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A
Look Back at 2006
Highlights
of 2006
A trip down memory lane, or an opportunity to catch
up on events and info you may have missed the first time around:
In 2006, we enjoyed connecting with a cross section of Massachusetts
homeschoolers in a variety of ways:
• AHEM's Spring Social in May (for photos, click
here)
• Field trips to the The
Peabody Essex Museum in March, The Black Heritage Trail in April,
The Massachusetts State House in April and October, Ragtime in
May, The EcoTarium in June, The Diary of Anne Frank in September,
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in September,
The Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History in October, Charles
Dickens’ A Christmas Carol in December.
Throughout
the year, we reported on a variety of issues important to Massachusetts
homeschoolers:
•
US DOE Clarifies IDEA Consent Override
Procedures
• Update on H. R. 1815, The National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006
• Homeschool
Policies in Massachusetts
• The Logic Behind
Our Legislative Alerts
• Homeschooling in the Northeast
•
Legislation
We
were pleased to be able to offer:
•
New web pages on Educators’
Discounts; Learning Centers;
Interim Programs for the year between
high school and college; Books
About Government; and Exploring
Massachusetts.
•
AHEM membership cards
• AHEM trifolds, with info on
homeschooling in Massachusetts - perfect for handing out at gatherings
or leaving at your local library
• AHEM News for
those Friends without email
•
Not-Back-to-School events
listing
We
were pleased to be able to announce:
•
The AHEM Unit Study on Massachusetts History
and Government
• An AHEM presence on the panel of North Suburban Home Learners’
Homeschool Information Night: Skipping School
Ongoing
efforts include:
•
Legislative watch
• The Library Mailing Project, mailing brochures with
info on homeschooling in MA along with an easy way for them to
reorder, to 350+ Massachusetts libraries
• Policy & Practice Database
about homeschooling in Massachusetts
• Communicating with our
Friends (find archived newsletters at http://www.ahem.info/Newsletters.htm)
• Support group listings
(40 statewide now listed; do you know of any in Nantucket or Dukes
counties?)
• Events page
• County Contacts, available
for phone or email help anytime.
Thank
you
As
we bid goodbye to 2006, we want to be sure to thank all of you
for your support over the past year, whether it came in the form
of reading our emails or newsletter, filling out the questionnaire,
joining us on a field trip, attending the Spring Social, handing
out a trifold brochure, accessing Amazon.com through AHEM, or
sending us a cash donation. Any level of interest and participation
is greatly appreciated and is what fuels our efforts.
We look
forward to meeting more of you in 2007, and continuing to grow
the number of informed and active homeschoolers in Massachusetts.
We always appreciate feedback on how we are doing and ideas about
how we can serve you better.
Looking
ahead to 2007
•
Updating our handout “Information for Elected Officials”
• Distributing information to state legislators about homeschooling
in Massachusetts
• Keeping an eye out for state bills filed in the new legislative
session that could affect homeschooling
• State House visits and
other field trips
• Meeting and connecting with more Massachusetts homeschoolers.
Help us by encouraging your friends to become Friends of AHEM!
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