Serving Augusta County, including Staunton and Waynesboro, and surrounding areas.

PEACH STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

PEACH is an organization that provides support and encouragement to parents who are teaching their children at home and to those who are considering homeschooling. The organization is Christian in orientation, and is guided by the Word of God, the Bible. In God’s Word we are commanded to “provoke one another to love and good works” (Hebrews 10:24) and to “train up a child according to God’s Word” (Proverbs 22:6).

ABOUT OUR GROUP

This group was founded in 1989 with two main goals. The first was to provide social, educational and athletic activities for our children. The second was to establish a peer support system for home schooling parents in Staunton, Waynesboro and Augusta County. We currently offer regular support group meetings, monthly newsletters, a PEACH Activity Day, roller skating, a teen group, and a wide variety of field trips. 

All members are required to adhere to the PEACH Code of Conduct at all PEACH functions. 

Membership is $15 per year, per family.

Download a membership form. (Adobe Acrobat Reader Required)

If you would like us to send you an information packet, please send your mailing address to PeachVA@gmail.com 

 
Open to perspective home schoolers:
  • The Support Group Meeting is held in the evening once a month during the school year. We usually meet at local churches but occasionally we meet at our VP's home or another member's home . 
 
 For PEACH Members Only:
  • Activity Day, which features various craft/game type classes, meets on the third Thursday of the month at Calvary Baptist Church in Staunton. Preregistration is required.   Download a '09-'10 Activity Day Registration Form
  • Roller Skating is the first Friday of the month at Skatetown and does require a monthly RSVP. 
  • Other activities, such as field trips, ice skating, snow tubing, play dates, teen activities etc. can vary from month to month.
 
 
 
 
 Suggested Reading
  • The Basic Steps to Successful Homeschooling by Vicki A. Brady - A guide to beginning homeschooling.
  • The Big Book of Home Learning by Mary Pride - This four-volume set provides philosophical articles and opinionated reviews of nearly everything available to homeschoolers.
  • Christian Home Educators' Curriculum Manual: Elementary Grades of Junior/Senior High by Cathy Duffy - Cathy Duffy's regularly updated manuals provide brief, personal reviews of many of the available products available to homeschoolers.
  • The Christian Home School by Gregg Harris - Biblical reasons for homeschooling and practical advice.
  • The Complete Home Learning Source Book by Rebecca Rupp - An 843-page resource guide covering every subject from Arithmetic to Zoology.
  • Good Stuff:Learning Tools for All Ages by Rebecca Rupp
  • Dr. Beechick's Homeschool Answer Book by Dr. Ruth Beechick - Answers to parent's questions about homeschooling.
  • Educating the Wholehearted Child by Clay and Sally Clarkson
  • For the Children's Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macauley - A sensitive look at the foundations of education.
  • Government Nannies: The Cradle-to-Grave Agenda to Goals 2000 and Outcome-Based Education by Cathy Duffy
  • The Homeschool Journey by Susan and Michael Card - A look at the joys of homeschooling.
  • Home Schooling Children With Special Needs by Sharon Hensley, M.A.
  • The Homeschooling Father by Michael Farris - Available through Home School Legal Defense Association.
  • Home Schooling for Excellence by David and Micki Colfax - The story of one family who homeschooled their four sons into Ivy League colleges.
  • Hothouse Transplants by Matthew Duffy - This book provides a look at the lives of several homeschool graduates.
  • The How and Way of Home Schooling by Raymond E. Ballman
  • Learning in Spite of Labels: Practical Teaching Tips and a Christian Perspective of Education by Joyce Herzog
  • Marching to the Beat of Their Own Drum! From the HSLDA
  • Better Late Than Early by Raymond and Dorothy Moore
  • Home Grown Kids by Raymond and Dorothy Moore
  • Home School Burnout by Raymond and Dorothy Moore
  • Home Spun Schools by Raymond and Dorothy Moore
  • Home Style Teaching by Raymond and Dorothy Moore
  • The Right Choice: The Incredible Failure to Public Education and the Rising Hope of Home Schooling by Christopher Klicka - Answers questions about why and how to homeschool.
  • The Socialization Trap by Rick Boyer - Protecting your children from age segregation and other pitfalls.
  • A Survivor's Guide to Home Schooling by Luanne Shackelford and Susan White. - A humorous look at how to survive homeschooling.
  • Teaching Children: A Curriculum Guide to Know at Each Level Through Sixth Grade by Diane Lopez
  • The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling by Debra Bell
  • You Can Teach Your Child Successfully (4th-8th) by Dr. Ruth Beechick - A book that teaches you how to teach.

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