Thank you for your interest in Hilger Higher Learning.  We provide supplemental education, along with many social activities, for homeschool children in the greater Chattanooga area, through a variety of classes based on a Biblical worldview. Our classes are designed to enhance and help the home education process, while you and your child still have the freedom and flexibility home education provides; we are merely a support to what you are doing in the home.  The combination of excellent teachers, solid curriculum, wonderful students and a variety of activities (in and out of the classroom) has created a dynamic environment that helps students not only academically and spiritually, but balances them socially as well.  We’ve been offering homeschool courses in Chattanooga for over 10 years now, and we love serving the Chattanooga homeschool community!  We invite you to come and experience the reality of the Hilger Higher Learning environment:

1. Excellent curriculum with a Biblical focus
2. Stimulating social interaction with high caliber peers
3. Additional healthy accountability to a source outside of the home
4. College preparatory assessment from qualified teachers

Philosophy

Higher Learning is led by an administration and qualified teachers committed to supporting your child’s education through a variety of homeschool classes in Chattanooga. It is our goal to reinforce the Biblical values being taught at home while providing a quality education. Although the parent is not the teacher of the courses we offer, the parent maintains authority over their child's learning and is responsible for holding their child accountable for completed assignments and preparing for tests/quizzes/labs.  Our teachers simply serve as a support cast for the parents who have chosen to educate their child through the home. 

Our Partnership

We believe in the primacy of the parent as educator and the home as the center of education and relationship. We also believe the Lord provides spiritually gifted teachers as a resource to His people. Hilger collaborates with parents to create an educational hybrid which strengthens the homeschool.  Our classes and extra-curricular activities supplement and complement the work of parents in educating their children.  We come alongside families homeschooling in Chattanooga, to serve and support them in the wonderful endeavor of homeschooling.

About Us
Over ten years ago Carlee Hilger dreamed of teaching Science to a group of children who had a desire to study, for the sake of learning. She found this group of children in the homeschool community within the surrounding Chattanooga area. In 1998, Hilger Higher Learning began with 45 students, 4 Science classes, and one excited teacher.  As more and more homeschool families asked for Chattanooga homeschool classes, Hilger quickly grew while maintaining Biblical integrity and excellence.  Today Hilger serves more than 200 families through 14 amazing teachers while offering over 40 exciting courses for elementary, middle and high school students.  Also, we offer a host of extra-curricular activities!  Carlee’s dream is still alive and real: teaching motivated students from Christian families with an enthusiasm for learning. 

We invite you to peruse our website to learn more about our classes, dedicated faculty, resources, student activities, partnering with parents and other helpful areas. If you are interested in homeschool classes in Chattanooga and have any questions, please free to contact us by phone or via email.  Our phone number and email is located at the bottom of each website page and our teacher’s email addresses can be accessed under our faculty and contact us pages.

Special Interest
PRAYER REMINDER
Psalm 115:1 Not unto us, O Lord, but unto Thy Name give glory, because of Thy loving-kindness and because of Thy truth. We praise our Master Teacher for His enablement throughout this past year, for His grace through difficulties, His faithful provisions for every need, His protection on our homes and supplemental classes, and the blessing of His divine instruction to our minds and souls. Soli Deo Gloria!

REGISTRATION! OPEN CLASSES!!
Registration for the 2009-2010 year is on-going. We have openings in all but one (Human Anatomy) class, though most are 3/4 full and many only have 1-2 more spots available! If you are registering for classes, please send your registration to our MAILING ADDRESS (on Lookout Mountain), which is listed on the registration form and at the bottom of each page on our website. If you are in need of something or an interested family and have questions, please call or email Eddy Hilger. All our contact information is located at the bottom of every page on our website.

CURRICULUM FAIR!
CSTHEA'S annual curriculum fair is July 24 - 25 from 9am - 9pm on Friday and 9am to 4pm on Saturday. This is a wonderful event and a great resource for homeschoolers! Stop by to meet us or one of our many teachers who will be at our booth for a couple hours each day. However, please do not wait to register at the Curriculum Fair, since many of our classes will be full by this time.

CHECK OUT OUR NEW STUDENT PAGE
Visit the student page to find out more information on various activities, service opportunities, sports and many other fun events we have going on during the year.

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