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TENTATIVE AAEN 2011-2012 SCHEDULE
NOT BACK TO SCHOOL PARTY
Potluck at Roswell Area Park
11am - 4pm
In general, we meet every Tuesday at Roswell Area Park
Most people are gathering 11:30-2
In case of inclement weather, we often choose an alternative indoor location. As is the case for most AAEN activities, this decision is made collaboratively and announced on our yahoo email list, so be sure to join so you will know the latest goings on.
All AAEN events are open to any interested active or potential homeschooler.
Here is what we have planned so far, and a list of events from last year. The rest of this year's schedule will be discussed at the potluck and refined as we go along.
Unless otherwise noted, all take place at our regular Parkday time and
place.
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| Sept 13 |
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Not Back to School Potluck
Brief business meeting to discuss plans for the year |
| Sept 20 |
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Teen Parkday
For the last few years, the parkday crowd has been young, but in the past we have had groups of teens who enjoyed it every week till they left for college. They've even come back for a parkday reunion. It was great. But that group is grown, and there were not many new high schoolers coming up behind them to carry on, and unfortunately it's no fun if you're the only teen to show up, so parkday for teens fizzled out.
We hate for this new generation to miss out on an experience that was so fun for our older kids, so this year we are inviting all middle and high schoolers to come out to the park just once, all on the same day, and give parkday a try.
Pizza and drinks will be provided for teens and tweens.
Parents (and interested youth) will discuss future get-togethers for this age group.
There are several huge fields available, so bring balls, frisbees, etc. |
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Halloween Party |
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Thanksgiving Feast (Potluck) |
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Holiday Potluck |
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Valentine Party |
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St. Patrick's Day Celebration |
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Easter Egg Hunt |
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End of Year Potluck |
PARKDAY
For
those new to AAEN, parkday is the heart and soul of our group, and our own antidote to
"Nature Deficit Disorder".
Here is
an essay from one of our founders on what parkday is all about.
And I just came across this wonderful article
from the Sudbury Valley School website that perfectly captures my children's experiences
doing sports and field games
at AAEN's parkday.
You do not need to be a
member of AAEN to participate in parkday. In fact, if you are considering homeschooling, come
by after school and
get your questions answered while your children play with ours. Treat yourself
and your children to parkday this week - we're sure you'll come back for more.
We meet every Tuesday in the Pavilion at the wonderful playground in Roswell Area Park.
Lately people have been coming 11:30-2ish, but in years past we have seriously enjoyed staying
till dark when the weather was nice. It evolves, and becomes whatever this
year's active members make of it.
The park has ballfields, a creek,
woods and restrooms. Bring your own drinks since the fountain is unreliable.
Here are directions.
CLASSES
AAEN is not offering classes at this time.
We are concentrating on being a social group, centered on parkday,
with additional activities for various age groups.
INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY
AAEN activities will be cancelled when
Fulton County schools are closed due to inclement weather.
RECENT AAEN GRADUATES
Best wishes to you all as you move on to bigger things. We will miss you!
(If you would like your recent hmeschool graduate listed here, send us an
email.)
| Anthony Cozzolino |
2009 |
Chattahoochee Tech |
| Nathan Heard |
2008 |
G.A2.M.E.S., Middle Georgia College |
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2010 |
Georgia Tech |
| Jonathan Knope |
2009 |
Oglethorpe University |
| Nick Olive |
2008 |
G.A2.M.E.S., Middle Georgia College |
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Georgia Tech |
| Jake White |
2009 |
Chattahoochee Tech |
| Tana White |
2010 |
Chattahoochee Tech |
| Benjamin Williams |
2008 |
Auburn University |
FEATURED LINKS
| ARTICLES |
MEMBER'S FAVORITE HOMESCHOOL LINKS |
A brief history of AAEN by one of
our founders.
Another history by one of
our students.
That perennial favorite, WHAT ABOUT SOCIALIZATION?
And the long-awaited health article from Miranda.
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www.noogenesis.com/game_theory/
Gatto/Gatto.html
4brevard.com/choice/Public_Education.htm
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| GEORGIA RULES and LAWS |
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Note: Due to Georgia contracting with Lexis/Nexis for its code-on-the-web,
bookmarks to specific code sections no longer work. The links below will all take you to the Georgia Lexis portal,
and then you will need to navigate the table of contents or copy the section number into the Lexis search box.
Here is the actual text of the Georgia homeschool law,
code section 20-2-690. Homeschooling is addressed in subsection (c). Other important sections
of the law, relating to truancy, are sections
20-2-690.1 and
20-2-690.2
. Here is the 2005 driver's license law, section
40-5-22 (a.1) that effectively extends compulsory attendance to age 18. And here are the requirements for
a teen to get a
Georgia driver's license.
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http://www.heir.org/ gives the latest information
on legal challenges and political aspects of
homeschooling in Georgia. They also
provide versions of the Declaration of Intent and Attendance
forms that are in exact compliance with Georgia homeschool law.
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