Helpful Homeschool Links!

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Helpful Homeschool Links

• National Homeschool Links
• Considering Homeschooling Christian Outreach Ministry If you are wondering whether you should homeschool or not, visit this website--knowing the statistics will help you decide!
• State Links Useful links listed by state.
• Pennsylvania Homeschool Diploma Programs

National Links

• Considering Homeschooling Christian Outreach Ministry

A ministry that helps Christian parents research homeschooling. In addition, if you have a homeschool support group, you might want to visit this site to start a local outreach to those who are considering homeschooling.

The mission of Considering Homeschooling includes providing inspiration and encouragement to Christians considering homeschooling; promoting Biblical home education; reporting accurate statistics and outcomes of home education; helping to raise a generation of strong Christian leaders through Christian Biblical Teachings.

• HSLDA Home School Legal Defense Association is helpful if you need information about the legality of homeschool on a state by state basis.
• NATHHAN National Challenged Homeschoolers Associated Network Christian Families Homeschooling Special Needs Children
• Link International Voice of the Martyrs for Students You can order Link Student Activity Books for use with your geography studies.
• Common Sense Press Informational website from the publishers of Learning Language Arts through Literature, Great Science Adventures, Grocery Cart Math, etc.
• National Christian Homeschool Basketball Championships

State Links

Illinois

• Illinois Homeschool Law From the ICHE (Illinois Christian Home Educators) website comes information about homeschooling in their state.

Kentucky

• Christian Home Educators of Kentucky CHEK is a Christian Home School Organization that provides services and help for all home school families of any race, color, religious belief or creed. This is an informative website for Kentucky homeschoolers.

Pennsylvania Links

• CHAP Christian Homeschool Association of Pennsylvania Information on homeschooling in PA. Learn about the law, find a support group, find forms, etc.
• Pennsylvania Home Educators Association Informative website has information about  This site has lots of answers to your questions about logs, portfolios, evaluations, testing, and special needs in Pennsylvania.

Virginia Link

• The Organization of Virginia Homeschoolers A fully inclusive, member directed, and volunteer driven state association, VaHomeschoolers is neutral in matters of religion and partisan politics. This site has helpful information about homeschooling in Virginia.

Pennsylvania Homeschool Diploma Programs

For those of you who live in Pennsylvania, there is the option to obtain a state recognized high school diploma through one of the following groups. Most states don't have this option and it is not a requirement to get into most colleges. Personally, we give our own diplomas and keep transcripts ourselves. All our homeschool graduates (all 3!) have been accepted into colleges without a state recognized diploma.

When would I recommend that you get into one of these programs? Well, if your student is not going to college, I think it would be wise to do this as a backup for documentation. Or if you aren't too keen on the idea of making a high school transcript and keeping those records. Also, if your student is joining the military after high school, then it is good. If your student is applying to a college or technical school that doesn't recognize homeschooling, then the diploma programs would be good. They can't argue with a state recognized diploma. Basically, you need to research the possibilities and see what is best for your student.

That disclaimer aside, here are the links:

• Erie County Homeschoolers Diploma Association
• Susquehanna Valley Homeschool Diploma Programs, Inc.

[There is no website for this group. Here's the contact info]
484 Pleasant View Road
Hummelstown, PA 17036
Margaret T. Matthews, President 717 566 3573
Sandra Elliot 717 582 7527

• Mason-Dixon Homeschoolers Assoc., Inc.
• Pennsylvania Homeschoolers Accreditation Agency
• Buxmont Christian Educational Institute Inc.

North Central Pennsylvania Links

• Camp Susque School of Discovery This Christian camp offers a homeschooling family camp, a School of Discovery, as well as summer camps for boys and girls.