Connecting you to the courses, community, and resources to homeschool through high school with confidence.
Since 2001, CHESS has partnered with homeschool families cultivating academic excellence in community, offering in-person and online courses for 3rd-12th grade. View CoursesSchedule A Call
Connecting you to the courses, community, and resources to homeschool high school with confidence.
Since 2001, CHESS has partnered with homeschool families cultivating academic excellence in community, offering in-person and online courses for 4th-12th grade. View CoursesSchedule A Call
CHESS – Community Homeschool Enrichment Support Services
CHESS Courses:
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Choose courses a-la-carte from Creative Writing to Chemistry
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Learn from experienced instructors in small group courses
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Be challenged alongside peers in a collaborative environment
CHESS Community:
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Join in on social opportunities from pizza days to National Honors Society
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Celebrate graduation alongside peers with a personalized ceremony
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Build relationships with classmates and instructors in small classes
CHESS Resources:
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Be encouraged by mentoring opportunities with other homeschool parents
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Learn transcript and college application tips from homeschool veterans
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Plug in to the broader network of Virginia homeschoolers
“Excellent teachers who care and very affordable. I wouldn’t be able to homeschool high school if not for CHESS.”
“My kids have been given a spirit of belonging someplace. It has quenched that thirst of wanting to be in public school.”
“The teacher is so fun! Day 1 I came in very nervous and I left laughing and smiling.”
“It’s fun and Mrs. Bacca turned my hatred of Spanish into a love of it.”
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News & Events
CHESS MASQUERADE BALL
Be our guest at the 2025 CHESS Masquerade Ball on November 22, 7:00-10:00PM in Manassas, VA.
WHAT’S NOTABLE ABOUT CHESS
- Our teachers have on average 25 years of teaching experience.
- We have served over 2000 families since we began in 2001.
- Our classes average between 5-12 students unlike many other programs which have larger class sizes.
Questions about homeschooling?
Do you have questions about homeschooling for high school? Would you like to know more about CHESS or a specific course? We’re happy to help. Email tara.taylor@chessclasses.org to learn more or to schedule your personal video conference call.
CHESS Course Options 2025-2026
Honors & College Prep Courses
Honors Option and College Prep:
- Advanced Biology: Human Anatomy
- American History with Bible – 2 credits!
- English 9, 10, and 11
- Chemistry: Honors – College Prep
- Spanish 2 & 3
- World History with Bible – 2 credits!
College Prep:
- Algebra 2
- Physics
- Spanish 3 & 4 – Global Seal of Biliteracy option
Classes for Younger Students
- Applied STEM w/Lego
- Modern Times History
- Page Turners: A Journey Through Words
- STEAM Team
National Homeschool Honor Society
CHESS is the host site for the Lambda Omicron Chapter of the Eta Sigma Alpha National Homeschool Honor Society. This is a student run group that promotes excellence of scholarship, leadership, and character for 9th – 12th graders with adult oversight. Students attend monthly meetings and complete 20 hours of service in their academic school year.
CHESS Supports HEAV!
For every student that registers at CHESS, two dollars will be donated to Home Educators Association of Virginia, in order to support their ongoing work to protect home education in Virginia.
Director’s Notes
Now is a good time to consider homeschooling.
Disagreeable curriculum content in school systems, the pressure to conform to unbiblical social standards, unchecked discipline issues in classrooms, and the limits placed on teachers in order to meet testing standards are all reasons to consider homeschooling.
What makes homeschooling a great option?
Homeschooling parents have the right to choose the curriculum, learning environment, goals, and schedule that works best for their family, and to teach their values to their kids (along with many opportunities to live them out!)
The love you have for your kids, the small student-to-teacher ratio, and the time you get to spend enjoying your kids is what makes homeschooling a priceless gift in the short window you have before your children move on to the next phase of life. Consider homeschooling today – you can do it!
Parent Testimonial:
We have tried just about everything, from homeschool, to private school, to regular public school, to online public school, trying to figure out what works best for our three boys. We finally gave up on finding any one thing that would work for any one of them and settled on officially homeschooling all three of them during the same school year for the first time this year, while trying hard to find classes in person or online that are appropriate for them. It’s rewarding for us to help them learn and to know that they are learning from curriculum that we choose, that addresses topics that we believe are important, at a challenging level, not something that a bureaucrat selected for a generic child of a certain age. It’s also rewarding to have time to spend with them when most other children are at school. I wish that we hadn’t waited so long to make this decision. I would encourage all parents to consider homeschooling. – J. Hall
You are invited to come learn with us, connect with our great teachers and other homeschooling families – energize and inspire your homeschool.
Give us a call, or schedule a virtual meeting with the director if you’d like to learn more about how we can support your homeschool. We’d be happy to answer your questions.
We are here to help you homeschool through high school with confidence.
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