mom2bee Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 (edited) This is just out of curiosity and for fun. I was wondering if anyone named their homeschool, since I know many of us have to file paper work, but I'm not sure if most states care enough to ask about an official name. Do your kids have any reply besides "I'm homeschooled" when asked what school they attend? I have a friend who's going to homeschool next year and was wondering about this. I know during my elementary years our homeschool had a name, but not after wards. I never really wondered why that was until recently... If you don't have a name, have you ever thought of giving it one? Can you come up with some fun suggestions for a cool homeschool name? Edited March 10, 2011 by mom2bee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zookeeperof3 Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 St. Thomas Aquinas Classical Academy We have to have a name from K-12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I think we're St. Gerard's Classical School. My kids usually look at people quizzically and say, "School?" :confused: Ah, sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratford Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Well, we haven't officially even started homeschooling yet, and we don't need an official name, but DS7 has already named it Stratford Academy. He even developed a logo. I'm glad he's excited. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 We don't have to file any official paperwork but I've ordered freebies online where they ask for a school name. We are Oak Hills Academy. Oak Hills is the name of our neigborhood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaganS Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Ours is Abbey Road *blank* school. Which means right now it is Abbey Road PreSchool, and once we start officially it will be Abbey Road Grammar School, etc. My kids will probably just tell people that they are homeschooled, though. I let my husband name the school as a way to get him excited about the idea of homeschooling and he's a big Beatles fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Home Life Academy-which is the name of our cover school. My DD usually just says "I do school at home", though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kchara Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 The Potter's Hand Academy of Classical Arts and Education :D Makes filling out paperwork for educator's discounts SO fun. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beatusduo Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Sons of Liberty Academy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Bee Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Legacy Academy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daughterofsarah77 Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 The Narrow Gate Academy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 We don't have to name our school here but the kids wanted to. After going through a few name changes because I originally picked one they didn't like, they decided on Fawkes Academy, named after the Phoenix from Harry Potter. They will sometimes use it when asked where they go to school, but mostly they just tell people they are homeschooled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.W Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 We don't have to name our homeschool, but the kids did it for fun when we first started. When people ask my youngest where she goes to school and she proudly answers, "Blue House Academy," she gets some pretty strange looks. We recently had a waitress who just shook her head and said she was too old for all these new ideas, like homeschooling. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savmom Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Perissos Academy Perissos is from Strong's 4053 meaning abundant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Little Flowers Academy after St. Therese of Lisieux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tristangrace Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Chicago Metropolitan Academy for Monkeys. (Sometimes we leave off "for Monkeys", though.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aquiverfull Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Our school name is Refining Scholars Academy. We have to use it when we file our paperwork but I doubt my kids even know the name. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnandtinagilbert Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Gilbert Academy then we always laugh and say, for the Gifted and Super Smart....b/c we laugh at how *I* thought they were all Soooo Smart when they were little and now I realize in some areas, they are, but in others, their just "regular." It makes us laugh each time :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apmom Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 We don't have to have an official name, but ours is called Hagia Sophia Academy (Holy Wisdom). It's what I pray for every day, so I thought it was fitting. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RecumbentHeart Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 We don't have a name but we will have to have one by the time we start filing in a couple of years. It will remain the same name legally forever, even if we move out of state and then move back, so it's got to be good ... and I have NO idea. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 This is just out of curiosity and for fun. I was wondering if anyone named their homeschool, since I know many of us have to file paper work, but I'm not sure if most states care enough to ask about an official name. Do your kids have any reply besides "I'm homeschooled" when asked what school they attend? I have a friend who's going to homeschool next year and was wondering about this. I know during my elementary years our homeschool had a name, but not after wards. I never really wondered why that was until recently... If you don't have a name, have you ever thought of giving it one? Can you come up with some fun suggestions for a cool homeschool name? Percival Blakeney Academy Though we mostly use it within the family. As we get closer to our high school years, I find that I am more comfortable "claiming the insult" and just saying that we are homeschooling than telling people the name of a school they've never heard of (especially in NoVa, where school selection is a big deal and most parents would know that they'd never heard of it). The school is named for an obscure literary figure that I really admire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorCalMom Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Faith Ridge Academy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_Household Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 We don't have to have one but our homeschool group let us pick one if we wanted. Ours is JJM Academy.....the first letter of each of my children's name. I'm not sure though that my kids would say it though if they were asked...they would just say they are homeschooled...and proud.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyWImom Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 We are "Little Lights Nature School". Little Lights because we want them to be God's lights, and nature is our big focus. And, we live out in the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy in TN Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 And There Was (Much Rejoice Academy) "And there was much rejoice" is a quote from Monty Python's Holy Grail. It is sarcastic and followed by a monotone yay. Captain Sarcasm (aka my middle son) named us. I write it proudly in all of their textbooks. However, generally, I tend to use Much Rejoice Academy and not explain the context. People can draw whatever conclusion they want. Mandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 When I was HSed for a year my dad called it Genghis Khan Academy :D but I think he used something else on the actual paperwork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krista in LA Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 the Academy - wanted to keep it simple and classical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GothicHipChick Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 :lol: Thank you. You just made my day. :) PS. Ours is (whatever base housing we live in) Academy. Right now, it's Sebille Manor Academy. Chicago Metropolitan Academy for Monkeys. (Sometimes we leave off "for Monkeys", though.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patchfire Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I've toyed with "Pannus Ardor Academy" and "Pannus Ardor Institute" because it's a play off the name I use online... that said, we don't have to have an official name and if we do one for the later years, it will be The Logan-Jefferson Home School/Academy/Institute. I haven't decided which I like best for the last word! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Roaring Lambs Academy! My dh named it :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satori Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 We wanted to get the free Homeschool Buyers Co-op ID one day, and we quickly came up with the name "Fox Mountain Academy". Now we use it to identify ourselves when filling out forms. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aspasia Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Chicago Metropolitan Academy for Monkeys. (Sometimes we leave off "for Monkeys", though.) I love it! We don't have to have one but I thought it would be fun for blogging purposes and helpful for freebies. I struggled over it forever, as I do with all things like this, because I want clever names but I'm not generally struck with any brilliance and my stuff is very lame. So dh and I (okay, mostly me, but I really did try to include him) thought about what we wanted our school to embody. We really dig Leonardo da Vinci for what he represented: well-roundedness, success in multiple fields...you know, a "Renaissance man". I liked "Da Vinci Academy" and things like that but those names weren't available on Blogspot or Wordpress, so we went with Florentine Academy. But that name sounds really big, so while the kids are little we're calling it Florenteeny Academy--for the "teenies". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2bee Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 Percival Blakeney Academy The school is named for an obscure literary figure that I really admire. Just wondering but does it have something to do with a book/movie called the The Scarlet Pimpernil? or some similar spelling... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 JEANIEE Academy---The first word must be capitalized because each letter is the first letter of the names of our family members. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zookeeperof3 Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Chicago Metropolitan Academy for Monkeys. (Sometimes we leave off "for Monkeys", though.) :lol: I love it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgr Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Spreading Oaks School I, too, agonized over this quite a bit. Spreading Oaks (especially if you look at Google Images :tongue_smilie:) are such strong, majestic trees, with good roots and firm foundations. They cast a wide shade for the weary, it seems, and the oak is a strong national symbol in our native country. I do find it fitting that, especially at this stage of the game as we're just starting out and I'm a wee bit apprehensive, the initials spell "SOS"...:D Try putting that on a school logo or T-shirt! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emcap Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 we are Maris Stella Prep School - you know just cause prep school sounds cool. All preppy and stuff...:001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightly Salted Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 The Academy of Sino-American Studies (we lived in Asia before moving here, are moving back, and are teaching the kids Mandarin in preparation) :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Back in the baby/toddler days we were Our Lady of Perpetual Pregnancy, then St. Therese Academy. After a couple of years in public and private schools we are homeschooling again. We don't NEED a name in Texas, but the girls want one. I'll get back to y'all with our decision! Jennifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmarango Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Our school is named Blue Skies Academy. We are skydivers and are a great day for us is filled with blue skies (and not a lot of wind, but the last part didn't make it into our name). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMamaBird Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 We've never officially named ours. But I had to enter a school name on a form the other day so just used "Last Name" Homeschool. When the kids are a bit older I'll let them name it. I just don't want "Sparkly Purple Princess Homeschool" or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Jessica* Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 My kids attend Mind-Fires Academy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cschnee Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Our homeschool is called McHugh Bluff Academy after the Buffalo Jump bluff we live under. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 The McConnell School.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pahansen Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Back in the baby/toddler days we were Our Lady of Perpetual Pregnancy Oh, Jennifer -- you just made my day! :lol: I once read a Slovak proverb that said "Always either pregnant or nursing" (it rhymed, of course). That was when I was pregnant the first time, and I've never been able to find it since. Otherwise I would have adopted that as my motto for the past decade! --Pamela Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historically accurate Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 My kids answer "I'm homeschooled", but for freebies/teacher discounts/etc. I teach at Hearthside Academy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahv Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Back in the baby/toddler days we were Our Lady of Perpetual Pregnancy (sigh..) I love it. It's perfect. We don't have a name yet, although my husband and I jokingly call our school the "Academy of Actual Learning". Got that idea from someone else on these message boards... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom22ns Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 We're the Lane Academy. My ds likes saying that. Our youth minister uses it all the time... "Did the Lane Academy have a snow day this week?" or "When is spring break for the Lane Academy?". I love that he does that. It makes my kids feel included when he is talking about school. When asked, I just say we homeschool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I don't have to file paperwork, because we go through a charter or a private umbrella school..but on my facebook under work... I am headmistress of Cliffs of Insanity Day Academy and life-coach at St. Jen's school for exceptional teens. I'm tempted to order polo shirts with the former :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappyhappymama Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Ours is Abbey Road *blank* school. Which means right now it is Abbey Road PreSchool, and once we start officially it will be Abbey Road Grammar School, etc. My kids will probably just tell people that they are homeschooled, though. I let my husband name the school as a way to get him excited about the idea of homeschooling and he's a big Beatles fan. Yup, we did the same thing here. My husband gave a lot of thought to the school name. He even designed a logo for our "letterhead." :D Chicago Metropolitan Academy for Monkeys. (Sometimes we leave off "for Monkeys", though.) Love this!! And There Was (Much Rejoice Academy) "And there was much rejoice" is a quote from Monty Python's Holy Grail. It is sarcastic and followed by a monotone yay. Captain Sarcasm (aka my middle son) named us. I write it proudly in all of their textbooks. However, generally, I tend to use Much Rejoice Academy and not explain the context. People can draw whatever conclusion they want. Mandy Ahahahahaha!! *Everytime* I see you post, I always, always think "Yay." I would totally steal this name.... if of course my husband hadn't put all that effort into the one he chose. :lol: We don't even need a homeschool name here in TX. But it has been useful for registering for sports teams and educational freebies and resources. Ours is "{Lastname} Paideia Academe." I usually leave off our last name and just write Paideia Academe. I don't think our kids even know the name- they just say they are homeschooled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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