College and the Homeschooled Child

College, High School

by Jennifer Corgan, The Old Schoolhouse You have worked for thirteen long, hard years and have finally arrived at your destination: graduation day! It was not an easy road, but with strength and perseverance on the part of you and your child, you have finally achieved...

How I Homeschooled College

College, High School

by Kimberly Snyder I was homeschooled since the beginning—since the days of Hooked on Phonics cassette tapes and going to physical curriculum fairs to purchase schoolbooks. Like many homeschoolers, my education was molded around the idea that just because everyone...

I Went to “Real School”

College, Graduation, High School

by Elizabeth Citrowske  When I was in fifth grade, I believed the stereotype that children who were homeschooled were abnormal and needed to be kept away from the rest of the world. This misunderstanding came from the reactions I got when I admitted to others that I...

Homeschool Graduates in College ~ From the Professors’ Perspective

College, Encouragement, High School, Homeschool

by Michelle Curren In my pursuit to encourage homeschooling parents, I thought it would be interesting to get an idea of how homeschool graduates perform in college as experienced by the professors. I made an appeal to professors through Facebook posts, and with the...

Thriving at College

College, Decisions, Encouragement, God's Plan, Graduation, Socialization, World View

Book Review by Karen D. Koch Book by Alex Chediak Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2011 Available at the HSLDA bookstore and Amazon As much as we enjoy homeschooling, one day the kids will complete high school. Then what? Most will head off to college,  jobs,...

Killing Lions

Classes, College, Decisions, Encouragement, Family, Graduation, High School, Homeschool

by Luke Vorster, 2016 winner of the $1000 CHEA Support Network Scholarship The Maasai people are a semi-nomadic ethnic group that inhabits parts of Kenya and Tanzania. Like many other African tribes, the Maasai prize physical endurance and proficiency in combat. A...