Homeschooling in East Texas
Details coming soon!
If you missed the first East Texas Homeschool Convention this past summer in June 2025 then take a look!
East Texas news reporters were there covering the story:
KLTV – ...Hundreds attend first East Texas Homeschool Convention in Upshur County
KETK – First ever East Texas Homeschool Convention held in Gilmer
Hidden Treasure! at the Tyler Civic Theatre Center
The Magnificent Journey is proud to announce their new show, Hidden Treasure! Pirates, sword fighting, songs and the Gospel message all rolled into one show!
Brought to you by: Drama with a Point and the Fellowship of Christian Swordsmen
Come out, enjoy and support your fellow homeschoolers!
We do all for the glory of God!
Tickets are $10
Dates: Friday, March 11, Saturday – March 12, and Sunday March 13 – 2022
Click here to Purchase tickets!!!
All people are required to worship God. All people have a duty to worship and follow the Lord’s commandments. Doesn’t the truth just set you free! Please take a moment to listen to this wonderful podcast done by Liberty Cafe by Texas Scorcard.
Click the link below to go directly to Liberty Cafe’s website
BY: Annie Holmquist | July 20, 2017
READ this Article on Intellectual Takeout website – Go to article.
This is a wonderful article to show how much homeschooling is not only extremely beneficial to the family, but also to the state and to fellow tax payers. Homeschooling is also beneficial to local businesses and national educational businesses since homeschoolers are a big purchaser of educational materials from books (text books to recreational reading books) to electronics (laptops to Lego Ev3 robots), to various establishments (restaurants, excursion places, amusement parks, museums, zoos and other various public places of business – especially educational places) to all the various office/school supplies and furniture. This article doesn’t go into all of the financial avenues that homeschoolers help the community, state and world, but it does scratch the surface and gets you thinking. Please read the article from Intellectual Takeout! Go to link or read part of article posted below:
“As many recognize, homeschooling has been booming in recent years and promises to keep growing. The most recent numbers from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) hail from 2012 and suggest that 1.8 million children are now educated at home.
Compared to public school students, studies suggest that homeschoolers perform up to 30 percentile points better on standardized tests, have higher college GPAs and completion rates, and may even be better adjusted socially. Judging from these numbers, it would seem that homeschooling definitely benefits the individual student.
But what about the nation as a whole? Are there any immediate benefits which homeschoolers offer to their communities?
One of the most obvious is the money each homeschool student saves his or her state. Based on state spending per student multiplied by the approximate numberof homeschoolers in each state, the following statistics demonstrate how much savings homeschoolers are passing off to their fellow citizens each year:
It should be noted that because homeschool registration varies by state, these numbers are likely conservative, making the savings even more than recorded above. In fact, a recent report by the Pioneer Institute suggested that on a national scale, homeschoolers save taxpayers $22 billion every year.
Such savings should give us pause. Homeschooling parents pay taxes like everyone else, yet they also fork out a lot of money each year to pay for books and other equipment. Should some of this savings be passed on to them, or would such a process only invite more government control into individual homes?
Furthermore, if homeschooling produces such a good product for such a large monetary savings, doesn’t it seem like states would want to encourage more parents to pursue such an education option?“ – Article by: Annie Holmquist | July 20, 2017 on Intellectual Takeout.
Our next meeting will be Thursday, August 1, 2019 at the McMillan Memorial Library in Overton in the classroom. Refreshments are provided. This is a FREE event. 401 South Commerce Street, Overton, TX.
Please come and join us!
This is the meeting for you.
Have you been homeschooling a while? Well come and meet other homeschoolers in your area.
Are you new to homeschooling and have questions/concerns? Well come and ask some other moms who have been doing it for a while.
Are you considering to homeschool and want to know more about it? Well come hear about your options and talk with some moms who have been doing it.
A Dire Call to Action!
It is our (we the parents) responsibility to teach Christianity to our children. It is not the responsibility of churches, schools, tutors or other organizations, although together with our Lord help, we are stronger. Ignore this responsibility to raise our children to know and love our Lord and Savior and we will (and are) suffer. Our ancestors understood this in 1647 and way beyond. We have drifted and turned away from our purpose given to us by God, Our Lord and Savior and now we are paying the price.
Contact Piney Woods for a Presentations of The History of Education and Christianity in the United States! This presentation is FREE for local groups, churches, schools and more. Contact us today!
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