Heritage Home Scholars will host a regional home-school conference at Tusculum on Monday, May 14, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The goal of the day is to promote college readiness and provide valuable information to current and prospective homeschoolers. There will be a variety of home-school related vendors, including education materials and textbooks.
“We are sponsoring this conference to provide support and resources for home-schooling families in the Greene County region. This free conference is open to all home-schoolers and prospective home-school families,” said Jennifer Jenkins, coordinator for the conference. She added that there will also be vendors on site with used home-school curricula, as well as speakers on various home-school related topics.
Informational sessions will be provided on topics such as financial aid, how to prepare for college and navigate the application process and home schooling through high school, which will be presented by Christa DelSorbo.
Special guests from Homelife Academy will be in attendance and available to answer questions regarding home schooling in Tennessee. They will also be presenting “Working with a Wiggle and a Growing Family.”
They will present on organizational methods for homeschooling as well as different methods of homeschooling and the resources available. Conference attendees will be offered a 20 percent discount by HomeLife Academy for umbrella school registration.
Other presentations offered will include “Homeschooling Your Special Needs Child,” “Homeschooling and Public School Sports” and “Homeschooling through High School.”
Other topics of discussion will include the Hope Scholarship, preparation for high school, what high school credits can be received, graduation requirements, college admission requirements, duel enrollment, testing, beginning a resume, Eta Sigma Alpha National Homeschool Society, the different extracurricular activities available, as well as athletics, beneficial items and driving courses. Visit Heritage Home Scholar’s website at www.heritagehomescholars.org for a schedule of speakers.
Tusculum College, which is hosting and supporting the event, will have a table setup at this event, as will Brian College, Carson-Newman University, East Tennessee State University, Johnson University, King University and the University of Alabama.
Heritage Home Scholars is a nonprofit corporation formed in 2014 in Greeneville. HHS is a home-school support group that operates a co-op that meets on Mondays from August through April, with more than 120 families participating.
The purpose of HHS is to serve and support Christian home-schooling families. This includes families who are anticipating home schooling, families who are currently home schooling one or more children and families who may no longer be home schooling but are still interested in ministering to home-schooling families. For more information contact the HHS by email at heritagehomescholars@gmail.com.