About
Heart of Western Oklahoma Homeschoolers is a Christian group of families from the Elk City area who have joined together in an effort to support one another in our God-given challenge to educate our children. We believe we have been called by God to home educate our children in an effort to reach educational excellence and family wholeness.
Vision Statement:
We are a relaxed, informal group of independent families who gather for the purpose of encouraging and inspiring each other spiritually, physically, and emotionally through the process of educating our children at home. HWOH actively promotes the idea of education being different than the concept of compulsory schooling. HWOH in an assembly whose actions within the group and within the community and honorable.
Educational Philosophy:
HWOH is a community of families who meet to encourage one another in the endeavor of training and educating their children at home. We believe that parents who have chosen this alternative should be accountable to carry out responsibility of the family.
HWOH will not oversee group basic skills testing.
We believe that parents are solely responsible for the education and training of their children.
Note on Virtual Charter Schools:
Oklahoma State law considers virtual charter schools such as EPIC, Oklahoma Connections Academy, One on One Charter and others, as not homeschooling. Homeschooling through charter schools or public independent study programs is a form of state funded, public education, and therefore falls outside of HWOH’s homeschooling support mission.
Statement of Faith
We believe in the inspired, inerrant Word of God as the foundation for faith and practice
(2 Timothy 3:16).
We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19).
We believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God, born of a virgin, crucified, resurrected, and returning again (John 3:16, Isaiah 7:14, John 19:18, Luke 24:6-7, Acts 1:11).
We believe salvation is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone (Ephesians 2:8-9).
We believe in the sanctity of marriage as a union between one man and one woman (Genesis 2:24) and the value of all human life from conception (Psalm 139:13-16).
Testimonials
