bullseye Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 We're filing our letter of intent with the school board and have to think of a name. Was anyone else tempted to use a funny/sarcastic one? "Lastname Academy" or anything similarly serious doesn't really fit our personality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopmom Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Well, I use a serious one, because by middle to high svhool age, the kids were involved in outside activities like science fair projects that they had to list a school name for AND the names then appeared in the programs or printed on the awards, in the newspaper, or were listed online in conjunction with their own name- Like Joey Xxx at Xxx name homeschool won first place in xxx, or whatever. An obnoxious one would look, well, obnoxious & be tied to their personal name in Internet searches forever. We didn't use our family last name though. We used a location. Like Lakeside Homeschool, or Lakeside Academy, for example. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 You could go with a name that ties to an inside joke for your family that won't end up reflecting badly on the kids or you when they are older.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Or go with an Acronym that on papers filed officially represents something perfectly normal or slightly clever but in your own home also means something outrageously funny... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 We have two names for our homeschool--the official (serious) one and the inside joke one. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowbeltmom Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 The name of our homeschool goes on the kids' high school diploma, so some thought was put into selecting the name. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Or go with an Acronym that on papers filed officially represents something perfectly normal or slightly clever but in your own home also means something outrageously funny... Years ago my husband and his friend had to each form a company. Just for tax purposes, long story of why. Dh named his company, "FRED". It stood for, "Fucking Ridiculous Electronic Devices". His friend, who was a french black man and a fan of the smurfs named his company "GNAP". In one of the smurf comics they often yell, "GNAP". The joke was that GNAP in French is an acronym for, "Big Nigger in Charge". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 I've had to list our HS name on a number of documents so definitely go with something classy. Originally we were "Little Flowers Academy" (after St. Therese of Lisieux) but for the past few years we've been "Celestial Secondary Academy". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 You could go with a name that ties to an inside joke for your family that won't end up reflecting badly on the kids or you when they are older.... That's why we're Bolivar Academy. Everything (and I do mean everything) in Venezuela is either named after Simon Bolivar or has his face plastered on it. It's the most generic name imaginable. In Texas, though, it sounds completely normal and snark free. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 We file the private school affidavit which requires a name. We can change that yearly so I just put a generic one using my city's name as part of it. For awards, it has just been listed as California Homeschool (state homeschool) in the program book for those my kids had participated in so it hasn't been an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullseye Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 That makes sense. Thanks, everyone. We haven't had to put a school name on anything yet, so it seemed like a silly requirement. Clearly I'm not thinking ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 They don't make us do that here, but yes, if we had to, I'd let the kids name it. I'm sure they'd have a great suggestion or two! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamanthaCarter Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 My mom named her homeschool after the man that originally settled the immediate area in which they live. There are a few streets and a college building named after him, but I'm not sure many locals know that it has much significance i.e. its not like Patrick Henry or Robert E Lee or Martin Luther King Jr. or something. Something you might consider. I thought it was fitting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 I called our homeschool Sonnet Grove Colloquium after a fun thread here. I have never used it irl. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertstrawberry5 Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Ours is not ridiculous. We were Strawberry School for many years, and Tumbleweed School now. Pretty generic for where we live. Our name appears on almost nothing. We could be whatever we want with no impact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AimeeM Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 You could go with a name that ties to an inside joke for your family that won't end up reflecting badly on the kids or you when they are older.... "St. Hedwig's School" We're Catholic... and we're huge, huge, huge HP fans :) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 I gave ours a reasonable-sounding name, but we don't actually need it for anything yet. But I refer to it as the Bag End School for the Vertically Challenged and Perpetually Famished. I just don't want that on anything serious. :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ananda Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Plum Brook Boys' School. I tried to be serious. Plum is local geography. Brook was the best thing we could come up with to fill out the title. I have three sons, so I decided to capitalize on that. School seemed the most straight-forward word. Academy didn't have the right feel. Coming up with a school name was the trickiest part of filing the notice of intent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopmom Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Ours is not ridiculous. We were Strawberry School for many years, and Tumbleweed School now. Pretty generic for where we live. Our name appears on almost nothing. We could be whatever we want with no impact. Yes, when the kids were little, it was never needed here. Since high school they've needed it a lot. Science fair projects, in particular, always need name of school & name of sponsoring teacher & their school, we've found. My oldest did the science fair circuit big time this year. Lots of instances of his name & school name in the paper & on fair or college websites. We also have to put a school name on transcripts getting sent to colleges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaniemom Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 I let my kids name ours when we started and the state we were in required a name. We are Appletree Learning School. At present we have no real need for a school name so it's just for fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 (edited) When we were filing ur private school affadavit the first year we used our last name, but then I read something on HSLDA that said you shouldn't because then it "looked" like a homeschool and you may possibly become subject to scrutiny sometime if someone is looking to ... you know.... whatever people like to do who want to make trouble for homeschoolers. At this point in time I'm not worried about scrutiny, but times can change quickly and as a homeschooler I prefer to fly under the radar as much as possible. Our name is Liberty Christian School. Edited July 22, 2017 by KrissiK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janeway Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 We're filing our letter of intent with the school board and have to think of a name. Was anyone else tempted to use a funny/sarcastic one? "Lastname Academy" or anything similarly serious doesn't really fit our personality. Our lower school has a funny name and our upper school has a more serious one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking Squirrels Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Ours has been Seeking Squirrels Academy since oldest was 4. Maybe we'll do something else approaching high school, IDK. If anyone cares where the name came from: The name is partially inspired by the dogs in UP. They yell "squirrel" when they notice one and it became a running joke with DH and I to describe any distraction. Since we are a house full of ADD, this happens often. I wanted in homeschooling to be able to follow rabbit trails and find those interesting things that may "distract" us from our set plan. So we welcome the 'squirrel' moments and we try to seek out the things that interest us and allow our attention to focus there for a time. We seek squirrels :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 I had always used the name of our part of the city + "academy" whenever we needed to order or sign up for something that required a school name. When it came time to put it on a diploma and transcript, though, my dc thought it was ridiculous to name our homeschool, as if we were trying to hide it. We compromised on "Name Academy." I doubt the dc will ever use it for anything. The colleges they applied to had online applications that asked specifically if the student had been homeschooled, so they didn't even give the opportunity to list a name. On job applications, they have just put down "homeschooled." So far, it's not been a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noreen Claire Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 I've been referring to our homeschool as The Wayside School for Wayward Boys for a while now but DH prefers St. Michael the Archangel Classical Academy. My oldest student is 8 and we don't need to use the name on anything official, so it doesn't matter yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrunchyGirl Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 One factor to consider is if you can ever change it. We are in NC and don't have the option to change it so I went with a name that sounds like a high end prep school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 I finally used our name for something official! I signed us up as a school so my kids can do a coding competition. Woo! Sonnet Grove Colloquium is official lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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