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. by Amy Wilson, Government Affairs Director On Tuesday, May 14, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit rendered its opinion in the case of the Romieke family, German homeschoolers seeking asylum in the United States on the grounds that Germany’s compulsory school attendance law persecutes [...] Andrew McCullough, a thirteen-year-old homeschooled student in Powhatan, tackled some big myths about homeschooling last month and was given space in the local newspaper, Powhatan Today. Andrew, whose family are members of The Organization of Virginia Homeschoolers, aspires to be a journalist or an engineer. This article was his fourth for Powhatan Today. Chances [...] A recent report on Virginia’s Religious Exemption (RE) option by a University of Virginia law professor and his students is making headlines. UVA’s Child Advocacy Clinic on September 11 released the report by Professor Andrew Block, which examines the unique nature of Virginia’s RE and questions whether children under the RE are receiving an education. [...]
From left to right are Kaity McCullough, Peter Cagnina, Conner Benway, John Chase Huddleston and Sophie Duncan. Despite the very real challenges facing our world, there is a corps of local students determined to do something about them. Fifth graders Connor Benway, Peter Cagnina, Sophie Duncan, John Chase Huddleston and Kaity McCullough are [...] Last night after Nick did some soccer training at Ukrop Park in Richmond, we went in the Martin’s grocery store. There, next to the sugar free gum in the checkout line, was a stack of TIME magazines, the April 2, 2012 issue. The issue we’re in. Nick Faulconer at Darden-Towe Park. Photo by Reed Young [...]
Congratulations to Caroline Willett, who won the Virginian-Pilot Spelling Bee for the second time in Norfolk on Saturday, February 11. She now heads to the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which will be held between May 27 and June 1. We wish her luck! You can read about her triumph in [...] Some of our VaHomeschoolers were mentioned in the following online article on Homeschooling. Read all about it! Annandale Patch – For Home-Schooled Students, Few Routine Days Submitted by Barb Ben Photo from ReverbNation Check out the article on the new band Bison in the latest issue of the Voice! Did you know there was a new up and coming band that is all homeschoolers playing the alternative scene in Hampton Roads and Harrisonburg? That’s right, three homeschool [...] Nathan Christensen, 11, a resident of Lake Ridge, traveled to Harrisonburg on May 11 to read his short story “Huskoo and the Whale” for a taping at Virginia’s Public Television (WVPT), an affiliate of Public Broadcasting Service. Nathan won first place in the fifth grade division of WVPT’s PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest. After this [...] Celeste Land, VaHomeschoolers’ Director of Government Affairs and a member of our Board of Directors, was a guest on the Kojo Nnamdi Show on WAMU 88.5 in Washington DC on October 13, 2010. The program segment, entitled “Homeschooling Goes Mainstream,” also included Mike Donnelly of the Home School Legal Defense Association. Kojo and his guests [...] |
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