by Adam | Jan 27, 2025 | Articles, Best practices
Are you thinking about your plans for the next school year? You might be considering enrolling your child in homeschool enrichment classes. We want to share some practical advice and encouragement for homeschool families, so we surveyed our teachers to find out how...
by Adam | Nov 1, 2024 | Articles, Teacher
By Elizabeth Cuvelier Charles Dickens began his classic writing A Tale of Two Cities with this profound passage: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch...
by chesscla | Jun 19, 2024 | Articles, Teacher
We’ve come a long way since artists pounded minerals, insects, and even gold into powder, mixed those with oil, and then poured them into pig bladders for storage. And when an American artist, living in France, invented the first paint tube, artists finally emerged...
by chesscla | Feb 12, 2024 | Articles
Daniel Glenn attended CHESS from 2012-15 and is a recent graduate of Christopher Newport University. The author or editor of several articles about the Civil War era and American legal history, he now studies at William & Mary Law School. I remember sitting...
by chesscla | Jan 19, 2024 | Articles, Student
I had a lot of great teachers growing up who shaped and molded me into the person I am today. One of those teachers was my mom since I was home schooled for most of my life. I can remember my amazing vocal teacher, Mr. Lash, my wonderful third grade teacher, Mrs....
by chesscla | Jan 19, 2024 | Articles
How a simple peanut butter and jelly technical writing assignment set the stage for my successful career in software development. John Jenkins and Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Instructions In high school (2003-2007) I took multiple writing classes with John...
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