Pennsylvania Homeschooling
Homeschooling is a rewarding endeavor, filled with joys and challenges. We explore homeschooling in Pennsylvania and give you the tools you need to make your homeschooling journey exciting, fun, and successful for you and your family.
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Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church National Historic Site
Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church in Philadelphia was built in 1700 and is the oldest church in Pennsylvania. The Swedes preceded the English to this part of America and began the Gloria Dei congregation in 1646. For nearly two centuries this church was under Swedish hierarchy, but after the Scandinavians were absorbed into the general American population, Gloria Dei was admitted into the Episcopal Church in 1845. The church is owned and maintained by its congregation and contains an abundance of ...
Homeschooling in Pennsylvania: A Brief Fact Sheet
This question and answer list details the requirements to homeschool in Pennsylvania.
Christian Homeschool Association of Pennsylvania (CHAP)
CHAP is an acronym for Christian Homeschool Association of Pennsylvania, a nonprofit corporation founded to encourage and support families interested in home education. CHAP assists parents in understanding and fulfilling the law's requirements and is affiliated with two national organizations: Home School Legal Defense Association and The National Center for Home Education. CHAP provides leadership and direction on issues facing Christian homeschoolers on a national and state wide basis.
AskPauline.com
A great resource to begin homeschooling in Pennsylvania. This website includes information on the home education laws in Pennsylvania, useful forms, testing, support, and much more.
Elmwood Park Zoo
Elmwood Park Zoo in Norristown exhibits over 120 animals in naturalistic, animal-appropriate habitats. Among the most popular animals are the river otters, cougars, and our spotted and melanistic (all-black) jaguars. The Zoo also exhibits animals that are either presently endangered (like the jaguar, bison, and Chinese alligator) or represent successful returns from the endangered species list, like the bald eagle. One exhibit features the black-footed ferret, considered to be among the most end...
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
Exploring themes as diverse as spirituality, astronomy, science and depravity, Edgar Allan Poe’s writing is as powerful and arresting today as when he was first published. Poe’s 6 years in Philadelphia, 1838-1844, were his most productive. Not only did Poe edit and provide critical reviews for very successful magazines, but he also invented the modern detective story. While in Philadelphia, Poe penned such classics as “The Tell-Tale Heart”, “The Fall of the House of Usher” and poems like “The Ha...
Deshler-Morris House
Built by Quaker merchant, David Deshler before the Revolution, this handsome stone house faces historic Market Square. During the Battle of Germantown in 1777, British Commander Sir William Howe, made the house his headquarters. While the yellow fever epidemic raged in Philadelphia in 1793, business of the new republic continued at the Germantown "White House" Here, President Washington presided over meetings with his divided cabinet: Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Henry Knox and Edmund R...
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
There was no larger news story in the latter nineteenth century after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The story of the Johnstown Flood has everything to interest the modern mind: a wealthy resort, an intense storm, an unfortunate failure of a dam, the destruction of a working class city, and an inspiring relief effort. The rain continued as men worked tirelessly to prevent the old South Fork Dam from breaking. Elias Unger, the president of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, was hopin...
Home Education in Pennsylvania 2001-2002
This statistical report details the number of homeschooled students in Pennsylvania for the school year 2001-2002. The report includes numbers by county, age, as a percentage of total enrollments, and school district.
Position paper: CHAP on the Law
This is a position paper issued by the Christian Homeschool Association of Pennsylvania (CHAP) addressing the move to change homeschooling laws in the state.
Valley Forge National Historical Park
Valley Forge National Historical Park commemorates more than the collective sacrifices and dedication of the Revolutionary War generation, it pays homage to the ability of everyday Americans to pull together and overcome adversity during extraordinary times.
Of all the places associated with the American War for Independence, perhaps none has come to symbolize perseverance and sacrifice more than Valley Forge. The hardships of the encampment claimed the lives of one in ten, nearly all from dis...
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site is one of the finest examples of a rural American 19th century iron plantation. The buildings include a blast furnace, the ironmaster's mansion, and auxiliary structures. Hopewell Furnace was founded in 1771 by Ironmaster Mark Bird. The furnace operated until 1883. Primarily an area that is significant for its cultural resources, Hopewell Furnace consists of 14 restored structures in the core historic area, 52 features on the List of Classified Structures,...
PA Unschoolers
Are you unschooling in Pennsylvania? Are you a relaxed or eclectic homeschooler that would like to unschool? PA-Unschoolers is an inclusive community with unschooling as the focus.
Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE)
This page has been developed to open up the Department of Education and be more responsive to the consumers of education‐Pennsylvania's parents, educators, students and taxpayers.
Please Touch Museum
Please Touch Museum enriches the lives of children by creating learning opportunities through play. This is where lifelong learning begins and curiosity is encouraged. Exhibits include a 40-foot replica of the Statue of Liberty’s arm and torch, constructed by artist Leo Sewell from hundreds of common items such as skis, license plates and children’s toys, as well as a restored carousel that dates to 1908.
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In Their Own Way: Discovering and Encouraging Your Child's Multiple Intelligences
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We have to abandon the idea that schooling is something restricted to youth. How can it be, in a world where half the things a man knows at 20 are no longer true at 40 -- and half the things he knows at 40 hadn't been discovered when he was 20?
Arthur C. Clarke