Homeschooling Works!  Our local community college is soliciting homeschoolers, because they've noticed the students it's producing.  For those of you who are afraid to homeschool through highschool, read on. 

Greetings, those of you involved in homeschooling!

At Mohawk Valley Community College, we have noticed that several top
students have had homeschooling backgrounds. Specifically, Professors
Alguire, Birt, and Chace of the Engineering Technologies and the Trades
Department have noticed that homeschooling can produce students who are
very strong in math skills, a key ingredient to the engineering and
surveying fields, as well as other technical disciplines. We would like to
have homeschool groups better acquainted with MVCC, its programs, and
its policies. Okay, so we'd like more homeschooled students to attend
MV, too!

We were hoping to meet and greet any students 8th grade and up, and
just as important, their parents. There would be a lot of Q+A and
discussion. What we are asking for is that you network, asking around in your homeschooling groups (feel free to forward this email), and see what
interest there is. We are willing to come to your meetings and we also
invite you to come to our campuses. Please respond to this email with questions, invitations, or mere expressions of interest so we can get the ball rolling (see questions below). We hope to set up meetings & tours between now and Christmas.

Thank you!


[A list of questions followed for us to respond to, and then ...]


(P.S.: Personally, I think homeschooling is great and often defend its
advantages as far outpacing the many disadvantages of public schools.
My wife was homeschooled!)

"But" you say "I can't teach math!"  There are ways.  There are self teaching materials, dvd series, all kinds of options.  And if you teen is struggling so much with math, maybe math won't be his/her major.  It won't be my 16 year old son's major.  

There is support for you.  Like this: Click over for a visit with Janice Campbell, and you will get lost in all the encouragement she has on her website for homeschooling through high school.  It's great!  She can help you.  Or how about Cindy Rushton?  Tons of encouragement for you, there.  And of course, every Thursday right here, on the Front Porch.

Deb Turner - Homeschooling from the Heart
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Deb Turner has been homeschooling for 20 years, and is thrilled to have yet another 10 to go. She and her husband, Craig, have 5 children and 3 grandchildren.  Craig works as a mechanical engineer, while Deb enjoys raising her children and loving up her grandchildren. She also enjoys writing and gardening.