The Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) announces a new session of their Homeschool in the Woods Program (ages 5-12). Registration required! Visit the link below for more info and to register.
Dates: Mon, Jan 13, 2025, 9:30 AM EST – Mon, Mar 24, 2025

https://adk.corsizio.com/event/672a32b5b0692317b4637c19

On Tuesdays from January 7 – March 25, 2025, the Paul Smith’s College Visitor Interpretive Center invites homeschool families of all ages and abilities for group ski games and skiing and snowshoeing on our trails at a discounted rate.

Homeschool Tuesdays Trail Pass Rate
Kids: free
Adults, ages 18 and up: half price, $10

Homeschool Tuesdays Rental Rate
Kids: free
Adults, ages 18 and up: $20 for skis, $10 for snowshoes

Season Pass info if you decide that the excellent VIC skiing is something you want to do more frequently than just Tuesdays! https://www.paulsmithsvic.org/ny-state-ski-waiver/

About the Program
The homeschool program will take place on Tuesdays from January 7 – March 25, 2025, from 10am-2pm. Most Tuesdays, we will have informal group games for all abilities on skis in the field behind the building from about 11:00 or 11:30am until we break for lunch. In previous years, we had special days where we did music jams and horsedrawn sleigh rides. Stay tuned to this blog (and the NCH facebook group) for updates in case of inclement weather.

Families are welcome to come earlier and stay later. The VIC building is open from 9:00am-5:00pm, and indoor bathrooms are available to the public. Families are free to ski or snowshoe the trails at their own pace and use the building throughout the day. VIC trails are open dawn to dusk.

Homeschoolers are welcome to visit the displays inside the building, use the classroom, library reading room, and any educational tools and games.

For more information contact:
Sunita Halasz, sunitahalasz@gmail.com
vic@paulsmiths.edu
https://www.paulsmithsvic.org/

Note from Tamsin Wentzel, ORDA:

I am sending this again, if you have already responded, I will be reaching out prior to each event you showed an interest in!

Welcome to Winter 24/25!

Dear educators,

We have some exciting events coming up at our Olympic Venues this Winter!

Follow this link and sign up for any and all events you may be interested in!
https://lakeplacidlegacysites.com/school-adventures/

All events listed are free for school students and their chaperones!

Discounted tickets to weekend events can be sourced through us if families want to attend.

Please reach out with any questions!

Kind regards,

​Tamsin
Tamsin Wentzel
Corporate and Group Services
Olympic Regional Development Authority
37 Church Street Lake Placid, NY 12946
O: (518) 302-5343 twentzel@orda.org http://www.lakeplacidlegacysites.com

From the Lake Placid Public Library –

Dear Homeschool Families,

Our next Homeschool Thursday is scheduled for Thursday, December 12, from 10 – 2. This is a drop-in day designed for children to create homemade gifts and cards for the holidays. Of course, we’ll also have countless holiday and winter-themed titles available for check-out. So, please join us at some point between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to create and enjoy the holiday season at the Lake Placid Public Library.

Programs are geared for children in grades K-6, but other ages are welcome, and all children must be accompanied by an adult. There is free parking on Main Street through 11:00 a.m. for Town of North Elba residents with a valid parking sticker. There is also free parking in the St. Eustace Church lot for these programs (please leave a note on your dashboard indicating you are at a children’s library program). For questions or to RSVP, reach out to librarian@lakeplacdilibrary.org or 518-523-3200. As always, happy reading!

-Karen and Bambi

Bambi Pedu, Library Director Lake Placid Public Library librarian@lakeplacidlibrary.org 2471 Main Street, Lake Placid, 12946 lakeplacidlibrary.org 518-523-3200

Almanzo Wilder Farm events on Dec 7 and other events in Malone on Dec 7, 2024

Wild Words: Adirondack Teen Writing Anthology is a publication of the Adirondack Center for Writing, created to give teens a venue to publish their original creative writing. Any teen (age 13-19) living in the North Country is eligible to submit writing for consideration.

What We’re Looking For:

Poetry, short stories (sci-fi and fantasy welcome!), short memoirs, and personal essays written by teens living in the North Country of New York. Submissions should be made through JotForm. 

• Poems – Submit up to 5 poems (or 5 pages of poetry).
• Stories, essays, other – Submit up to 1,000 words max (shorter is ok).
• All writing must be submitted in one file (Word or PDF).
• Include a title for each piece.

Timeline:
October 24, 2024 – Submissions open
March 3, 2025 – Submissions close
April 1, 2025 – Contributors notified if their work has been accepted for publication
Late April, 2025 – Anthology book launch in Saranac Lake

2025 Toolkit for Organizations & Teachers

ACW has compiled a toolkit to help promote Wild Words in your community or classroom. You are welcome to duplicate and use any of these materials:

• Worksheets – Black & white PDF worksheets for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction
• Black and white printable poster – 8.5 x 11 PDF
• Full color poster – 8.5 x 11 PDF
• Social media graphics – Square PNG (tag us so we can share! @adkctr4writing on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook)
• Press release – PDF
• Logo – PNG in color and b&w

Read a review of Wild Words 2024 in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise by Erena Fulton: 
“Wild Words is fun read for teens and adults alike” – July 2024

Here’s the information for this coming winter’s Homeschool Titus Mountain Ski Program!  There are five Fridays included in the program.  You may choose to buy a lesson, a lesson and lift tickets, or a lesson, lift tickets, and rental.  You may choose either skis or snowboard.  (If an individual misses a lesson, there is no make up session for that individual; if the whole group misses due to weather, however, a group make up session may be negotiated.)  

All lessons begin at 10:00am, so participants should give themselves time prior to that to pick up their gear, check in, and gear up.  The dates for the program in 2025 are as follows:

1/3, 1/10, 1/17, 1/24, and 1/31

The full package rate for an individual student is $270, which includes lift, lesson, and rentals.  If you have your own skis, it costs $180.  If you have your own skis and your own lift ticket, but you would like to purchase the lessons for your child, the cost is $90 for the five weeks of lessons.  Adults may pay on a week-to-week basis, for the group rate of $59/lift ticket and $30/rental (we must have at least 20 in our group to get these rates; no pre-registration required, and no form listed here).  Additional price options are listed on the registration forms.  A single lesson may be requested, contingent upon whether an instructor is available.  (Patience will be needed for these individual rentals and lessons; the attendants will be busy with pre-registered customers first.)

I need all the forms for each child (youth sign up form below), and a check for the full amount made out to me by December 10. Please email me for my mailing address at cynthiagorgas@gmail.com

Laurie Block Spigel, veteran homeschooler, educator and author, will discuss her new book, Letting Them Lead: Adventures in Game-Based, Self-Directed Learning (https://www.laurieblockspigel.com/books)
When: November 13, Wednesday, 7-9 pm at the
Where: Adirondack Center for Writing, 15 Broadway, Saranac Lake

Free to all who attend

ORDA School Adventures program – be sure to fill out the Inquiry Form link on the right hand side of the page, if you’re interested

School Adventures

11:30am Kids Fun Run & Try Biathlon!