Homeschool names

[Quiver0f10]

I know this has been discussed before, but could you please post your school name. Thanks!

[Gailmegan]

Salt and Light School

[g007girl]

Celestial Academy

[Rhonda@LivingWater]

I wanted to choose a name from a poster we have titled "The Many Names of Jesus." We also liked True Vine and Dayspring.

[Monkey Island Academy]

Monkey Island Academy!!!!

[daisychics]

dh and I decided on it.
It's our street name.
:)

[Karen in CO]

For my son's transcript we are myStreetName Classical Academy.
For normal daily functions, we are "The Magic School House."

The classical academy name just seemed more formal for a transcript.

[Dayle in Guatemala]

Four Winds Academy

[MySerenity]

Serenity Academy

[Mama Lynx]

Schola Caerdroia, or Caerdroia Classical Academy.

[Beth in Central TX]

Right now, our name includes our last name, but I'm thinking of using our street name instead.

Currently it's (Last Name) Family Christian Academy. I'm leaning more toward (Street Name) Classical Academy. As Karen pointed out below, I think a more formal name is needed on a transcript.

[Michelle in GA]

named after our street, but now we are part of an accredited program, so we use that name.

[Calming Tea]

Pheidippides Academy

[hsmom]

My boys named ours T & S off road Academy. (Trey & Seven, their names).

[Little Debbie]

Liberty Christian Academy. DH picked it out. We pulled our kids from ps. I guess that had something to do with it.
Deb

[dragons in the flower bed]

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii271/dragonsintheflowerbed/Picture1-1.png

I can't seem to get a high quality graphic in the screenshot so excuse the blurriness. Honest, it does look nice on the letterhead.

BTW, we normally pronounce it like our family name, "Drake," not the right way, which is "Dree-okt." We chose it for what seems like dozens of reasons, but my favorite is that my very first adventure in self-directed learning when I first started down my homeschooling journey, as a teen, was researching my father's claim that our family name was an Americanized version of the word for Druid. It's probably not true, but I love being reminded of my first ever homeschool lesson.

[Jenny in Atl]

Ours is the Ridge School. Be are on a small ridge over looking the Chattahoochee River, so it seemed to fit. Our old name was Scorpion Cove, for all the GA brown scorpions that called our house their home. :willy_nilly:

[Jenny in Atl]

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii271/dragonsintheflowerbed/Picture1-1.png

I can't seem to get a high quality graphic in the screenshot so excuse the blurriness. Honest, it does look nice on the letterhead.

Very cool, a logo and everything. Hummm... maybe we need one?

[dragons in the flower bed]

Schola Caerdroia, or Caerdroia Classical Academy.

Wow, it's Celtic and classical. That's brilliant!

[TolleLegeAcademy]

Ours is
Tolle Lege Christian Academy

:)

[nukeswife]

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r261/nukeswife/voyagerlearningcenterlogo.jpg

We were originally Voyager Academy, but then found out there is an actual school with that name somewhere in NC, so we tweaked it a bit.

We're now Voyager Learning Center. This is our current logo, it's a little small and we'd love to find a good picture of the Star Trek ship our school is named after. For now this one will do.

[Mama Lynx]

Wow, it's Celtic and classical. That's brilliant!

Thanks! I thought it was brilliant ;-)

Caerdroia = a Welsh name that can be translated as the Fortress of Troy. We've adopted the symbol as our family symbol:

http://www.amazing-stuff.com/history1/images_history/sm-lab-basic.gif

It honors both our Celtic heritage, and our classical side.

I love your logo, and your school name! And I pronounce it "dree-ocht." ;-) But I thought "drake" meant dragon?

[JESSICAinMD]

Belle Manor Academy

[WTMindy]

started out as Magnum Opus Classical Academy because I figure that our kids are our "best work" and we want to give our "greatest work" to God, and I like the line in Charlotte's Web where she talks about her eggs being her magnum opus. I also loved the movie Mr Holland's Opus. :-)

But, the kids wanted to change it to Magnum Opus Classical Historical Academy because they love history, but mostly because then the initials spell out MOCHA! How could I complain about that?

[EvergreenEclecticAcademy]

Evergreen Eclectic Academy

Here's how/why I chose our school name:

ev·er·green (ěv'ər-grēn') adj.
(1) Having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year.
(2) Perenially fresh or interesting; enduring. [American Heritage Dictionary]
(3) We live in the Pacific Northwest. :001_smile:

e·clec·tic (ĭ-klěk'tĭk) adj. (1) Selecting or choosing from various sources.
(2) Not following any one system...but selecting and using what are considered the best elements of all systems. [Dictionary.com Unabridged (v1.1)]
(3) We are a very eclectic bunch. :D

[Tina in WA]

Jetihoja Academy

To learn how we came up with our name, click HERE (http://jetihoja.blogspot.com/2007/07/jetihoja-academy.html) . In this post, there is a link to another post with information on how to choose a homeschool name. This information really helped us to finally, after 12 years of homeschooling, to choose a name.

~Tina

[King Alfred Academy]

King Alfred Academy here.

My dh is in the process of coming up with a really cool logo and I am patiently awaiting the big reveal!

[Jenny in Atl]

All these names are so cool, makes me want to change ours!

[Amy from WT]

For NINE years we couldn't come up with a good name! So as a joke among ourselves, we were the "Gabungi Institute of Technology." To outsiders, we were the Olsen Academy. Nice and boring outside, funny and quirky to ourselves! We were still on the hunt for the right name.

Then three years ago, it finally hit me. Now we are named after a musical group that my husband was in as a teenager. It has great spiritual significance as well personal meaning, and is a nice way to draw my husband into things as well.

The name we finally chose? "His Will Academy."

:grouphug:

[Lisawa]

Koinonia Academy...
The essential meaning of the koinonia embraces concepts conveyed in the English terms community, communion, joint participation, sharing and intimacy. Koinonia can therefore refer in some contexts to a jointly contributed gift. The word appears 19 times in most editions of the Greek New Testament. In the NASB, it is translated “fellowship” twelve times, “sharing” three times, and “participation” and “contribution” twice each....

:)

I like what the word represents... and it is what my desire is for my family.... Its an ultimate fellowship..... a contributed gift.... my kids...

[elegantlion]

We are Wakefield Academy. It was the name of a street that was never paved. It was supposed to go through the land where we used to live.

We also have a theme for the year. this year it is The Journey: Building Strength. Next year it will be The Journey: Setting Forth

[Laurel]

Mountain Brook Academy. (Our Street Name. Easy peasy, nothing creative here, but I do like the sounds of it.)

[Narrow Gate Academy]

Narrow Gate Academy

[Free Indeed]

Our church did a musical called Acorns to Oaks and it had a really cool Acorns to Oaks song and my children loved it so much, we named ourselves Acorns to Oaks Academy and we have our own theme song...
"He's changing this acorn into a mighty oak- He's making me holy, He's teaching me to grow. Learning to trust and obey, I'm getting stronger each day..." and of course there is more, but I don't want to type it all out. :tongue_smilie:

[Old Dominion Heather]

St. George's School for Boys.... Home of the Dragons!

[ArwenA]

Morning Glory Academy

[ABQmom]

Deo Gloria

[Paula in PA]

Celestial Grove Academy

[Michelle My Bell]

Didasko Christian - Greek for "To Teach"

Michelle

[Kristen in NC]

Ours is Cornerstone Classical Academy.

[dragons in the flower bed]

Celestial Grove Academy

Very pretty imagery. Is there a story behind the name?

[Quiver0f10]

Thanks everyone for sharing! :D

[Laura in VA]

We like to call our high school Semper Fi High.
Yep, we're Marines! ;)

[Peek a Boo]

Kindled Flame Academy.
"Lighting a Love for Learning"

i like it cuz it reflects Christian themes AND pyro tendencies... :D

i do want a cool logo w/ a turn-of-the-millenium oil lamp and a cool little flame. So if anyone wants to design one we can use free of copyright infringement, send it to me :)

[lighthouseacademy]

Our school is Lighthouse Academy.

A lighthouse is:
Unyielding
Strong
Classical
Modern
Withstands the Storms
Leads and Guides to Safety
Dependable
Independent

Built on a Rock
Inspires
Gives off Light
Warns
Protects

And, dh and I were married in the Oakland Temple which is the Lighthouse Temple (during energy crisis the Oakland Temple turned off its spire lights to conserve energy and they were called by the Coast Guard and told to turn them back on because ships use the spire lights for a lighthouse).

After praying for confirmation of our school name, PS 43:3 Confirmed that this was the name for our school

[allearia]

Classical Explorations Academy

We use the classical method as a base from which to explore the world (at least that is the idea).

[Chris in CA]

Beachside Christian School : )

[Donna T.]

We are Fish Fell Academy.
Long, silly story behind that.
My son named our school when he was six.
He hated doing written work and always drew these little fish all over his work. He always made them look like they were falling out of the sky like raindrops. Raindrop fish.

[mcconnellboys]

Oh, it's so very inventive, I just don't know if you can stand it: The McConnell School.....

Regena

[Surfside Academy]

Well, I had to pick something fairly quickly when I filed my R-4. My husband wanted "Not When the Surfs Up Academy" but I figured that was just asking for the D.O.E. to come investigate us :lol:. We settled for "Surfside Academy."

[susie in tx]

When we lived in Kansas, I had to come up with a name when filling out the paperwork noting that we were homeschooling. Our name hasn't had a reason to change since. I admit it's not terribly inventive.

Last Name School for Girls

[AudreyTN]

Opus Dei Academy... here's a link (http://opusdeiacademy.blogspot.com/2007/10/opus-dei-emitte-lucern-et-veritatem.html) to what it means, in case anyone is interested.

Oh, and by the way... I watched The DaVinci Code for the first time a week or so ago. There is a religious sect called "Opus Dei" in the movie. Thought that was kind of neat! :001_smile:

[AudreyTN]

When we lived in Kansas, I had to come up with a name when filling out the paperwork noting that we were homeschooling. Our name hasn't had a reason to change since. I admit it's not terribly inventive.

Last Name School for Girls

You'll have a reason to change it if the baby is a boy! :D

[Ravin]

Ours is Yggdrasil Academy. We're Heathens, and it suits.

[Ferdie]

We are Trinity Christian Academy - I haven't read the other posts but I am sure we are not the only one.

My dc came up with the following motto: Be kind. Work hard. Have fun.

They also tried to agree on a mascot. My ds wanted a tiger but my dd wanted a puppy so we are currently in a stalemate over our school mascot. LOL!

[Catherine]

I've laughed about it ever since. We don't have a name ourselves though.

[Mary in NJ]

Trinity Lutheran School

[my4boysmom]

I'm just curious about something. We are new to HS, do you really have to have a name? What is the purpose of having one? Sorry if this is a dumb question.

[AudreyTN]

dh and I decided on it.
It's our street name.
:)

That's funny... I live on House Road, so I guess mine would be:

House School :001_smile:

[krazzymommy]

Ours is "Litten Lamm Academy" - Raising Little Lambs to Follow Jesus

It's Swedish for little lambs, since dh is swedish. As the kids get older, we'll probably change, but we've got a few years with this.

[momto7]

I'm just curious about something. We are new to HS, do you really have to have a name? What is the purpose of having one? Sorry if this is a dumb question.

Not in our state (Ohio) you don't. It's just for fun around here.

When we first started 7 years ago, I joked and said I wanted signs for the side of our van with the name "The W**n Reformatory for Wayward Students." I later realized it's a great conversation starter for witnessing and discussing our reasons for homeschooling.

A friend of ours had signs made about a year ago and I love them! Too bad they humiliate the older children, so we've only used them once. You would not believe the looks we got from people. Either they thought we were serious (and therefore mean), or they couldn't take a joke. :)

We've been thinking of changing it, though, to Brick Shoe Academy after my blog. Long story short: I tell people I'm the old woman who lives in a shoe, and our house is brick. Maybe that name won't embarass the kids...

[Nancy in SoCal]

Soli Deo Gloria Academy

[kalanamak]

Owl House School

The house is named Owl House because we have so many!

[JenBlok]

Castellum Academy

definition: the beginnings of a fortress
significance: "A Mighty Fortress is Our God"

byline: 'The Building BLOKS of Learning!"
(Last name - BLOK) :D

[chaik76]

St. Bede Orthodox Grammar School

[moosemomma]

Victory Classical Academy (We live in Victory Gardens, NJ)

Jill

[Mary in NJ]

I'm just curious about something. We are new to HS, do you really have to have a name? What is the purpose of having one? Sorry if this is a dumb question.

In my state (NC) we have to name our school when we give our letter of intent to the state. We also need to BE VERY SURE that the school name we selected is our forever school name. Once we choose "Bumble Bee Treehouse" for our school name, that is the school name that will be on our child's high school diploma.

That's the reason we have a school name.

[Mosaicmind]

MorningStarr Academy is ours.

[Bambam]

Franklin after Ben Franklin
Academy since this school name covers all grades

[lauranav]

NC lists suggestions for naming your school and suggest you not use your last name so it looks more professional. They also include a list of schools in your county so you can make sure you pick an original one. Then when you go to all that effort, they take your original school name and tack your last name on the end :confused:

I wanted to use Academy. Of course the first thing the nephew and I came up with was Star Trek Academy. I explained we could use that for the private name but I needed something else for the official letter of intent with the state. His father wasn't a lot of help :001_smile:

Then I saw the blog for Fawkes Academy and thought of Phoenix (so many others use it) so I proposed Firebird Academy. Way too intellectual for this group, but I was forcing their hand. They found a poster with a cool phoenix on it and decided Phoenix Academy was good for them. The poster they found is on his door now, see my Wordless Wednesday post today.

The logo that his dad came up with is really cool. It's here (http://imperfectblog.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/the-phoenix-academy/) in the blog
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[my4boysmom]

Not in our state (Ohio) you don't. It's just for fun around here.

We've been thinking of changing it, though, to Brick Shoe Academy after my blog. Long story short: I tell people I'm the old woman who lives in a shoe, and our house is brick. Maybe that name won't embarass the kids...

We don't have to in Arizona either. I just have to file with the county and that is it.

Pamela

[Wendi]

Can you tell we like LOTR? :001_smile:

Wendi

[Beth in SW WA]

Dei Gratia Classical Academy

[AliciainNC]

Paige Academy
Named after my daughter who is with God now.:Angel_anim:

[Melissa B]

Ours is Cypress Cove Academy. We live in a cypress cove and have always loved cypress trees and water. Nothing too creative. :)



Ours is Yggdrasil Academy.

We are studying Norse mythology this year and I really love this name. It seems to encompass everything I would want in a school name: it brings up images of beauty and nature and growth. It has a feeling of strength and uprightness and represents all areas of life - a sense of life-long learning and gaining of wisdom and wholeness of life. And to top it all off - it is just a cool name to say. :)

[Mommy22alyns]

Ours is just for fun. I've done (Lastname) Academy and Alyn Academy. :D

[RhondaM.]

Freedom Rings Academy

[Saille]

Koinonia Academy...
The essential meaning of the koinonia embraces concepts conveyed in the English terms community, communion, joint participation, sharing and intimacy. Koinonia can therefore refer in some contexts to a jointly contributed gift. The word appears 19 times in most editions of the Greek New Testament. In the NASB, it is translated “fellowship” twelve times, “sharing” three times, and “participation” and “contribution” twice each....

:)

I like what the word represents... and it is what my desire is for my family.... Its an ultimate fellowship..... a contributed gift.... my kids...

Wow, I love that.

dragons in the flower bed, I've never seen your "incurably curious" motto. Why can't I be that clever?

[Jennefer@SSA]

Smooth Stones Academy

[Saille]

Well, I had to pick something fairly quickly when I filed my R-4. My husband wanted "Not When the Surfs Up Academy" but I figured that was just asking for the D.O.E. to come investigate us :lol:. We settled for "Surfside Academy."

heh. Sort of like, "Hooky Homeschool". I like his concept, though.

[Melinda]

We are Hillside Academy. We live on a hill...haha

[JenParrish]

We are registered as Legend Academy. I like it because you to go the legend of a map to find out important information on a map and my son likes it because of the Legend of Zelda video game. He named us. His sister voted for Twilight Princess Academy but that did not fly. Before we registered we were calling ourselves Plantation Academy after our neighborhood name but we did not keep it.

[sagira]

Keys Atheneum

We live in the Florida Keys, we hope to provide the keys to unlock his imagination and provide him with a good education.

American Heritage Dictionary

ath·e·nae·um also ath·e·ne·um
1. n. An institution, such as a literary club or scientific academy, for the promotion of learning.

We wanted to stress both the literary and scientific parts. I've always liked the name Atheneum. In the Netherlands, the Atheneum is a rigorous institution where Greek and Latin are also taught. We're just doing Latin, though :)

[swellmomma]

I had named mine Little Wonders Academy "Where fun and learning go hand in hand", actually I named it that when it was my dayhome before I was homeschooling, but now that the older kids are getting bigger I am trying to think of a better name. I may still call my pre-k-grade 3 Little Wonders, but change it for the olders where it is less learn thruogh play and more formal learning.

[Cornerstone Classical]

Cornerstone Classical Academy :)

[CMama]

Homeschool Name: Hunt Classical Academy

Homeschool Motto: Seeking knowledge, understanding and wisdom in God's light.

However, my FIL wanted our homeschool name to be... Git-R-Done School! I think this is what we'll put on our classroom door. :lol:

Melissa

[Bright_Future]

Ours is Bright Future of Tomorrow - (at least that is what I am hoping for my children by taking them on this journey).

[Zelda]

The Aquitaine Academy

[dragons in the flower bed]

Wow, I love that.

dragons in the flower bed, I've never seen your "incurably curious" motto. Why can't I be that clever?

It's because you get things done, whereas I just daydream.

[Elm in NJ]

Salone Mama Homeschool for everyday use.
Roosevelt Academy officially

Elmeryl

[Parrothead]

Avalon Academy. I was on a bit of an Arthurian legends kick when I named the school.

Avalon is the place where Excalibur was forged, and the place where Arthur was taken after fighting Mordred at the Battle of Camlann, and waits to lead his people against their enemies.


I'm just curious about something. We are new to HS, do you really have to have a name? What is the purpose of having one? Sorry if this is a dumb question.
I've not yet lived any where that we have to have a name, but I've gotten some free stuff form various companies because I used a letterhead.

[KerriF]

nt:D

[Meljoy]

Twin Oaks Academy

There is a pair of twin oaks in the front yard....:tongue_smilie:

[Saille]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3hXc9tgSAU/SLaflbtK95I/AAAAAAAAAX8/hnr0DRrno7U/s320/GHSInmedia.jpg

Sorry it's so small. I printed out the article that was posted upthread, and this is what I came up with.

[Pylegang]

Ours is Standing Stones Academy

[Book Crazy]

Academy of Bards

Through Tales of Old, New Things Shall We Learn

We also have a mascot. Two Ravens, called Huginn and Muninn.

In Norse mythology, Huginn and Muninn travel the world bearing news and information they have collected to Odin. Huginn is "thought" and Muninn is "memory". They are sent out at dawn to gather information and return in the evening. They perch on the god's shoulders and whisper the news into his ears. It is from these ravens that the kenning 'raven-god' for Odin is derived.

[katalaska]

It sort of came from the idea of a "fireside," which, in my experience, has been an evening meeting of religious instruction.

Since we rarely have a fire in our fireplace and don't school in the evenings, but we do have a heart in the family room (and it is where we spent a lot of time "doing school" when the kids were younger), we came up with "hearthside."

It seemed appropriate since we try to weave religious instruction in with our academic subjects. :001_smile:

[lvbeingmom]

St. Hawthorn

[dragons in the flower bed]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3hXc9tgSAU/SLaflbtK95I/AAAAAAAAAX8/hnr0DRrno7U/s320/GHSInmedia.jpg

Sorry it's so small. I printed out the article that was posted upthread, and this is what I came up with.

I like it.

[jonesloonybin]

We had to name our school (NC) and did not have alot of time to come up with something.

We chose Logan Lee Academy. Logan and Lee are the girls middle names..so it made it feel like they were really a part of the school but still sounds pretty professional.

Everyone has such great names!

[Kathleen in VA]

These are all great - it's fun reading them.

We are Woodpecker Woods Home School.

We moved here from the city 18 years ago and saw a pileated woodpecker the first week. It was the first time I had ever seen such an impressive bird. I was inspired to find the names of all the other birds around and found that we mostly get all kinds of woodpeckers since we live in a forest on the edge of a wildlife preserve.

[kzdaisy]

Meadowalk Acadamy

[cowgirl]

Oh, it's so very inventive, I just don't know if you can stand it: The McConnell School.....

Regena

:lol::lol: Funny! That's about how inventive I am. We aren't required to have a name here in AZ, but after reading all of these great titles I am inspired to get creative!

[kristavws]

We finally settled on a name - Forest Brook Christian Academy.

Krista

[PollyOR]

We don't need one but when I have to fill out a form I give "Last Name" Homeschool.

This past year my 10yodd jokingly came up with "Polly ____ Builds Better Minds" She was being sarcastic. :glare: I kind of like it though I wouldn't put it on a diploma.

[Mad Jenny Flint]

Asgard Academy. It's from Norse Mythology, and my son chose it.

[kewb]

Our school is named after my father. Howard Academy. The kids chose it.

[Quiver0f10]

Thank you everyone for replying! :grouphug:

[EvergreenEclecticAcademy]

Evergreen Eclectic Academy