World Ocean School’s Tales of the Sea Short Courses
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Debbie Jurasek
Mobile PE and Financial Aid Now Available for Physical Education Classes
Greetings, allow me to reintroduce myself, I am Coach Jacob, a certified Physical Education Specialist from the University of Georgia who moved to Washington state to create the first Homeschool and Adaptive Needs Physical Education program. The organization is called 13 Generations Educational Mission, LLC (13GEM) and it operates the programs “PE for EveryBody” and “Adapted …
ComedySportz Seattle High School & Homeschool League
Do you want to learn how to be funny? Want to find a way to improve your acting skills? Or are you just looking for something fun and different to do this year? Well join CSz Seattle – Home of ComedySportz® this fall as they begin their very first season of the ComedySportz Seattle High …
Homeschool & Adapted Needs Physical Education / NOW REGISTERING
Greetings, my name is Jacob Echevarria. I am a certified Physical Education specialist from the University of Georgia and I moved to Washington state to create the first Homeschool and Adaptive Needs Physical Education program. My organization is called 13 Generations Educational Mission, LLC (13GEM) and it operates the programs “PE for EveryBody” and “Adapted …
2016 Emmett Comer Scholarship Winning Essay by VALARI BRITT WESTEREN
Homeschooling—The Best Choice For Me Until I entered the Running Start program for my senior year, I had always enjoyed a homeschool education. When I began high school, I started taking online classes with The Potter’s School; before that, my parents had taught me all my subjects. While I have always enjoyed my homeschooling experience, …
Making Environmental Issues Fun For Homeschoolers! By Cynthia S. Levesque
December 2015 How do you get your homeschoolers interested in environmental topics? Hands-on activities and tours always help, as well as interesting computer games and videos. There are a lot of options available, especially since Washington State is so ecologically minded. Here are some ideas and web sites! Be sure to visit Cynthia’s website for …
Bingo Mania
The way that students are learning math in public school is much different than how you probably learned it. You learned something called the Standard Algorithm, with carrying and borrowing and lots of memorization of what 2+2 and 7×8 are. You’ve probably also heard about the new way they’re teaching math in schools, part of …
A Homeschool Parent’s Guide to Grades, Credits and Transcripts by Lee Binz, The HomeScholar
“A Homeschool Parent’s Guide to Grades, Credits and Transcripts” will give you the information and confidence you need to succeed in creating AMAZING homeschool transcripts colleges will LOVE! You will learn: • How to evaluate your children • How to give grades colleges will believe • How to assign credits • Where to get the …
Finding a Curriculum That’s Effective and Fun by Lee Binz, The HomeScholar
There are SO many curriculum choices available! It’s hard to sift through them all and choose what you need – your friends all recommend different ones and they all look so good! How do you choose and where do you start? Here are just a few tips to help you find a curriculum that’s both …
Homeschool through High School and Have Fun Doing It by Janice Campbell
Homeschool through High School and Have Fun Doing It by Janice Campbell www.EverydayEducation.com When you make the decision to homeschool through the teen years, you open the door to many exciting options for your student. Teens not only have the opportunity to develop as individuals, but they can also pursue special interests, start microbusinesses, travel, …
Off-Season Travel
Off-Season Travel Another Benefit of Home Schooling By Kathryn Gerken Home school families enjoy the flexibility of being able to plan, save and travel when our public and private school counter parts are sitting in school. We can incorporate the planning into our geography, history, world cultures and even language. A vacation budget and …
Homeschooling a Distractible Child
Homeschooling a distractible child can be nerve-wracking. You step away for two minutes and your distractible one has: a) mentally drifted to a far galaxy, b) physically left the room, c) put on a favorite costume and started pretending, or d) all of the above. You tell these kids soccer practice is in twenty …