It’s been wild adventure, but all good things must come to an end. My oldest graduated several years ago. My middle child graduated last year. My youngest graduated this year. …
2019-2020 School Year
This is our 13th year of homeschool. Aprendemos Academy already has one graduate, and only has about three years left until all of our students have graduated. Diva has started …
October 1 is almost here!
If you have a senior, you should know how important October 1 is these days. It’s opening day for FASFA filing! I recently listened to a couple of great podcasts …
Exciting and scary all at once
We’ve just kicked off our 11th year of homeschooling. Our oldest will be graduating high school this year. In fact, in 5 years all three will be high school graduates. …
Closing out the 2016-2017 School Year
So, another school year has come to a close. I don’t blog as much as I used to, for many reasons. Here on the school blog, it’s mostly because I’m …
Number of Families Homeschooling Has Doubled Since 1999
As reported by the HSLDA: The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) recently released the final executive summary of its fourth quadrennial survey on homeschooling, conducted in 2012. Notable facts from …
No More Elementary Kids Here!
It’s so hard to believe how quickly time flies. Seems like it was only yesterday we began our homeschooling journey with our oldest son. That five year old is now …
2015-2016 School Year, Already in Full Swing!
So last year was our first year back in Maryland. It was much easier than I’d anticipated, mostly thanks to the wonderful folks over at Calvary Gospel Home Educators who …
The Sinking of the Lusitania
When the RMS Lusitania was sunk off the coast of Ireland in May of 1915, it became the rallying cry that led America to enter the war. Roughly 2,000 people …
Trenches & The Christmas Truce
Life in the trenches of World War 1 sucked. It was almost always wet, and the constant sounds of shelling & gun fire drove many men insane. There is a …