Lots of inches! We’ll be able to hold our Tuesday ski and snowshoe day at the Paul Smiths VIC on 3/12/24. https://nch.home.blog/2023/10/31/homeschool-xc-ski-and-snowshoe-days-at-the-paul-smiths-vic-january-march-2024/

Save the date!! Our annual, amazing Homeschool History Day will be held on Tuesday, June 4th at John Brown Farm State Historic Site in Lake Placid. More details coming soon!

No Homeschool Day at the VIC tomorrow (Tuesday 3/5/24) due to a lack of snow. You are welcome to visit and use the building and walk the trails, but there is no formal homeschool event happening there tomorrow.

There are still skiable trails at the VIC! See you there tomorrow Tuesday 2/27/24 at 10am!

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!

Homeschool XC Ski and Snowshoe Days at the Paul Smiths VIC January-March 2024

Beyond Dams and Lodges with
naturalist and author David Hall

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.