Gwinnett Christian Home Educators
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Gwinnett Christian Home Educators (GCHE) is an Atlanta
-area support group
for homeschooling
families. The purpose of GCHE is to foster mutual support, encouragement, and fellowship for Christian
home educators. GCHE accomplishes this goal through various activities and localized Care Groups, mostly located within Gwinnett county
.
GCHE was founded in 1985 by four families whose desire was to instill Christian values in their children. The organization continues to recognize different purposes for which families choose to educate their children at home. All members of the non-denominational group, however, are required to abide by and uphold the group's Code of Conduct and sign their Statement of Faith (a predominantly Protestant theological affirmation). Since that time, as the group has grown, it was decided to keep the large group, but break into smaller, more localized Care Groups. The Care Groups are divided primarily based on zip codes within the county.
Activities hosted and/or sponsored by GCHE include field trips, craft fairs, used book sales, and talent shows. The primary purpose of these and other similar events is to provide opportunities for homeschooled children that they would normally not have without attending a public or private school.
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
-area support group
Support group
In a support group, members provide each other with various types of help, usually nonprofessional and nonmaterial, for a particular shared, usually burdensome, characteristic...
for homeschooling
Homeschooling
Homeschooling or homeschool is the education of children at home, typically by parents but sometimes by tutors, rather than in other formal settings of public or private school...
families. The purpose of GCHE is to foster mutual support, encouragement, and fellowship for Christian
Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
home educators. GCHE accomplishes this goal through various activities and localized Care Groups, mostly located within Gwinnett county
Gwinnett County, Georgia
, Gwinnett County had a population of 805,321. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 53.3% white , 23.6% black , 2.7% Korean, 2.6% Asian Indian, 2.0% Vietnamese, 3.3% other Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 8.8% some other race and 3.1% from two or more races...
.
GCHE was founded in 1985 by four families whose desire was to instill Christian values in their children. The organization continues to recognize different purposes for which families choose to educate their children at home. All members of the non-denominational group, however, are required to abide by and uphold the group's Code of Conduct and sign their Statement of Faith (a predominantly Protestant theological affirmation). Since that time, as the group has grown, it was decided to keep the large group, but break into smaller, more localized Care Groups. The Care Groups are divided primarily based on zip codes within the county.
Activities hosted and/or sponsored by GCHE include field trips, craft fairs, used book sales, and talent shows. The primary purpose of these and other similar events is to provide opportunities for homeschooled children that they would normally not have without attending a public or private school.