The 1st graders had a blast after math class yesterday. They hung around the online classroom drawing and chattering with each other. The last little one logged out about 10 minutes before the online algebra class would be arriving in. I had big plans of stuffing my face with a big bowl of chili since I had just realized how hungry I was. I was about to stand up and head off to the kitchen when a guest arrived in the room. I immediately sat down and typed out a welcome to the online classroom. It was a new homeschooler curious about our free online homeschool classes. She was looking in to online classes for her daughter and came across our website. Now you must realize that with our co-op being online we have students from all over the country. There are a few from Canada, a gal from Hawaii, several from California, and a good spattering of students from New Hamshire to Oregon and everywhere in between. She was looking for a full online program. Since we are small and just starting out with our online homeschool course co-op, I was about to suggest a charter as a means to have a free high school currculum that was already fully in place. I asked her what state she lived in so I could tell her if her state had a charter program in place. She said it was Arkansas. Well, In excitement I asked her what city she was in. It turns out she lives right down the highway about 13 miles. LOL.

She and her daughter dropped by this morning so I could get an Apologia Chemistry text to her for participating in our online chemistry class. We had a great visit and Brooke will be joining in on all the high school level courses that we offer. It is indeed a small world after all.