Do you live in the Eastern region of the United States? You are invited to join our online homeschool support group. We invite all parents who want to help their children succeed in school and in life, veteran home educators looking for a fresh start, new family educators searching for help and ideas, and parents just thinking about home education to join us.

Our goal is to support them in their endeavor as well as disseminate information. We welcome anyone not included in another group. Our states include: Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, Michigan. ME MA RI DE CN NH VT OH MI MD NY NJ PA

This is a support group for Buddhist homeschoolers in the New England region -- Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont. Here we can talk about how we home-school with Buddhist ethics in mind. How do we live the 4 Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path in our culture?

When we are large enough, we will hold monthly or even weekly meetings, field trips, meditation circles and other neat homeschooling things. Eventually, we will also plan a yearly retreat for Buddhists and home school families in the New England region.

Feel free to join us if you have been a Buddhist home school family for years or are merely interested in it.

We welcome people who are interested in participating (and helping to organize) some of the activities we are planning. On this list, we are privileged to have Orthodox Jews, Conservative Jews, Reform Jews, Reconstructionist Jews, secular Jews. We DON'T have so-called Messianic Jews (Jews for Jesus).

There is no proselytizing allowed on this list. This list is NOT for discussing religious politics or "how" to be a Jew. It's primary goal is to make friends and organize gatherings. Note: NonJews married to Jews and raising their children as Jews or with Jewish traditions are also welcome.

Note: NonJews married to Jews and raising their children as Jews or with Jewish traditions are also welcome.

Serving Connecticut, Maine, Massachussetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont

Purpose

• To aid Islamic schools, Muslim teachers and Muslim homeschoolers in their educational endeavors.
• To promote networking, and community building through the NEMEN email list and NEMEN/Islamic school/Muslim homeschool activites.
• To create and maintain an on going supportive and proactive environment for all our educators for the very best of ourselves and our children.

Islamic schools are encouraged to post and promote their carnivals, fairs, teacher workshops, professional development etc. Please also post these events on the calendar.

Muslim homeschoolers are encouraged to post and promote their activites, shared educational endeavors, field trips, etc. Please also post these events on the calendar.

Everyone on the NEMEN list is encouraged to contribute and post information on various workshops, professional development, conventions, conferences, forums, etc. within the NEMEN area.

Started in March 2001, this group has migrated here from another email list site. We also have a new organization site: http://www.nemen.net. Old site that still retains resources: http://www.geocities.com/nemuslimeducators.

Topics relating to the politics of homeschooling in New Hampshire should be sent to the companion mailing list NHHR-POLITICS after the first few exchanges occur on the NHHR-L mailing list.

For more information, visit http://www.geocities.com/TheOutschoolers/.

We are inspired by the works of John Holt, and the idea that curiosity is innate and that learning is a natural, seamless part of life. We believe that the school model of coercive learning is inefficient and potentially harmful, and does not need to be replicated in the home. Perhaps the simplest definition of unschooling is "not doing school", and the purpose of this group is to share ways that we are living and learning without school.

We are a real-life community as well as a cyber-group, so we do ask that members provide some basic personal information along with their request to join the group (full name, town, ages of children). This information will go to the moderator and will not be shared with the whole group. Upon joining the group, an introduction is always nice, and helps us feel more comfortable with each other.

Regarding posting etiquette, this is intended to be a friendly, supportive group. Members should feel free to post their own thoughts and experiences, but in a way that is respectful of other families' values and lifestyles.

For more information, visit http://www.seacoastunschoolingnetwork.org/.

To join, please email one of the moderators with a brief discription of your homeschool and your special child. Group moderators are Sue: Lavalla5@prodigy.net and Jodi: catsndogs4us@tds.net.

Membership in this group is based on:
Request to become a member
Introduction of members.
Active involvement of co-moderators.

In order for everyone to feel free to "voice their opinions" in a safe environment, the moderators will monitor all messages. While we want everyone to feel free to speak his/her mind, please be considerate in doing so. There are no steadfast and hard rules in educating a special needs child and everyone's opinion needs to be taken into consideration. Members are to forward only personal information with permission of the author. These are opinions and statements made personally. Examples are: personal schedules shared, someone's method of "teaching something", private stories, experiences and any opinions expressed.