PEACE Academy - A school by any other name....

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Jul. 20, 2007

A school by any other name....

I want to name our homeschool for many reasons. For one, I want my children to have an answer when someone asks "where do you go to school?" Also, I want some sense of credibility and accountability that I believe will be strengthened when our daily lessons and activities are associated with a "particular school." This may seem unneccessary, but to me, it is important. I have considered many possibilties, and I want there to be a reason and meaning behind the name we choose. I looked into the meanings of my children's names and that didn't really help. Katie means "pure" (which has possibility) but Noah means "comfort, rest" (NOT a good connotation for a school! ha ha!). So, I then started researching surnames...Thompson. What I found was astounding! I never considered this before, but the Thompson family crest and coat of arms is FULL of possibilities and themes for a name for our school. Our coat of arms colors mean generosity, strength, other symbols on the crest stand for truth, wisdom, and best of all, the Thompson name bears a shamrock, which of course represents the holy trinity or christianity! WOO HOO! I hit the jack pot for ideas for school names. And furthermore, got some pretty cool "school-like" themes, like the colors used on our crest, blue and yellow, to be our school "colors." What I like MOST OF ALL that I have found is the family motto: "Nosce teipsun", "Know Thyself." How cool is that for a motto? I would love to somehow turn that into a name for the school. So...the name search still continues, but I am excited to have the direction now!

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Jul. 21, 2007 - names

Posted by jenn4him

We have an official name, Pine Grove Christian School. We decided on this name because we have 2 tall pine trees on either side of our driveway! Kind of lame, I know, but at the time it worked and it has stuck. We needed the name when we withdrew our daughter from public school last March. They wanted the name of the school she was transferring to. (That's a long story)
Jenn

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Jul. 21, 2007 - Kings Kids Academy

Posted by 1MamaBear3potatoes

We are calling our schooling Kings Kids Academy for right now. I really want something a little different, But for now it works. Naming the school is a great idea. You also have good ideas about the colors and crest. I hadn't really thought about colors, but because of the schooling that we do, our colors would be red, white and blue. And the crest is being worked on because it is part of our ministry, Wings of Eagles ministries, which is still being developed as well.

Edited by 1MamaBear3potatoes on Jul. 21, 2007 at 12:13 PM

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My husband and I have decided that homeschooling is the best option for our children and family! We are excited to get started with our almost five year old girl, and our 3 year old boy will be along for the ride this year as well! We don't know much about the "how" yet, but we will be learning together as we continue on this journey together! Feel free to read my blog entries and comment! I am looking forward to keeping everyone in the loop as to our exciting and fun times in homeschooling!