HOMELIFE ACADEMY, INC.
JACKSON, TN

HomeLife Academy is a non-traditional K-12 private school and ministry serving thousands of homeschool families for nearly 15 years. Our homeschool diplomas have been accepted by colleges and universities all over the nation, from the University of Central Florida to Ivy League colleges to the Air Force Academy. Also known as an umbrella or cover school, HomeLife Academy’s goal is to help give homeschooling families the freedom and flexibility to choose the best educational options for their child while benefiting from the many services that come from enrolling in a school like HLA. Our goal is simple: provide support, record-keeping, and counseling services, to help “Light the Fires” of education in your children and encourage you – the parent – to keep steady on the journey. As a ministry first and a school second, consider the value of registering with HomeLife Academy: Ever-growing website, full of searchable content and helpful FAQs God has blessed us with this ministry, and so we desire to bless you and help you in every aspect of your homeschooling. It’s easy to get started, easy to get help, and easy to succeed ~ David Parkerson, Founder of HomeLife Academy , and I began our homeschooling adventure in 1988 as a crisis-management move to salvage our youngest son, then 13 years old. We had left the public schools several years earlier and gone to private Christian schools because of our son’s learning disability. However, after a considerable amount of money and almost no progress, we were discouraged, in debt and our son was emotionally defeated. We began to hear talk about ‘strange’ people who homeschooled their children. Since we felt like we had always ‘homeschooled’ from kindergarten on… after regular school hours, weekends… seemingly, every waking moment, surely we could do this for a short time, just to finish out the 7th grade! After all…we reasoned…we would be doing it in the daytime when we were fresh and he could once again go be a boy after school. We are so excited about so many young families choosing to home educate their children. We want to encourage you and will attempt to answer your questions as best we can and direct you toward those who can offer you assistance. The most important thing we can say is… After receiving my masters, I returned to Memphis and the Lord led me to work with home educating families as well. It felt so good following in my mother’s footsteps. Thanks to many friends and wise advisors, whom I worked under for several years, I learned the ropes of office administration, computer programming, solid home education philosophy, legal matters, customer relations, and a wide variety of other things. Mainly, they helped me to really regain a strong appetite for learning. I am forever grateful for the way God used them to shape my life. After weeks of prayer and months of work, we were so delighted to begin serving families through HomeLife Academy. I knew the Lord had obviously opened doors for my wife and me to begin HomeLife Academy when I met Dan Johnson, a home school father. Thank you, Dan, for building our first website. . You have inspired and encouraged me more than you could ever imagine. Your confidence has made me dream. You are a wonderful mother and my very best friend. You told me when we were courting, “Making you happy is my hobby.” Well, you’ve certainly mastered that hobby. My father-in-law often says, “The best gift a man can give his kids is to love his wife.” So, April, “I love you, sweetheart.” (FHSSA) member schools. Students may compete in their sport and maintain their umbrella coverage, so they can continue to receive benefits and services from HLA. Administrator Karen Johnson Bateman shares how many parents are thrilled that their students can retain the advantages of a private school, like counseling, transcripts and NCAA help, and still meet requirements to participate in competitive high school sports. “We have received multiple calls and e-mails thanking us for this opportunity, and that’s the kind of service we want to provide to homeschool families,” said Karen Johnson Bateman, HLA Senior High Counselor & Florida Support. Subscribe to the HomeLife Academy blog HomeLife Academy is a non-traditional K-12 private school and ministry that was founded to give homeschoolers and their parents educational access and support from anywhere in the world. We allow parents to teach what they want, on their own schedule and in a style appropriate for their child. Our services include... Online account access for reporting grades, requesting documents, making payments and updating account information saving you valuable time in your day. Please let us know what we can do to help you! Please be sure to include the grade level(s) for the student(s) you are asking about.