Mississippi Homeschooling
Parents around the country are choosing homeschooling as a great option for the education of their children. Homeschooling in Mississippi is growing as well. The wealth of information about homeschooling can seem overwhelming. We've sorted through it all and compiled the best information on support, methods, local and state resources and events, and much, much more!
- Ready to begin? Check out our "Beginning to Homeschool" section.
- Is homeschooling the best choice for your family? Learn more about the advantages of homeschooling.
- Read the actual laws regulating home education in Mississippi and get summaries of these laws by homeschooling experts.
- Find a support group close to you.
- Browse through our curriculum reviews and lists and find what will work best for you and your child.
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How a Bill Becomes Law in Mississippi
This graphic flowchart shows how a bill progresses through the House and Senate to finally become a law.
Clinton Home Educators Connection
Support group for homeschoolers in the Clinton area.
Gateway Christian Schools
PO Box 280117
Memphis, TN 38168-0117
Phone: 901-454-1606
Gateway Christian Schools Total Home Education Program provides phone counseling by experienced home educators, two reports as required per year, maintenance of cumulative school records for college entrance, assistance with transfers between public or private schools and home education, dipolmas for qualifying seniors, and assistance with college entrance. Enrollment is limited to those living in Tennesee or Mississippi.
Mississippi Home School Laws from HSLDA
The Home School Legal Defense Association provides a brief summary of the homeschooling laws in Mississippi. Includes a link to a legal analysis of laws relating to homeschooling in Mississippi.
Mississippi Home Educators Association (MHEA)
MHEA is a Christian ministry dedicated to assisting - according to Biblical principles - those families who are committed to the education of their children at home.
School Attendance Enforcement
From the Mississippi Department of Education, this discussion concerns School Attendance and Enforcement. Includes Attorney General opinions relating to compulsory school attendance from 1989.
Tennessee Homeschool Umbrella Schools
According to the Tennessee education code, homeschoolers have three ways to follow Tennessee homeschool laws. The most popular of these options with homeschool families is to enroll their child in a church-related umbrella school. These schools are operated by denominational, parochial or other church organizations and are required to meet specific standards of accreditation. Umbrella schools in Tennessee are free to choose their own operational procedures. Each school will vary on curriculum op...
Public Libraries Welcome Growing Homeschool Community
Public libraries around the country are finding new ways to serve the growing population of homeschoolers through physical spaces and creative programs catered to homeschooling families’ needs. This article takes a look at what libraries in Illinois, Colorado, and Tennessee are doing to meet the diverse needs of homeschooling families.
Mississipphomeschool
This is a mailing list for people who home school or are thinking of homeschooling in Mississippi, kids and parents alike. Here you can exchange ideas, support each other, and share resources and information.
Licensing & State Laws in Mississippi
Mississippi’s multi-stage licensing process allow teens to gradually gain exposure to complex driving situations, easing them into driving over an extended period of time. The learner’s permit and intermediate stages are key steps.
Fellowship of Christian Home Educators (FOCHE)
FOCHE exists to provide encouragement and edification to home-educating mothers in the Hernando area for the benefit of their families. Offers activities and support, including mom's night out, field trips, and social activities.
Vicksburg National Cemetery
Vicksburg National Cemetery was established by Congress in 1865 and opened a year later, to provide a burial place for "soldiers who shall die in the service of the country." It lies on ground once manned by Major-General William T. Sherman's XV Army Corps. Embracing 116 acres it is the final resting place of 17,000 Union Soldiers, a number unmatched by any other national cemetery. Many soldiers had been interred originally in scattered locations in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi during th...
Meridian Christian Home Educators (MCHE)
Serves homeschooling families in the Meridian area. Offers park days, moms encouragement group, teen activities, social activities, field trips, and more.
Home School Instruction
The Mississippi Department of Education offers this short summary of the basic requirements for home education in the state of Mississippi.
Home Educators-Rankin County
This group is made up of Home Educators who live in the Brandon, Mississippi area.
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Classical Education & The Home School
Classical education is an idea whose time has come again. When parents see the failures of modern education, they look for better solutions and classical education is one that has been tested in the past and found to be good. For the Christian home e...
Habits: The Mother's Secret to Success (Charlotte Mason Topics - Volume 1)
This work contains a selection of the writings of Charlotte Mason, a British educator. Her writings from the 1880s are still relevant today and contain ideas that can be easily and successfully incorporated into homeschooling. This book focuses on th...
Pattern Blocks and Boards
This set of 10 simply designed colorful wooden blocks and pattern boards includes 100 blocks in six different shapes and colors. They help develop shape recognition and spatial relationship skills. The contents store neatly in a durable wooden case. ...
Discovery of the Child
Maria Montessori went beyond the conventions of the day to seek a new way of knowing and loving a child. In THE DISCOVERY OF THE CHILD, she describes the nature of the child and her method of working more fully with the child's urge to learn. With 16...
Greenleaf Press
Greenleaf Press is a small family-owned and operated publisher and supplier of quality books for children. They are committed to "twaddle-free", living books, and approach teaching history to children using biography and chronology. You will find sec...
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The secret of education is respecting the pupil.
Ralph Waldo Emerson