Newsletter
NEWS FROM THE HOME FRONT
The tri-state newsletter for the homeschool community.
News from the Homefront is published monthly, with breaks in July and December.
Submission Requirements
Subscribers are invited to submit activities/information for the publication in this newsletter. Anything may be submitted; however the editor reserves the right to select and edit work.
Send submissions to Chris and Peggy Politano at: homefrontnews@hotmail.com or call 812-401-3468
Deadline: the 15th of the month prior to month's publication (i.e., for August -- July 15)
Subscriptions:
$5.00 for the year. Make checks out to SWIHE and send to:
Peggy Politano
4204 Hunters Trace
Evansville, IN 47715
If you belong to HSLDA, you can get a discount. Call Peggy for details at (812) 401-3468.
SWIHE Email Loop (It's free)
SWIHE keeps the homeschool community informed weekly with up to the minute information.
Subscriptions
Denise Monroe has graciously agreed to assume responsibilities for list subscriptions. If you encourage others to join this list, please give them the Monroe's email address, servants4@att.net
Denise will coordinate all subscription information- adds, deletions, and address changes. This list now has 370 families subscribed.
Email Announcements (by Kent and Teresa Ahrenholtz)
If you need to send an announcement, please send it to Kent and Teresa Ahrenholtz, our Region 16 IAHE representatives, at region16@insightbb.com. DO NOT HIT REPLY to a SWIHE message as your reply will be forwarded to the entire SWIHE Steering Committee. Do not post messages on the SWIHE site - they will not go through and entail more work to be included. Please send announcements in your email instead of as attachments as that helps me work more quickly.
The deadline for submitting announcements is Monday at 5:00 p.m. Those messages will be compiled and sent out by Wednesday morning. Occasional encouragement emails or urgent announcements will be sent as necessary. The Ahrenholtzes and Steering Committee members all have capability to post messages as a backup measure to ensure urgent messages can be sent.
I compile messages quickly and occasionally make mistakes - if I omit a message, it is probably an error of working too quickly as a volunteer to get out the weekly message. If I miss one, just send me a gentle reminder.
At the same time, I reserve the right not to send certain information if there is good reason to believe it is an unsafe activity, poses risks to others, or is unrelated to homeschooling. If I need to make a judgment call about whether an announcement is appropriate, I first check with the Steering Committee, and we make a joint decision on whether to send it. As with any activities involving children, parental discernment and vigilance are advised - as is noted at the bottom of each SWIHE email. Parents have primary responsibility for determining whether activities are appropriate and safe for their families.
Please do not ask me to send messages outside of the weekly timeframe unless it is an urgent, life and death matter such as a critical prayer request or sudden legal threat to area homeschoolers.