[hencny] CLEP Class Sign-Up Request . . .
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* June 2003: CLEP Prep Update -- Sign up your group now!
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* Start preparing for the 2003-2004 school year
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* TOPICS: A word to the wise . . .
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* --As you relax this summer, start thinking about FALL!
* (or Winter or Spring, 2004 too.)
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* The schedule will start filling up soon . . .
* Make sure to get prefered dates while they are available!
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* A service of www.davidandlaurie.com, the parent-directed
* education and support ministry of David & Laurie Callihan
* Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2133,
* Liverpool, NY 13089
* Correspondence e-address: callihan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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* copyright 2003 www.davidandlaurie.com
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June 2003,
We hate to bother you as you and the family are
enjoying the summer break.
But . . .
We need to ask you to take a few minutes and think about
whether or not your support group wants to have us come
to your town and do a CLEP Prep Class for your students.
By now you have heard that we are traveling to many
places and doing classes to help homeschoolers (and even
some parents and non-homeschooled students) prepare for
one or more of the CLEP tests.
Many parents are learning about this alternative means
to "double credit" high school and college. It's a great
way for a homeschooler to validate the high school work,
at the very least. But more significantly it provides a
way to test out of subjects in classes that your student(s)
already know(s). It's also a way to keep some
"low-maintenance" but "high-reward" learning going on
in the summer.
If you aren't yet familiar with CLEPs, go to our web site,
www.clepclasses.com and learn the information.
But more importantly, we are hoping your local support
group, regional or state conference will contact us very
soon about putting together a 3-day event for the Summer
or Fall.
There are several reasons that CLEP testing can be of
benefit to your secondary students:
1. It validates the high school work your students have
done.
2. It gives your students college credit along with the
high school credit.
3. It motivates students by helping them realize they
are gaining college credit when they pass a CLEP exam.
4. It saves significant money over the cost of college
tuition.
5. It provides a way for homeschoolers, who finish their
high school subjects earlier than other students, to keep
working on college subjects at home (assuming they didn't
CLEP the courses when they took them originally).
6. It eliminates the investment of time in college
courses that will be redundant learning, that is, subjects
that the student already knows but is forced to take
because the college curriculum requires them.
7. It reduces college boredom in classes that the
student already has learned before.
8. It lets the student get ahead more quickly at less
expense toward their college major.
Now, we know that there will be some exceptions to the
rule, where CLEPs won't be accepted at a particular
school, or some other reason why the CLEP approach may
not work for your student. That is why we always make a
point to emphasize that you should check with the college
you are looking to have your student attend FIRST. Find
out their CLEP policy, and make sure that they are valid
for your student's educational path.
This is one of the reasons that we advocate parent-
directed education. You need to direct the course of your
student's academic life. Even a great idea like CLEPs
needs to be checked out. So don't forget to make sure
they are going to benefit your student!
In most cases, they will. But make sure!
Once you have verified this fact, you may need to give
your student some added help. That is where we are making
ourselves available to you. If you have a student who is
ready to consider CLEPs, we will come to your area and
teach a CLEP Prep Class in one of several subjects:
Natural Science
College Biology
U.S. History 1
College Algebra (which is the same as Algebra 1)
Introductory Psychology
Introductory Sociology
Western Civilization 1
Freshman College Composition
We will be adding others, but this is a great place to
start.
If you are interested, please contact us right away. We
expect our schedule to start filling up. And for those
of you in Colorado, Virginia, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Oklahoma . . .
please get to us right away because we are already heading
to your state in the next few of months. We may be able
to combine our current trip with another to your hometown.
But if we don't know you would like us to come, we can't
adjust our schedule. So we really need to hear from you.
Send David an email, or call. But now is the time to
discuss how we can work together.
So square away things with your local group and contact
us as soon as you can. Let us work with you to make your
homeschooling opportunities even better in 2003-2004.
And here's a way your students can study for a CLEP test
very easily, avoid typical problems caused by secular
educators, and get college credit too.
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FOR ALL YOU UNCONVINCED PARENTS OUT THERE . . .
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Many times we hear parents say, or hear from others that
parents are saying something like this:
"My Johnny/Suzie isn't old enough for college yet."
or
"There's no way Johnny/Suzie will pass a CLEP at
his/her age."
Or something else to this effect.
But the fact is that your homeschooled student is
DEFINITELY ready for this stuff at the age of 12 to 15,
and ABSOLUTELY ready at 16 or older.
Why can we be so confident? Because of the way your
student as a homeschooler has been taught.
Of course, we are talking specifically about
homeschooled students who have been taught this way
most or all of their lives. Obviously, if this is
your student's first or second year at home, it
may be a bit more of a challenge.
But if your child is a serious homeschooled student
there is little doubt that passing CLEPs will be quite
attainable.
Don't believe us? Then why not just give one a try?
What will it hurt? And here's a package that will
help you to try this approach with little investment.
We think that once you see how simple some of these
CLEPs are to study for and pass, you will be some of
our greatest advocates.
Again we ask . . . Why are we so confident?
Answer: Because our two daughters used these materials
to pass the Sociology CLEP with scores of 65 out of 80!
(Yep, they got the exact same score, coincidentally.)
It's that simple. We know these materials are all your
student needs to study to pass this specific CLEP exam.
So take advantage of this unique offering, and see
what happens. We would love to hear how it goes:
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A One-of-a-kind CLEP Prep course in Introductory Sociology!
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Through an exclusive arrangement with Dr. David Noebel
of Summit Ministries in Manitou Springs, Colorado, we
are offering your secondary homeschooler the opportunity
to get a great worldview training at the same time that
he or she is studying for the Introductory Sociology
CLEP Prep test!
This is an offer just put together within the last 2
weeks! Dr. David Noebel has offered to work with us to
provide homeschoolers THREE FREE BOOKS!
That's right. When you order a set of the brand new
"CLEP Prep In A Box" materials (in either the Basic or
Enhanced offering) to study for the Introductory
Sociology CLEP test, Dr. Noebel wants your student to
be able to get a great worldview training at the same
time! So he is willing to provide your student with
3 books at no additional charge:
<i>Mind Seige</i>--coauthored with Dr. Tim LaHaye, the
well-known author of the New York Times Best-selling
<i>Left Behind</i> series;
<i>The Battle For Truth</i>--which includes four great
chapters on Sociology to supplement the other materials
your student will study for the exam; and
<i>Clergy In The Classroom</i>--a great third worldview
book to give your student a well-rounded Christian
worldview training!
All of these materials will be sent along with the
regular "CLEP Prep In A Box--Introductory Sociology"
materials which include:
--A <i>Standard Deviants</i> Sociology 1 Video,
--An REA <i>Best Prep for the CLEP Sociology Book</i>,
--A copy of our <i>Guidance Manual for the Christian
Homeschool</i> (to help you work through how this CLEP
fits in with your child's overall <b><i>Grand Plan</i></b>
for high school.
All of these materials are being offered at the very
reasonable price of $50.
That's over $120 in materials! You save over $70!!!
The "Enhanced" package also includes two great books on
"Christian" Sociology:
<i>The Second Mayflower</i> by Kevin Swanson and
<i>If The Foundations Are Destroyed</i> by Dr. Alan Snyder
This package sells for $70. It's over $150 in materials.
You save over $80 with the "Enhanced" package.
And there is no better way to help your homeschooler to
test out of Introductory Sociology . . .
in <b>your</b> home . . .
where <b>you</b> can work with your student as he or she
studies this secular material . . .
with supplemental Biblical worldview material to make sure
that important questions get answered and the proper
perspective is able to be kept in studying this material.
This is a great opportunity to help your student(s) study
for the Introductory Sociology CLEP exam!
To order, go to www.davidandlaurie.com/special_offers.html
Order will ship within 10 business days by Media Mail.
We hope you will take advantage of these exceptional offers.
Good learning!
David and Laurie Callihan
clepclasses@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.clepclasses.com
www.davidandlaurie.com
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RANDOM NOTES:
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By the way, if you don't think your student is ready for
the CLEP exam, these CLEP Prep Classes are a great way for
any secondary student to get a thorough overview of the
subject, even if he or she isn't going to take the CLEP
for a year or two.
And since our classes come with a LIFETIME GUARANTEE,
your student can take the same class again in the future
anywhere in the country that we give it--AT NO CHARGE!
So even if you don't want your student to take the CLEP
exam for a year or two, it doesn't hurt to enroll him
or her now as a way to introduce the material for the
first time!
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Order you "CLEP Prep In A Box--Introductory Sociology" and get
over $120 in materials for just $50 (Basic Package) or $150 in
materials for just $70 (Enhanced Package)! Included at no charge:
Dr. David Noebel's three incredible worldview books, "Mind Seige,"
"Battle for the Truth," and "Clergy in the Classroom." This is
IN ADDITION TO the Standard Deviants Psychology 1 video, REA Best
CLEP Prep for Introductory Sociology, and our Guidance Manual!
These books will give your homeschooler a great biblical worldview
course IN CONTEXT as he or she learns the secular Sociology for
the CLEP exam.
This is a great way to help your homeschooler get college credit,
avoid taking secular Sociology on the college campus, and be able
to have you there to answer questions and provide the proper
perspective on the subject. This is the way learning should be
done!
For those of you who aren't yet convinced CLEPs are do-able
for your student, this is a great way to give it a try.
Dr. Noebel's books will be provided through a grant from Summit
Ministries for students who are taking the Sociology CLEP Prep
class that we are offering.
This offer is not available anywhere else! Period.
Order at www.davidandlaurie.com/special_offers.html today!
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Write for a free copy of our Administrative Planning Guide to
help you and your local support group have us in your town to
teach a CLEP Prep Class or two, and do Parents' Workshops too.
The Planning Guide explains it all in detail. Write to
PlanningGuide@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx for your FREE Guide today!
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PERSONAL NEED REQUEST . . .
We are traveling to Colorado in a couple of weeks. We would
like to find out if there is a motorhome or camper for rent
that we could use for our trip. We don't have the ability
to put down a couple of thousand dollars up front. But we
would be willing to pay by the week if someone has one you
are open to having us use, or know someone who would. Please
contact us if this is something you can help us with. We
will be traveling from June 16 through 25. Thanks for your
help in finding someone who may help us with this need.
We don't mind driving a bit of a ways to get the vehicle
if we have to, of course. (This obviously applies more to
those of you in the Eastern or Midwest states. If we have
to drive to Colorado to get one, it probably isn't going
to work. Don't you agree?)
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Have you signed the Proclamation of the Alliance for the Separation
of School and State yet? Why not send it along to some friends to
encourage they sign it too?
www.sepschool.org/Proclamation
Make your voice heard. Help get the civil government out of the
education business (where they don't belong)!
And for those who are interested in seeing what we are doing in
New York along these lines, go to
www.open-ny.org/free.
Sign FREE in NY's Proclamation too! Make your voice heard.
And if you're not from NY, you can still sign for moral support.
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And don't forget to consider having us over for dinner! Write
and ask for a copy of our "Administrative Planning Guide" so
that your local support group can organize some CLEP Prep Classes
and Parents' Workshops!
PlanningGuide@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
We have had over 220 folks request a copy already. We look
forward to being in your neighborhood soon!
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We now have a new web site dedicated to the CLEP: www.clepclasses.com
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Consider a great homeschooling vacation at Shiloh Christian Retreat
Center with David and Laurie Callihan this August 11-14th.
Sign up your secondary students to take the Introductory Psychology
CLEP Prep Class too:
$90 registration
$25 materials fee
Contact david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx for more information on how
to register.
For more information on camping (not the classes), call Bev at
Shiloh Family Retreat Center for a brochure, more information,
or to make a reservation.
Shiloh Family Retreat Center is located at 2850 NY Route 26 in
Eaton, New York 13334. Their phone number is 315-684-3399.
Cabins, campsites and tentsites are available.
Cabins run $125 or $150 per week, $25 or 30 daily.
Campsites with water and electricity are $100 weekly, $20 daily.
Tentsites (no hookup) are $75 weekly and $15 daily.
See you August 11-14th at Hatch Lake, Eaton, New York!
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Give David a call or email about setting up CLEP Classes in
your town today! Thanks for helping us fill our 2003 schedule
soon. Let us help you . . . as you help us fulfill our
homeschooling ministry for this coming school year.
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