Discuss The Grapevine, MHA’s newsletter!
The Grapevine is MHA’s quarterly newsletter, full of articles written by and for . Submissions from members are always welcome.
Here’s an idea: The MHA Grapevine would like to publish your graduation announcement, picture and future plans. Starting next year this will become a regular addition to our May edition of the Grapevine, to honor the accomplishments of our homeschooling teens in reaching this important milestone in their lives.
Please consider sending a picture with self-addressed stamped envelope (so that the picture can be returned), or scanned picture file (.bmp, .jpg or .tiff); along with information included in the announcement such as the date the event took place, where it was held, and any other information about the event that you would like to share with others. Please include future plans, such as technical school, job, or college.
E-Mail your submission to mha@homeschoolers.org or send by U.S. mail to MHA, P.O. Box 40486, St. Paul, MN 55104.
More details about the Grapevine can be found at http://www.homeschoolers.org/the_grapevine.
June 2008 comment: I was wondering if you guys would be interested in addressing the issues surrounding the new brands of charter schools cropping up (i.e. Connections Academy, K12, etc.) and how this compares/relates/ is different than “traditional” homeschooling. We nearly enrolled our soon-to-be 2nd grader, but stopped when we saw the attendance requirements and did a little research online and found out a few disturbing things. I’m sure there are other homeschoolers out there that would love to know! Sarah Anderson, Ogilvie
Hello, I just finished reading “The Grapvine, Spring 2008” thank you for providing yet another compelling publication. The submission by Nathan and Kimberly Olson was so helpful. I hope many will join me in sharing the article with those who are not in MHA. We owe it to our children to be sure that all understand clearly which candidates “openly embrace homeschool” and those who embrace placing all in government education “craddle to grave”. Roxanne May 23, 2008
I’d like to see the MHA newsletter reflect a wider range of viewpoints. It seems to be heavy on the unschooling approach. That’s a fine approach, but I’d love to see articles written by families who have a more structured approach- unit studies or a curriculum. I know MHAs membership consists of all kinds of families/approaches/faiths. I’d love to see that shown in the newsletter. 2006
After comparing the MHA newsletter to MACHEs- I must tell you how impressed I am with The Grapevine (MHAs). Things that struck me as different/better:
1. Size does not matter! Your newsletter may not have had as many pages (at least this time around), but what was there was quality. 2. The Grapevine was full of interesting articles! Keep em coming! 3. It also had a wider scope of information and opinions. 4. Related to #3 - you shared information and let me filter what was important/valuable to me. Thanks for letting me make the decision! 5. Although there is much to praise about MHA, there weren’t pages of it to read. 6. I didn’t feel the urge to say “Amen” after every paragraph I read within The Grapevine (and that was a good thing!)
March 2006
I like the new layout! The graphics are the best I’ve seen in years!
Jan/2006
I would like to see more articles about preparing for college feb06
A: Many of our experienced homeschooling families say that one of the most effective ways to prepare for college is to take college classes under Minnesota’s Post-Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) program. We ran an extensive series of PSEO articles in the Grapevine in 2005. Those articles included not just parents’ perspectives, but direct reports from homeschooled students taking classes through the PSEO program at major universities, community colleges, community and technical colleges, and through on-line services. We posted those articles on the Helpful Articles page of the MHA website, so you can still read them even if you missed those issues of the Grapevine. You may also want to check out our PSEO page on the MHA website.
2005 comment: I would like to see less ads that promote charter schools, distance learning, public school ‘academies’ and other public school alternatives in the Grapevine. There were two such ads in the May 2005 newsletter, and one in the Feb 2005 I turn to MHA to get uplifted about homeschooling, and would rather not see public school type ads. I understand that there are other options out there, but I feel that they get enough advertisement.
A: Yes, we hear you! This issue was discussed by the MHA board in mid-2005. As a result of those discussions, MHA no longer accepts ads of this type.