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The SVPA Satellite Campus Program is for students who will be educated at home by a parent.  You, the parent become the parent-teacher and a volunteer staff member of our school.  Your home becomes an extension campus of our Main Campus, thus the term Satellite Campus Program.

Satellite Campus Students are able to participate in all special school functions with the Main Campus, Boarding School and other Satellite School Students for all school activities, but their daily classroom and daily work is done at home with their parent/teacher. SVPA staff assists parent-teachers with curriculum needs, report cards, and other important educational needs.

The Satellite Program is our most popular program at SVPA.  Tuition is only $67.95 per year for the first student per family and $27.95 per year for each additional child per family. 

For additional information about educating your child at home or for a registration packet please contact the school office at 423-554-4677.


Please look below for important information!! 

Attention SVPA Satellite Teachers:

Annual Events That You Don’t Want To Miss!

Dates for the 2008/2009 School Year

July 18 & 19, 2008 – Annual Home Education Expo & Curriculum Fair

Camp Jordan Arena, East Ridge, Tennessee (Chattanooga Area)

For detail information read the information below then go to http://www.csthea.org   

March 24, 2009 – Home Education Rally Day at Capitol Hill

Tennessee State Capitol (Nashville, TN)

For detail information read the information below and then go to http://www.tnhea.org

The Home Education Expo & Curriculum Fair in Chattanooga, TN is an annual event packed full of all of your home education needs.  There are two major aspects of the event.  One aspect is the continuous mini seminars (called workshops) about home educating your child.  These ‘workshops’ usually cover everything from how to get started with your Pre-K and elementary children, all the way up to educating your high schooler & preparing for college entrance exams, choosing the right college and even college scholarship information. 

The second key aspect of the event is the huge number of vendor booths with hundreds of different curriculum companies represented.  Get hands on with the curriculum and talk directly with representatives from each company.  Choose the curriculum that fits your teaching style and your child’s learning style.  You will also find all the hands on supplies you could ever need to home educate your child including microscopes, science experiment kits, math tools and so much more!

The event is sponsored by CSTHEA (Chattanooga Southeast Tennessee Home education Association) and takes place in July each year!  Whether you are new to home education or a veteran home schooler, you don’t want to miss this event!   Although all ages of children are welcome, we suggest leaving very young children at home because you will want to be focused on the seminars and vendors during the event.  We do however highly recommend taking older children (4th grade or so on up through high school) for the excitement and energy the event provides about home education.  One other idea is that you may want to go as a family for a couple of hours and then send dad and the kids home while you stay & enjoy two days full of educational information, browsing through curriculum and making the purchases that are right for your children and family style of home education. 

If it is your first time attending, the best way is to spend your first day browsing and learning with the workshops.  Then go home and make your lists of what you want to purchase and go back the second day to make your purchases after you have had time to think about it and review all of the information you will have collected.  All of the curriculum you will find at the curriculum fair is on our approved Satellite School list for curriculum.  Just be sure that you have all of your basic subjects covered.  Have a great time and let us know how you like it!  You will be so inspired for the school year!   

Home Education Rally Day at Capitol Hill is a great event for the whole family!  This wonderful event is sponsored by THEA (Tennessee Home Education Association). The whole day takes place at the Capitol in Nashville on a Tuesday each year in March or April.  The event starts early in the morning and has several aspects to it. 

The first part, the actual ‘Rally’, takes place in the War Memorial Building.  The event is packed full of talented home educated students from around the state.  Plan to be impressed and inspired as you see the best of the best in music, public speaking, and other life long talents that these home educated students have achieved.  Along with the student presentations their will be great information on current political and government issues that can effect ‘your right to educate your child at home’. 

After the rally, which usually ends around lunch time, it’s time to head to the legislative offices and meet your senators & representatives.  Be sure to take part in the ‘cookie’ delivery and have your children shake hands and meet their Senators and Representatives in their offices!  Don’t forget to bring the camera!  The Senators & Representatives look forward to receiving their cookie delivery (provided by THEA) each year, or you can even fix up your own basket of baked goods and have your child write a special note thanking their legislator for their service to our state!  Get the whole family involved and be sure to have dad schedule a day off of work so he can attend this annual event too!  

If you have never taken a tour of the capitol you can schedule a tour or take the self guided tour.  Be sure to take your child to view the Chambers of the Senate and the House.  There are viewing areas above both Chambers.  Remember, since we are a government by the people and for the people, the chamber viewing areas are open even when the Senate and House are in session!  Hands on learning doesn’t get any better than this!  

Each year there are usually other unique events scheduled in conjunction with Rally Day since students from all over the state are there.  One of these events usually includes the final rounds of Student Congress which actually takes place in the Senate Chambers.  If the event is schedule for this time it is usually the day before or the evening of Rally Day.  We highly recommend watching this event to inspire your children for future involvement, especially if your are new to our Satellite School program.

The web site for THEA (the group that runs the event) is usually not updated until closer to the event each year.  So in the meantime, mark your calendar for the posted date that we have on our school web site, which has already been announced to us even though it may not be posted on the THEA web site.  Continue to check back on their web site a couple of months before the event for all the details or check with SVPA for more information.

See you there! 

God Bless! 

Chris & Tammy Young