Georgia-Prayer Request

I lived in Lawrenceville for many years. We had many wonderful years there. The county itself offers lots of educational opportunities in the form of field trips, etc, as well as being very close to Atlanta with many other opportunities. It is located in Gwinnett County which at one time was one of the fastest growing counties in the country. Yes you can garden probably from April – September depending on what you wish to grow. There are many homeschoolers in Gwinnett County and I am sure they have good support groups. My family moved out of Lawrenceville six years ago up to North Georgia to get away from the crowds and get to a more simple way of life. I would recommend going to http://www.ghea.org for information about the homeschooling laws for Georgia. Mostly you are talking about sending in attendance forms monthly, a letter of intent once a year, testing every 3 years starting in 3rd grade, and writing a yearly assessment on each child. Please check the above website for anything I missed. If you have any other questions, please let me know and you can send a personal email if needed. I only live 1 hour and 15 minutes away from Lawrenceville.

HI Heather,

I live in Ga., too.! 😀 I live north of L’ville, about 1 1/2 hours. The requirements are easy. Just print out the attendance forms and mail them once a month. They don’t ask or require any particular curriculum or lack of one. YOu don’t have to provide a schedule, just marked off days of 4/1/2 hours a day for a minumum of 180 days. And as you know, it’s so easy to have “school”, that tose days alm ost fill themselves up!

There are some new parent directed tests now that you can give. I’ll have to find them. If you use Sonya’s Organizer and method of scheduling, everything is much easier, too! I have one more year before I have to do the 3rd and up requirements.

Yes, you can garden year-round but the soil needs much amending, first. It’s on the alkeline side, too. It’s actually easier to do a raised bed, here due to the compacted clay, unless you want to a lot of tilling! Spring planting begins in Mid-March and April; the last ave. frost date is the beginning of MAy. YOu can start a fall garden in late July and you can grow over winter several things like garlic, potatoes (sweet pot. grow well here), lettuce,greens, and carrots. All you need is a cold cover for some things and you got it made! I haven’t been in that area for a while, but it is all grown up and busy. There may be a few older homes or pockets of coun tryside left to look at. I don’t know what you’d like. Personally, I don’t care for neighbors next to me! I like them to be about 2-3 acres away!

Please contact me personally if you like. I’m a Ga. Peach and my family has been here since the late 1700’s on one side and 1832 on the other (came from Ireland as an indentured servant), so you could say I’m partial. Plus, we’re a MUCH more conservative state than Michigan, too and L’ville being a conservative area of the state.

I’ll pray for G-d’s will to be made clear to your husband and yourself, but He has not given you a spirit of fear!

Shalom,

Rachel

Well aren’t you blessed to have the opportunity to live in the same town as Sonya. WOW!! I’m in KY so not to far away from GA. I will be praying for your family and the possible move. May God bless you and may your DH hear God loud and clear. 😀