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Achievements of home-schoolers.(EDUCATION REPORT)(Brief article)

The New American

| May 15, 2006 | Gilmore, Jodie | COPYRIGHT 2006 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Home-schooled students continue to excel academically across the nation.

* Samir Patel, a home-schooled seventh grader from Texas, will compete this May in his fourth Scripps National Spelling Bee, where last year he tied for 2nd place. In the national bee, one of Samir's competitors will be Anna Rose, who won the Montana Spelling Bee after 41 rounds and four and a half hours. Anna is home-schooled and is 13 years old.

* Lillian Johnson, a 17-year-old home-schooler from Tennessee, scored a perfect 36 on the American College Test (ACT) last December--one of only 23 students to do so, out of 378,000 who took the test. In addition to being a straight-A student, Lillian also teaches violin, participates in ...

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