A year at a time

Most of the home schooling families I've talked with say that they take it a year at a time. That's what we are planning to do, too.

One mom said they started their kids in the local Christian school but were disappointed in the quality of education there. So, they pulled their kids out (the oldest was 2nd grade at the time) and have home schooled since then. She said she never expected to be homeschooling through high school but they are and it's been great for their family.

Another family home schooled the older two boys through 8th grade and then put them in public high school because they wanted to play sports. The boys did well in the new setting. The three younger girls - now in jr. high and high school - are completely home schooled and doing very well.

Another family home schooled their children until they began to sense God calling them to go to public school. This year all their children - age 7-14 - have gone from home education to the public schools and are doing well. The whole family - children and parents - believe God wants them to build relationships with the people in their neighborhood and to share the Light of Christ that way and, so, participating in public schools was a part of that process.

One mom began to home school when they lived in an area with a wretched public school system and they couldn't afford the private school. Since then her three older girls have graduated home school and gone on to college with honors. Their youngest son missed the community of school with his sisters and so (now that they've moved into a better school system) he started public school and mom began to work toward her college degree!

We are not making any plans past the next school year but we are moving into a highly-rated local public school system. We will continue to pray and think and review how home schooling is going for our family.

By the grace of God we will take it one year at a time.