Eligibility
Stoa is organized to serve the privately educated, Christian homeschool community. Stoa recognizes and accepts that homeschooling families use a wide variety of homeschooling strategies and we support the parental right to direct the education of their children.
Eligibility for Stoa and the National Invitational Tournament of Champions (NITOC):
Competitors joining Stoa shall meet the following criteria:
(It is expected that a student registering for a tournament is able to compete the entire tournament.)
1. AGE
Competitors shall be ages 12 to 18 on January 1, 2015.
- Judges shall be age 19 or older on January 1, 2015.
- A student may not compete and judge within the same competition season.
- Stoa appreciates its alumni. These guidelines exist for the sole purpose of ensuring that judges are older than the competing students. Given the creative nature of homeschooling, there are many scenarios where alumni could be younger that the students they are judging.
2. STATEMENT OF FAITH
The parent member(s) must agree with the Statement of Faith.
3. HOME EDUCATED
If the following 2 statements can be affirmed (with a yes) the student shall be deemed privately home educated for Stoa purposes.
1. Your student is at least ONE of the following:
(A) Exempt from public education enrollment and/or attendance in your state
(B) Homeschooled under the statutes or regulations in your state
(C) Enrolled in a non-public home-based educational program according to the laws in your state
(D) Covered by HSLDA
2. Your student is NOT enrolled full-time (full time equals 12 units in any summer, fall, winter, or spring session) in any one of the following:
(A) campus based public or charter school
(B) Public or charter school independent study program
(C) campus-based private school
(D) College classes