mhaddon Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 So on a few things I've been asked my homeschool name, we've just completed kindergarten. So I just jotted down our last name with homeschool after it... boring right? But it worked. However, now I feel like it would be better to have something a bit more fun. What do you go by? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satori Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 We call ourselves Fox Mountain Academy. I don't really publicize it anywhere, but that's what's on our homeschool IDs to look more official. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacie Leigh Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 We call ourselves Fox Mountain Academy. I don't really publicize it anywhere, but that's what's on our homeschool IDs to look more official. :) Aw I like that! It is creative, cute and serious all at once! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhaddon Posted June 24, 2011 Author Share Posted June 24, 2011 We call ourselves Fox Mountain Academy. I don't really publicize it anywhere, but that's what's on our homeschool IDs to look more official. :) Cute! I am trying to think of something to fit us as a family. We live on a farm and are outside all the time so I need something that relates to that. I knew you would have something fun! I was just reading your newest blog post, lol. Love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiknGirl Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 We are the Delaney Academy for Excellence. Which cracks me up because I know us. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsAlimar Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 We go by Boxwood Gardens Academy. We don't need to have a name but it's a lot of fun. We even have school colors and a motto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacie Leigh Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 We go by Boxwood Gardens Academy. We don't need to have a name but it's a lot of fun. We even have school colors and a motto. Oh gosh... I love this one too! Now we're going to have to come up with a better name than (insert last name here) Academy, lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recovering Sociopath Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Now that our oldest is a rising first grader, we are getting serious about turning our basement into a dedicated home school space. Thus it is now officially: The Home School Dungeon This would amuse us under any circumstances, but the fact that we have so many friends who are horrified that we are home schooling puts extra awesomesauce on top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi3129 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Ours is Wolf Creek Academy. Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disney Dreaming Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Lakeview Christian Academy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIE! Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 The Home School Dungeon makes me :lol: I might have to rename our basement! We're the Firefly Academy - since we're full of bright little bugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2denj Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Ours is 'Lil Blessings Academy. I love it! I have never used it officially though. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquinas Academy Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Aquinas Academy, as if you couldn't guess that. ;) It was named completely by accident, but we love it so the name has stuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam101 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I've used a variety of names, but none have stuck. I was filling out a form yesterday and just wrote "homeschool". LOL Whatever, it worked, maybe someday before my son graduates middle-school we'll come up with something! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nov05mama Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 We will most likely be Tarbiyah Academy when we file with the state next year. Right now, I just call it Work of Childhood if I put it on anything since that's what I named my HS blog. I love the idea of Tarbiyah Academy though :) The word "Tarbiyah" is an Arabic word that linguistically means increase, growth, and loftiness. Conventionally, Tarbiyah means the development and training of people in various aspects. The word is commonly used to describe the upbringing of children as the parents provide them with the physical, educational, moral, and spiritual needs to help them grow and become useful parties in the society. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NittanyJen Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I (naturally) wanted to use something Penn State related, but since it will eventually appear on their official transcripts when applying to colleges, I didn't want to get into any trouble there <grin>. So I used the name of our family farm. We don't live there any more-- my Mom and cousins all do-- but we visit often and celebrate our holidays and family gatherings there, and the kids live for the next time we are heading there; it is a place of freedom from schedules and pressure and expectations, just as it was for me when I was growing up (yes, there is a LOT of work (and pressure) in farming, but somehow, with your whole extended family present to support you, and pitching in on all of the work, even when you're working your hardest, it never feels like "work." It feels like what you do because you love it. So, we are the Hillandale Farm School. Jen http://hillandalefarmschool.blogspot.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Keys Atheneum. I've been homescjoolinh for nearly three years, and still haven't gotten around to making ID cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlygirlzx2 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 We are Desert Star Academy since we live in the desert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaniceO Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 We've talked about this a lot for the past 3 years. The kids jokingly called us Big Brain Academy after the game, but I told them that couldn't be our official name. We were just thinking about it this week. I wish I could be creative. The best I can come up with so far is Olympic View Academy, although the boys want to go with Stormwind Academy for the Exceptionally Talented (it's a WoW reference, lol). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 We are Breakaway Classical Academy for Siblings :D Don't ask but I get alot of :001_rolleyes: over it but I don't care! :thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenjenn Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Etz Chayim Jewish Academy. In Alabama, you have to register with a "church school" to home school without a licensed tutor. BUT, there are no laws about how a "church school" is established or run, so I went to the board of my synagogue (which is called Etz Chayim) and said "I would like to establish a church school through the synagogue, please". After some of the older board members satisfied themselves that we'd be in accordance with the law by doing so, Etz Chayim Jewish Academy was born. We're the only members. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolamum Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 We're not required, here, to have a name.. but, considering when I was homeschooled we named it due to being in the US I figured we'd name the kids homeschool to. Thus we are Solid Rock College, discipling children, building faith, & satisfying curiosity. I'll admit we even have a logo which is Mt Uluru/Ayer's Rock with a semi dotted font {think Aboriginal dot painting} written on the rock. We've also written a Bible reference on the rock in regards to our school name. :D It makes for fun putting logos on t-shirts for when we go on "school excursions".. you know, like on July 1st when even dh is taking off work so we can go to the movies. Unfortunately, now my mil thinks my children were uniforms "to school" in order to "be in the right frame of mind". Seriously.. she tells her friends this and my kids eyebrows go sky high and they shrug. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertmum Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 We are Plangent Academy. We really don't need a name but I thought coming up with a school name would discourage questions from most people (homeschooling is not an option for locals). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2agang Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 My DH does masonry work and builds foundations for houses a lot. I homeschool and build my kids foundation for life .so we went with Foundation Baptist Academy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NittanyJen Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I forgot to mention... My boys WANTED to name it The We Get To Hug Mommy All Day Now School. I pointed out they might feel differently listing that one on job applications and transcripts for college :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 We've talked about this a lot for the past 3 years. The kids jokingly called us Big Brain Academy after the game, but I told them that couldn't be our official name. We were just thinking about it this week. I wish I could be creative. The best I can come up with so far is Olympic View Academy, although the boys want to go with Stormwind Academy for the Exceptionally Talented (it's a WoW reference, lol). I love it! I'd go with it. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 For awhile I called our school Wildwood Mountain Academy. We live next to a hill, but on the map it is called a mountain. :lol: I swear it's just a big hill, but I like the idea of living on a mountain. The name isn't really used at all, and ds didn't like the word academy in there. I think he thought it sounded more serious and maybe he'd have to work harder. I came up with Plumtree Cottage School later, inspired by a sweet story we read. Truth is...we really don't have a name and nowhere to use it anyway. Only when I print up some schedule or some such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazakaal Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 We used to live on a road called Chapel Hill, so I called our school Chapel Hill Academy, but we don't use the name on anything official. It's just for fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracyP Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Right now we are Cornerstone Classical Academy. We have a huge number of oaks in the yard so I wanted to be Shady Oaks Academy (or Classical Academy) but that seems like a better name for a retirement home than a school. I'm still undecided but I would like to pick something official. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann.without.an.e Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 You could do like me and name it after the road that you live on....and then move :confused: Thankfully it wasn't a bad sounding name :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 We went through many names. We don't have to name the school but the kids like to have a name so when people ask where they go they can say something. I've found that having a school name for them helps us because then we don't have to deal with the homeschool nay-sayers. At first we were Evanlu Academy, I used the first two letters of each kids name. They hated it. Then my dh came up with Voyager Academy (after the StarTrek show) and it was ok, but turns out there is a real Voyager Academy and in a state we could end up being stationed in, so we changed it to Voyager Learning Center. Again the kids hated it, my oldest said it sounded like a pre-school which wouldn't be good for a middle or high school student. I asked them to come up with something then. They decided on Fawkes Academy, after the Phoenix in Harry Potter. They love that bird and thought a phoenix would make a great mascot. They came up with the motto "Soaring, through home education" and we've stuck with that for the last 5 years. My kids love telling people they go to Fawkes Academy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Meriwether Homeschool. At the time we started homeschooling, all of my children had been born along the Lewis and Clark trail. We have colors and a mascot (The Explorers of course), but we haven't actually done anything with all of that. I mostly like it because Dh sat and made a list of goals with me one day, and he hates that kind of thing. That was the day we chose our name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 We don't use a name anywhere, because my daughter is very proud that we homeschool, but when we started I called it Excelsior Preparatory School, partially due to the overabundance of homeschools with the name Academy in the title. Apparently I MUST be different, even in a minority group. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Blue House Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I love reading these!! I'm thinking for us...Little Blue School/House :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 (edited) We're officially part of a cover school, but our unofficial name is "Our Lady of Song School". Lady of Song is what my first/middle names translated into, and it just SOUNDS like a Catholic school. Except that we're Lutheran. My daughter would probably love to go to "Dragon Academy" or something like that :) Edited June 24, 2011 by dmmetler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTJo1996 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I guess I am one of those boring people - we are {Last name} Academy. One of our friends uses {Name of street} Academy. Hmmm that previous poster might be right about the over-use of the word Academy. Great! Now I feel the need to break out of the "norm" and do something unexpected!!! Serendipity School? Eclectic Scholars R Us? Yellow Jacket Training Academy? (a shout out to my alma-mater!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacie Leigh Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Now that our oldest is a rising first grader, we are getting serious about turning our basement into a dedicated home school space. Thus it is now officially: The Home School Dungeon This would amuse us under any circumstances, but the fact that we have so many friends who are horrified that we are home schooling puts extra awesomesauce on top. Where's the "like" button, lol?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootAnn Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 You could do like me and name it after the road that you live on....and then move :confused: Thankfully it wasn't a bad sounding name :) :iagree: except for the moving part. That's what I did. They decided on Fawkes Academy, after the Phoenix in Harry Potter. They love that bird and thought a phoenix would make a great mascot. They came up with the motto "Soaring, through home education" and we've stuck with that for the last 5 years. My kids love telling people they go to Fawkes Academy. One of my friends named hers (officially on state paperwork) Hogwarts. Her kids love telling adults who asked that they go to Hogwarts. My friend nods her head sagely and they glide past the unbelieving adults . . . :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Curiosity Academy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeganW Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Sheltered Cove Grammar School - the Sh Cv part came from the name of our street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angel marie Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 we just started homeschooling last year. my son is going in 9th grade. we are developing a coat of arts, mascot, motto, and colors--all with meaning for our homeschool. we are developing now. you could probably add to your concept as your child gets older. its alot of fun. we started with our family coat of arms and crest for inspiration. we have a picture of a "boar" on our family crest which means "hospitality." we will probably incorporate this animal in some how and use the colors etc... from our coat of arms and crest too. its a fun project and if you go with this angle, you could do a whole bunch of family ancestry too and research your child's name meaning. the possibilities are endless. ancestry.com has a free trial that i think is 14 days. you could probably get all the info you need within that time frame. anyway, have fun with it!! angel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historically accurate Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Hearthside Academy here. Funny, I don't think it's so hard to say, but every chess tournament the guy stumbles over it. Finally he just says DD's name followed by the city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babysparkler Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 (edited) The kids have been on a Narnia kick this year, so we renamed our boring "(lastname) Homeschool" to Aslan Academy. I've had so much fun creating a logo and we may print t-shirts this year :) Edited June 24, 2011 by babysparkler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classically Minded Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 We used the place of our family's first known records as our homeschool name: Cambridgeshire Academy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorCalMom Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Our name is in my siggy...it's a combo that reflects both where we live & our beliefs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama2Many4 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Our Lady of Victory Academy. There actually is a real OLOV Catholic homeschool provider, but I didn't know that when I picked our name. I wanted Our Lady of Victory for "victory" in learning. Before that it was Four Seasons Academy. Which do you all like best? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 We are Marley Academy, after Bob Marley, because I love the lyrics from Redemption Song that are in my sig. They completely fit with my ideas on education. My dd9 wants to change it to something nature-related. I told her she can call it anything she likes. We don't have to provide a name here, so I just use Marley Academy when ordering from Scholastic or the like. I'll still call it Marley Academy regardless of what dd decides on. Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disney Dreaming Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I guess I am one of those boring people - we are {Last name} Academy. One of our friends uses {Name of street} Academy. Hmmm that previous poster might be right about the over-use of the word Academy. Great! Now I feel the need to break out of the "norm" and do something unexpected!!! Serendipity School? Eclectic Scholars R Us? Yellow Jacket Training Academy? (a shout out to my alma-mater!)[/QUOTE] Not a good idea if you are around Athens!:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Year Round Mom Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 (edited) We are the Olive Tree Academy, taken from Psalm 128:3b. We want our olive shoots to grow up in the faith! We don't need the name where we live, but may in the future. The only time I use the name is when I take beginning-of-the-school-year pics of the kids. Each kid has to hold up a sign that has the school name and their grade on it. I post them on FB. :) I already designed T-shirts but was too cheap at the time to actually buy them! I thought they'd be fun to wear on "field trips". ETA: Here are some questions one of the posters asked me when I was trying to figure out our school name. Maybe these can get your creative juices flowing! What are the specific goals/ideals which drive your homeschool? Do you want your name to have religious connotations? What are your family likes/favorites? (wide-open question!) A thought I'd add: Do any of the answers to the above questions sound loads better in another language? Edited June 24, 2011 by LivingOutLove adding questions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnMomof7 Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 We are boring ;). If asked I say - Bogart Family Homeschool How creative. LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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