by chesscla | Nov 30, 2020 | Articles, Homeschool Moms
What led you to decide to homeschool? We started homeschooling for multiple reasons. We wanted to give our children a more personalized, one-on-one school experience. Class sizes are atrocious right now and we feel that more personalized attention helps children...
by chesscla | Aug 11, 2020 | Articles
About the author: Katrina Hadley has a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics with Distinction from the University of Kansas. She began her career at the National Security Agency analyzing encrypted messages, then moved on to Accenture, helping to develop a $15M enterprise...
by chesscla | Jul 1, 2020 | Articles
Practical Advice and Encouragement from a Former CHESS Student: Michael Brokate About Me: Hi, I’m Michael! I attended CHESS starting in 2015 until my graduation with the group in 2018. My favorite class would likely be Mock Trial with Mr. Jenkins or...
by chesscla | May 23, 2020 | Articles, Best practices
Cornell Style Note-taking Kimberly Glover, CHESS teacher and homeschool parent, shares about a helpful method of note taking that can be used in CHESS classes as well as at home. One of the most difficult things for me as a student was taking the information taught in...
by chesscla | May 1, 2020 | Articles
TEACHER SPOTLIGHT: Dijana Trkulja Read our interview with Dijana Trkulja below! Dijana was born in former Yugoslavia and studied Social Studies at the Banja Luka School for Natural Science and Mathematics...
by chesscla | Apr 21, 2020 | Articles, Homeschool Moms
Hear from three homeschool moms about why they homeschool, and why they chose CHESS. May it encourage you as you walk the sometimes challenging but rewarding road of homeschooling! As Marie shares—“The journey is difficult but worth it!” Marie Pinney’s Story My first...
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