Part 1: The College Application as a Whole – Seeing the Big Picture Introduction Applying to college can be daunting, to say the least. I am the homeschooling father of nine children, but that’s not the main reason you should consider my advice. Why you may find what I say to be persuasive is thatContinue Reading
An Unusual Account In my nearly twenty years of actively studying good parenting skills, I have read tens of thousands of words on the subject. One of the concepts that I have found particularly helpful was the likening of building a relationship to building up an account in a “love bank”, if you will. (MyContinue Reading
It Takes All Kinds So what does this have to do with homeschooling, anyway? Adults come in different varieties. Some are early morning birds, getting up at the crack of dawn and cheerfully beginning the day’s tasks. Some struggle to get out of bed, even after hitting the snooze button four times; these are theContinue Reading
The Conundrum of Obedience and Free Will “How can we exercise free will when God wants us to be obedient to Him?” This question has been asked in various formulations down through the ages by theologians, philosophers…and children. How indeed? As parents, a natural corollary question is, “How do we teach our children to beContinue Reading
In this episode, Jordan interviews his mother, Robbi Almanzar, who decided to homeschool her children before homeschooling became “cool”. Robbi is the coauthor of The Orange Chronicles, a forthcoming book series for young readers. Click below to hear how she took the homeschool plunge and never looked back.
1 – Celebrate Some homeschoolers get together and have large Not Back to School celebrations on the first day of public school in their area. Others intentionally do something that doesn’t involve bookwork on their first day back to school. Our family always takes our family vacation the first week that everyone in our areaContinue Reading
It’s pretty slick to be married to a man who has never listened to Vanilla Ice or the Beastie Boys on purpose, or watched Pulp Fiction or Sixteen Candles. It’s a blessing to have a husband who has never smoked a cigarette, who saved his first kiss for his wife, and has prayed the Rosary almost every singleContinue Reading
7 Ways to Prepare as a Homeschool Parent Pray for Wisdom – Each of my children are unique in their learning styles and needs. Although I think I know my children best, I realize that their Creator knows them far better than I do. Seeking wisdom from God about the needs and direction for my childrenContinue Reading
This year’s faculty speaker was Mrs. Kim Crawford, Kolbe Academy’s English and Literature Department Chair and one of the most beloved teachers by students, parents and faculty alike. Click “play” below to her her address. As introduced, my name is Kim Crawford and today is my birthday. The confluence of your graduation and my birthdayContinue Reading
The second student speaker at the Kolbe Graduation 2019 was Gavriella “Aviva” Lund who, when it was her time to speak, was still on a plane that had been diverted due to the heavy rain. It was only afterwards, during the reception following the ceremony, that Aviva arrived at the Catholic Center. In a spiritContinue Reading
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