Maryland Homeschool News

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 Newx]
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]

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]

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]

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]