Online Schools

This is an exciting year for education as parents have more options when it comes to choosing K-12 education avenues for their children. Knowing families are faced with identifying the best educational route to take, OnlineSchools.org has created a guide for K-12 online education options. Much has been written about online college education, but online elementary, middle and high school courses are growing in popularity and practicality, especially given the tech-based society we live in. The K-12 resources listed below walk families through the how, the why and where, and answer common questions.

You can see the entire guide along with some of its features here:

• http://www.onlineschools.org/elementary-school/
• http://www.onlineschools.org/middle-school/
• http://www.onlineschools.org/high-school/

Colonial Hills Christian School Homeschooled Athletics Program

Colonial Hills Christian School

Homeschooled Athletics Program

Colonial Hills Christian School has openings for homeschooled students in grades 6^th – 12^th who are interested in participating on sports teams at the

Middle School, Junior Varsity, and Varsity level.

Sports

Basketball

Cheerleading

Cross Country

Football

Golf

Soccer

Track & Field

Volleyball

Interested families may contact our Athletic Director, Sean Bruce, at 770-941-2604 or sbruce@chrams.org.  CHCS encourages Christian homeschool families who wish for their children to participate in a competitive Christian athletic program to apply.

Space is limited, and students must try out to make some teams.

www.chcsathletics.org

www.chcsathletics.org/home-schooled-athletes

Home School 101 Session

If you missed the South Cobb Homeschool Resource Fair last week, you missed a treat.  We had several great sessions.  One such session was the Home School 101.

In this session Andrea Hall, M.Ed, a home school education and mathematics consultant shared 10 Steps to Homeschooling.  She is now taking readers day by day through these 10 steps.  You can follow her at No Mommy Left Behind .

If you would like to know more about how to start homeschooling, follow her at  www.nomommyleftbehind.com.

Register for the FREE Fair - January 26, 2016

Register for the FREE South Cobb Homeschool Resource Fair at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/south-cobb-homeschool-resource-fair-tickets-20260992173?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listing

We will have exhibitors from the following organizations, door prizes and workshops:

1 South Cobb Regional Library
2 South Cobb Homeschoolers
3 The Study Hall Education Consulting Company
4 Georgia Home Education Association
5 Kennesaw Mountain Homeschoolers
6 Julienne Levy Marks
7 Beyond the Front Porch
8 Georgia Connections Academy
9 O'Donnell Music Studio
10 Inspire Homeschool Academy
11 Identity and Destiny for Amazing Kids
12 Engineering For Kids of Metro Atlanta
13 Mable House Arts Center
14 Cobb County P.A.R.K.S.
15 Beyond Expectations Inc.
16 Private Tutor
17 GAC High School
18 ThomEd Tutoring

College Discovery Day Open to All Ages - October 6

Brewton-Parker College in Mount Vernon, Georgia. BPC is a small, Christian college located in Southeast Georgia.

We are extending invitations to home school groups across Georgia for our Discovery Day which is on October 6th.

Registration can be completed online at http://bpc.edu/admissions/discoverday/

Medical Science 101 Open House Thursday, August 13, 2015

Homeschool Program for the Working Homeschool Mom

I believe in homeschooling.  Before I had kids I envisioned myself being able to homeschool and only homeschool 100% of the time.  Well, fast forward 10 years and while I am homeschooling, I am also working from home.  While in my mind I thought this was ideal... in actuality, any kind of work whether it is working at home, working from home, or working outside the home is still... well WORK. 

Nevertheless I have forged ahead with homeschooling and had a great routine, until... well WORK got in the way.  There were deadlines that distracted me from my ultimate purpose of educating my child for this life and the life to come.  I wasn't super mom (although I still have the complex) and  I needed help! This was when God brought back to my memory a homeschool program that my aunt used with her child when she was a Working Homeschool Mom (WHM)...  Time 4 Learning .

Right away I looked it up.  I thought it would be out of my budget, but it wasn't.  I thought it wouldn't be good quality but it was.  Now I have a curriculum that keeps me on track and on the days that I can't work with my daughter one-on-one like I would like to, she can do it on her own.

Time 4 Learning is easy, affordable and a great homeschool program for the WHM!


Disclosure: As a member of Time4Learning, I have been given the opportunity to review their program and share my experiences. While I was compensated, this review was not written or edited by Time4Learning and my opinion is entirely my own. For more information, check out their standards-based curriculum or learn how to write your own curriculum review.

Homeschool Classes for Mathematics

Are you interested in homeschool classes in the area of mathematics for the 2015- 2016 school year?

Courses will take place in the Cobb County, GA area and will follow the blended-learning format in which students meet once a week for face-to-face instruction and complete assignments throughout the week via the internet.  Computer access is required.

If you are interested in these courses please complete the following survey for more information: http://goo.gl/forms/RnHfOwpD6u 

Georgia Tech Summer Program

The remaining session will take place from 9am-3pm for rising 6th through rising 12th graders. Middle School and High School students are separated during the program. 
 

To read more about the program click here! 

APPLY ONLINE TODAY at www.ceoofmylife.org

National Geographic Geo Bee for 4th- 8th Graders - Deadline May 15

Are you looking to engage your students in a fun way of learning Geography? The National Geographic Geo Bee is a national competition that over 10,000 educators across the country have enrolled their students in annually. We are now offering the chance to test it out in your own classroom.


For the first time ever, National Geographic is releasing the official contest materials from the most recent Geo Bee to give schools with grades 4th-8th a one-time opportunity to experience the National Geographic Geo Bee for free! The Free-Bee materials include the complete set of questions from all the rounds, so that you can have your own school champion. (Please note, school champions of the Free-Bee are not eligible to advance on to the state and national competitions.)


If you’d like to take advantage of this one time opportunity, complete this brief form (to verify that you are a qualifying school), and we will send you a PDF of the 2015 contest materials. Then, consider enrolling your school in the official 2016 contest in August. Materials will be available until May 15th, 2015.

Complete the Free-Bee School Application Form and let the quizzing begin!

The Breman Museum Art Workshops

http://laurelsnyder.com/

Travel Abroad for College Credit

This online academy offers opportunities to Middle and High School students to earn college credit while traveling the world.  Click here to view more: http://www.aurorainternationalacademy.com/#!educational-expeditions-for-credit/c1b3p