skimomma Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 My dd will be graduating this spring. Yikes! She expressed a desire for a "real" diploma on "fancy paper with fancy font in a folder" like her public schooled friends will get. She is not, nor ever has been, part of a homeschool group/coop/umbrella/club/etc..... so we are on our own here. All of her friends were/are public schooled and this is one of the very few times she has insisted on during the "traditional" thing so I am happy to oblige. I found websites to order just what she wants. But, we don't have a name for our homeschool. Never have, aside from the occasional jokes of being the Pajama Academy. She does not want to make up a name and anything we would to make up at this point would not feel right anyway. Any suggestions for what we could put in the school name area of a traditional diploma? "Homeschool" just seems dull and somehow "non-official" sounding to her. Ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 We used the name of a minor, hyperlocal geographic feature + "academy." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Keeper Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 We've never had a real need to name our homeschool either, until the diploma happened; and something too cutesy made it sound fake... We also went with "geographic location" + academy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 The most common naming conventions I've seen include... Lastname Academy Name of Street/Neighborhood/Local Feature Academy Idea (Excellence, for example) Academy Some people say "School" or "Homeschool" instead of "Academy." I've also seen a lot of people add "Classical." As in, Lastname Classical Academy. Of course, I've also seen a lot of kooky ones. Like, named after the dog or named something silly the kid picked when they were little and they all just stuck with it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almondbutterandjelly Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 We did Lastname High School. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 I should consider this topic too. Thanks to a computer mis-reading my handwriting at Staples ages ago, we have been getting email to the "Loveschool" (cue 70's music, bad lighting and hysterical giggling) No way I want that to show up on anything official! 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Any link to who can make it professionally? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 5 minutes ago, Roadrunner said: Any link to who can make it professionally? We used Homeschool Diploma. I was impressed with their work - it looks very professional. As for the name, we used a street name (it was a planned but never created street that was supposed to run through our property) + Academy. Maybe something from a favorite book or movie? An inside joke name that isn't too cutesy? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loowit Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 We have an unofficial name for our homeschool that I used on DD's diploma and am planning to use for DS's this year. I think just Lastname Homeschool or Academy would work. Or base it on location, or something particular to the area where you live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 (edited) We used Lastname Academy. I had always planned to use Location Academy, but oldest dc was adamant that we not do that; dc thought it seemed like we were trying to hide the fact that we homeschooled. It wasn't worth the conflict, so I changed it. Edited January 29, 2021 by klmama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 (edited) dp Edited January 29, 2021 by klmama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clemsondana Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Locally many students register with an umbrella (usually associated with a private school) and many of those award diplomas to students. They say that the student graduated from 'School Name Independent Study Program', so you could also do Lastname ISP or Location ISP. And, now that you have me thinking, I'm wondering when we get the diploma...we won't want to go to multiple graduation ceremonies but I"m guessing that my kid would much prefer to attend a ceremony with co-op friends. I know there's an 'open to all homeschoolers' ceremony that we could do, or maybe we'd just do a backyard group one. I'm glad I have a few years to figure that one out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mona Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 I picked a common school name and added “High School”. If my son needed a copy of his high school diploma for anything, I wanted him to just be able to show it and not worry about being questioned about home school. If you need help with ideas, you can query private schools in your state. Many of them have similar names. It will help you get your creative juices flowing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilaclady Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 I was really careful with a name for our school. I don’t know what paths my kids may take later on in life and I have heard some stories of people being rejected for admission because of homeschool especially in other countries so I decided not to have homeschool on our diploma and also no last name. I used a street name academy and even made a logo for it to look official. The logo is on their transcripts, school profile and school portfolio. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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