juniors from your network that desire to be leaders in
their school or community.
The overall Youth Leadership
Conference concept is under the aegis of the National Military Order of
the World Wars (MOWW), a Patriotic Service Organization. They lead all
the other service organizations in Patriotic Education. They establish
general guidance for the organizations under them to include us. They
also gain our accreditation by the National Association of Secondary
School Principals and we continue to be approved each year to include
the 2007-2008 School year. Our general guidance is for 50% leadership,
30% American Heritage and the Constitution and 20% Free Enterprise. The
National MOWW Patriotic Education Committee has the responsibility to
evaluate our curriculum each year. Another principle goal is that the
students at the conference are 50% each of JROTC and non-JROTC and 50%
each of males and females. We do not
teach military subjects, nor do we wear uniforms.
Our leadership conference,
AZYLC, has been held annually previously in Prescott at ERAU and Yavapai
for 12 years and last 4 years at Eastern AZ College in Thatcher, AZ.
This year it will be at Cochise College in Douglas, AZ. It is a 5-day
conference (8-12 July 2008) for sophomores and juniors who are in
positions of leadership or who show the potential for attaining
leadership positions anywhere in the school or the community. This
program is at no cost to the school or the student. The costs are borne
by the Chapter sponsor. The six Chapters in AZ sponsor most of the
students. We have also had students come from TX,
Colorado and
New Mexico and expect more this year.
The application brochure and supplement and application forms outlines
our organization, objectives, curriculum and procedure for student
application to attend the AZYLC are on our website. This will be one of
their most enjoyable and challenging opportunities. I have had several
Boys State and Girls State attendees say they learned more in our course
than at State. The students are challenged in a peer operated
educational environment supervised and led by educators from all over
the state. The students will be divided into groups of 8-10 with a
student counselor (previous students, most are in college today) and in
a leadership chain of Senior Team Leader and then myself as the
Director. We have a staff of 10 other adults to assist us. I am willing
to talk to you via visit, phone, fax or email. I come away every year
believing that our country is in great shape if other students are
anything like the ones we work with at AZYLC.
We really
hope to get some of your home schooled students to attend!
Sincerely,
Richard E Minor, COL, RET, USA
Director of AZYLC and Phoenix Chapter Youth Leadership Coordinator
Dear Friends,
You have probably
heard about the new movie:
EXPELLED: No
Intelligence Allowed by Ben Stein. It is a documentary of
the one-sided focus of academia regarding the creationism-evolution
debate, and what happens to teachers and professors who dare to violate
the ban on discussion of creationism in the schools. This is an
extremely important film that is opening in 1000 theaters nationwide,
Friday, April 18.
We encourage you to
see it with your friends and children, and help open conversation about
what is happening within the institutional school settings. Visit
www.getexpelled.com to see the trailer, get resources, enter a
contest and understand the issues.
Try to go this
weekend and help give an affirmative message of support to those who are
concerned about the direction of our school system. In return, you can
be benefiting home education in Arizona. Collect your tickets and send
them to Covenant Home School Resource Center by May 2, and we may be
able to win $10,000 if we get the most. Collect tickets from your
friends and relatives who attend as well.
Send ticket stubs to:
Covenant Home School
Resource Center
1117 E. Devonshire Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85014
Leaders'
Guide for Expelled
www.getexpelled.com/_downloads/expelled_leadersguide.pdf
THERE’S STILL
$10,000
TO GIVE AWAY TO ONE LUCKY SCHOOL!!!
The contest is
simple: Bring your students to see EXPELLED and collect the ticket
stubs (or show some other proof of purchase). The school with the most
collected tickets stubs from EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed wins the
cash! Tickets stubs must be in the mail and postmarked by MONDAY, MAY
5.
We will be sending you detailed instructions in the coming week about
where to mail your ticket stubs.
To find out which theater near you is playing EXPELLED go to: http://expelledthemovie.com/theaterap.php
Thanks for engaging your school with this project. Enjoy the movie!
Dairek Morgan
Director of Student Outreach
Motive Entertainment
dairek@motivemarketing.biz
Here's what one of our
member families thought of the movie:
I just wanted to tell
you that Mick & I just took the girls to see Expelled, & I wanted to
recommend it. It was insightful & challenging. It is a documentary, so
you may think it’s boring, but hang in there because the last half gets
more & more interesting. Anyhow, for what it’s worth, we liked it, & it
was a really good “springboard” for talking to the girls about so many
important things. I was surprised & impressed at the different issues
that were brought up…
Many
Blessings~
dana j
kindred
Special Events from the Goldwater Institute
The Goldwater Institute in renowned for its in-depth research and clear
representation of findings regarding social policy issues. They have
many free programs relating to legislative and political issues with
high caliber speakers from across the country. They are strongly
encouraging homeschooling parents and teens to participate as one way of
keeping abreast of some of the social concerns of the day. Students who
are taking American History or Government will especially find these
programs relevant and informative.
Upcoming
Events
5/16/2008
Please
save the date for a Goldwater Institute Speaker Series luncheon with
Newt Gingrich on May 16, 2008.
More information on the Goldwater Institute
Summer Deals - 10 Movies for $7.00
Harkins
Theatres
On April 18th the Harkins Summer Movie fun
tickets go on sale. You can
choose a day of the week and buy your sheet of tickets to the movies.
Visit harkins.com to see the list of movies available.
If you don't get your tickets prepaid you can still get in for $2 per
person the day of the shows. These movies are already on DVD but if
you would like to treat the kids to seeing it on the big screen this is
the way to go.
They also have $4 kids popcorn combo packs available.
If you go to the websites of Dickenson in Litchfield Park and AMC for
Arrowhead they had pay as you go Summer Movie options. My family went
to all three theaters last summer. They all have different movie
schedules.
Rewards for Grades
Fiddlesticks
Bring in your current, original report
card for Free Tokens:
A = 3 tokens
B = 2 tokens
20 token maximum
Check for locations at
www.zumafuncenters.com
