Choosing the Right Option 3 Homeschool Association

How Do I Select an Option 3 Accountability Association?

Each Option 3 association has its own personality based upon the director’s heart and passion for others throug home education. Faithful Scholars is passionate about the success of our upcoming generations as well as the vibrant health of the parents training them up.

Faithful Scholars is based upon what I needed as a mom-teacher when we began homeschooling. Because of my need to hear a person in a leadership role who thoroughly understood homeschool law I worked with my father (a lawyer) to examine all aspects of what SC homeschool law is and is not. It is truly very broad, but must be followed and respected in order to maintain the lovely freedoms we currently enjoy. Following my mother’s penchant for small business, I worked to understand the unique nature of each family’s homeschool dynamic, determined to provide an enormous number of resources beginning with honest, available communication and most recently Umbrella Skye. Helping families navigate through the rigors of life forming decisions as well as paperwork while providing helpful handholding and oversight needed in homeschooling, we created a service that goes beyond making you just a legal SC homeschooler! Faithful Scholars provides encouragement, expert advice, real-world answers, flexibility and kindness as well as documentation such as member letters/cards, DE and DMV permission, student transcripts, class ranking, graduation diplomas, and so much more!

Questions to ask an association you may be considering:

• How do you communicate with your member-families?
  • FS communicates by phone, email, Umbrella Skye, newsletter, private consult, workshops, & events
• How many people work with you to support your homeschool families?
  • FS has a team of 7 main assistants and 4 as needed assistants
• Do you have any faith requirements such as a statement of faith?
  • FS loves Jesus on a personal level. On a professional level, we welcome families of all faiths, backgrounds, and worldviews.
• Do you rank and build transcripts?
  • FS does.
• Can I reclassify my student under your assocation?
  • FS can, will, and does.
• Do you have a specialist for neuro-diverse children?
  • FS has lived this life, studied under specialists, and loves this population!
• Do you have a non-College Prep option to follow in high school?
  • FS does, but each transcript is built to be college ready.
• Do you offer workshops or assistance beyond your website?
  • FS does as often as asked for an able, or you can access our recorded seminars through your member login portal and Umbrella Skye.
• What is your educational pedagogy?
  • FS/Katie Bach uses Charlotte Mason classical, in a flexible child-focused approach blended with Waldorf philosophy. One of our main goals was for our children to have a wild and free childhood. After all, we are educating children. Play is the first method of learning, and ought never to be left out. 
  • That being said, we respect that education is not a one-size-fits-all, we are well-versed in the many styles and methods of home education and will work to support you as you build the homeschool that fits your family.
• What is your exit plan for your association when you retire?
  • FS My daughters and daughter-in-laws will be taking over (2 are already in training).