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[mefree]

DeMorning DeBonis: July 8, 2010 - Washington Post (blog)
8 July 2010, 10:56 am

CHURCH AND STATE -- Nice find by WTTG-TV's Melanie Alnwick: A tutoring group approved by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education has ties to the Church of Scientology, and some parents are none too happy. "Applied Scholastics International is one of 29 tutoring services listed in the Title I Supplemental Educational Services Guide. ... The list makes no mention of the group's controversial ties. But Applied Scholastics' website does not try to hide its connections. ASI uses a method called Study Technology, 'an exact system which teaches one how to learn' that was "researched and developed by L. Ron Hubbard." Hubbard is the founder of the Church of Scientology. ... FOX 5 has learned that D.C. Public Schools paid the group a total of $12,000 in federal funds for tutoring services provided for the 2009-2010 school year."

found at http://voices.washingtonpost.com/debonis/2010/07/demorning_debonis_july_8_2010.html

[ethercat]

Stopping for now on page 20 (so I can keep my place).   

AnonLover, should I continue proofreading?

[ethercat]

California:
Final List of 2010-2012 SES Providers Approved by the State Board of Education at the May 2010 Meeting. The providers are approved to provide services from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2012

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/ti/2010prov.asp

Applied Scholastics is not on it.      

[mefree]

 

[Lorelei]

Applied Scholastics is not on it.      

GREAT SUCCESS!

[AnonLover]

belated thks for the info pack corrections ethercat - real life stuff had me delay finishing up my project on this front. but looks like a fine time to finish it up with latest news that more states have kicked ASI SES approvals to the curb!

new polished/updated info pack document coming soon.

[mefree]

Thanks for the update, AnonLover.

[Mary_McConnell]

Wow! Must see video..... I wonder which school the author based this book and video clip on:

The Symphony of Leif 
Leif Csuba is sent to a Scientology Boarding School...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msXve4_qBT0

Author Publishes Scientology Novel
The Symphony of Leif by Hawaii author Paul Y. Csige makes its debut at bookstores throughout the U.S.
 Email  PDF  Print .Kailua Kona, HI (PRWEB) January 3, 2011

The Symphony of Leif (CsiMec, Inc. 2010) by Hawaii author Paul Y. Csige made its debut in U.S. bookstores this month. Distributed by Ingram Books and also available for Kindle, the novel is a coming of age story about a boy from the Big Island of Hawaii who is sent away to a Scientology boarding school in the Pacific Northwest. Desperate to escape his current school and his domineering father, Leif says “Aloha” to his island home. At first blush the Lamia School seems to be a dream come true, but soon Leif discovers darker and more sinister intentions than educating young minds.

Paul Csige was dubbed, “a scarily talented young fellow from Kailua-Kona who seems able to do just about anything,” in a review of The Symphony of Leif by Burl Burlingame in the Honolulu Star Advertiser. In addition to his recently released first novel, Csige, age 28, has had a successful career as a composer and film maker. In 2009 he collaborated with renown Polynesian artist and historian, Herb Kawainui Kane, to produce an hour long animated film, Voyagers: The First Hawaiians (Guiding Star Pictures, LLC 2009) an adaptation of Kane’s 1976 book Voyage: The Discovery of Hawaii (Island Heritage). Csige directed, edited and animated over 300 of Kane’s works of art for the film in addition to composing and recording the original musical score. Voyagers: The First Hawaiians aired on PBS in 2010 and is currently available in DVD.

Paul Csige was commissioned by The Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra to compose an original opus for the symphony’s January 2008 performance in Hawaii. Again collaborating with Herb Kane, a multi-media recording of the concert earned the Aloha Accolade Award for Excellence from the Honolulu International Film Festival.

Paul Csige is currently working on a second novel, a concerto, and a live action feature movie scheduled for filming in Hawaii in the summer of 2011.

Please visit the official site at: http://www.thesymphonyofleif.com

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/01/prweb4925484.htm

[mefree]

I apologize if this is linked elsewhere. There are some excellent resources on Applied Scholastics in this WWP thread:
http://forums.whyweprotest.net/threads/applied-scholastics-infodump-summary-thread-background-and-current-events-2011.77633/

[AnonLover]

bumpty... the draft info pack swapped around earlier in this thread that i was working on early-late spring of 2010, never got completely finished before the school year ended & SES approval season rolled 'round.

But it has been recently resurrected, dusted off & finished up for spring 2011 due to some ambitious MO anons appearing on the wwp scene with an interest to knockdown ASI's approval in their home state turf likes been done elsewhere.

so yeah - took me over a year, but my doxmeister researchfag masterpiece is now complete! 

(drumroll)

Applied Scholastics Exposed Info Pack 2011 (ver3)

• Main document - Harpooning ammo & Monitoring toolkit: Applied Scholastics Exposed Info Pack
• Extended collection of info pack + other dissemination dox: Applied Scholastics Exposed Dox Collection
  
• Fileshare Dox Collection - includes additional orig. sauce materials: Applied Scholastics dox

Related wiki page with the list of SES approval states, recently updated for current 2010-11 school year approvals, contact infos & new school district stats/references: List of States Using Applied Scholastics

^^Once late season approvals/changes factored in, ends up we're NOT gaining as much ground as was thought before the current school year got underway. (we went from 9 states last summer up to 11, Iowa amongst the most recent additions that almost went unnoticed). Thus i figured it was high time we had nice comprehensive set of harpooning tools & ammo readily available before the current school year ends and new approval season gets under way.

Changes done to the main document since the draft version shared include Ethercat's corrections (thanks again!), additional graphics/links on the original content plus a good bit of brand new content that came out in last year incorporated.

Enjoy!

[mefree]

Very nice. Thanks!

[Stutroup]

I always love seeing these kinds of progress!

It's yet more chipping at Scientology's recruitment base.  Some states may take a while, for various reasons, but it's worth continuing. 

AnonLover, I appreciate the work you and others have been putting into this, and the good news is always astounding.

What I'll find entertaining is when I start hearing that Scientology is changing the name of Applied Scholastics, trying to get around their lack of approval by many states' school boards.  At that point, it should be much easier to notify school boards that a non-approved entity is circumventing their refusal to "help."

[AnonLover]

A discussion dedicated to the latest list of approved states and related harpooning efforts has been started on WWP here:

Applied Scholastics Tutors Approved in 11 States (2010-11)

Indiana is one of the bigger targets for concentrated attention this year - their rumored to be suspended for 2010-11 due to lack of utilization. IOW, one foot out the door.... just needs a couple little shoves to help it along

[ethercat]

Thank you for your efforts, AnonLover.  You are truly a gem.   

It's good to keep an eye on what they're doing, because while we all have lives beyond exposing scientology, scientology has people dedicated FULL TIME to promoting it.

[mefree]

GA SES Directory 2011-2012

http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/DMGetDocument.aspx/SESDirectory.PDF?p=6CC6799F8C1371F6E0FF327D4AE71B7B94044C1475231FBED0F62B3ABA2012EF&Type=D