Dear Parent,

Yes! CHC offers solid academics, but without the 'burn out.' CHC's approach provides a sound education, while training a child to 'learn how to learn.'

CHC materials are centrally balanced between the 'too rigorous approach' and 'too lax approach,' with materials and lesson plans that offer sound academics spiced with plenty of fun and enrichment to keep burn-out at bay.

In addition, requirements differ from school to school and state to state. Even Catholic providers differ in their approaches, schedules, and curricula! Remember that perhaps half the hours a student spends in public school are filled with moving from classroom to classroom, listening to the teacher try to maintain order, hearing directions repeated for those who weren't listening, recess, presentations, etc. Be aware, also, that most public school teachers are unable to finish textbooks assigned to that grade within the school year! Thus, it is almost impossible for a dedicated homeschooling family NOT to provide the student as good an education as he would receive in a public school. Case after case bears this out: 'unschooled' students who went on to graduate from Harvard; Abraham Lincoln who, with about three months of formal education, became a lawyer and then President of the United States. Nationwide testing of homeschoolers reveals that homeschoolers score at about the 87th percentile on achievement tests, compared to the 50th percentile score of public schooled children. Significantly, less than one-fourth of all homeschooling families use a pre-packaged curriculum.

God bless you,

Theresa Johnson