Centre County Homeschoolers

State Organizations

 

Christian Homeschool Association of Pennsylvania

CHAP is an acronym for Christian Homeschool Association of Pennsylvania, a nonprofit corporation founded to encourage and support families interested in home education. CHAP assists parents in understanding and fulfilling the law's requirements and is affiliated with two national organizations: Home School Legal Defense Association and The National Center for Home Education. CHAP provides leadership and direction on issues facing Christian homeschoolers on a national and state wide basis. News and up dates are included in the CHAP Newsletter.

For more information, go to http://www.chaponline.com/.

 

Pennsylvania Homeschoolers

PA HOMESCHOOLERS® is the family business of the Richman family of Kittanning Pennsylvania -- two parents, Susan and Howard, and four always-homeschooled children Jesse (born in '77), Jacob (born in '80), Molly (born in '83), and Hannah (born in '87). Then there is Jesse's also-homeschooled wife Patricia, Jacob's wife Ann, Molly's husband Boaz, and Jesse and Patricia's three children, Sarah (born in '00) and David (born in '03) and Leah (born in '04). Jesse is now completing his doctoral dissertation at Carnegie-Mellon University, Jacob is working for Microsoft in Redmond Washington, Molly is teaching at Community Day School in Pittsburgh, and Hannah is in 12th grade doing high school at home through the Pennsylvania Homeschoolers Accreditation Agency and doing online AP test preparation through PA HOMESCHOOLERS®.

Please don't confuse PA HOMESCHOOLERS® with the Pennsylvania Homeschoolers Accreditation Agency (PHAA), a non-profit corporation that we founded which accredits homeschool diplomas in Pennsylvania. Currently PHAA shares our website but eventually it will get its own website: http://www.phaa.org.

PA HOMESCHOOLERS® is a newsletter co-edited by Susan and Howard Richman with a Backpack section of children's writing edited by Molly Richman. Beginning with Issue #1 in 1982 (when it was called "Western Pennsylvania Homeschoolers"), it has been published quarterly since 1982. Current subscription price is $12 per year.

PA HOMESCHOOLERS® is a network linking homeschoolers in Pennsylvania. It organizes political action, provides for communication among homeschoolers, and organizes state-wide activities including a homeschool excellence day in the Harrisburg Capitol Rotunda.

For more information, go to http://pahomeschoolers.com/.

 

Catholic Homeschoolers of Pennsylvania

"Catholic home schooling," as defined by the late Fr. John Hardon, S.J.," is the planned and organized teaching and training of children at home, for their peaceful and effective life in this world, and for their eternal salvation in the world to come." The current laws pertaining to homeschooling in Pennsylvania were passed by our legislature in 1988. This web site introduces you to the statewide network of Catholic Homeschoolers of Pennsylvania and briefly explains the essential elements of homeschooling in Pennsylvania.

        This network serves hundreds of Catholic families in Pennsylvania who are faithful to the Magisterium of the Church & Pope Benedict XVI and who find home education to be their response to the Church's teaching to be the primary educators of their children. 

This statewide network serves families by providing an annual Catholic Homeschool Conference & Curriculum Fair each year in April, a Baccalaureate Mass and Commencement Exercises for 8th and 12th graders in June, bi-monthly newsletter, legislative e-alerts, and more. The network website provides information on Catholic Church teaching regarding the parental role in education, sacramental guidelines for home educated students, a listing of Catholic curriculum providers, as well as forms and documents for use in the home or for submission to the district, information on school districts throughout the state, home education during the high school years, general legislative information, and more.

For more information, go to http://www.catholichomeschoolpa.org/.

 

Pennsylvania Home Educators Association

Pennsylvania Home Educators Association (PHEA) is an inclusive statewide coalition of home educators whose primary purpose is to provide accurate information and advocate for Pennsylvania home educators.

For more information, go to http://www.phea.net/index.html.

 

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