Maryland Homeschool News

Homeschooling News From Maryland

2022: Maryland Homeschool News

MDHSA shares thoughts on homeschool enrollment trends over the last 20 years. [March 2022, The Daily Record]

2021: Maryland Homeschool News

MDHSA tackles the question of what’s driving first and second wave pandemic homeschoolers to keep teaching their kids at home [Dec 2021, Carroll County Times]
Covid homeschooling mini profile on the Walia family in Hunt Valley, Maryland [Oct 2021, Sinclair Broadcast Group]
Focus piece on pandemic homeschooling in Calvert County, MD, featuring the Sweeney-Hazelton, Shiffer, and Perry families, along with comments from MDHSA. [Sept 2021, Bay Weekly]
Human interest story on videographer Dan Carpenter, a homeschool dad whose wife runs a homeschool tutorial in Hampstead, Maryland. [August 2021, Carroll County Times]
A nationwide pandemic homeschooling story with a short feature on the Pray family in Baltimore County. [July 2021, AP News]
Congratulations to Frederick homeschoolers Robert Thurman and Liam Grogan, along with homeschool parent Christine Pritt, for winning junior and senior level awards in the Maryland History Day competition. [June 2021, Maryland Humanities Council]
Job well done by Carroll County homeschooler Adelaide Venditto for being one of four finalists in the 2021 Maryland Sports Spelling Bee [May 2021, Kent County News]
More news about Hannah Leubecker, the Maryland homeschool graduated recruited to play lacrosse at the University of Maryland, College Park [April 2021, Washington Post]
A high school homeschool baseball team coached by Tim Hurlburt is back in action since the covid lockdown. [March 2021, Baltimore Sun]
High flying news about the Granite Cadet Squadron, a Civil Air patrol unit made up of mostly homeschool students in Anne Arundel County [February 2021, patch.com]
The Teachers Unions vs COVID Microschooling, an analysis of pandemic homeschooling with a focus on the Ekpo family in Maryland [January 2021, American Thinker]
A Project Baltimore “investigation” into why families were leaving public virtual school to homeschool during the pandemic[January 2021, Fox 45 News]

2020: Maryland Homeschool News

National kudos to 7-year old pandemic homeschooler, Cavanaugh Bell, from Gaithersburg for his anti-bullying work ~and~ for opening a food pantry. [October 2020, Washington Post]
A look at the pros and cons of transitioning to homeschool during the pandemic, with input from veteran homeschoolers and MDHSA. [October 2020, Capital Gazette]
Debunking homeschool myths with Maryland homeschool mom, Stephanie Carter, author of Trials and Successes: Effective Teaching and Learning at Home [October 2020, Madame Noire]
MDHSA was briefly interviewed by tv reporter Liz Ortiz about the increased interest in homeschooling for the 2020-21 school year, due to COVID19. [July 2020, Fox45 News]
Congratulations to the 7 homeschoolers who won 1st and 2nd place in a variety of categories in the 2020 Maryland HIstory Day Contest. [June 2020, Maryland Humanities Council]
Far out! Carroll County homeschooler Davin Faris won 3rd place in the 2020 The Baltimore Science Fiction Society Young Writer’s contest. [June 2020, bsfs.org]
Eldersburg homeschooler Keegan Woodburn’s Eagle Scout project that built a youth archery range was on-target success for his community [May 2020, Carroll County Times]
Hagerstown homeschool mom Danielle Gross offered some reassuring advice to COVID19 school-at-home parents [April 2020, WDVM-TV]
Kudos to Hancock homeschooler Annelie Kolbe for taking 3rd place in the Maryland Department of Natural Resources 5th annual Arbor Day poster contest. [April 2020, Herald-Mail Media]

2019: Maryland Homeschool News

The Kolbe family’s homeschool adventure in learning about ecology through controlled forest burns in Washington County [Nov 2019, Cumberland Times-News]
With fewer than 300 National Merit Semifinalists named in Maryland MDHSA gives a great shout out of congratulations to the homeschoolers who made the list! [Sept 2019, mdhsa.com]
Kent County Public Schools approved a new program for homeschoolers: Kent County Blended Learning Academy [July 2019, myeasternshoremd.com]
Congratulations to Maryland homeschooler Storrie Kulynych-Irvin for being one of the statewide winners in The Library of Congress 2019 Letters About Literature. [June 2019, bayweekly.com]
Great job, Prince George’s County, Maryland homeschooler Michael Platt, for your successful business Michael’s Desserts. [June 2019, Washington Post]
Awesome job, Fallston area homeschooler Hannah Leubecker for becoming the first homeschooled recruit for the University of Maryland College Park lacrosse team. [May 2019, Baltimore Sun]
Great job homeschoolers Aneka Seumanutafa (Emmitsburg) and Faith Choi (Frederick) for making U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball golf history with your championship winning games. [April 2019, amateurgolf.com]
Amazing job by Frederick county homeschooler Abigail Haffey for winning the overall grand prize for the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Frederick County. [April 2019, fredericknewspost.com]
Watch a great interview with veteran and local homeschool parent Monica Utsey and her brilliant approach to teaching history. [January 2019, edweek.com]

2018: Maryland Homeschool News

A nice focus piece on homeschooling into Harvard University by the Joyner-Meyers family! [February 2018, harvard.edu]
Nice job from Maryland homeschooler Storrie Kulynych-Irvin with winning the Sports Spelling Bee in Annapolis. [March 2018, capitalgazette.com]
Congratulations to Montgomery County homeschooler Aurea Sellmeyer for winning 1st place with her Maryland History Day Senior Paper on Conflict in the Coal Mines: The Anthracite Strike of 1902 and a New Precedent for Compromise. [April 2018, Maryland History Day]
Good luck to Maryland homeschooler Charity Parrot from Hagerstown who has been invited to participate in RSVBee, a new program taking place as part of Scripps National Spelling Bee
An op/ed piece from a former Arundel High School athletic director and baseball coach, arguing why Maryland should join 19 other states in allowing homeschoolers to play public school sports. [July 2018, capitalgazette.com]
Congratulations to former Mt. Airy homeschooler Daniel Romanchuk on winning two marathons. [November 2018, Baltimore Sun]

2017: Maryland Homeschool News

Way to go Maryland homeschooler Storrie Kulynych-Irvin for her second straight Anne Arundel County Spelling Bee win – and her trip to nationals. [February 2017, patch.com]