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Public schools tap homeschoolers

22 October 2011

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”

14 February 2011

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

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CSTHEA soccer program expanding

12 February 2011

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

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Sports seasons & contacts

5 February 2011

Fall Sports (Roughly July to October) Cross Country for grade 3 – 12 both boys and girls contact Jim Steffes Jim@bartohoss.com Girls

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TSSAA opens gate for homeschooled athletes

13 December 2010

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

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Homeschooling—with cleats on

31 July 2010

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

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Homeschool Sports Opportunities

29 June 2010

Fall Sports (approximately July – October) Cross Country For grade 3 through 12 both boys and girls Contact Jim Steffes: Jim@bartohoss.com Girls

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Homeschool baseball ready to begin practice

6 February 2010

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,

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Chattanooga Patriots Cross Country

8 June 2009

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

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Homeschoolers make strong showing in chess tourney

7 May 2009

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

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