This group exists to provide support for homeschoolers who sometimes find it challenging, difficult or frustrating to be non-religious or religiously "different" within a broader homeschooling community sometimes viewed by insiders and outsiders alike as religiously homogeneous. We aim to be a supportive atmosphere, though by no means do we always agree on everything. Members are requested to participate and not "lurk."

When requesting membership, you MUST include a sentence or two explaining your homeschooling status and why you consider yourself a heathen. Only homeschoolers and heathens are accepted. Regretfully, your application will be denied if you do not comply with this requirement. The membership of this group feels strongly that we do not want to be spied upon, spammed, or proselytized at --yes, I'm sure you wouldn't, but it has happened too many times for us to Accept members without some sort of screening.

All joking aside, this group exists to provide support for homeschoolers who sometimes find it challenging, difficult or frustrating to be non-religious or religiously "different" within a broader homeschooling community sometimes viewed by insiders and outsiders alike as religiously homogeneous. We aim to be a supportive atmosphere, though by no means do we always agree on everything. Members are requested to participate and not "lurk." Upon requesting membership, you MUST provide your homeschooling status, why you're a heathen, and your general location in Loudoun (Ashburn, Leesburg, etc.). Only homeschoolers and heathens are accepted.

This is a place for announcing and encouraging real life community whether through festival, park days, nature hikes, field trips, etc. It is for sharing resources you have found useful in the area. It is also a place for parents to list adult education opportunities such as conferences & talks. It is my hope that this list will help those who would like to build community to do so with people who share their style.

The Home-Ed Center is, at its core, a Christian organization that seeks to serve the broad community of homeschoolers regardless of their religious beliefs or educational approaches. For more information about our activities email clccoop03@yahoo.com.

Disclaimer: This is an open group for everyone regardless of religion, if something does not pertain to you please delete it. You are welcome to join and we would appreciate any info. that you would like to share with everyone about events that you know about. So pass the word around to others and tell them about this group and lets make this a wonderful resource of information and activities for us all.

I also run the homeschool group called REACH that is for anyone that wishes to join. We do have a membership fee of $30.00. We are a large and very active group that averages over 30-75 fieldtrips a month. If you would like more info about REACH contact me at rhsgwanda11@comcast.net. Wanda Sloper, Owner/Moderator

This group provides a open forum of homeschooling families - many of whom belong to other specific homeschooling groups and umbrella programs. We are proud that our membership consists of a wide variety and broad range of religious and homeschooling philosophies. We expect every member to model tolerance and demonstrate respect to each other and focus our energy on supporting each other in our homeschooling efforts.

We have a large pool of knowledge, experience, and expertise within our membership. Each homeschool family is unique, just as each child is unique. By being a member, each member has access to wealth of resources and can tap into the community for advice and input. There are so many different thoughts and perspectives about teaching our children. Take advantage of our broad network of homeschooling families.

We have been blessed to have several school administers, school principals, and certifed school teachers in our midst. Feel free to ask questions on any subject.

Families that employ hands-on parent participation with their children on a daily basis make the best fit for our group. Our expectation is that parents and students will journey together in the learning experience to ensure the work is being completed properly and honestly. Further, while our teachers issue grades for the classes, it is up to the parents to keep a portfolio of the work, develop a high school transcript, meet the county requirement to undertake standardized testing for their students on a yearly basis, and report the results to the county.

We are an inclusive, committed group with a common goal in independently educating our children that transcends any differences we may have in race, religion, background, or philosophy. We pursue academic, social, physical, and artistic activities via an eclectic, but organized format which includes frequent meaningful and educational classes and events.

See also Northern Virginia Homeschool Network and McLean Virginia Homeschool.

This is an in inclusive list and is made up of unschoolers, eclectic, and relaxed homeschoolers. There are many ways to homeschool and in our view everyone has to make decisions for their families based on what they think best. We want everyone to feel welcome on this list and to have fun. We want people to find friends and to find support. This is not a debate board on how to homeschool or unschool so please be respectful.