Upcoming Homeschool Events

Western Maine

Memorial Day Middle School Contest

Deadline to enter April 30, 2024

American Legion Auxiliary Unit 68 is sponsoring a Memorial Day middle school essay contest for students (homeschool, private, and public) in MSAD44. Submissions are due April 30, 2024. Write about an American hero who died in service to their country. Cash prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners.

Requirements:

250-500 words; type in 12 point font; double-spaced; no more than two pagesin lenghth. Include name, grade, school, email, and phone number.

Submissions can be emailed to Paige at alaunit68me@gmail.com or mailed to P.O. Box 701, Bethel, ME 04217

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Boothbay Harbor

Homeschool Connection

April 23, 30, 2024

Every Tuesday! Parents, caregivers, kids connect for socializing and activities. every Tuesday at 2pm at Boothbay Memorial library. 4 Oak st. Boothbay Harbor https://bbhlibrary.org/ "

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Howland

Youth Group

April 18, 2024

Our Lady of the Eucharist is hosting a teen youth group!

First and Third week Youth Group will be held at Saint Mary of Lourdes in Lincoln.

This is a youth run group. Youth will be planning their activities together, games, how they want to spend their time, and more. This is a fun and welcoming group. All youth are invited to all our meetings and whether they attend our Church services or not. You are welcome.

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Waterville

Community Family Literacy Gathering

April 20, 2024

Join us at Pleasant St. Methodist Church, 61 Pleasant St. in Waterville, for a free community family literacy gathering event for all ages. Free food, activities, and more! We all will be hosting tables to advertise our own organizations and what we do, but the main reason for this is to encourage the community to come out, have fun, and encourage literacy in the family households. At the event, we will be hosting activities, crafts, and read aloud for kids. Book swaps, giveaways, and raffles for gift cards and more! Come out and have some fun at this event with us!

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Lincoln

Youth Group

April 11, 25, 2024

Our Lady of the Eucharist is hosting a teen youth group!

Second and Fourth week Youth Group will be held at Saint Leo the Great in Howland. Every Thursday evening at 6:00 pm.

This is a youth run group. Youth will be planning their activities together, games, how they want to spend their time, and more. This is a fun and welcoming group. All youth are invited to all our meetings and whether they attend our Church services or not. You are welcome.

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Bangor

Engineering through the Ages

April 26, 2024

Join the Challenger Team for this free program as we partner up with the Cole Land Transportation Museum to explore some examples of engineering through the ages found in Cole’s vehicles, then dive into one ourselves as we dig into how it works!

Open to grades 6-8, we will be running a hands on experiment involving some of Cole’s most iconic vehicles and allow a closer view of this part of the museum than regularly available

Date: April 26th from 10AM – 1pm. This is a drop off event, please pack a bag lunch.

Cost: FREE

Location: This program will be held at the Cole Land Transportation Museum,

405 Perry Rd, Bangor, ME

Register here

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Concord, New Hampshire

TeenPact Leadership Schools: Changing Lives to Change the World!

April 29, 2024

TeenPact uses dynamic, high-interest activities to bring biblically centered civics, government, leadership and discipleship to today's youth. A large group of homeschooled students will meet at Centerpoint Church and the State House in Concord, New Hampshire. Youth ages 8-12 will meet Friday, May 3rd, and teens 13-19 spend a full week, April 29th - May 3rd, growing in their skills and understanding. Overnight lodging and evening sessions are available at Camp Berea and ministry-minded chaperones will transport Camp students to and from the Capitol daily. View the TeenPact mission statement, download the pre-class homework, and register at www.TeenPact.com. Please note that there are TWO New England events: New England I will be held in Connecticut mid-April, but New England II in Concord, New Hampshire will run April 29th - May 3rd. Attend whichever one works best for you. An Early Bird discount applies until 60 days before the class begins, and refer-a-friend discounts are available. www.TeenPact.com/StateClasses

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Rochester, NH

Sole City Dance & Rochester Opera House Present: The Moon-Spinners Mystery

May 10, 11, 2024

Enjoy an adventure set on a modern-day Greek island with Sole City Dance’s newest production, The Moon-Spinners Mystery. The ballet follows Nikki, a young detective grieving the loss of her mother. To escape her sorrow, she travels to Greece where she makes friends, searches for a missing person, runs up against a group of nefarious smugglers, and meets a Greek schoolteacher with the most resourceful young students. All these lives weave in and out of each other in a story replete with love, loyalty, grief, and joy. Behind the scenes, another group of characters is continually weaving - the three ancient fates, the moon-spinners, with their power to cut the cord of life.

Performances take place at the Rochester Opera House on Friday, May 10th at 7 pm and Saturday, May 11th at 1 pm and 6 pm. Tickets are on sale now through the Rochester Opera House:

*Only purchase tickets directly from the Rochester Opera House Box Office. Third-party sites may not be selling legitimate tickets.

Sole City Dance provides a strong technical foundation in dance in a non-competitive, nonjudgmental environment, for the encouragement of artistic expression. Sole City Dance is a federally-designated 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization.

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Westbrook/Gorham/Windham/Scarborough

Writing activity: Save Smiling Hill Farm

May 11, 2024

Ever visited Smiling Hill Farm? Enjoy their products? Write a letter telling the Maine Turnpike Authority why preserving Smiling Hill Farm is more important than a highway connector. For info Google Protect Smiling Hill Farm. See comment link at https://www.maineturnpike.com/gorhamconnector and/or write to each town.

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Waterville

Forget-Me-Not Homeschool Prom

May 18, 2024

Date: May 18th at 6pm-10pm, doors open at 5:30pm

Location: Champions Fitness Center, Waterville, ME

For Homeschoolers Ages: 14-18

To purchase tickets: Please send a direct message.

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Boston

DigiMarCon New England 2024 - Digital Marketing, Media and Advertising Conference & Exhibition

June 10, 2024

DigiMarCon New England 2024 is your chance to ...

The 3rd annual DigiMarCon New England, the Premier Digital Marketing, Media and Advertising Conference & Exhibition in the New England Region, returns June 10th and 11th, 2024 to the luxurious Westin Copley Place Boston Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. Join your peers in-person or online for 2-days jam-packed with digital marketing best practices, latest trends, practical solutions, strategy, and networking, also check out the next generation of technology & innovation; Internet, Mobile, AdTech, MarTech & SaaS Technology.

Expand your knowledge on the following topics: Artificial Intelligence & ChatGPT, Marketing Automation, Account-Based Marketing, Behavioral & Neuromarketing, Content Marketing, Conversational Marketing, Conversion Rate Optimization, Data Science & Big Data, Email Marketing, Geo-Targeting & Proximity Marketing, Growth Hacking, Inbound & Outbound Marketing, Influencer Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Native & Contextual Advertising, Omnichannel Marketing, Paid Search Marketing, Personalization & Privacy.

You’ll also learn the following: Podcast & Webinar Marketing, PR & Cause Marketing, Predictive Analytics & Attribution, Programmatic Advertising, Sales & Marketing Automation, Search Engine Optimization, Shopper Marketing, Marketing & Customer Experience, Social Commerce, Social Media Marketing, UI / UX Design, User-Generated Content, Video Marketing, Viral & Buzz Marketing, Visual & Voice Search, Web Analytics, and much more!

At DigiMarCon New England 2024, you will receive all the elements you need to achieve digital marketing success! Conventional thoughts will be challenged, and new ways of thinking will emerge. You will leave with your head, notebooks, and professional toolkit full of action items and ideas to lead and supercharge your agency/team/account to even greater success.

Be a part of DigiMarCon New England 2024 and discover how to thrive and succeed as a marketer in a rapidly evolving digital world. Top keynotes, case studies, strategy sessions and networking!

See why people keep coming back year after year to this must-attend event! Register and secure your seat today.

For more details visit DigiMarCon New England.

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Boston

TECHSPO Boston 2024 Technology Expo (Internet ~ Mobile ~ AdTech ~ MarTech ~ SaaS)

June 10, 2024

Where Business, Tech and Innovation Collide in Boston!

TECHSPO Boston 2024 is your chance to …

The 3rd annual TECHSPO Boston, two-day technology expo returns June 10th and 11th, 2024 to the luxurious Westin Copley Place Boston Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. TECHSPO Boston brings together some of the best developers, brands, marketers, technology providers, designers, innovators and evangelists looking to set the pace in our advanced world of technology. Watch exhibitors showcase the next generation of advances in technology & innovation, including; Internet, Mobile, AdTech, MarTech and SaaS technologies. Be prepared to be inspired, amazed and educated on how these evolving technologies will impact your business for greater growth.

As part of TECHSPO Boston is a limited attendance event, DigiMarCon New England 2024 Digital Marketing, Media and Advertising Conference (https://digimarconnewengland.com). If the conference is where the learning, theory and inspiration happens, then the TECHSPO floor is where the testing, networking and product interaction takes place.

For complete details visit Techspo Boston.

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Western Maine

Dirigo State 2024

June 16, 2024

American Legion Auxiliary Unit 68 welcomes high school juniors (homeschool, private, and public) to apply for sponsorship to Dirigo State. This one-week event will take place at Colby College in June.

Provides training in citizenship, leadership, and character development

• Focus on participation and personal experience

• Form a sense of individual pride in the community, state, and nation

• Debate current and future leaders

• Create your own legislation

• Learn the art of persuasion

• Return to the community a better citizen and display willingness to make a greater civic contribution

• Eligible to earn scholarships

• Opportunity to be in a Band or Chorus

• Life-long friends made

• $400 per student traditionally sponsored by American Legion Posts, American Legion Auxiliary Units, businesses, and civic, faith-based, or fraternal groups

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Bangor

Maine to the Moon

September 18, 2024

We invite your middle schooler to join us for a day of discovery, starting here in Maine and ending with the Moon! Students start at the Cole Land Transportation Museum where they will interview Maine Veterans about their experiences, then tour the Cole Museum. After lunch (not provided) students are invited to the Challenger Learning Center to run our Lunar Quest Mission with a goal of surveying the Moon for safe human habitats.

This day is designed for students in 5th-8th grade and, while transportation will be required between the Cole Museum and Challenger, can otherwise be a drop off event. Families are encouraged to independently visit the Cole Museum while students are there.

Cost:$5/student

Schedule:

Sept 18th

Vet Interview @ Cole 9-11 AM

Lunch and travel 11-12 (lunch AND transportation must be provided through family)

Mission @ Challenger Maine 12-2:30 PM

Location: The first part of the program will be held at the Cole Land Transportation Museum, 405 Perry Rd, Bangor, ME. The second part of the program will be at Challenger Maine, 30 Venture Way, Bangor, ME.

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Bangor

Lego Robotic Vehicle Challenge

October 16, 2024

Join the Challenger Team October 16th as we partner up with the Cole Land Transportation Museum to explore some examples of engineering through the ages found in Cole’s vehicles, then apply what we have seen by building and programing our very own Lego vehicles.

Designed for students in grades 2-6

Entire event takes place at the Cole Land Transportation Museum. Drop off event, however guardians can stay if preferred, or tour Cole Museum with the rest of the family during this activity

Cost: FREE

Cole Museum Tour 1-2pm

Lego programming with Challenger 2-3 PM

Location: This program will be held at the Cole Land Transportation Museum, 405 Perry Rd, Bangor, ME

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