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4 SCHOOLS featuredcouplesinwhich bothworkoutsidethe homeinsomecapacity whilestillhome-schooling theirchildren. takesalookatsinglepar- entswhohome-school. ChadBeadlesisthe primarycaregivertohis 16.Heworksfulltime, childrenattendedpublic schoolsinWilliamson Countyandfoundthe experienceveryreward- ing.Butwithachangein theirfamilycircum- feltitwasbesttoteach withinahomesetting. Hisfamilyhasincorpo- ratedavarietyofap- proachestoeffectively learntogether.Astudy grouphasallowedsocial interaction.Inaddition,he hadcombinedsourcesto createawell-rounded curriculum. My7-year-oldlikesto doworkbooksformath, readingandwriting.

Thosesheisabletodoat explains, My16-year-old lovestowrite.Hisfocus tendstobeonprojects thathelphimbuildthose skills.Hehasregular writingassignments.He alsousesworksheetsfor JenniferJenkins-Del- lingerisatruckdriver, singlemomandhome- schoolteacher.Home- schoolersarefamiliar withon-the-golearning, andJenniferhasusedthat notioninteachingher 14-year-oldson. Shebeganhome- schoolinghimwhenhe wasinhisfifth-gradeyear. Wehavehadtowork hardandcreativelyto shesays. ButIhavenev- erwaveredinmybelief thatthisisthebetter choiceformysonandour Beadlessuggests ternetchatforumsand tutorialstohelpencourage home-schoolingfamilies. Iseethatmostofthe timedadworksandmom doestheschool.Idoboth.

Iwouldnotwantitany otherway.Sure,itmakes wasfortunatetofinda waytoworkonlineat home.Donotbeafraid.Do notletanyoneconvince Thepurposeofwriting onthistopicistoinspire familieswhohavedesired tohome-schoolbutfelt theirspecificsituation wouldpreventit.Thereis hopeforhome-schooling tobedonesuccessfullyby creatingathrivingeduca- tionalhome. Summercamp areachanceforgirlsages 8-13tolearntheartof sewing. Aprojectaweekwill havestudentslearning howtomasterapattern andimprovetheirskill level.Thereisarosterof almost10classestochoose tolearn.Amongthemis hasgirlsmakeateadress. Theclassconcludeswitha specialfather-daughter tea.Therearethreeclass- esforgirlsinterestedin gencyandSouthernBelle. Formoreinformationon HannahWuestat615-478- 6357oremailanniesse Contacthome-schoolmom KristenKindollofBrentwood HOME-SCHOOLNOTES Singleparentscanmakehome-schoolingwork KRISTEN KINDOLLKINDOLL BrentwoodHigh Freshmen: HeidiAlexander, ReaganYoungandRebecca Zadick.

Sophomores: JasonAlexander, YoungandAngelaZheng. Juniors: SafiyyaAbdulkadir, WilliamWoodsandKyleZiesig. Seniors: LauraAalderink, andMichaelZoorob. HIGHHONORROLL Freshmen: AbigailBarron, KathrynZiesig. Sophomores: MarisaBarnett, WingerdandErinYi.

Juniors: JoshuaZinzilieta. Seniors: MaggieWinhamandAustin Yarbrough. HONORROLL Freshmen: ThomasAlwes, sonWudelandJackZimmer- man. Sophomores: MaggieAlayli, GabrielleWard. Juniors: YilmazandPriskaYu.

Seniors: JeffersonAlwes, WertherandJacobWhite. RavenwoodHigh Freshmen: BrianAffolter, LaurenYeagerandJeffrey Yoshihara. Sophomores: topherSt.Clair,AndrewStevens, Juniors:.