No Back to School Picnic, Sept 10

From Joy Cranker, organizer:
No Back to School Picnic will be Tuesday September 10, 2024 at 11:00 am at Buck Pond beach. Please bring your lunch and any info to share on events for the coming year. Please bring anything you may want for swimming or playing at the beach. There will be a game of capture the flag. Let’s hope for good weather. Look forward to seeing everyone.

Buck Pond Campground is a DEC campground near the Six Nations Museum in Onchiota. In years past, the address in google maps was wrong, but I think it’s been fixed. Here is the address and directions from the DEC website: https://dec.ny.gov/places/buck-pond-campground-and-day-use-area

Homeschool Camp for the day!

Exciting opportunity for those who want to check out homeschool camp without spending the week!

Come for the day: $125 (for a family) plus bringing a dessert to share – this includes your food and all the activities for the day (horses, pool, archery, knife throwing, kayaking, pickle ball, ping-pong, water skiing, wake boarding, the pencil and much more) – some activities are weather dependent.

Spend the night (cabins): $160 (for the family) plus provide a meal for all (I will help you with this) – you get two days and meals.

More details about homeschool camp here: https://nch.home.blog/2024/07/18/homeschool-camp-2024-aug-18-23/

Feel free to email me at tamneureuther@yahoo.com with questions. This has been my kiddos favorite week for the year for many, many years.

Fall Soccer Sign-ups 2024

Registration for Highlanders Homeschool Soccer is now open. The deadline to register is Friday, August 16 at 9pm. SIGN UPS ARE NOW CLOSED.

We will practice on Tuesdays in Vermontville Sept 3 – Oct 29.

***Please don’t sign up unless you are certain that you will participate because I base all cost calculations on these sign up numbers. If you sign up but don’t show up, I have to absorb the cost personally.

The North Country Homeschooling Highlanders Soccer Club is open to all children, including public/private school kids, of all abilities, ages 5-19.

We will be practicing on Tuesdays in Vermontville from September 3 – October 29, 2024. Exact dates are below. Be sure to put these dates and times on your calendar!

Practice Dates and Times
Kate Mountain Park, Rt. 3, Vermontville
TUESDAYS, 4:00pm-5:00pm for Under-12 team (1 hour), 4:00pm-6:00pm for Teen Team (2 hours)
Nine practice dates: 
Sept 3, 10, 17, 24
Oct 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

Equipment – Label Everything with Your Child’s Name!
ALL KIDS MUST HAVE:
1. Sneakers (cleats optional).
2. Shin guards.
3. Soccer ball with child’s name on it (Size 4 for kids 12 and under; Size 5 for kids 12 and up).
4. Water bottle with child’s name on it.

Teams and Ages
We generally divide the kids into two teams by age, with the cutoff for the “teen team” being ages 12 and above, but if your child is at a skill level that fits better with a different age group, there is a place to indicate that on the sign up form below. The final decision about age group placement will be up to the coaches. Each year some younger kids with well-developed skills play with older kids, and some older kids who are still just learning prefer to play with younger kids. Parents should be certain that their child is safe to play with larger or smaller-sized people.

Health and Safety

CONCUSSION SAFETY
*Kids will not be encouraged to do headers.
*If we suspect an athlete has a concussion, they will be immediately removed from play and will be kept out until they provide written clearance from their doctor.

Cost, Payment, and Participation Waiver
Cost: $20/child for the whole season, which covers team insurance, team t-shirt, and new first aid supplies. ****Scholarships available****, so please ask. We have “angels” who offer to sponsor kids on our team! 

Adirondack Center for Writing Kids’ Story Publishing Camp

There’s still time to sign kids up for our Story Publishing Camp in August!
https://adirondackcenterforwriting.org/event/story-publishing-camp-2024/

For students grade 5-8
Pay-what-you-can sliding scale of $100-$250
August 12-16
9:30AM-12:30PM

Students in ACW’s week-long Story Publishing Camp will explore the fundamentals of narrative (characters, plot, setting, and more) and draft an original multi-page creative writing piece with the help of YA author Rebecca Donnelly. Students will also learn the technical skills to produce polished works of prose as well as design, lay-out, print, copy, and bind their own original book!
On Saturday, August 17, students will have the chance to “launch” their book, sign copies, and distribute them to the public at the Adirondack Family Book Festival at John Brown Farm in Lake Placid.

Watch last year’s participant read her published story: https://www.instagram.com/p/C9sD2vMOygZ/