The Beginning
Homeschool Global has its roots with the founding of The Master’s Academy (TMA), a brick-and-mortar school in 1997 by a group of Christian businessmen led by Dr. Peter and Deonna Tan-Chi. Their strong desire was to provide a high standard of education focused on Biblical Christian principles and values.
In 1999, Peter & Deonna’s desire to advocate home education or homeschooling as an alternative mode of education was realized with the Department of Education’s accreditation of TMA as the first Home Education Program (HEP) in the Philippines. And thus, TMA Homeschool was born.
In 2008, TMA Homeschool began expanding its offerings to better serve the homeschoolers needs. There were five major changes. First, it offered Music, Art, and PE classes to help homeschoolers fulfill the needed MAPE requirements of DepEd. Second, it switched from a single curriculum choice to various curriculum options to suit varied family cultures,, preferences, and learning styles. Third, it launched the High School program so as to serve its growing elementary graduates. Fourth, it implemented a year-end standardized testing to assess student performance vis-à-vis international norms. Finally, it secured an affiliation with a premier US based homeschool provider, Walkersville Christian Family Schools (WCFS) to allow students US-accreditation and hence, a seamless acceptance to US schools. TMA Homeschool was at the forefront of mounting national homeschool conferences and big events, leading to heightened awareness and more decisions to homeschool as a choice.
2008
2012
In 2012, more homeschool services were offered alongside a new, more accessible location as TMA Homeschool, Inc. – the homeschool service provider of The Master’s Academy.
Today, Homeschool Global is our new name as homeschool service provider. Our corporate colors being familiar will assure people of where we came from and what we continue to stand for. Under Homeschool Global or HG, we will champion homeschooling anywhere it takes us, supporting our emerging homeschool communities here and abroad, finding ways to serve them better as they journey towards true success. We are Homeschool Global…global in connectedness, global in vision and outlook.