Faithful Scholars
MISSIONS STATEMENT:
To praise, love and serve God in this life through supporting and encouraging home schooling families.
WHO WE ARE:
Faithful Scholars is a South Carolina Third Option Accountability Association operating under legal section 59-65-47 and offering services primarily, but not exclusively, to York and Chester counties. We help you navigate legally while home schooling in South Carolina and offer great supportive components in the forms of free workshops, helpful links and assistance for college bound students.
- Faithful Scholars will notify your local school district and S.C. Board of Education of your home schooling status while insuring that your personal information remains confidential.
- Some of the beautiful services that our membership offers to you are complete on-line application, compliance forms, progress reports and a renewal process that needs attending to only one time each year, and many links to downloadable forms to assist with your record keeping duties.
- We explain the various testing options, costs and links for all grade levels.
- Free workshops throughout the school year in the forms of seminars, roundtable discussions and guest speakers addressing issues that face every homeschooler.
- Discounted membership rates to Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA).
- Discounted membership rates to Enchanted Learning, an educational web site.
- Discounted membership to SC Home Educators Association (SCHEA) which will keep you abreast of
- legislation issues through quarterly newsletters, an annual local convention and occasional local discussion groups.
WHY FAITHFUL SCHOLARS?
Faithful Scholars is dedicated to being your legal accountability group and to helping our members grow in knowledge, experience and enjoyment of their home school journey. Being locally based in Fort Mill, S.C., we are close and accessible to our members.
- Faithful Scholars will enhance your home schooling through our free year round workshops pertaining to the difficult and sometimes daunting hurdles of beginning home schooling, kindergarten, middle school years, high school years, transcripts, college applications and more.
- Our High School Specialist has over fifteen years of experience assisting students gain scholarships and college entrance. Along with vast experience in grading, transcripts, tutoring and teaching. Along with five years of middle school experience.
- Our Elementary Specialist has fifteen combined years of teaching experience from being in those honorable homeschool trenches with her own children, tutoring in programs such as Classical Conversations and Faith Formation, presiding over a local support group and creating, teaching in and directing Monday's Artist.
- Someone at Faithful Scholars will always be accessible by e-mail or phone to answer your questions or meet any needs that we are able. Please look under our Frequently Asked Questions to see if yours has already been addressed.