2024 Legislative Wrap-Up
The 2024 session of the WV Legislature has now come to a close. Here is a brief summary of the two bills we watched closely : HB 4945 Going into this year’s session, CHEWV’s top priority was to maintain a separate legal category for private homeschooling as needed...
Nature Journaling Contest
Join the Beebots Nature Journaling Contest to win a gift card and prize box! Here’s everything you need to know to get started: Nature journaling is collecting and organizing your observations, questions, connections, and explanations on the pages of a notebook using...
The Dangers of the Fluharty Amendment
A legislative Call to Action was sent out this evening because the “Revised Fluharty Amendment” to HB 5180 appears on the House calendar for discussion and a vote Monday morning, February 26th. While Fluharty and other delegates may mean well, their “fix” for...
Legislative Update for WV Homeschoolers
You may recall that last year an attempt to make some technical changes to the Hope scholarship program caused quite a stir among homeschoolers. This is primarily because the bill moved to erase distinctions between several different educational options. After much...
Terra Nova vs. Iowa Assessments
For the past many years, WV homeschoolers have had both the Terra Nova and the Iowa Assessments readily available to them as viable assessment options. Starting this year, the Iowa alone will be the primary testing option. For that reason, CHEWV has compiled a list of...
New 2024 Resources!
We are pleased to introduce two new resources! First, our brand new workbook, ReThinking Education, is now available as a FREE download. Designed to be a study with your Bible in hand, reThinking Education will solidify your family’s education mission. Consider...
The FAFSA Is Changing
Important Things For Parents to Know Normally the FAFSA (Free Application for Student Aid) becomes available in early October, but due to a major overhaul in the form, the form will not be available for the current year until December 31st. The delay is due to a...
NEW Comprehensive WV Field Trip Guide!
We are beyond excited to introduce CHEWV’s newest member resource: a comprehensive field trip guide! Three months in the making, our 41-page resource includes exciting field trip destinations for all 55 WV counties, along with planning and curriculum tips. Step out...
Get a Student I.D. Card
Student I.D. cards are useful for discounted tickets and other student perks, and now homeschoolers can get their own. CHEWV members automatically receive a teacher I.D. card for teacher discounts as listed here. But student I.D.s are also available for student...
Legislative Heads Up
As we head quickly toward legislative season, it has become important to explain the stakes. Where Are We Now? The 1986 exemption from mandatory public school attendance that first allowed modern era homeschooling was a hard-won battle. Since then, we have continued...
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