17 Days and Counting!

Greg Laurie: Seattle Harvest November 5-7 at the Key Arena with music from Mercyme, Jeremy Camp, Jars of Clay, Kutless, Hawk Nelson, and Revive. This is an amazing evangelistic outreach opportunity and the event is FREE!



Telescope Workshop

On Tuesday evening at 6:00 PM the Island County Astronomical Society is presenting a workshop at the Burlington Public Library on what to look for when you buy a telescope. So, before you buy, come to this free presentation on what to buy BEFORE you go shopping. You may just need binoculars until you learn the night sky and try out different scopes.

Open Auditions

The Alger Lookout Thespian Association - A.L.T.A presents the musical, "Spitfire Grill" based on a film by Lee David Zlotoff. They will hold auditions at the Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Bellingham (Alger) on October 23 from 6:30 - 8:30 PM and October 24 from 3:00 - 5:00 PM. Contact Karen Westra for audition requirements: karen@riversidehealthclub.com 360-391-1365.

Fall Music Fest

Fall Music Fest 

Saturday, October 23 @ Mt Vernon Christian High School

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Make music with Dennis Alexander, rhythm and theory games, face painting, listening lab, composer's corner, and prizes! Admission: Pre-registration $7 per student/$15 for 3 or more siblings/$10 at the door. For more information call Joanna at 336-8158.

Teen Drumming Program

Learn to play drums from expert drummer, Ray Soriano on Tuesday, November 2nd at 7:00 PM at the Anacortes Public Library. This program is designed for teens 12-18 and drums are provided.

Attention Archivists!

Here is an unusual opportunity for anyone interested... The Basics of Archives A PRACTICAL, ONE-DAY WORKSHOP FOR THOSE WHO WORK WITH HISTORICAL RECORDS BUT ARE NOT TRAINED ARCHIVISTS! FREE WORKSHOPS: Thursday, October 21, 2010 at Eastern Washington Regional Archives Eastern Branch, Cheney Friday, October 29, 2010 at Pierce County Public Works Environmental Services Building University Place All Workshops: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Basics of Archives is for people who work or volunteer in organizations that deal with the past-whether it's a museum, historic house, the city clerk's office, the library's local history room, a historic site, or a college archives. You'll get practical advice, sample forms and policies, and learn basic practices you need to follow so that you can collect, protect, and help people use the historical treasures in your care. In this workshop you'll learn: * What historical records are-and aren't. * How to decide what to keep. * How to make sure you have legal title to your collections. * How to handle collections when you get them so you know what you have and how to locate collections. * How to protect your collections from theft. * How to deal with copyright issues. * What tools you need to create to help users find the information in your collections. * How to take care of historical records to ensure their preservation and accessibility into the future. * How to let the public know what you have and how to get people excited about using your collections. * And-where to go when you need help? The Basics of Archives Workshop Do you need to take care of historical records-but you're not a trained archivist? What's the right thing to do with those diaries, cassette tapes, hand-drawn maps, tin-type photographs, and family letters in your collection? Where can you go to get advice? Register for the free Basics of Archives workshop near you. Pre-registration is required, and enrollment is limited. Directions and parking information will be available upon registration. Thursday, October 21, 9 am-4 pm Eastern Washington Regional Archives 960 Washington Street, Cheney WA Friday, October 29, 9 am-4 pm Pierce County Public Works Environmental Services Building 9850 - 64th Street, West, University Place WA (Near Chambers Bay) Instructors: Experienced archivists volunteered by member organizations of the Washington State Historical Records Advisory Board will instruct your class. About WSHRAB: The Washington State Historical Records Advisory Board serves the public as the central advisory board for historical records projects and plans and provides leadership and guidance to help ensure the identification, preservation, and use of the state's historical records: http://www.secstate.wa.gov/archives/wshrab.aspx Register by October 19: Telephone or e-mail your information to: Mark Vessey, Heritage Resource Center 360-586-0219 mvessey@wshs.wa.gov

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Homeschool Skating with Christian Music

Join us on Wednesday, November 3rd @ Skagit Skate (Behind Fred Meyer) for skating from 10:00 AM - 12 Noon on the first Wednesday of each month. About $6 per person. Non-skaters are free. (suggested entry fee - casual dance clothes). Bring your lunch and then stop by the Burlington Public Library for a free monthly program for homeschoolers from 1:00 - 2:00 PM.This month's theme is Forensics!

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Geography Bee is Coming!

It’s time to mark your calendars for a fun-filled evening of geography and sharing. Homeschool students in grades 4-8 are encouraged to participate in the Geography Bee sponsored by National Geographic on Friday, November 19, 7:00 p.m. We will meet at Trinity Lutheran Church in Mount Vernon. To preregister or for more information, contact Beth Schubkegel (bshoopz@hotmail.com)

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Digging Up Fossils!

On Saturday, November 6th from 1:30 - 2:30 PM the Mt. Vernon City Library is offering a great hands-on program that will teach children about fossil collection. Families with children ages 4 and up are invited to come make fossil rubbings, learn about fossil collecting, and they even promise some surprises!! Fun for all ages and families are encouraged to enjoy together.

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Christian Music

Here is a fun opportunity! This Sunday, at 2:00 in Lynden, the Christian a Capella group, "Rescue," will be performing at the Third Christian Reformed Church, 514 Liberty Street Lynden, WA!  The tickets are $10, Check out this link for more information.

Homeschool Skating and Library Day is this Wednesday!

Roller Skating at Skagit Skate

10:00 a.m. to Noon

About $6.00 per person depending on the type of skate. Non-skaters are free

Burlington Library

1:00 to 2:00

Learn to use the library effectively. All ages are welcome.

Tour and Scavenger Hunt will be fun and informative for all.

Meet in the Community Room to start our session.

Hope to see you there! His Place Homeschool Ministry

Learning to Use the Library!

Each month during the school year on the first Wednesday from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. the Burlington Library will be hosting a FREE special learning session just for homeschooled students. Please fill free to come early and browse for books and stay later and explore some more!

October’s Topic:

Learning to Use the Library

Research, Data Bases, Resources, and a fellow named Dewey!

This session will start in the Community Room at 1:00 with our reference librarian teaching about how to use the data bases and resources to research in the library. Then there will be a tour and time to practice and investigate what you have learned. I’ve heard there may even be a scavenger hunt!

Our librarians are working to make this a special time for homeschooled students. Please come to show how much we appreciate their efforts on our behalf.

We are interested in hearing what topics you would like to see covered in our First Wednesday sessions. Some that we are considering include: Writing, Music, Calligraphy, Forensic Crime Lab, Astronomy, Painting, and more. Please give your ideas to Lisa Dills or Jacqueline Hendrickson.

Oliver!

Lyric Opera Northwest is presenting Oliver! at the Moore Theater in Seattle on Oct. 17th. However, there will be a dress rehearsal on Oct. 14th that children of our area are most heartily invited to! This production is exciting, as kids are working alongside professional actors, choreographers, etc, and the quality of the production is extremely high.

Date: Oct. 14th, 11:00 am to ~1:30 pm

Location: Moore Theatre, 1932 2nd Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101-1102

Ticket price: $5/person

There is no eating in the actual theater, but kids are welcome to eat in the lobby before the show and during intermission. Seating is first come, first served, so an earlier arrival has its advantages (doors open at 10:00 am). Please let me know you are bringing buses, as we will arrange bus parking.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions call 425-736-5848.

Hope to hear from you soon!

Sara Wagner
Assistant Stage Manager

CLEP Testing

Hi! My name is Chrissie and this year, my son Brit is going to start CLEP testing as part of his high school curriculum. Since I have to teach him, I wanted to open it up to anyone who wants to come and take it as well. This would include adults as well as students.

The first course we will be doing is General College Mathematics. The College Mathematics examination covers material generally taught in a college course for non-mathematics majors and majors in fields not requiring knowledge of advanced mathematics. This will cover the Math 101 requirement for a general college. 

Be aware, however, that Running Start will not accept CLEP scores. This is due to the fact that the government pays for all the Running Start classes, and that was a requirement of the government. This CLEP is equal to the Compass or Asset testing that Skagit Valley College has each incoming student complete. You will have all the knowledge to pass the Compass or Asset test when you finish with this course. If you plan on attending SVC at any time - Running Start or otherwise - taking those tests would be very advantageous to do after completing this course.
- below are two links that will cover more in detail what this CLEP test covers.

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/clep/ex_cm.html
http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/college_mathematics_fact_sheet.pdf

This particular course will take 8 weeks to cover the materials with the test scheduled at the end. Location is yet to be determined, but there is no charge for the class except the cost of the test. This course will be held during the day, I cannot do evening classes at present. The only requirement I have for anyone wanting to take this course is the commitment to taking the CLEP at the end. It is prohibitive to go through this course and do all this work to not have a chance to pass the test at the end.

Start date will depend on the acquiring of a facility to hold the class in. I am hoping to start no later than the week of Sept 20, but again, that will depend on the availability of a facility in which to hold the class. There are several ideas on the wire right now, just have get the OK back!

This class should NOT take the place of the normal curriculum you teach during the year. For example, Brit will take this CLEP, but will continue to do a math curriculum (Algebra 2 for us) for the remainder of the year. That is, unless he is feeling that he could take another math-based CLEP test. Between times, he will continue to work on Algebra 2.

We will be testing at Grace Academy in Marysville - this is the closest testing facility to Mt. Vernon. The test costs approximately $77. If one chooses to take this CLEP and does not pass, you may not attempt another try for a minimum of 6 months. This is the CLEP center testing rules.

You do not have to be enrolled in a college to take CLEP tests. If you do not have a college to send the results to, then you may apply for a CLEP transcript and they will send you all your scores. At the time you enroll in a college, you may either present the college the transcript or have them apply for your CLEP transcript. Below is more on the scoring of a CLEP test.

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/clep/scores.html

CLEP: College Mathematics

www.collegeboard.com

Learn about the College Mathematics CLEP examination. Find information about the test, knowledge and skills required, and study resources. Order the Official CLEP Study Guide or download subject study guides from the collegeboard.com store.

I think that's all. Thanks!! Chrissie

 bunnyearsfamily@gmail.com

How can God be both merciful and just?

How can the Bible be trustworthy when it has been translated so many times?

Analyze and respond to the statement, "Every charitable act is a stepping stone to heaven," - Henry Ward Beecher

Those are three examples of questions students will answer by participating in Apologetics. This group will focus on learning Christian doctrine and being prepared to answer challenges to the Christian faith. It will be  a inter-denominational, family setting. The goal of the group is to give families tools and opportunities to look more deeply at their faith and share with others. Students are strongly encouraged to participate in apologetics speech competitions. Ages 12 and up can compete in tournaments, but younger children are very welcome at group. Parents will need to help with the group in one way or another.

Come see what it is all about! We are planning to meet the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month from 6-8 pm at Faith Community Fellowship in Mt. Vernon. Our first meeting is 9/21/10. Bring your Bible.

Letters About Literature

The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, in cooperation with affiliate state centers for the book and in partnership with Target Stores, invites readers in grades 4 through 12 to enter Letters About Literature, a national reading-writing contest.

To enter, readers write a personal letter to an author, living or dead, from any genre--fiction, nonfiction, or poetry, contemporary or classic--explaining how that author's work changed the student's way of thinking about the world or themselves.

There are three competition levels:

• Level I for children in grades 4 through 6
• Level II for grades 7 and 8
• Level III, grades 9 - 12  

State winners, announced in March each year, receive cash awards. National winners, announce in late April, receive additional prizes and earn for their school or community library LAL Reading Promotion Grants valued at thousands of dollars!

LAL focuses on reader response and reflective writing. We provide free teaching materials, including lesson plans, writing samples, assessment checklists, and teacher tips--all downloadable through this site.

Creation Debate

The public is invited to hear guest speaker, Dr. Robert W. Carter on the Creation vs. Evolution debate in the Worship Center at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Mt Vernon Sunday night from 7- 9 PM.

Back to School Bash 2010 at His Place Church

Check out their slideshow on Photopeach!

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Fall Programming in Burlington

Fall has arrived a lot sooner than most of us were ready for! But, we have lots of fun things planned while the leaves change colors and the rain starts drizzling.

We have NINE instructors teaching classes for us this fall, here is a quick peek of what they are offering:

• Kids Computer Animation School (ongoing)
• Women & Teen Self Defense Classes (weekend of Oct 2 & 3)
• Piano Camp for Adults and Kids (October)
• Excel Business Essentials in 3.5 hr Classes (one each month)
• Basic Cartooning for Kids every Tuesday from 4-6pm
• Hatha Yoga every Thursday evening at 5:45pm
• Creative Card Classes in November
• Camp Fire USA Kids Self Reliance Classes: Babysitting, I Can Do It, I'm Peer Proof
• Musical Walk with Nature (this Saturday)

We also have some in-house programs and special events:

• Scrapbooking Friday Night and All Day Crops
• Scrapbooking 27 Hr Crop
• Scrapbooking Swap Meet November 6
• Harvest Festival and Pumpkin Pitch Saturday, September 25 at Skagit River Park (Kids Division this year)
• Adult Hallow's Eve Dance on Oct 22nd- Live music and dancing with Dillinger's Clam Bake! Call about tickets 755-9649.
• Holiday Fine Art 'n Gift Show-2 DAYS! November 20 and 21st.
• Winter Break programs for the kids.

Christi Kinney

Recreation Coordinator

Burlington Parks and Recreation Department

900 E. Fairhaven Ave

Burlington, WA  98233

Phone 360-755-9649 Visa and MasterCard Accepted

Fax 360-755-1017

http://recreation.ci.burlington.wa.us

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Calling all Singers!

Bethany Covenant Church's Youth Ensemble will begin rehearsals on Wednesday, September 29th from 4:30-5:30 PM. This group is for all junior high and high school students who enjoy singing to the Lord. Anyone can join! You do not need to attend Bethany. Shari Smith conducts this choral group, singing a wide range of music, from classical to contemporary. Rehearsals are weekly. There is a dinner on Wednesday evenings following the rehearsal and for $7 your family can eat. 

The ensemble sings at the annual Christmas concert along with adult choir, children's choir, handbell choirs and orchestra. In addition, they have sung for occasional special events and very infrequently on Sunday morning. In the spring, the ensemble joins the other groups for the annual Tulip Festival Concert. Most of the participants are home schooled. Come join us and we will SING TO THE LORD together! Call Shari Smith at 757-6110 or e-mail at abbunch@famsmith.com to register or for more information.

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