We provide a mailing list, message boards, chat room, Facebook, and Twitter so homeschoolers in South Carolina (and beyond) can keep in touch with us and other homeschooling families.

Our mailing list is the best way to receive timely updates, and the other venues are great ways to meet and interact with other homeschoolers. Join us!


Mailing List
Subscribe to our mailing list to get the latest news about our trips, events, contests, and website updates. Just type your email address in the box above and click on "go."

This is a low-volume list, averaging two or fewer emails a month. We're based in South Carolina, so some of our news is regional, but most of our trips and events are open to homeschoolers in other states (and countries). We're glad to have you with us!

Message Boards
Our message boards are available to anyone interested in homeschooling. Your children are also invited to participate in a fun and moderated area created just for them. (I'll need a signed permission form for children under 13 in order to provide the highest possible level of safety for our children.) They must register for an account separate from their parents in order to have their own username and access the children and youth areas.

Students taking our courses (and their parents) also have access to special course forums when they enroll in any of our courses. (When your children register for a forum account, please ask them not to use their last name as part of their username due to privacy concerns. First names are fine. )

You can read messages as a guest, but you'll need to register for an account before you can post messages. After you register and confirm your account, you can post messages at any time, but since the forum is moderated to weed out spam and pornographic posts, your message may not appear immediately.

Keep in mind that you need to register with a valid email address so you can receive the confirmation email and activate your account. If you don't receive the confirmation email, please check your spam folder or bulk mail folder in case it was routed there. Let me know if if you have trouble registering.

Note to AOL users:: If you have problems posting messages after logging in, log back out and close your AOL browser. Open Internet Explorer or another browser (not AOL) and log in again. You shouldn't have a problem after using a different browser.

Chat Room
Our chat room, Homefront Hall, is available to anyone with a registered discussion forum account. It is moderated to protect the safety of our children and youth. It currently holds ten users at one time. If we (and our children) enjoy the room, I'll upgrade it to hold more users.

To participate in any of our chats, you must first be a registered member of our discussion forums or a friend on Facebook and use the same username in the chat room. If you are a homeschool student, I must know you or your parents before I can let you in the room, or I must have a signed parent permission form.

To attend a scheduled chat, please send me an email at director@carolinahomeschooler.com before the chat begins to let me know you plan to attend. I will respond with a password for you to use to enter the room. If more than ten people plan to attend the chat, each person can enter the room at the designated time on a first-come, first-served basis. If the room is full, try again in a few minutes.

Chat on Thursdays each week
• Youth Chat - 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Under 18 only - moderated by Dianna

• Parent Chat - 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Parents only - hosted by Dianna

See instructions above on how to participate in a chat, then enter Homefront Hall at the designated time.

Facebook
Friend us on Facebook to see what's going on with us and our member families!

Twitter
Follow us on Twitter to receive updates of Carolina Homeschooler events, trips, website updates, and other news of interest to homeschoolers. These "tweets" are read on our page at the Twitter website, not via email, so they won't crowd your email box.