by CHEWV | Oct 8, 2021 | Golden Horseshoe Series, News
and WV Homeschoolers West Virginia native Homer Hickam, author of “October Sky,” has one regret. He did not win a Golden Horseshoe as a student! Every year 221 students are awarded the coveted Golden Horseshoe and knighted as Ladies and Knights of the Golden...
by CHEWV | Sep 6, 2021 | News
For decades, homeschoolers have joined other educators to incentivize reading using free pizza coupons. Available for students ages 4-12 (preK to 6th grade), the Pizza Hut Book-It Program allows parents of homeschoolers to set individualized reading goals for their...
by CHEWV | Sep 6, 2021 | News
Senator Shelley Moore Capito invites middle and high school students and parents to Academy Day 2021 to learn more about U.S. Service Academies (Air Force, Coast Guard, Merchant Marines, Military/West Point, Naval). Students who want to attend one of these prestigious...
by CHEWV | Aug 19, 2021 | Legislative, News
A new law, HB2785, passed in the 2021 session and effective last month, affects homeschooled students who are returning to public school. The latter part of section (e) states, “A transcript or other credential provided by a public school program, private school...
by CHEWV | Jun 2, 2021 | News
A Falling or Rising Star? Is child abuse more prevalent in the homeschooling community? That is just one of several questions being addressed in a 7-week online conference entitled Post-Pandemic Future of Homeschooling, sponsored by the Harvard Kennedy School Taubman...
by CHEWV | May 26, 2021 | News, Quarantine
Homeschooling in West Virginia has more than doubled this past year according to a report by the U.S. Census Bureau. In fact, West Virginia is one of nine states with double digit growth! Last spring, 5.4% of West Virginian households with school-aged children...
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