With 25 years of experience in homeschooling, Ginny Seuffert is adamant that nothing is more thorough or Catholic than Seton’s English courses.
Read More »Final Academic Preparations
You’ve finally just about completed everything for your long-anticipated diploma. There is still the fourth quarter Government test, one English essay, and a Religion test. Summer is just around the ...
Read More »Seton Home Study School: An Assurance of Academic Excellence
Accreditation is a method of quality assurance designed to acknowledge schools that operate with a high standard of educational principles and practices.
Read More »A Never-Ending Adventure
by Steven and Joy Domangue Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 Life does ...
Read More »Homeschoolers and Military Service Academies
On December 31, 2011, a new law was signed into existence, the “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012,” otherwise known as H.R. 1540. Section 532 of this act ...
Read More »Students Working on Their Own: How & When Parents Should Help Out
Some subjects require more attention from parents, others are solid opportunities for students to learn how to study on their own. The question is how much?
Read More »Study Skills Online Course
Success in Seton Home Study School depends on how well you know HOW to study. On the Seton website, we have a free online study skills course, specifically geared for ...
Read More »What is the Common Core of State Standards?
Knowledgeable public school parents are very concerned about the Common Core curriculum and standards—and with good reason. Using the enticement of federal dollars, the present administration is dictating the curriculum ...
Read More »Book Reports: The 6 Key Questions You All Ask
Ginny Seuffert answers the top 6 questions families have about writing book reports, drawing on her 20 years as a homeschool mom.
Read More »Catholic Homeschooling Conferences
2013 may well be the most important year in the history of Catholic homeschooling conferences due to a new national campaign focused on getting 10,000 people to attend conferences across ...
Read More »Independent Work
Many home schooling teachers wonder how much parental help with schoolwork is too much. Some would like to sit with each individual student, but simply do not have the time. ...
Read More »Educational Gifts
Most of us breathe a sigh of relief when Christmas shopping is finished, but then reality rears its ugly head, and we realize that birthdays are year round, and gift ...
Read More »Interfering Atheists
My last two blog posts made the case for defunding the present public education system and passing on the cash to parents who will then be financially able to choose ...
Read More »The Boulder and the Pebble
by Tom Herlihy Driving down a steep mountain road, the driver suddenly slammed on the brakes and skidded to a stop! Stunned by the dramatic turn of events, the passenger ...
Read More »Presidential Election
Every four years, American home schoolers are handed an ideal civics lesson: the presidential campaign and election. With TV coverage, the Internet, historic sites, and even public libraries, every family ...
Read More »The Time for School Choice is Now
By the time you read this, the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) may have already settled their strike with the Chicago Teachers’ Union (CTU) and children will be back in school. ...
Read More »The Biggest Secret of Excellent Spellers
by Jim Shanley “The dictionary is the biggest secret of excellent spellers and the thesaurus is the best friend of competent writers!” Dr. Mary Kay Clark, Director of Seton Home ...
Read More »Getting Started
Many readers–maybe you–are toying with the idea of homeschooling, not quite sure if you want to take the plunge. Here are some questions you may be asking yourself. I’m not ...
Read More »Courtesy, A New Angle on an Old Idea
I spent the first weekend in June at the one-day Immaculate Heart of Mary Conference in Lafayette, Louisiana. It’s one of my favorite places on earth, and the enthusiasm of ...
Read More »Reflections on Homeschool Conferences
I’m writing this post on an airplane heading towards on of the many Catholic homeschooling conferences I attend each spring and summer. Attendance at conferences is up this year after ...
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