Our Homeschool Program is GROWING!!
We now have a permanent location in Historic Lawrenceville GA and we are launching the Kickstarter for our first year of curriculum (ancient history), which will be released in August!
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Seeking collaborators: People who homeschooled and/or people who chose traditional education
Seeking collaborators: People who homeschooled and/or people who chose traditional education. What do we have in common? What can we learn from each other? email ahermitt at gmail if you are interested in doing a youtube collaboration, using zoom.
What you need to know before buying Lifepacs or PACES for homeschooling
Yes. I don't love these programs. PACES (Accellerated Christian Education) Lifepacs (Alpha Omega Company) However, while the programs are problematic, they are not the whole problem.
What is the single most important thing you need to know as a homeschool parent?
Unenroll? Fill out paperwork? Choose curriculum? Create a schedule? All of these things are important but if you are a homeschooler (the type that teaches children themselves without the help of a teacher).... An OG homeshchooler, then you need to know this one important thing. YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW. Confused? Watch the video.
How to unenroll your child from public school if you decide to homeschool instead of doing Covid-19 school at home
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT AND THEN SOME... After not making a blog post for over a year, I am back with my second post in a week, but strange times calls for strange behavior, right? Anyway, due to murmurings I am hearing on the homeschool boards I thought this was in order. Many people need to know what to expect when they decide to homeschool. They need to know what the first step is and they are getting tons of misinformation when they call the school. I have done the research, and you can find specific state information on several homeschool legal websites, but I found some inconsistencies, and dug further. The rules are as follows: There is no real notification required, as in you can just decide to homeschool and start homeschooling in Idaho, Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, New Jersey, Alaska, Iowa, and Michigan. In some of these states, you can opt to work more closely with the schools, or enroll under private schools, but it is no...
What is the worst that can happen? Seriously?
This post is not for homeschoolers, perse. It is for everyone! Here's the thing. Bad things are happening right now, but let's just focus on Covid19 for a minute. I live in the State of GA and it is turning into quite the virus hot spot right now. Whether people want to admit it or not, it is more dangerous to be single and mingle, so to speak than it was the whole time we were doing shelter in space. But let me get to the point. Why are we sending kids back to school? We closed down pretty quickly last year when teachers started getting sick... immediately. What is going to change there? In speaking to my teacher friends, I am hearing that they either report to work or they lose their jobs. I feel like we are playing Roulette here. Children are virulent. They pass colds and viruses quickly. What happens when teachers get sick and die? Subs? They don't have insurance. They will die quicker. So here is my thought, and I re...
Yes, Black kids would benefit most by being homeschooled
This article spells it out pretty clearly. It is hard to ignore hard statistics and facts. At the end of the day, black children will endure less victimization and criminalization in the classroom by removing them from the classroom. Why Black Kids Should be Homeschooled