After Our Lord Jesus Christ rose from the dead on that glorious first Easter Sunday morning, He first appeared to Mary Magdalene, one of the disciples. Only the twelve apostles were the first official witnesses to Jesus’ Resurrection and His appearances (Acts 10:39-42), but she was the first to tell the apostles that Jesus had risen.
Read More »What if Something Happens? Dealing with the Unfamiliar
Bob Weisner counsels that life is inevitably filled with “somethings” so trust in God and take responsibility for yourself in life’s unfamiliar situations. A friend recently related a rather scary ...
Read More »Thinking about College: Peer Pressure
It is as though once a person achieves the age of 18, he becomes a legal adult, graduating out of a world in which he can be greatly influenced by his peers.
Read More »Keeping Young Minds Fit in the Summer!
School may be out for the summer but experts say keeping your child’s mind engaged while school is out is critically important. Math, reading and spelling are three core subjects ...
Read More »Is it Okay to Continue Homeschooling Over the Summer Months?
1. We have not finished up the book analyses due for the high school English course. Can my child be excused from this assignment? We very rarely excuse a student ...
Read More »Graduation 2013
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Read More »Laugh with Me!
“Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.” G. K. Chesterton Homeschooling is not without its tensions. Nothing truly good ever is. But one of the blessings of homeschooling is ...
Read More »How Common Core Affects Home Schoolers
A number of parents have asked us for information about the Common Core and how it will affect homeschooling. This, from a concerned mother, well represents the questions we are ...
Read More »Graduation Speech 2013: Hope Sets the Christian Apart
On a graduation day, it is fitting that you graduates and your families reflect on the past. Parents, now that you have brought your child safely to the end of ...
Read More »Spiritual Preparations
The most important final preparation for college lies in seeing to your continued spiritual health once you are away from home and on your own. The basics are quite clear, ...
Read More »Easter Brings New Life
by Renee Mills “Put all your heart’s confidence in the Lord, on your own skill relying never. If you but keep him in your thoughts wherever you go, he will ...
Read More »3 Steps to Better Book Reports
How to write book reports are not as hard as they seem; it's like following a roadmap that teaches children to think analytically.
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 »Why Home Schooling?
Father John Hardon, a highly respected Catholic theologian, now deceased and currently being considered for beatification, spoke to homeschooling parents at a conference. This is a selection of his comments. ...
Read More »The Family: Salvation of Society
Pope Leo XIII | They who would break away from Christian discipline are working to corrupt family life and to destroy it utterly, root and branch. From such an unholy purpose, they are not deterred by the fact that they are inflicting a cruel outrage on parents who have the right
Read More »A Mission at Home
On June 10, 2012, we gathered to celebrate our first 8th grade graduation from our homeschool. Our thirteen-year-old daughter, Bernadette, rejoiced that she had successfully completed nine years of Seton ...
Read More »Homeschooling: A Teenager’s Point of View
by Jacquelyn Chausse I never knew how much I didn’t know until I was homeschooled. I have been an “A-B” student since kindergarten, and I have attended private schools since ...
Read More »Going Home
Most of us probably don’t think about it much, but a father’s work can have a big impact on the lives of his children. I hadn’t thought about this much ...
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 ...
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