About To Homeschoolers in Anchorage, AK: Break in October

To Homeschoolers in Anchorage, AK: Break in October?????
Alaska Bible College (where I attend and work) is planning on doing a campus experience called College Days in October, focused on homeschoolers in the Anchorage area. We would like to set it on a holiday or break, so that your students would not have to miss school. Is there a designated break in October that would be best to set it on? Or does every family or group have their own breaks? Help!!!
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Answer 1 :
There are no designated holidays or breaks; every homeschooling family decides for themselves when they want to take time off from 'doing school'. You'd be better to go ahead and pick whatever dates that best suit you, advertise it in good time and then any interested homeschooling families can simply incorporate your event into their own schedules and plans for October. Most homeschoolers would not be worried about 'missing school time' as there is no obligation on them to study on set days or during set hours; that's one of the beauties of homeschooling! Home-educating families will either find a way of incorporating your event into their 'learning schedule' or they'll spend the time with you and just move any lessons to another day.
Answer 2 :
It would be different for every family. The best thing to do would be to set the date and announce it soon so that homeschool families who are interested will have time to plan a "break" for that time period

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Where is the best place to work in Alaska?
I think I'm going to move to Alaska for the Summer for a nice change of scenery but I'm not sure what area I would want to live in. I've been reading about Anchorage which seems nice but I don't real want to live in a big city, I was going more for the wilderness perspective. ANy info on Alaskan cities would be appreciated!
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There are really only two places that will provide you a reasonable base for an entire summer... Anchorage and Fairbanks. And frankly, these general areas have the most summer jobs. Calling Anchorage a "city" is a relative term..!! But I understand your concern, 'cause in the summer it is overrun with cruise ship tourists that bring in the $$$. There are suburbs around Anchorage (Eagle River for instance, or Girdwood-a ski resort town about 30 minutes down the Turnagain Arm) that will give you more trees and less people, and still give you access to infrastructure. Being the central pulse, a lot of roads radiate out of Anchorage to other places you can go for hiking and great scenery, including the Kenai Peninsula (Turnagain Arm, Homer, Seward), and the road to Glenallen and the Canadian border. On this road, there is great and scenic hiking, such as the Matanuska Glacier right from the road, or take the detour to Valdez. You can even drive to Fairbanks through Delta Junction which is very beautiful. Fairbanks is the other town you may want to consider if you want less tourists yet still have some infrastructure. People here are friendly, very independent. They brag about % wolf in their dogs, and many mushers liver here so this should give you some idea about the place. You are right on the artic circle, so the sun NEVER goes down in the summer. Denali is close by with its hiking and wildlife, but I don't think the hiking or scenery is as beautiful around Fairbanks as it is around Anchorage and the Kenai peninsula, because you are inland, and the permafrost layer is closer to the surface so the trees are stunted. There are a lot of motels and lodges at the entrance to Denali Nat'l Park that may have jobs. Juneau and Sitka are secluded but you have to fly in/out or take the ferry. They do not give you access to decent roads, you will be bored in a few weeks. There is a town on the road between Anchorage and Denali (Mt. McKinley) called Talkeetna. It is quite bohemian, and was the model for the tv sitcom "Northern Exposure". A lot of mountain climbers start their trek there, and there is a GREAT airplane company called K-2 which will fly you around Denali...absolutely amazing. They fly the trekkers to the base camp of Denali. Other towns require you to stay put unless you fly in/out of them. The problem is when 20% of the population has their pilot's licenses, this tells you that much of Alaska is inaccessible and things are extremely far apart. At least in Anchorage or Fairbanks you will be able to drive or charter a flight to see other parts of the state. There is one town on the Katmai Peninsula you may want to consider as a base if you are into Brown Bear/wildlife photography or great fishing, and that is King Salmon. The motels and lodges there may also have jobs. No matter where you stay, you should book NOW to see Katmai National Park and view the brown bears at Brook's Lodge (Kodiak/grizzly/brown are all the same species) as space is limited. You will share the viewing towers with a lot of National Geographic and Discovery Channel photographers. There are Inuit (Eskimo) towns on the western coast (Nome or Kotzebue for instance), but I'm sorry, I have no idea what it would be like to live there. and what you could do for an entire summer, or even find a job there. If you don't go in summer, consider going in the end of February when it starts getting light and warmer to experience dog mushing (great fun), the Iditarrod, ice carving, etc. I love Alaska in the late winter! Please be aware that hiking in the wilderness in Alaska poses a lot more danger than the lower 48, make sure you read up on safety! Things you don't think of like 90%+ of foxes carry rabies there, the huge swarms of mosquitoes, etc. Bears and moose are everywhere, and if you don't lock up your food tightly in camp, you will have wildlife visitors within 24 hours guaranteed! Hope this helps.
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peggy's cove, n.s.
Answer 3 :
Valdez is the place for you!!! It is mostly surrounded by mountains and has a small hospital, 4 restaurants, bar, thrift store. A job would be a waiter or working on the boats or oil cleaning barrels. Lot of land to hike and water to boat

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I don't have high speed net where I live so I took my xbox 360 hard drive to a friend's house and downloaded all 4 of the add-ons for fallout 3 (operation anchorage, the pitt, point lookout, and broken steel) on to the hard drive using his xbox. When I put the hard drive on my xbox, the add-ons show up in the memory but won't show up in the game. What do I need to do?
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I downloaded (illegaly) Fallout 3: Operation Anchorage and Fallout 3: The Pitt and when i installed both of them the specific parts of the expansion had a big read exclamation mark inside a big red triangle and some weird stuff happen which 99% of are missing parts in the games like character's with missing bodies and characters not acting like they should or at all this happened from a download from two different sources though both torrents, where did I go wrong and is there some kind of guide you can post to me? thanks.
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A lot of illegal game downloads have protection, and wont work. Shell out £40 in October to get game with all 5 expansions.
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How does 21 year license renewal work when you're switching states?
Ok so I have been a resident of Montana all of my life...but I will be moving to Anchorage, AK like two weeks before my 21st birthday. What do I need to do to make sure I can party it up LEGALLY once I've moved. I'm not sure whether this move is long-term but is looking like it will be at least two years, so I'm not sure which state to renew it in.
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if you are still in Montana when it is due for renewal then you renew there and when you move you have a short period of time, in some places up to 3 months to change your licence over to the new state. you just go to the motor registration (or whatever it is in the new place) and tell them you wish to change your licence over. you may get a refund from Montana but i am not sure, and you should be issued with a new licence in the new residential state. it would be wise to check with the Montana authorities when you go for renewal and they may be able to advise you the best way to go and whether you would be entitled to a refund. if you want to know without going to the office then ring them

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