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April Happenings at Creative Learning Connection
March 26, 2009
April Happenings at CLC
April Special: “Bring a Friend”
Help us spread the word about CLC. Bring someone new with you to CLC in April, and you will both receive 20% off your purchases. (Mention the “Bring a Friend Special” when you check out.)
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I’m sure many of you won’t be surprised to find out that Cathy has started blogging.
Her more general blogs are:
clcCivicsLessons.blogspot.com
clcandCPSIA.blogspot.com
Two more specific blogs, developed for her classes, but that also have some good information are:
clcGovtClub.blogspot.com
clcEconomics.blogspot.com
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Democracy in Action - An Interactive Civics Lesson for your Students
“… that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
If you’ve been on our newsletter list for very long, or been in CLC any time in the last couple of months, you are probably well-aware of the Consumer Product Safety “Improvement” Act (CPSIA) that went into effect on February 10. (If you’ve missed that memo – there is much information about it on the above mentioned CPSIA blog, and also on the CLC website on the CPSIA page.) Countless numbers of us have been petitioning Congress for the last 2 months to get them to repeal, or at least amend, this far-reaching law. Numerous hearings have been scheduled, and canceled, between those who are struggling under the weight of this law and those in Congress who refuse to budge. Finally, out of frustration, many of those in the “This law has to be fixed” groups have organized their own hearings: This Wednesday, April 1, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. there is an “Amend the CPSIA” Rally in Washington, D.C. Citizens from all over the country will be gathering to address this issue. For those of us who are unfortunately unable to attend, they will have it available on streaming video on the website: www.amendthecpsia.com. We plan to watch it at CLC as part of our Government Club, if anyone in the area would like to join us Wednesday. And of course, you can watch it in your home, as your own Interactive Civics Lesson. There will even be a live online chat as part of the event. And they would love to hear your students’ reactions afterwards; you may send those to: webcontent@amendthecpsia.com.
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Special Abraham Lincoln Class at CLC
Taught by Dee Fuller and Cathy Jaime
February was the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln.
In commemoration of that, we are offering this special history class for Elementary age students.
Date: Thursday, April 2nd from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (our Tuesday class filled up, so we are offering a 2nd date)
Cost: $12 for first student in a family (includes Lapbook, “Pre-Owned” Copy of Book – Lincoln a Photobiography to take home, and Class). Additional family members are $9 each (includes Lapbook and class.)
Students may bring their own lunch, or $1.00/pizza slice, and $0.50 for a soda.
To sign up, contact Cathy at cmmjaime@alum.mit.edu
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Family Game Night
Friday, April 10th
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Come out and join us for our “monthly” family event
Bring your favorite food for dinner or a snack, or chip in for some pizza.
RSVP to Cathy at cmmjaime@alum.mit.edu or 256-325-3305.
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Used Book Sales
We are having our next Used Book Sales:
Monday, April 27 and Thursday, May 28 from 7:00 - 9:00 pm
People bringing books may arrive between 6:00 and 6:30 p.m. to start setting up their table and books.
There is no charge to participate. Leaving unsold books afterwards on consignment is an option, but not a requirement. (If you plan to leave books on Consignment, please see the new Consignment polices on the website.)
You will be collecting your own $ for books sold that day – so you may want to bring sufficient change, small bills, etc.
Hope to see you here!
Please contact us at C.L.C. to sign up for a table:
Catherine Jaime, CLC owner
cmmjaime@alum.mit.edu
(256)325-3305
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Creative Learning Connection
8006 Old Madison Pike, Ste 11-A
Madison, AL 35758
www.CreativeLearningConnection.com
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