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Public schools tap homeschoolers
By Jan Bontekoe The Hamilton County School Board revisited their July decision to not allow home educated students to participate on area school teams and voted this time to allow home educated students to participate beginning with winter sports. The rule applies to homeschooled students registered with their local education district. Those covered
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Times Free Press reports on “TSSAA’s tepid gesture to home-schoolers”
Via the Times Free Press: More than 50,000 children in Tennessee are home-schooled, according to the Home School Legal Defense Association. Their parents save taxpayers hundreds of millions
CSTHEA soccer program expanding
This fall CSTHEA added a middle school boys team to the varied and growing list of team sports offered for homeschoolers in the greater Chattanooga area. The middle school boys’ soccer team, under the direction of homeschool dad, Coach John Trussel, completed a winning fall season at Camp Jordan and
Sports seasons & contacts
Fall Sports (Roughly July to October) Cross Country for grade 3 – 12 both boys and girls contact Jim Steffes Jim@bartohoss.com Girls
TSSAA opens gate for homeschooled athletes
By Chip Cirillo, The Tennessean, Dec. 9 Some home-schooled students will be eligible to try out for Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association teams next year. The state association’s Legislative Council approved a bylaw on Wednesday that will make that possible. The students must meet a
Homeschooling—with cleats on
By Cindy Rollins It comes as no surprise that many families decide not to homeschool through high school. All kinds of things factor into the equation: The abundance of private education in our area, moms feeling inadequate, misconceptions about public education, misunderstandings about getting children
Homeschool Sports Opportunities
Fall Sports (approximately July – October) Cross Country For grade 3 through 12 both boys and girls Contact Jim Steffes: Jim@bartohoss.com Girls
Homeschool baseball ready to begin practice
Spring is almost here and baseball is ready to begin! The Chattanooga Patriot’s baseball teams are beginning practices the first week of February. Our middle school team plays at Rivermont Park and our high school team practices in Rossville with games at Covenant College. Please email Julie Simons,
Chattanooga Patriots Cross Country
Get ready to run! Both Boys and Girls High School, Middle School (grades 6-8), and Elementary School (grades 3-5) teams forming now for the fall cross country season. Contact Coach Jim Steffes at Jim@bartohoss.com
Homeschoolers make strong showing in chess tourney
By Andrew Huffman Chattanooga-area homeschool students have just completed a stellar season of chess competition at regional, statewide, and national tournaments, with very strong showings at all levels. Considering that this was their first venture into structured team competition, the CSTHEA “Capstone