Science Friday – DNA Isolation! See details below.
Note: A videographer will be at the VIC on 2/23 making promotional videos and they especially are looking for children and families to be in the scenes! If you come around 12:00 or 12:30pm, you can get a free horse-drawn sleigh ride (at 1pm) and be part of the filming and then isolate some DNA!
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise and Lake Placid News — based in Saranac Lake — are sponsoring a Biography/Personal Profile Writing Contest for students in grades 4 through 12.
The contest is open to students in the newspapers’ readership area — those who are homeschooled or who attend the following districts and schools: AuSable Valley Central, Keene Central, Lake Placid Central, Saranac Lake Central, Tupper Lake Central, North Country School, Northwood School and St. Bernard’s School.
The submission deadline is Friday, March 29. Winning entries will be selected by our judges in April, the contest will culminate in a celebration reading in May (date and venue TBA) and winning entries will be published in both newspapers.
Posted below are Contest Rules; a guide on how to write a Biography/Personal Profile; and information about our Next Generation Newsroom program, which was designed to create educational pathways for local students to become professional journalists.
We chose the Biography/Personal Profile for our spring 2024 writing contest because both newspapers routinely publish these types of stories that highlight people from our communities. The subject of these profiles must be a living person.
Please share this packet with your homeschooling community and contact me if you have any questions.
Thank you.
Andy Flynn (he/him)
Editor and Publisher
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Lake Placid News
54 Broadway, Saranac Lake, NY 12983
Work: 518-891-2600, ext. 24
Cell: 518-891-5559
Homeschool Ski and Snowshoe Day at the Paul Smiths VIC for Tuesday 2/20 – Great temps, great snow, and sunshine! Games in the field starting at 10am!
Thursday, February 22 | 4 – 5 PM in the Flammer Theater
included with Wild Center Admission
After spending hundreds of hours observing his resident beavers, Dave Hall, naturalist and author, has gained unique insight into their daily habits. This lecture will go well beyond dams, lodges and bark to take a rare look into the lives of three very special beavers, Merle, Apple and Amik. Listeners can look forward to learning skills and gaining perspectives that can be utilized to enrich experiences with all types of wildlife.
Dave is the founder of Primitive Pursuits, a youth-focused nature awareness program offered in partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County, New York. He has worked as a naturalist and guide in Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York and has served as an instructor with the Adirondack Mountain Club, the State University of New York at Cortland, Cornell Outdoor Education, and Ithaca College. Dave’s newest book, The Naturalist’s Guide: A Field Guide to Observing and Understanding Wildlife was released on September 1, 2022. He also is co-author of Winter in the Wilderness: A Field Guide to Primitive Survival Skills and lives in Willseyville, New York, with his family and two dogs.
This lecture is included in the cost of general admission. No Registration (space is limited 165 seats). General admission tickets can be purchased online here: https://wildcenter.ticketapp.org/portal/product/8
March Maple Madness Homeschool Day at the Wild Center, Friday March 8, 2024. Register here: https://wildcenter.ticketapp.org/portal/product/25
KidFit+ classes at Dance Sanctuary in Saranac Lake with Physical Therapist Chantelle Kite for ages 3-5, and ages 5+. Email myipts@gmail.com to register.
Paul Smiths VIC Homeschool Day tomorrow 2/13/24 – there is no skiing, and even snowshoeing might be too slippery. The VIC recommends wearing microspikes if you go out on the trails. Nevertheless, a bunch of us are still planning to meet at 10am, and we will play board games indoors in the classroom!
Submissions for the Adirondack Center for Writing’s all-ages Annual Poem Village Festival are open, and this year, in addition to Saranac Lake storefront windows, poems will be hanging throughout Malone and St. Lawrence County! The deadline to submit your poem is March 18, 2024. Visit the ACW website to submit your work. https://adirondackcenterforwriting.org/poemvillage/
Read more about the exciting geographical spread of the poems in 2024: https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-news/2024/01/submission-period-for-poem-village-is-open/
Paul Smiths VIC Ski and Snowshoe tomorrow, Feb 6 10am! It will likely be a bit icy again… though now I know — we have to head to the wider open trails, and not so much the tree-covered trails. (And/or just be on snowshoes). But it will be fun no matter what! If you want to check conditions visit: https://www.paulsmithsvic.org/trailconditions/
Dear Homeschool Families,
Please join us on Thursday, February 1st at 10:00 a.m. for an exploration of biographies and autobiographies through a read aloud, discussion, and extension activities. Special guests from Northwood School will help students draw portraits and self-portraits to accompany their writing. Please bring a photo of your child(ren) or a picture of a person your child is interested in writing about to help with this drawing station. Don’t worry if they’re just on your phone, as we can quickly print copies.
Please rsvp to librarian@lakeplacidlibrary.org or 518-523-3200 if you know you are attending to help with set-up needs. As always, happy reading!
-Karen and Bambi
North Country Homeschooling 