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Holidays? What Holidays?

   Near the end of an exhausting day of Driver’s Ed, a dozen teens stared wearily at the instructor. “Cheer up,” he encouraged them.  “It’s a long weekend!  You’ll have three days of no school!”   The entire group scoffed at the idea.  “You’re forgetting something,” they informed the instructor.  “Don’t you know we’re HOME […]

Outings with a Purpose: National March for Life

  When all our children were young, we were able to go on many field trips.  For various reasons, this is no longer possible, but we still have occasional outings, such as today.   This afternoon is Canada’s national March for Life in our capital, Ottawa.  The children and I used to make a big […]

Bible course, Grades 11 and 12: First Attempt

    Among Moses’ last words to the people of Israel were Deuteronomy 32: 47.  He urged the people to learn God’s Word so that they could teach their children the things of God, emphasizing that “they are not just idle words for you – they are your life.”      When I read these […]

Bible and Religious Studies: Grades 9 and 10

We require 4 years of Bible and Religious Studies in our home high school.  This is separate from our Christian lifestyle—family Bible reading and prayer, personal Bible reading and prayer, Bible study and memorization, sermon discussions, character building, and involvement in church life such as catechism studies, Bible studies, volunteering,  outreach and so forth.   We […]

Resources: Overviews on How to Home School High School

I promised you a discussion about some of our high school at home overview books, so here we go!  However, I feel so tempted to do something else instead….  Once again, I understand my children’s struggles to face a difficult project.  You see, we own four of these books, all Christian, three of which we […]