You have failed me for the last time, Admiral. (Or, I need your help!)

[Darth Vader has just learned of Admiral Ozzel's latest blunder]
Admiral Ozzel: “Lord Vader, the fleet has moved out of lightspeed and we’re preparing to…”
[Ozzel stops, suddenly begins to choke, and clutches his throat]
Darth Vader:    ”You have failed me for the last time, Admiral. Captain Piett?”
Captain Piett:   “Yes, my lord?
Darth Vader:    ”Make ready to land our troops beyond their energy field, and deploy the fleet, so that nothing gets off the system.”
[Admiral Ozzel utters one last strangled gasp and falls over dead next to Piett]
Darth Vader:    ”You are in command now, Admiral Piett.”
Admiral Piett: “Thank you, Lord Vader.”
       Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back

I need help picking a name for a new homeschooling website for my area. Since everyone loves a contest, I’m giving a $15 gift certificate to Amazon.com to the person who suggests what I think is the best name (even if I don’t end up using it). Contest ends Tuesday, April 7 at 5 p.m.

The website will contain pages for:

• local play/networking groups; 
• regional educational programs (such as for a biology or chemistry lab, a film-making class, a theater class, etc.); 
• tutors/mentors and people seeking help with a certain topic (e.g., electronics, piano, fiction writing, foreign languages) to find each other;
• a calendar with community-wide cultural programs;
• a place for people seeking more/new recreational buddies (golf, model trains, tennis, D&D, running, avant-garde foreign films, disc golf, papercrafts, fishing, etc.); and
• who knows what else! (Feel free to leave suggestions.)

It will be primarily directed at homeschoolers, unschoolers, life-learners, whatever you want to call us. It will probably have an emphasis on classes that are offered during the day, but really cool stuff will be included regardless of when it is offered. I know that – like all homeschoolers – I have spent too many frustrating days hunting for local resource info, only to fail to find the necessary info when needed. I’ve also heard about really wonderful programs that Padawan Learner couldn’t use, but that someone out there would love to know about. I’ve decided there has to be a better way. This website, hopefully, will allow people in the area to pool useful homeschooling-related info in a single, convenient location.

The rules for this contest are simple. The name must

1. suggest educational info;
2. be easy relatively to remember;
3. allow for a city name (use Great Forks as your model); and 
4. not be crude. (I know. I suck the fun out of everything, don’t I?)

Sadly, I live in a city that does not fully appreciate crude so my initial favorite, Crazy A$$ Homeschoolers, is not an option.

Good luck, have fun and feel free to pass the word. I look forward to seeing everyones’ ideas.

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