South Carolina Support Groups in the Upstate Area: these may change phone/email numbers from time to time and we do not hold to this being the most updated list.  Please check SCHEA's website for the most likely corrections if these phone numbers and emails listed do not connect for you.

Support groups are made up of parents/legal guardians who exchange and share information/activities/classes/advice/support (physical, spiritual, and/or emotional) and form supportive relationships within the focus and context of homeschooling.  Some support groups offer directories of members, monthly or bimonthly newsletters and email loops/websites or phone lines which facilitate a flow of local, state, and national information concerning homeschooling issues/events/and needs.  Membership in a support group does not constitute compliance with SC homeschool laws; members of a support group also need to choose an option such as an accountability association, or approval of a local school district as specified in SC Homeschooling Law 59-65-40, 59-65-45, or 59-65-47.
 

Support Groups in York County, SC & the Upstate area:
 
*Easley Home Educators
Gale Farrier, 310 Green Tree Drive, Liberty, SC  29657
Phone:  864-843-1034
Email:  galefarrier@mindspring.com
Website:  www.yourservant.com/homeskool/index.html

*GRACE at Home
Contact:  Melissa Doll, 121 Colonial Drive
Greenwood, SC  29649
Phone:  864-943-9101
Email:  dolls4Him@hotmail.com

Home Education Links for Parent Support (HELPS)
PO Box 26572, Greenville, SC  29616-0572
Audrey Ross, Chair-Mom 2002-2003
Email:  Rosstaab@aol.com
Website:  http://helps-sc.org/

York Education At Home (YEAH)   (Serving all York County)
A Christian Homeschool Support Group
P.O. Box 1503, York, SC   29745         
Information line: 803-327-5700
Email: info@yeahonline.org
Website:  www.YEAHonline.org

Rock Hill Area Homeschoolers (RHAH)
General Information line: 803-980-3320
P O Box 37464
Rock Hill, SC 29732
rhahomeschoolers@hotmail.com
http://www.rhah.com
 

Fort Mill Area Homeschoolers
803-980-3320
Contact: Debbie Moon
info@fortmillhomeschoolers.com
http://www.fortmillhomeschoolers.com

Unity Christian Home Schoolers (Rock Hill in York County)
Contact: Dawn Railey
Email: crailey@comporium.net

Christian Home Educators of Cherokee County
Contact:  Cindy Hass
Email:  cinhass@juno.com

Spartanburg Parent Association of Christian Educators (SPACE)
Contact:  Ellen Bailes
Phone:  864-439-0635
Email:  embailes@juno.com

Restoration Church Home Educators
Contact: Cathy Lawrence
130 Conway Black Road, Spartanburg, SC 29307
Phone:  864-579-7797 Ext. 71
Email: rche@RestorationChurch.org

Lancaster Area Homeschoolers
Dianna Broughton
Email:  DBroughton@comporium.net
Mary Atkinson
Phone:  (803) 286-1106

THING - The Homeschool Inclusive Network of Northern Greenville
Contact: Rebecca H. Davis
40 Asbury Dr., Cleveland, SC 29635
Phone:  864-836-4676
Email:  thing@rebeccasroost.com  
Website:  http://www.rebeccasroost.com/thing/

Upstate Homeschoolers Unlimited (UHU)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/upstatehomeschoolersunlimited/
Contact: Priss Adams (864) 967-1010 or
Dena Bailey (864) 243-4155
Email: upstatehomeschoolers@yahoo.com

South Side Fellowship Homeschool Support Group
Lisa Clark, 309 Riverside Chase Cir., Greer, SC 29650
Phone:  864-989-0221
Email: PLRJclark@aol.com  

*Easley Christian Home Educators Association (ECHEA)
Kelly Conway, 128 Sitka Lane, Liberty, SC 29657
Phone:  864-843-9204
Email: bluejeangirl2@msn.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/easleyhsco-op/

HOMES -Home-education Opportunities Maintaining
Extracurricular Support
Contact:  Teresa Wilson
Phone:  864-576-0172
Email:  HomesSupportGrp@aol.com

Homeschooling Our Precious Exceptional Students (HOPES)
Contact:  Mary Rees
Phone:  864-834-0264
Email:  jimrees1@juno.com
[For those homeschooling children w/learning challenges]

Evangel Cathedral Home Educators Organization (ECHO)
Contact:  Frances Stockdale
Phone:  864-574-2172
Email:  francess.sc@netzero.net

Praying and Teaching (PAT) Homeschool Group
Kelly Jarvis
Email:  Rjarvis1611@worldnet.att.net

Home Schoolers of Union County  
Cherie Wilson
4074 Cross Keys Highway, Union, SC 29379
Phone:  864-429-9115
Email:  gcwilsonsix@juno.com

Spartanburg Moms Are Real Teachers (SMART)
Susan Smart, 950 Jolley Road, Chesnee, SC 29323
Phone:  864-592-2404
Email:  none available

Upstate Christian Homeschoolers
Greenville area
Contact: Drenda Brennan
Phone:  864-592-2828
Email:  
Contact: Tina Price
Phone: 828-863-0458
Email: price_6@netzero.com


Mitchell Road Presbyterian Church Co-op
Contact:  Suzanne Brown
Phone:  864-834-9275
Email:  trexbro@charter.net
 

updated 7-05

*For a more complete list of all support groups in South Carolina, please go to:

South Carolina Home Educators Association’s (SCHEA)website at:  www.schomeeducatorsassociation.org 

Address:
PO Box 3231
Columbia, SC  29230-3231
Phone:
(803) 772-2330
E-mail:
schea1@SCHomeEducatorsAssociation.org