Patty Sprenger is a parent living north of Chicago. About 6 years ago she took the plunge to become a Light Way Home Education Designer. She blogged the beginning of the journey and now you can read her latest update.  If you live in the area and would like to connect with Patty, contact us here at Light Way Schools. 

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Beaten Down!

Posted by Patty Kendziora-Sprenger on Friday, August 8, 2014, In : Patty's Blog 

At the end of the school year, obnoxious amount of stuff come home. The lockers are emptied, the desks are cleaned, supplies are collected and schoolwork is shoved into bags to be brought home. The stacks of notebooks, graded worksheet and journals, that come in fill the entire counter space and tabletops. I sift through it all.  Amongst that stuff this year I found two things written by my son. One was a letter in his creative writing journal, the other was his final exit poem from his 5th-6...


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FREEDOM

Posted by Terry Damlos on Sunday, July 27, 2014, In : Education 
Do you remember the first time you you stopped feeling totally free?  I do...I was in kindergarten (mind you, this was a long time ago, but I still remember it vividly!)  We had to to pass all these skills and do them in a certain way, or we would not be allowed to move on to first grade. I was very nervous and stressed...what if I wanted to tie my shoe a different way...nope...had to do it a certain way!  Why was this losing my freedom...because I was being pushed to do something in a certai...
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