Parents and students talk with exhibitors at the 2015 Homeschool Fair.
Photo courtesy of Kristy Trent.
The 2016 Birmingham Homeschool Fair will be held Saturday, April 2, from 12 p.m.-5 p.m. at the Cahaba Grand Conference Center. Sponsored by Master Scarsella’s World Class Tae Kwon Do and Alabama Family Connections Magazine, this is the second year for the event, which received a large response last year.
Current home school families, and those interested in the possibility of home schooling, can find about different ways they can home-school in state of Alabama and get all their options. There will also be six or seven church schools available with information.
Kristy Trent, coordinator for the Birmingham Homeschoolers Community, said there are many people more open to home schooling now than in the past, and this event is a great way to gather information.
“It’s been a great thing to draw the homeschool community and general community together,” Trent said. “We are all wanting to see our children succeed in their futures. This is a way of seeing all the different aspects of the community and how we can make it happen.”
The University of Alabama will have representatives there explaining how high school students can complete college credit before they graduate. There will also be groups that offer classes to all grade levels, so as students move into high school, the groups can assist parents with different subjects.
Trent said there will be 50-75 exhibitors with information on camps, financial planning, music lessons and more. Used curriculum will also be for sale.
“It’s not just to be educationally driven, but also feature other things that benefit families in general,” Trent said.
Every visitor will receive a bag of goodies and information. Admission is free, but online registration is at birminghamhomeschoolfair2016.sched.org.
