Kimberly Millhouse To All Instructors

Homeschooling my children continues to be the best part of my life! My story is one that proves God can empower us to do what He calls us to do if we just trust Him. I started homeschooling reluctantly in 1999, and back then people would ask, "Can you really do that??"  I look back now and can't belive it has been 25 years. I'm so thankful that my husband was obedient to the Lord when no one else around us even knew what homeschooling was. 

After graduating from Auburn University with a BA in Public Relations/Journalism/Marketing, I married my college sweetheart, Paul. We have been married for 32 years, we have 5 children which we all homeschooled from the beginning, ranging in ages from 29 to 12, and I now have the amazing joy of being "Gigi" to 4 grandbabies (plus 1 more on the way this summer). Besides homeschooling and managing my home, I love to knit, sew, paint (although I don't consider myself very creative!), snow ski, hike/backpack/camp, and travel the world to wonderful places to see where history actually happened.

I have been active in the Loudoun County homeschooling community since 1999, so I feel really old!  In additon to teaching high school writing classes, I directed the Vector Speech & Debate club for 10 years, coaching students in public speaking to win national top awards. I'm currently working on certification for dyslexia training, as we have worked with our own children through the challenges of dyslexia. It's my heart to support homeschool families by sharing my experience and connecting them to homeschool resources of all kinds.

In my homeschool I have taught all my children to write using a time-tested classical method called the Progymnasmata. I use the same techniques for my high school writing classes and have enjoyed watching so many of my students learn to actually enjoy the writing process. It's my goal to help my students learn that writing isn't the daunting process they may think it is! 

Current Classes
Introductory Logic (8th-12th Grades) – (open)
Writing & Rhetoric II (11th - 12th Grade, *10th Grade) – (open)