For more information on Catholic Homeschoolers of New Jersey, visit our web site at http://www.chnj.org/.

As a group we meet year-round to chat, discuss goals and educational resources, and to support each other. Our on-line discussions center around local events, arranging local get-togethers and field trips, and sometimes Classical Education. When we gather together we discuss Classical Education in-depth, however we rarely do such discussions on-line. As a local Classically-Educating group this affords us the opportunity to get to know each other in person too.

This group is for those following the classical homeschooling education model, such as described in The Well Trained Mind (Jessie Wise and Susan Bauer) or in Teaching the Trivium (Bluedorn's) or similar method.

This group is open to families who are actively home educating children in grades K - 12. We are open to discussing issues of classical education with those who are considering classically homeschooling their children in the future, however our membership is for those families home educating their children in grades K-12. This forum is a means for us to exchange homeschooling information and ideas, upcoming local events and opportunities, and resources in support of our common effort to provide a classical education for our children.

You will need to introduce yourself to the moderators before being approved for membership. After approval, you will be asked to introduce yourself to the group as well.

Members are required to attended a mom's meeting during the year, or respond to a request for assistance at least once during a 3 month period to maintain their membership in this Yahoo group. Lurkers are not permitted.

As a group we meet year-round to chat, discuss goals and educational resources, and to support each other. Our on-line discussions center around local events, arranging local get-togethers and field trips, and homeschooling. As a local preschool-homeschooling group this affords us the opportunity to get to know each other in person too.

This group is open to families who are thinking about home educating their children. This forum is a means for us to exchange homeschooling information and ideas, upcoming local events and opportunities, and resources in support of our common effort to provide a homeschool education for our children.

For the safety of our members, we will ask that you attend one of our Public events prior to being admitted to the Yahoo group. After joining, you will be asked to introduce yourself to the group as well.

Quotes from our members: "We are an educational / educator resource. We are a frazzled mom's escape. We are real people. We are many children of all ages, sexes, religions, nationalities and more. We are a group of people that like exposing our children through trips"

Our support group meeting is held the first Fridays of every month from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. at St. Matthews Baptist Church, Rt. 322 in Williamstown, NJ. Activities planned for the group in the upcoming months include field trips, co-op classes, community service projects, science fairs, spelling bees, skating, bowling leagues, SAT prep classes, tutoring classes, Moms night out, bible study and more.

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

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

We are a diverse group of homeschooling families who live in or near Essex County New Jersey.

Our aim is to provide a way for homeschoolers to connect with other local families; and to share resources, information and ideas specific to Northern New Jersey (and beyond).

Please visit the "Calendar" and "Links" tabs to the left and add your favorite homeschool links and information.

This list is being created so those of us in the Ocean County area (especially in the Northern parts of the County in or near Toms River area where it seems the hs population is less due to lack of hs groups) can find one another and learn from each other. We would like to be able to get together a hs group in or around TR area through this list. If this is of interest to you or you would just like to chat with others in your area, you are welcome to join us!

Anyone who wants to is welcome to submit an announcement for any events, groups, parties, playdates, etc. Before you submit something, please make sure the event or group is open to all homeschoolers on the list.

To prevent problems with spam, new members to the list are moderated. That means your post might take an hour or a day to go through but it shouldn't be longer than that.

This is an inclusive homeschooling list open to people of any religion, homeschooling style, political party, or whatever else you can think of. All ideas and opinions are welcome and appreciated.

Anyone who wants to is welcome to submit an announcement for any events, groups, parties, playdates, etc in the northeast NJ area. Before you submit something, please make sure the event or group is open to all homeschoolers first. For example, don't send in announcements of events that are only open to members of a particular group, don't advertise groups that want to remain private – just common sense stuff.

"Northeast NJ' is open for interpretation, so use your judgment. And of course, events that are near the area are ok too. NYC, Sussex County, Middlesex County are all close. Cape May would be right out : ) But let's mainly try to keep this as close to northeast NJ as we can.

We've had some trouble with spam so new members to the list are moderated. That means your post might take an hour or a day to go through but it shouldn't be longer than that.

Advertising is allowed if it's local and relevent, meaning a NJ homeschooling mom/dad selling stuff or offering classes, etc. Other types of advertising (such as money making opportunities) are not allowed.

And your standard disclaimers. This is an inclusive homeschooling group open to people of any religion, homeschooling style, political party, or whatever else we can think of. Be nice. Play well with others. Don't run with scissors. That's it

If you have a small family business or ministry (located in New Jersey) and you have a product or service that would be of value to homeschool families, you may also post your information here.

This is a family friendly group and the Items you post for sale and businesses represented must be suitable for all ages. No adult themes, occult or foul language allowed.

All transactions are between the seller and the buyer. New Jersey Homeschool Book Swap is not responsible for these transactions. This is just a place for you to list your items you have to offer. No auction listings please. 4 posts per day.

****HEARTS**** Whether you decide to join our group or not ... we hope you will visit the New Jersey HEARTS website! The HEARTS website will have up to date information on the current community service project. We cordially invite EVERYONE - to join in this effort to provide valuable services to our communities - while generating public understanding and acceptance of homeschoolers. http://www.h-e-a-r-t-s.org.

We are a diverse group, but at the highest level our reasons for homeschooling are all the same – our children’s education is very important to us, and we think that teaching them at home is the best education we are able to give them at this time in their lives. A recent, nationwide study of adults who had been homeschooled as children, showed that on average they were significantly happier, and also more satisfied with their jobs, than those adults who had not been.

On NJLoop, we learn from, help, and encourage each other in our endeavor to educate our children. While we do not all agree on the best ways to teach our children, we do support each parent’s responsibility and right to choose what they believe is the best way to care for and raise their children. However, messages promoting abortion in any way are not permitted anywhere on the NJLoop.

Many of our listmembers are Christians and this will be reflected in some of the messages. In the past, this has been a problem for some non-Christian homeschoolers while not bothering others. If this becomes a problem for you, you can always unsubscribe (instructions on how to do this are automatically included at the bottom of each posted message).

We encourage listmembers to join local support groups, and to find groups of homeschoolers with similar philosophies to their own. Our “Links” section lists statewide and regional homeschool organizations in New Jersey, and local homeschool support groups.

When you join, you will receive a Welcome Message with further information that doesn't fit here.

Any and all unschoolers are welcome! And if you aren’t sure about unschooling yet and want to learn, you’re welcome too. Please keep in mind however that this is an UN-schooling list and is meant to give support and companionship to people who are unschooling. If you aren’t an unschooler please try to not be offended if someone suggests you actually try unschooling.

We are all believers in gentle and respectful parenting and attempt to live by those ideals even if we sometimes fall short (we’ve all had one of those days!). Other than that we're all pretty different. Do try and be polite and keep in mind that not everyone is the same. We have bottlefeeders, breastfeeders, vegetarians, McDonald’s diners, Cartoon Network lovers, tv free folk, etc. As long as we are respectful to each other we can talk about anything and everything with nary a flame in sight (this is, after all, an unschooling list – nothing is off topic!).

All new members are moderated. Once you’ve posted once or twice and we know you’re not a spammer, you’ll be taken off moderated status. Until then, your posts will take a few hours to go through but (unless I’m on vacation) it should never be more than a day. Just be patient!

That’s about it. Be nice. Be kind to others. Have an opinion and share it (doormats are only good for shoes!) but please be aware of the difference between sharing and bonking someone over the head.

Or simply, in the immortal words of the great sages – Be Excellent to Each Other. You can't go wrong there.

Please respect varying opinions and backgrounds. Please do not include religious or political opinion or admonishments, and note that you can be banned from participating in the list if you do. Please DO feel free to plan an activity and invite list members to participate.

Don't forget to check out the Links, Files, and Calendar pages, and add yourself to our database! No selling on this list, please.

Please feel free to post information concerning events and activities related to homeschooling, urban education, parenting and current affairs which might be of interest to our members.

There is no membership fee to join. The only "requirements" for becoming a TLC member include *all* of the following:

• Attachment Parenting
• Dedicated to homeschooling
• Striving to practicing respectful and peaceful parenting

We are *not* a religious based homeschooling group. All religious beliefs will be accepted. Events that are planned with regards to religious holidays will be welcome, as long as all religious faiths are welcome to attend. For example, it is perfectly OK to have a Hannukah Party or an Easter Gathering, as long as all faiths could attend both events. However, discussion or debates about religion (or politics) will not be tolerated on the loop.

Topics on this loop should primarily be about activities and resources for homeschoolers in the Northern NJ and Southern NY areas. Other messages should be clearly marked "OT".

If you are looking for regulatory information about homeschooling in NY please visit www.NYHEN.org.

PLEASE SEE OUR EXTENSIVE LINKS PAGES FOR HOMESCHOOLING AND ATTACHMENT PARENTING LINKS. Feel free to add to them.

This Yahoo-group is open only to members of Tri-State Homeschool Network. This group will be a supplement to our monthly newsletter, but it will not replace the newsletter. Please use this forum as a means to quickly pass the word about homeschooling events, activities, field trips, last minute changes, conference opportunities, and to keep in touch with other Tri-State Homeschoolers.

To receive a newcomer's packet, with information about Tri-State, state laws and general homeschooling information, send $10 check or money order to: Tri-State Homeschool Network, PO Box 7193, Newark, DE 19714-7193 Or attend a monthly meeting or newcomers meeting and purchase a newcomer packet for $7.00.

The opinions expressed at this Yahoo-group are those of the contributors and not necessarily of the Tri-State organization. We will do our best to eliminate questionable material, but understand that disagreements sometimes occur.

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

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