Faithful Scholars
MISSIONS STATEMENT:
To praise, love and serve God in this life through encouraging and equipping homeschooling 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 will help you navigate legally while home schooling in South Carolina as well as offer you great supportive components in the forms of free workshops, planning days, 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 all personal information remains confidential.
- Two of the beautiful services that our membership offers you are our on-line compliance form and application re-newal processes that need attending to only one time each year.
- A local programs guide to assist in the locating and supporting of homeschool programs, tutors and businesses in our area taught/directed by local homeschool families.
- Explainations of the various testing options, costs and links according to grade level.
- Free workshops throughout the school year addressing issues that face every homeschooling family.
- Discounted membership rates to Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA).
- Discounted membership rates to Enchanted Learning, an excellent educational web site.
- Discounted membership to SC Home Educators Association (SCHEA) which keeps us abreast of legislation issues through quarterly newsletters, an annual S.C. convention and occasional local discussion groups. This is a volunteer organization that keeps our home school rights, needs and presence visible in the state and national political arena. If you are able to support them we highly recommend doing so as our membership donations support their total cost of operation.
WHY FAITHFUL SCHOLARS?
Faithful Scholars is dedicated to being your local, 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 by and accessible to our members.
- Faithful Scholars will enhance your home centered education through our free workshops pertaining to the difficult and sometimes daunting hurdles of beginning home schooling, kindergarten, middle and high school years, grade weighting, transcripts, test taking skills, scholarships, college applications and more.
- Our High School Specialist has over fifteen years experience teaching, grading, transcripts, tutoring, and test taking preperation, as well as being equally expert in assisting students gain job placement, scholarships and college entrance.
- Our Elementary School Specialist has over fifteen combined years of teaching experience from being in those honorable homeschool trenches, tutoring in traditional school settings as well as in programs such as Fun Friday, Classical Conversations and Faith Formation. And is currently involved in leadership in the local support group and Monday's Artists fine arts program for ages 5 to 18.
- Someone at Faithful Scholars will be accessible by e-mail or phone to answer your questions and meet any needs that we are able. In an effort to be most effective with our time, please look under our Frequently Asked Questions and other website sections to see if your questions have already been addressed.