Toni Payne and her husband, Aaron, have been homeschooling their five children classically since the beginning. Having tutored and taught junior high and high school students for the last seven years, Toni loves to share her passion for learning with students at Libertas. Toni majored in General Studies of the Liberal Arts at Toccoa Falls College where she also earned a minor in Theology and Bible. She is currently working on her masters in classical education at Southeastern University. Toni loves to read literature and theology as well as run with her kids and be outdoors as much as possible.
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about mrs. pittmanDebbie Pittman has been involved in education for several decades, beginning with homeschooling her own 11 children. She and her husband, Bo, have been active in local and state home education groups since before 1985 when it became legal. Debbie has also taught at various schools and co-ops over the last 15 years. Most recently, she has tutored Challenge A for Classical Conversations and tutored middle and high school students in writing and Latin. Debbie has a love for all things that involve words - reading, writing, speaking, and debating.
It's hard to believe that a short 9 months ago my friend Tina Ayers and I sat down at Red Eye (now Lucky Goat) and tried to think through whether we could really take control of our children's academic future and create a community that fit our needs.
We both had worked years trying to make a product fit us. But we had seen that there was no peace in that process. One more time we were both at an impasse with the product, and the needs of our families. Knowing that Tina and I had complimentary skill sets, I truly felt like we could accomplish carving out what we had always envisioned. We just needed a few additional elements -
Quickly God brought these elements together. And here we are at the end of the first semester! For many of us, this has been our best year of home schooling middle or high school we've had. We see the benefits of accountability in our children's character, we relish sharing a responsibility for teaching them, and we are thankful that we are seeing the start of a community growing together in a way that will allow us to continue to edify, encourage and educate one another! Even as we turn to "what's next for next year" it's hard to believe how far we've come from that first "official" meeting. And we continue to grow - things we thought would organically come together haven't, while other benefits we never imagined have. That's the process of growth, that's why we told those first brave souls who decided to partner with us - "This is all a grand experiment, we can't promise it won't fail." As we use this blog to keep you up to date in the plans for next year, we hope to feature some of our teachers who can share the philosophy of that subject for our community, board members who can share their vision for us and even students who can share what this year has meant to them. Please feel free to reach out with questions, and ideas of what you'd like to see explained or addressed here. |
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