Sixteen years ago, when I first started homeschooling, no one I knew was naming their homeschool.  We were to busy trying to stay under the radar so that the local school district or county social worker didn't show up at our door.  Now it's the popular thing to do and after having to come up with a transcript for my second son, (my eldest was required to get a GED before they would admit him to college and so didn't need a transcript from me,) I've decided that maybe naming our school would be expedient.  I've weighed a number of names and finally decided on Grace Heights Academy.  My eldest son still homeschooling even came up with a solgan;  "Grace Heights Academy -- Where All Your Dreams Take Flight."  No sign there that he would like to be a pilot some day, is there?

I think that sounds much better than Hassett Homeschool which is what I used for the transcript that I made for my now college Freshman.  It says something about our faith and our objectives for homeschooling.  It even sounds rather proffesional, especially when you add the slogan.  Not that we are any more or less strict about their academics now than we ever were.  Sadly enough though, in this present world perception is everything.  So, we now have an official name.  My two eldest think it's rather silly; my ninth grader thinks it was kind of fun; my youngest was frunstrated that we didn't pick something like Sponge Bob U.  As for me, I guess it's a sign of my age but for some reason I'm rather ambivalent.  It seems rather strange to go from your biggest worry being how to deal with social workers, to what to name your school.  I don't know, maybe it will get me a few discounts.