Real-life Success Stories
From sea to sea, families all across Canada are experiencing the blessings of home education. We trust that the real-life success stories we share here will serve as an ongoing source of inspiration for you and your family along your journey of home education.
Reaching Out, Their homeschooling journey
Dan and Nicole Mishchenko of Ontario have decided to add fostering and adoption to their homeschooling journey.The Mishchenkos felt called to fostering five years ago through a series of what Nicole calls "nudges." They recognized all the gifts God had given them and, remembering God’s command to care for the widows and orphans, they felt compelled to reach out to others. They also ran into past acquaintances who fostered, and they were moved as these people explained the need for fostering families.
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Page Program
Daniel Vander Hout is a grade 8 student who is homeschooled on his family's greenhouse farm near Dundas, Ontario. Daniel served as a page in the Ontario Legislative Assembly in September 2011. He learned about the page program from a Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) while visiting Queen's Park with his father on behalf of The Ontario Greenhouse Alliance.
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Part 2 Homeschool Kids in Action
Read the rest of the Homeschool Kids in Action stories.
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Part 1 Homeschool Kids in Action
Three stories of homeschool kids and the successes they have achieved. Robo-Raptors (from Ontario) and The Robo Swarm Squad (from Alberta) participated in the FIRST LEGO League. Christina raised funds for World Vision by hosting a banquet.
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Homeschooling Special Needs: School for Us is Repetition
Ken and Linda Bienert are parents of four biological daughters, all grown and away from home, and three adopted children. Andrew who is 13, Bailey 9, and Zachary 8, are victims of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder (FASD), which is known to be an invisible disability.
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