MommaOfalotta Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Did your family come up with a name for your homeschool and if so what is it? Also, why did you choose it? I would really like to name ours but I can't come up with anything good! Blah! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeacefulChaos Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 :bigear: I have been thinking maybe we should come up with a name, but I'm SO not creative about stuff like this! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MommaOfalotta Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 :bigear:I have been thinking maybe we should come up with a name, but I'm SO not creative about stuff like this! :lol: This is soo why Im asking! Im not creative with stuff like this either!:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knit247 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I've never particularly cared about naming our hs, but since HST Online wants me to have a name, we call our hs [Town name] Academy for Girls. Pretty boring... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasia Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Durmstrang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalknot Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Even though they attend the same school, my kids have given "their" school different names. Not that we need a name for anything, they just wanted to each have one because our friends' school had one LOL. My son attends Pleasant Oak, the name of a nearby subdivision. My daughter attends St. Anne's, she loves anything to do with St. Anne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyWImom Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Ours is "Little Lights Nature School". Little Lights-God's lights, and nature school, because we live out in the country, and my dc live for nature & being outdoors. Not too creative, but they like it.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan C. Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 We did our street name + Academy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 We call ours Enchanted Winter School. Like my blog says. (Homeschool in the blog title for clarity.) :001_smile: We're Pagan and we live in Minnesota, so that's where the name comes from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 (edited) Holy Ascension Academy. Our priest gave a homily on Holy Ascension that I really liked so we have gone with that. In Orthodoxy, it's common to name things after feasts and saints. Maybe you have a tradition or history that you could so commemorate? Edited September 12, 2012 by milovaný Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Dh and I have always called the children our little monsters-- you know like "we need to feed the monsters" and such. Dh's family is of Scottish background and all my children have Scottish/celtic names. A kelpie is a Scottish water monster. So basically our school, Kelpie Academy, is "Scottish monster school". The mascot is my avatar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypatia. Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Ours is just Streetname Academy, not very creative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carriede Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Toying with three... Metanoia Classical Homeschool Holy Spirit Homeschool Blessed Sacrament Homeschool Oldest is only 3, so this part is just for fun at the moment. I like to think ill have a solid name when DS starts 1st grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MommaOfalotta Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 These are great! I am loving the stories behind the names. Keep them coming! :lurk5: Im really going to have to do some brainstorming for ours :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonFaerie Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Ours is pretty generic, too. Creekside Homeschool Academy. We have a creek at the back of our property..... Like I said, pretty generic. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 [Our Last Name] Academy. It started as a joke. My daughter used to hate being asked where she went to school. So, one day I told her she should explain that she went to a small and very exclusive private school. (So private it had only two students.) She thought that was silly and asked what the school was called. On a whim, I told her it was the name above. At one point, I made both kids school uniforms, including a crest with the school logo and name on them. And somewhere along the line, it just stuck. I asked my son before this academic year started if he would like to choose a different name, something we could put on the transcripts and forms and such that didn't scream "homeschool" in the same way. But he said he likes the one we've been using and would just as soon keep it. So, in a couple of years, our tiny prepatory academy will graduate its second (and last) student. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delirium Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Durmstrang. Love it! Ours is Academy for the Passionately Curious. I snagged it from a discussion on another forum where someone quoted Albert Einstein as saying "I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 (edited) Mount Parnassus Academy. DD named it, and picked a hydra as our mascot. We're under a cover school legally, but DD wanted "real" school stuff-by which she meant a name, a mascot, a bumper sticker for the minivan, a t-shirt, and so on. We have matching Polo shirts with a DD drawn hydra logo, too :) Edited September 12, 2012 by dmmetler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpoy85 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 (edited) Here is the About Us :) Its too long to post here. ETA: We are called Build A Solid foundation. Edited September 13, 2012 by Jpoy85 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Yell Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Lastname Christian Academy and Boarding School for Select Girls. Dh needed to fill out a form with the school name for Bring a Brat day at work (take our sons & daughters to work day :lol: ) he told them we homeschool, but his mgr said "Other homeschool dad wrote Theirlastname Christian Academy" so Mr. RebelYell had to top it... he added the Boarding School for Select Girls. It makes us giggle. We have no logo or official need for a name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a27mom Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 We dont really use a name. But if we need one it will be "our last name" school. I am not totally uncreative, our last name if pronounced the French way is a term for a nobleman, and also a fancy sounding way to designate something important. (although technically that is a different spelling but most people don't realize that). So it would sound good as a school name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Gregg Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Our Last Name (Starts with an 'L') Learning Labs.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Street name + School. (In NC you have to list a school name when you file your Notice of Intent.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiana Daniels Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 We aren't required to have one, but one day I tossed out a name for fun: The Daniels' Classical Christian Academy. Then it stuck and we have a friend who always asks how things are going at the Daniels' Classical Christian Academy. I tell him, "Excellent, because we cap our enrollment at two!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKidAcademy Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 It's taken me two years, but we are the Quirky Kid Academy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mélie Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Durmstrang. We don't have one yet, but I'm considering Beauxbatons Academy. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelbe5 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Proverbial Truths Lutheran Homeschool I was reading the book of Proverbs when we decided to homeschool and we are Lutheran. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dory Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Prosody Park Academy. Our farm is called Prosody Park. I called it that because I worked with horses and to me, studying a horse is like studying poetry in motion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MommaOfalotta Posted September 13, 2012 Author Share Posted September 13, 2012 I love all of these names! & Thank you for sharing how you came to choose the names.. you have given me some ideas! Thank you all:grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela H in Texas Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 With my first kid, we chose one in high school and it was meaningful to our situation. I'll probably do similarly later on. I don't figure I need a school name before transcripts and diplomas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookfiend Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Charis Preparatory. Charis means grace, which I try to show. We need the name for legal reasons, but I have never used it in a formal context and doubt my boys even know it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelC Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 (edited) We never had a name until recently. The kids do something called the Premier's Reading Challenge, which is basically read a few books and they get a certificate. No big deal, but I do it because the home ed authorities seem to like the kids having certificates. Anyway, when I filled in the kids' details online this year, even though I had checked home educated, the form wouldn't allow me to submit without the 'name of school' filled out. So I typed "Snowflake Academy" and now that's what we're officially called. (Cause my little brats are Special Snowflakes.) Edited September 13, 2012 by Hotdrink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firestar Academy Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 it took us forever to choose a name. We just kept trying them out names over the years. each sibling had the right to veto, as did I. no questions. we are Firestar Academy. (I wanted the 's' in Star to be in caps but it got vetoed) It is the name of one of the cats in some book series by erin hunter. Robin in nj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura in STL Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 We are Holy Family Academy. I look at homeschooling as a family lifestyle, so who better to have as our patrons than the Holy Family? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Turtleclock Academy. We have a turtle clock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaganS Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Abbey Road Preschool (will be Elementary, etc. as time goes on). It is named this because I let my husband name it in order to get him more on board/excited about homeschooling. Guess who his favorite band is. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaganS Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Turtleclock Academy.We have a turtle clock. This answer made me laugh.:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Days of Wonder- that's the name of my blog, too. I asked the kids what we should call our homeschool, and that's what ds1 came up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 When filling out order forms that request a name, I used to use Keaton Academy. My oldest is a total Alex P., then I have a brunette dd and a blonde dd, and then we had our surprise boy. The Keatons! After the next surprise boy, lol, I switched to Full House Homeschool to represent all 5. I don't know what I'd do if I needed a serious name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiseOwlKnits Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 We're Hill Country Classical Academy...because we live in the Hill Country. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsMommy Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 When I need a name, we're "Veritas Academy." I don't need to use it too often, though. I'm not sure my children even know the name of our school, now that I think about it! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixjen Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 (edited) We are The Corps of Discovery Elementary. Originally we were Discovery Homeschool, but it never felt like it really fit. Then when DD was in middle we read a story of Lewis and Clark from the dogs point of view and we fell in love with Corps of Discovery. Homeschooling is a long, long journey through unknown lands to a far away destination. Sometimes the road is smooth and easy going, and other times it feels like being trapped in the Rockies during the dead of winter. Every day is an adventure! :tongue_smilie: I'd really love a mascot, motto and tshirts, but I've never come up with anything that seemed to fit. If DS had his way it would be a Lego minfig. *lol* I kinda lean towards a lion/aslan. But I don't know that a lion has much to do with Lewis and Clark. Edited September 13, 2012 by photojenic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-2-7 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 We're Pathways. I even made a logo. I didn't need a logo. It was just fun :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my2boysteacher Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 When we first started homeschooling we were named 'Little Acorns Academy', but now that the boys are older we changed it to 'Aspiring Oaks Academy'. I just like the analogy of starting small and growing into something large and mighty. The boys joke that they want to change it again to 'Super Saps'. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in FL. Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Ours is Cambridge Academy when we need a name. Cindy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serene Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 We've never had to have a name. About 5 years ago, I happened to be reading about the year of Jubilee in the Bible, and identified very closely with the ideas & actions. School name: Jubilee Academy Motto: Celebrating freedom from the ordinary, rejoicing in the unique Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne in CA Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Our home school is named Pioneer Heritage Academy, because all of my children's ancestors came to Oregon in covered wagons and made great sacrifices so that their children could own their own farms and have better lives. That is what I am trying to do by home schooling, make sure that my kids have a chance at a better life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 This answer made me laugh.:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollhouse Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 My daughter named our homeschool when we started it a year and a half ago: Our Lady, Queen of All Saints. I was pushing for St. Theresa Benedicta of the Cross, because she was a scholar, philosopher, and a convert to Catholicism (which has meaning for us), but I think my dd figured she could cover all bases with "All Saints." :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfamilygal Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 The Oaks Academy Is 61:3 "that they may be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord, for the display of His splendor." Our mascot is the fighting squirrel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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