In past weeks, we told you about two notable Calvert Homeschool alumni, Barack Obama and William F. Buckley, Jr.  This week, we’d like to tell you about yet another Calvert Homeschool student, Pearl S. Buck. Born in Hillsboro, West Virginia in 1892, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck was the daughter of missionaries.  Soon after Pearl’s birth, her […]

Calvert’s Education Counselors can be one of the best and most amazing things about a Calvert experience. Yet often I find when I talk to families that they are not accessing this tremendous resource we provide. So, with their hearty agreement, the education counselors are helping us get to know them better. Here is the […]

In a previous blog post, we told you about a well-known Calvert alumni, Barack Obama.  The next person in our series on notable Calvert Homeschool students is William F. Buckley, Jr. Buckley, a well-known American conservative author and commentator, was born in New York city in 1925.  He was the sixth of ten children.  As […]

In a recent post on the Calvert Facebook Page, we asked Calvert Parents to describe their child using only ONE WORD. While this started off as a fun social media game, we were amazed at the wonderful responses we received as our families posted one word to describe each of their children.  We have some […]

Calvert Education Services — once known as the the Calvert School’s “Home Instruction Division” — is proud to claim many accomplished, well-educated alumni such as William F. Buckley and Pearl S. Buck, but none more prominent than President Barack Obama! Recently a Calvert School alumnus pointed out that Wikipedia suggested that President Obama was homeschooled […]

When I wake up in the morning, there is a palpable excitement. Today is the day when I get to work with my second graders on types of sentences. I remember teaching the first graders complete and incomplete sentences yesterday. Lucas asked me if ‘Sit down’ was a complete sentence. I may actually keep the […]

For years I have utilized the Advisory Teaching Service (ATS) for many reasons.  Principally, because my children have enjoyed and profited from the relationships they have cultivated with their ATS teachers.  This year is no exception, and my second grader, Eoghan, has said almost every day that he cannot wait to find out who his […]

Ok, so if you are like us, the first week of school has begun and you are wondering what you have gotten yourself into – right?  It is either going swimmingly, or you feel wrecked.  Even though this is my 20th year to begin – and my 17th year with Calvert, I find that it […]

Henry Ford once said, “Before everything else, getting ready is the secret to success.”  This wisdom holds true for home schooling as well.  Use the following tips to help you get ready for a successful home school year. Organization Create a school room that contains all the necessary materials for your student.  If there are […]

We had the chance to take our Calvert Group to the Zoo last week. Plans were made, lunches packed, website visited in advance to plan our zoo assault. The morning dawned cool and cloudy, and there was only a 40% chance of rain. We always look forward to our field trip adventures – and it […]