HomeSchooled in the Burgh!: New Addition & Growing Bigger!

Can't Find a Good School for Your Kids? Buy One!

What does Will Smith do when he can't find a decent school for his kids? He buys them their own.

The actor recently paid $889,000 to lease Indian Hills High School in Calabasas, Calif., after failing to find a decent educational program for his two young children. Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, have been home schooling their brood until now. According to People:

"We started home-schooling our children probably six years ago," he said. "We found about eight or nine other parents that home-school, so we put them together. ... There's just very powerful educational concepts that we believe in, and we feel like 'I want to design the system that revolutionizes public education.' "

In 2005, Jada Pinkett-Smith told Essence that the decision behind home-schooling came from their dissatisfaction with current models of education.

"The school system in this country -- public and private -- is designed for the industrial age," she said. "We're in a technological age. We don't want our kids to memorize. We want them to learn."

Parents just don't understand, huh Will?

While most people will find it difficult to provide their kids with a school of their own, that doesn't mean you shouldn't be involved with your child's education.

source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/newsandviews/2008/05/cant_find_a_good_school_for_yo.html

It's been some while since my last post. For the last few weeks have been a journey. We haven't had full homeschool sessions. But we were able focus on math and reading. I look forward to getting back to doing projects and completing other subjects.

Well Elijah is a big brother now. He seem to be excited about it- wanting to kiss & hold 'his' baby. He was really excited when he was told he can name the baby- so he chose "Isaac". Yes we have a love for Hebrew names. So "Isaac Rey" it is.

This weekend is Elijah's 6th Birthday. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARLING!" We are going to have a simple dinner party with his siblings and dad. He wants to have his favorite pizza, favorite chocolate cake & movie- Madagascar II.

After this weekend I plan to get back on track with homeschool work. Thank goodness for over 300 days of homeschool days to complete our work. Staying organized and focused will help keep us on task to achieve our goals for the remaining of this year.