WHO WE ARE
We are thrilled you have decided to check out our site today! We are an organization who's primary goal is to foster well rounded students through leadership, volunteerism, and academics. We are a chapter of Eta Sigma Alpha, the national homeschool honor society.
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We are the official open Homeschool Honor Society of the Hampton Roads area. If you are interested in applying, we would love to welcome in more passionate students!
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OUR GOALS
The goal of Xi Pi is to form integrity in Christian homeschool students through four key areas:
Leadership
Community Service
Networking
Scholarship
The Big Picture
ABOUT ETA SIGMA ALPHA
Eta Sigma Alpha is the first honor society established exclusively for homeschooled students. Founded in 1999 by Joanne E. Juren, M.Ed., Executive Director of the Home Education Partnership of Texas, 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. Barbara Gorman served as the first lead sponsor along with Joanne Juren and Terry Arnold as co-sponsors.
WHO WE ARE AS A CLUB
Founded in March of 2016, Xi Pi Chapter of the Eta Sigma Alpha National Homeschool Society is a Christian organization created to encourage and celebrate the achievement of local college bound homeschool middle and high school students. Xi Pi participates in the Presidential Service Awards Program. Membership in this society requires a commitment of time for meetings, academic and volunteer programs.
AFTER GRADUATION
Since the two years of our inception, we as a club have produced many fantastic college candidates. Here are just some of the schools our students have been accepted to.
​Texas A&M University - College Station, Texas
Auburn University - Auburn, Alabama
University Of Oklahoma - Norman, Oklahoma
Pensacola Christian College - Pensacola, Florida
George Mason University - Fairfax, Virginia
Christopher Newport University - Newport News, Virginia
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - Blacksburg, Virginia
Old Dominion University - Hampton, Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth University - Richmond, Virginia
Liberty University - Lynchburg, Virginia
University of Virginia - Charlottesville, Virginia
William & Mary - Williamsburg, Virginia
CLUB UPDATES
April 12, 2019
NEXT SERVICE PROJECT
Our last meeting was a great success. We achieved all our goals and have planned our next service project. We will be meeting up for Meals on Wheels on April 12, 2019. We will meet at the same location that we did last time and afterward, we will have a meeting.