Hello Savannah,

 

The deadline for the current 44% early

registration discount for 2012 live online classes and is Saturday of this week, August 13…

http://landryacademy.com/classes.html

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Online Scavenger Hunt

Win a 15 Inch Laptop Computer

 

This scavenger hunt was created by our teacher, English department coordinator, and student newspaper faculty advisor, Mrs Guerra!

It’s a tough one.

 

Ready to have some fun and perhaps win a laptop computer? Feel free to forward this to friends who may want to participate.

One person will win a 15 inch laptop computer!

 

You can submit your answer by email anytime.

Deadline to receive your answer is 10:00 am tomorrow (Friday) morning. The winner will be announced in tomorrow’s email message.

 

Everything can be found on these two web pages..

http://landryacademy.com/faculty.html

http://landryacademy.com/classes.html

 

1. Find a teacher who has seven sons and has won a Jefferson Award. Write down the 1st letter of the teacher’s last name.

 

2. Read the course description for a one-semester class involving Logic taught on Tuesdays at 4:00 pm EST for Fall 2012. Write down the last letter of the 15th word of the description’s 1st sentence.

 

3. Find a course description for class with Neoclassical in the title. Write down the 10th letter of the next to last book in the required book list.

 

4. Find a teacher who would like it if you yelled, “Go Big Blue!” Write down the last letter of the 2nd sentence in the final paragraph of the biography.

 

5. Find a course description with the word Hubble in it. Write the 2nd letter of the teacher’s last name.

 

6. Find a teacher who used to live in Houston but now lives in Nashville. Write down the 3rd letter of the 8th word in the 2nd sentence of the last paragraph.

 

7. Find a course in which you read a book by Orczy.

Write the last letter of the 2nd word of the title of that book.

 

8. Find a teacher with M.S. and M.T. credentials.

Write down the 3rd letter of the 20th word in the last sentence of the second paragraph.

 

9. Find a course which uses a book called Hungry Planet. Write down the 3rd letter of the last word of the title of that course.

 

10. Find the course that is the suggested first course of the Classical Rotation Track for literature. Write the last letter of the 4th word in the final sentence.

 

11. Find a teacher who can tell you all about Bread Loaf. Write down the 1st letter of the name of the church this teacher attends.

 

12. Find a teacher who has developed a workbook for newly Christian children and who wants to go to the Grand Canyon. Write down the punctuation mark ending the first paragraph.

 

If you put all your answers together, what phrase does it create?

 

You can submit your answer by email anytime.

Deadline to receive your answer is 10:00 am tomorrow (Friday) morning. The winner will be announced in tomorrow’s email message.

 

Send email to:

Subject line: My Answer

Body of email message:

- Your name

- Age (if under 18 get parent permission to

participate)

- Your town/city and state

- Your answer

 

We’ll put the name of everyone who submitted a correct answer in a hat and pick one – they win a 15 inch laptop computer. The winner will be announced in tomorrow’s email message.

 

Have fun!

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View Sample Classes and Webinars

 

We’ve posted some sample classes and 30

minute webinars (online seminars) on the site so you can get a feel for how or “classroom”

and classes work:

 

“Identifying and Reducing Math Anxiety”

“British Literature: Why Bother?”

“The Purpose and Potential of Creativity – AKA:

Can an Artist Make a Living?”

“Pregnant Sheep Uterus Dissection”

“Redux: Top 10 Reasons to Become a Latin Geek”

“3 Ways to Make Your Students Hate History (and

how to avoid them)”

“Tales from the Early Christians on Bringing

the Bread of Life to a Dying World”

“12 Books Your High Schooler Should Read.. and Why”

“5 Fabulous Physics Activities” (3rd-8th graders)

“4 Reasons We Need Strong Communication Skills”

“Fetal Pig Dissection”

“Learn German in 20 Minutes”

“5 Ways to Identify a Struggling Reader”

“Top 10 Homeschooling Mistakes”

“Sheep Heart Dissection”

“Math – How to Help a Struggling Student”

“Sheep Trachea and Lung Dissection”

 

You can access these classroom recordings here..

http://www.landryacademy.com/rec.htm

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Registration Open for 2012 Classes

44% Discount Through Saturday

 

Registration is open for new summer 2012 classes and for the  2012 – 2013 school year with a big 44% early registration discount for one and two semester classes.

 

Registration for our school year typically opens one year prior to the beginning of classes. This enables us to offer you substantial (44%) early registration discounts.

 

Since the current early registration

discount is so large (44%) it’s only

available for a few days, through August 13..

 

http://LandryAcademy.com/classes.html

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====>  New – Online Summer 2012 Classes

(parents have asked for these for years)

 

Our one and two semester summer school

online classes are concentrated classes that enable students to complete a class in 1/5th the time it would normally take.

 

During a regular spring or fall semester, classes meet for 90 minutes once per week for 15 weeks (30 weeks for a two semester class). During summer school, a one semester class meets every weekday for 90 minutes for three weeks (15 classes). A two semester class meets every weekday for 90 minutes for six weeks (30 classes).

 

We offer 24 classes during the summer – they are marked  as such in the “class length”

area under each class..

http://landryacademy.com/classes.html

 

For example: “Class length: 2 semesters (available summer 2012 and fall 2012 through spring 2013)”.

 

These one and two semester classes are

offered during Summer 2012:

 

- Art I

- Bible Survey

- Microsoft Office Applications I

- Website Design

- Digital Photography

- Architecture I and II

- Robotics

- English III

- English IV

- Advanced Composition

- World Geography (201)

- Spanish I

- U.S. History (201)

- Pre-Algebra

- Algebra I

- Algebra II

- Young Scientist Biology

- Young Scientist Chemistry

- Young Scientist Physics

- Pre-Biology

- Pre-Chemistry

- Pre-Physics

- Chemistry

- Biology

 

Students are limited to two simultaneous courses during the summer.

 

Summer 2012 Schedule:

 

- One semester classes: May 14 – June 1, 2012

- Two semester classes: May 14 – June 22, 2012

 

Since the current early registration discount is so large (44%) it’s only available for a few days, through August 13.

 

Details are here..

http://LandryAcademy.com/classes.html

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If you have questions, don’t hesitate to call or email me: or 828-265-4101.

 

In His Grip,

 

Greg

 

Greg Landry, M.S.

Founder and Director, Landry Academy