Local Virginia Homeschool Groups

Emily Chernick
Charlottemasoncoop@gmail.com
Charlotte Mason of the Roanoke Valley

Charlotte Mason of the Roanoke Valley is a Charlotte Mason-based hybrid school, meeting four days a week from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. We have offered a variety of classes, including literature, poetry study, history, Shakespeare, Plutarch, science, nature study, artist and composer study, Spanish, Greek, math, and more. We desire to help children obtain a love for life-long learning with a foundation in Christ.

Laura Griffith
lgriffith@classicalconversations.com
Classical Conversations

Classical Christian community supporting homeschooling parents by helping them lead their children to know God and make Him known in a supportive community. Classes for ages four through high school.

Heather Case
Ssawyer@ccaroanoke.org
Cornerstone Classical Academy

Cornerstone Classical Academy is a Christ-centered hybrid learning community opening September 2020. We desire to partner with families by offering the best of both homeschooling and classroom education. As the only classical hybrid academy in the Roanoke Valley we seek to provide families with a quality learning experience both in and out of the home. For more information about CCA, please plan to attend one of our informational sessions.

Genevieve Anthony
gha630@yahoo.com
Facebook Group
Great Valley HomeSchool-house

Welcome to the Great Valley HomeSchool-House group of Roanoke! GVHH includes traditional classes of history, science, geography, and foreign language in each session, in addition to offering fun elective classes. Typically, teachers are parents of the students. We encourage all parents to teach, and the more volunteers we have, the more classes we can offer. Discounts are provided to those who teach! We seek to allow our children to learn with a hands-on approach, incorporating projects, activities, and manipulatives when possible. We also take field trips to enrich the learning experience. We want our students to have fun and learn at the same time. This is an eclectic group, and we do not follow any one curriculum or style of teaching. We now meet twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays, for 12 weeks each fall and spring. We offer classes from pre-K through high school. We do not require you to sign up for both days, as classes are “à la carte.” As we grow, we try to adjust to the needs of the homeschool community. We have holiday events and parties that are open to all members of the homeschool community, including the Great Valley Pumpkin Fest, a group favorite! We have also started having an annual used curriculum sale, cancelled this year due to COVID-19. This past year we produced our first yearbook, and we now have a website! Please visit us at www.greatvalleyhomeschool-house.com. Please let us know if you have any questions. Thanks for checking out our group!

Renee Campbell
grhemsg@gmail.com
GRHE

We are a support group for parents who are home educating their children. We offer a lending library, graduation ceremony, educational conferences, mom’s encouragement events, Facebook group, weekly emails with information of what is happening in the area, new homeschooler meetings, scholarship to a graduating senior, Used Curriculum Fair, Activity Expo, and email helpline.

Rebekah Goode
(540) 541-8226
Roanoke Salem Homeschool Academy

At Roanoke-Salem, we provide classes in a classroom setting for students in pre-K through grade 12, offering academic and non-academic classes weekly on Mondays. The day is broken up into six periods for flexible attendance. We seek to provide a supportive environment where students can be dropped off and parents are not required to teach. We give assignments during classroom time and assign homework. Students receive grades for middle and high school courses, for transcript purposes. We require families to notify their district of residence of their homeschooling, and not to list Roanoke-Salem Homeschool Academy as their curriculum. We enhance your child’s education by providing an additional option for academic instruction, but the responsibility of education still lies with you as the parent(s). We believe in working together to provide the best possible educational experience for your children.

Sarah Nichols
Facebook Group

This Facebook group is open to people of any faith, or lack thereof. The academics we will be discussing in this group will be secular academics. That does not mean people cannot discuss religion within education, but it has to be from the perspective of academics, and all science discussions will be strictly secular. We also facilitate gatherings and activities.

Dawn Hughes
540-345-5275
SVHSAA

This is an inter-denominational, Christian sports organization that provides opportunities for homeschooled students to compete on a competitive, interscholastic level. Because we are an interscholastic program, the average time commitment for each player per sport is approximately two hours per day, four nights per week (plus travel time) for the duration of the particular sports season.

Assia Azadzoi
774-286-1347
Facebook Group

We are a group of homeschoolers from all backgrounds whose main purpose is to provide fun and enriching lessons, activities, and crafts each week at the local libraries in Roanoke. We do a new unit study every three weeks and provide parents with supplemental worksheets and resources to continue the learning at home if they choose. We are not strictly academic; we like to meet up at museums and parks and have our children form real friendships with each other. We welcome children of all ages. Weekly events are not mandatory but highly recommended!

Chrystal Pendzich
chrystal@valleyforestschool.com
Valley Forest School

Valley Forest School is an outdoor education program for children of all ages. Students attend classes weekly to gain experience in primitive skills under the care of professional outdoor educators with years of experience in the field. Our drop-off classes are designed for students to create a community in their homeschool experience and learn primitive skills such as fire building, shelter building, foraging, Leave No Trace, campfire cooking, whittling, and water purification. In addition to these skills, there is built-in time for free play with friends, read-alouds, nature journaling, and games.

Ronald Taconet
Virginia Spartans Football Team

The Virginia Spartans Homeschool Varsity Football Team has been organized to give high school students the opportunity to play organized, full contact football in a healthy environment. We are members of the Eastern Christian Conference and play in accordance with the National Homeschool Football Association.