Homeschooling requires dedication from parents

Families choose to accept responsibility of educating their children
By BOB HANEY
Staff Writer


(Staff Photo by Bob Haney) Emma Hoard, 4, and her brother, Ethan, 2, are being homeschooled by their mother, Rebecca Hoard. Emma is able to read sentences and plays the piano and violin. Ethan spends part of his day working with the usual prekindergarten activities such as puzzles and coloring.

This is the third article in a four part series on the topic of homeschooling. In this article, seven mothers with varying experience in homeschooling explain why they chose this educational option for their children.

April Struckhoff knew from birth she couldnít turn her daughter over to someone else to raise ó to teach their values, their beliefs, and to teach them on their timetable.

After reading ìThe Successful Family Homeschool Handbook,î by Dorothy and Raymond Moore, Struckhoff felt she could do homeschooling; however, her husband was not in favor of it. He felt that public school was fine, but, he now supports the endeavor.