CHEWV Meets With Dr. Paine
In response to WV Superintendent of Schools Steve Paine's comments late last week, John Carey (CHEWV's legislative liaison) quickly arranged a meeting with State Superintendent Paine. Also in attendance were two leading members of the State Board of Education,...
Misleading News Targets WV Homeschooling
by John Carey, CHEWV's Legislative Liaison A recent WVNews article by Kailee Gallahan claims that “homeschooling cuts over $2 million from Harrison School systems funding.” In the article, Harrison County public school officials accuse homeschoolers of costing the...
FREE Unit Study: Harvest of Friends
The Little House series of books based on Laura Ingalls’s childhood in the 1800’s remains popular among readers of all ages, particularly children. The history, woven into wholesome family stories, makes them especially appreciated by homeschoolers. In 1974, the...
WV Textbooks Available for Members!
We have a limited number of textbooks available for 8th grade WV Studies - that we are providing to CHEWV members at cost! These are used editions - not the new edition for 2019-20. If you did not catch our latest article that explains the text and editions...
Are People the Problem?
by John Carey, CHEWV Legislative Liaison The battle to pass the Education Reform Bill was passionately fought on both sides. While the side that supported more freedom and greater options for parents, children, and local communities won a victory, the side that...
Graduation 2019
With our largest class ever, the 2019 CHEWV Graduation was a celebration of God's blessing on 21 young adults from all across the Mountain State. Whether you were able to attend or not, we hope you enjoy this picture gallery of our special afternoon. [gallery...
WVUP Hosts Science Labs for Homeschoolers
Since lab sciences are prerequisite for college admissions, CHEWV was delighted that WVUP willingly offered high school level science labs to homeschoolers last month. Here's the icing on the cake: they offered the labs, with materials, at no charge! In March,...
The Special Session Has Begun
by John Carey, CHEWV's Legislative Liaison As soon as the West Virginia Legislature adjourned at midnight on the last day of the 60-day regular session, the legislature was called into a special session to discuss what the Governor has called “Education Betterment.”...
The 2019 Regular Session Was Anything But Quiet
The 2019 WV Legislative Session began with an effort in the Senate to improve public education by introducing Charter Schools - an effort that died in the House after teachers went on strike to protest. In a surprising move, the Tim Tebow bill was discharged on the...
Capitol Report Update 2/12/2019
by John Carey, CHEWV’s Legislative Liaison Where Things Stand on SB 451 As of This Morning SB451 passed out of the House Finance Committee early this morning and will be on Second Reading Wednesday. In this morning’s committee meeting, the Chair unsuccessfully...
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