Graham Elementary, where family learns together

By Kristy Graver, Staff Writer
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
When class is in session, Victoria, Christiana and Elisabeth Graham sit at their kitchen table surrounded by books, binders, pencils and paper. As the girls work quietly, their mother circles the room, peeking over their shoulders with a proud smile on her face.

At "Graham Elementary," everyone's the teacher's pet.


Even before the arrival of their first child, South Fayette residents Robert and Deborah Graham began weighing the pros and cons of home-based education, taking into account their own lackluster public school days.


"We wanted to be able to have classes with a Christian perspective," Deborah says. "You can't do that in public school because of the separation of church and state, and private school is too expensive."