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Welcome to SMHEA!
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Registration has begun for the May 29, 2010 SMHEA graduation ceremony. SMHEA graduates can notify us of your intent to participate by clicking here. We will have planning meetings for parents and graduates in early February.
Calling All Graduates 
All Homeschooling Advice is Not Equal 
We live in a world of information overload. If you want homeschool information and advice, the Web is flooded with it. Homeschoolers represent the largest growing market for educational products and services. Everybody is trying to get into the act offering slick looking advertisements for a multitude of products. The options are exhausting to sort out. How do we know if advice, a product, or service is good? ....more
Member Page Hosts Workshop Recordings
Seminar Recordings from the June 26 -27 Family Resource Fair are now available 24/7 on our new SMHEA Member page. All members have been sent the password in an email announcement. If you are a current member and did not receive an email announcement contact smheapres@gmail.com and we will send the password to you. If you are not a current member you can join on-line and we will get your membership card in the mail right away. The value of your membership continues to increase as we add more discounts to our Member Discounts page and other features that make your home education experience easier, more fun, and more affordable.

The members page also contains organizational documents, a blog geared to homeschool news, updates to this site and other musings from SMHEA president, Cory Bennett.
SMHEA
925 View Harbour Road
Knoxville, TN 37934
(865) 671-3059 
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               Thinking About Science Fair? 

Home educators often struggle with motivating our students to love science and math. One way to get the kids fired up is to introduce them to the SMHEA Science fair. Our fair is a friendly, safe environment for students to learn about science, show others what they know, and compete for prizes. There is a lot of helpful information on the Internet to get you and your kids off to a great start. Check it out here.
Smoky Mountain Home Education Association membership is a dual membership with The Tennessee Home Education Association.
 It provides vital support at the state, regional, and local support group levels. Click here to see how the three levels work. Join SMHEA
Three Level Support
The Smoky Mountain Home Education Association (SMHEA) is a Christian led organization serving homeschooling families in eighteen counties  including and surrounding Knox County. Affiliated with the Tennessee Home Education Association (THEA), membership in SMHEA includes THEA membership and access to state, regional, and local homeschooling resources. East Tennessee is a great place to homeschool. Endowed with natural wonders that include the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, and rich with historical sites, this area provides homeschoolers with plenty of opportunities for enriched education. Our growing home education community provides ample support including many support groups and cooperatives, sports teams, an annual curriculum fair, used curriculum sale, science fair, and many other activities. As you explore this site, you'll find vital information and resources you need to begin or sustain your homeschool adventure.
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How many full-time administrators does it take to run a school system?

Answer

Too many to count. SMHEA serves your family and hundreds of other families with thousands of students with one full-time director funded by Foundation for Educational Leadership!!

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SCORE Report Raises Questions
This article is a response to the recent release of the State Collaboration on Reforming Education (SCORE) final report (www.tennesseescore.org). SCORE is headed by former U.S. Senator Bill Frist and other state education leaders. The stated goal is to make Tennessee's education system the best in the Southeast within five years.

It is generally recognized that home educated students compare favorably to both public and privately schooled stdents when evaluated on the basis of academic achievement...more