ENTREPRENEURIAL IDEAS, MILITARY OPPORTUNITIES, and NATIONAL CONTESTS

(ENTREPRENEURIAL IDEAS)
Some homeschoolers choose to go into business for themselves or get further training through
apprenticeships. College is not the best choice for everyone, or it might be a delayed choice.
Read an interesting article at http://www.home-ed-magazine.com/INF/OH/oh_cc.trst.html.
The following sites were recently recommended to us also:
http://www.educatingforsuccess.com and http://www.entrepreneurdays.com.

(HOMESCHOOLERS IN THE MILITARY)
Breakthrough for homeschoolers enlisting in the military
http://nche.hslda.org/docs/news/hslda/200309/200309090.asp.
Also see http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000000/00000033.asp.

A site for frequently asked questions about Military Homeschooling
Families is http://www.nhen.org/nhen/pov/military/default.asp?id=202.

The Air Force Academy http://www.academyadmissions.com/admissions/howtoapply/homeschool.php

The Marines official page is http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/homepage?readform.

The Naval Academy http://www.usna.edu/Admissions/sthome.htm

West Point http://www.west-point.org/academy/malo-wa/educators/HomeSchool.html

A partial listing of homeschoolers serving in Iraq can be found at http://www.hslda.org/hsiraq.asp

(NATIONAL CONTESTS)
First Lego League Robotics http://www.usfirst.org/jrobtcs/flego.htm
Math Counts http://mathcounts.org/
National Geographic Bee at http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographybee/
National Spelling Bee at http://www.spellingbee.com/
National Merit Scholarship Corporation at http://www.nationalmerit.org/