4 out of top 10 are HSers.
Michigan homeschooler, Calvin McCarter, who is just 10, won the Bee. Here's the Washington Post article. Here's the Bee website.

HSer's Win National Mock Trial

The Tennessee State High School Mock Trial championship team won the National High School Mock Trial Championship in St. Paul, Minnesota on Saturday, May 11, 2002.  The Chattanooga Family Christian Academy team is the first team of homeschoolers in the 19-year history of the competition to qualify for the National High School Mock Trial Championships, which are sponsored by bar associations across the nation.

The team members are: Beth Coleman, Anna, Joshua, and Matthew Downer, Amber Gruber, Harvey Jones, John Poston, and Daniel Wilkinson. Teacher Coach is Susy Downer. Attorney Coach is Jeff Atherton. State Coordinator is Matthew J. Hargraves.

The shipwreck of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald on Nov. 10, 1975 provided the basis for the hypothetical case argued.

Forty-two states, Guam, and the Mariana Islands participated this year.

As of Sunday evening the team's website hadn't been updated to include this good news. You may want to check it in the coming week for additional information and photos.

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HSLDA is reporting that the Memphis City School District is asking families to provide phone numbers. They have written the district “informing them that current laws does not require home school families to provide their phone number.” The “Intent to Home School” form (ED 2541) doesn't ask for a phone number. TCA 49-6-3050 does ask for “name, number, age, and grade level of the children involved”.

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Charity Calvin placed 5th in the Tennessean Regional Spelling Bee on Tuesday, 3/26/02. Excellent showing! Charity missed the word "sarsaparilla", which sparked discussion on our e-list of the regional pronunciations of words, starting with the "r" in sarsaparilla.

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4 out of top 10 are HSers.
Michigan homeschooler, Calvin McCarter, who is just 10, won the Bee. Here's the Washington Post article. Here's the Bee website.

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HSer's Win National Mock Trial

The Tennessee State High School Mock Trial championship team won the National High School Mock Trial Championship in St. Paul, Minnesota on Saturday, May 11, 2002.  The Chattanooga Family Christian Academy team is the first team of homeschoolers in the 19-year history of the competition to qualify for the National High School Mock Trial Championships, which are sponsored by bar associations across the nation.

The team members are: Beth Coleman, Anna, Joshua, and Matthew Downer, Amber Gruber, Harvey Jones, John Poston, and Daniel Wilkinson. Teacher Coach is Susy Downer. Attorney Coach is Jeff Atherton. State Coordinator is Matthew J. Hargraves.

The shipwreck of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald on Nov. 10, 1975 provided the basis for the hypothetical case argued.

Forty-two states, Guam, and the Mariana Islands participated this year.

As of Sunday evening the team's website hadn't been updated to include this good news. You may want to check it in the coming week for additional information and photos.

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HSLDA is reporting that the Memphis City School District is asking families to provide phone numbers. They have written the district “informing them that current laws does not require home school families to provide their phone number.” The “Intent to Home School” form (ED 2541) doesn't ask for a phone number. TCA 49-6-3050 does ask for “name, number, age, and grade level of the children involved”.

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Charity Calvin placed 5th in the Tennessean Regional Spelling Bee on Tuesday, 3/26/02. Excellent showing! Charity missed the word "sarsaparilla", which sparked discussion on our e-list of the regional pronunciations of words, starting with the "r" in sarsaparilla.

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RTA Jr. Hi team ties for 2nd place in State Finals!

From L to R: Bryan Cheney, Craig Bullington, Zachary Moore, Christopher Cheney

From Freida Moore: "There were 4 other teams that won 3 out 4 matches as well [as RTA] and 'tied for 2nd' and after all the tiebreaks, RTA won the 5th place trophy. "

Well done, gentlemen! For more pictures and details check the Tennessee Chess Association website.

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HSers win 1st and 2nd in state Mock Trial competition. "Every year the homeschool teams come in first or right at it -- this is their varisity sport," Justice William "Mickey" Barker of the Tennessee Supreme Court who presided over the district championship trial.

The first place FCA Red team out of Chattanooga will now go on to compete in the National Competition in St. Paul, MN May 9-11. Here is the Tennessee Bar Association page with photos and the Times-Free Press article (you may need to register to view.)

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