About the Honor Society
Welcome to the information site for the Roanoke Valley (Omicron Zeta) chapter of the Eta Sigma Alpha National Home School Honor Society. We are a club that is focused on developing leadership and service in homeschool students. We meet at Calvary Memorial Church from 2:00-3:15pm on the second Friday of the month except for the first meeting, which is September 16th, 2022. Additionally, we participate in several service projects outside of our meetings each year. Every member is asked to contribute in some way by planning for a speaker and/or a community service project.
Mission Statement
"The purpose of Eta Sigma Alpha National Home School Honor Society shall be to recognize and encourage scholarship among homeschool students. To achieve this purpose, Eta Sigma Alpha National Home School Honor Society shall provide opportunities for the development of leadership and service. Eta Sigma Alpha shall encourage the development of an intellectual climate that will stimulate the exchange of ideas and ideals, foster scholarship, and promote academic excellence. Eta Sigma Alpha shall also advocate homeschooling as a viable and successful educational methodology and act as a liaison for homeschooling to the general public, colleges/universities, and the media."
History of Eta Sigma Alpha
Eta Sigma Alpha is the first honor society established exclusively for homeschool students. Founded in 1999 by Joanne E. Juren, M.Ed., Executive Director of the Home Education Partnership of Texas Inc., it has grown into a national organization. As a former public school administrator, Juren contacted the National Honor Society with the intent of forming a homeschool chapter for her sons and others in a local support group in 1997. When told that NHS did not accept homeschool students, Juren decided to start a new honor society for homeschoolers. Over the next two years, the idea for Eta Sigma Alpha was refined, and the “Alpha” chapter was started in 1999 through the Home Education Partnership of Texas Inc. Barbara Gorman served as the first lead sponsor along with Joanne Juren and Terry Arnold as co-sponsors.
To learn more about Eta Sigma Alpha, please click here
Contact
To learn more about the Omicron Zeta chapter, please contact '24-'25 chapter sponsors Heather Ronk at heather.ronk@gmail.com or Ashley Townsend at amgardner@liberty.edu.
Mission Statement
"The purpose of Eta Sigma Alpha National Home School Honor Society shall be to recognize and encourage scholarship among homeschool students. To achieve this purpose, Eta Sigma Alpha National Home School Honor Society shall provide opportunities for the development of leadership and service. Eta Sigma Alpha shall encourage the development of an intellectual climate that will stimulate the exchange of ideas and ideals, foster scholarship, and promote academic excellence. Eta Sigma Alpha shall also advocate homeschooling as a viable and successful educational methodology and act as a liaison for homeschooling to the general public, colleges/universities, and the media."
History of Eta Sigma Alpha
Eta Sigma Alpha is the first honor society established exclusively for homeschool students. Founded in 1999 by Joanne E. Juren, M.Ed., Executive Director of the Home Education Partnership of Texas Inc., it has grown into a national organization. As a former public school administrator, Juren contacted the National Honor Society with the intent of forming a homeschool chapter for her sons and others in a local support group in 1997. When told that NHS did not accept homeschool students, Juren decided to start a new honor society for homeschoolers. Over the next two years, the idea for Eta Sigma Alpha was refined, and the “Alpha” chapter was started in 1999 through the Home Education Partnership of Texas Inc. Barbara Gorman served as the first lead sponsor along with Joanne Juren and Terry Arnold as co-sponsors.
To learn more about Eta Sigma Alpha, please click here
Contact
To learn more about the Omicron Zeta chapter, please contact '24-'25 chapter sponsors Heather Ronk at heather.ronk@gmail.com or Ashley Townsend at amgardner@liberty.edu.
