What ACHEV Means to Me
Written by Karen Partridge In God’s Word, Proverbs 17:17 says, “A friend loves at all times!” When our daughter Noel was young, it was a daily prayer for our family to find a community...
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ACHEV Position and Policy Regarding Charter Schools
What is ACHEV’s purpose statement?We have gathered together to support and encourage those who choose private home education for their children. We have purposed that this organization and all its activities and publications will...
Homeschooling and the Holidays: Loving the Naysayers in our Lives
I remember feeling paralyzed, then angry. In the middle of a large family gathering, Grandpa just tossed it out there like a grenade, “Susan homeschools the kids,” and sat back with arms folded to...
Getting the Most out of Your ACHEV Membership – Step Two: Step Up!
Now that you have begun to settle into some semblance of a school routine, it’s time to step up. That may sound scary, but I assure you it is not. I know from many...
Getting the Most out of Your ACHEV Membership – Step One: Show Up!
Welcome to the new school year! Many of you have already begun your teaching adventure. I used to try to hold out until after Labor Day just to squeeze out a smidgen more from...
On a Mission, Without Leaving?
So many mission trips happening this summer. I love it! But, I am not going. That is not my call, or at least not at this time. But, what if we can still be...
The Quilt of Life
By Cara Shelton, ACHEV board member Isn’t it funny how life just keeps changing? As women, it seems like our lives are a series of quilt blocks that patch together into something beautiful. Each...
Suspending Your Disbelief
-the scary and the sacred
By: Norma Jean Bennett I never meant to do it. I told myself that the addiction had to end with me—that my children and the generations to come would not suffer as I had....
Hello, Summer 2021.
So much has happened in since Summer 2020. We in ACHEV have worked incredibly hard, praying, reading all the expectations from our public health officials, shifting gears so often, my gears feel a little...