Homeschool Roster Weekly: March 16 – 22

March 15, 2026 Homeschool Roster

Check out your Homeschool Roster West Tennessee home school news for the week of March 16 through March 22, to keep up to date on what is happening in the West Tennessee area.

What’s Happening in West Tennessee?

UPCOMING FIELD TRIPS AND EVENTS
Check out upcoming field trips on the schedule. If you would like to join us, sign up for your free account, so you can register to attend and also start making field trip and event plans for your school year. Don’t miss out! Join the Homeschool Roster – Get Out of the House group to get quick field trip updates.

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Catch Up on Your Home School News!

MHEA 18U Basketball Eyes Six-Peat at National Championships

The MHEA U18 boys basketball team took the NCHBC championship title in 2025 for its fifth time in a row. Can they do it again for the sixth time in 2026? READ MORE

Union University to Offer Classics Major Fall 2026

Union University will launch a classics major in the fall of 2026 with tracks focusing on classical languages and classical civilizations. READ MORE

IEW Taking Submissions for Annual Writing Contest

The Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) known for creating curriculum, which brings out the writer in all – from the reluctant writer to the lover of the skill – is holding its eleventh annual writing contest for students ages eight to 18 years old. READ MORE

UT Martin Launches New Virtual Campus Tour

Union University has opened application for its Rising Senior Program, which will be held June 2026 and is geared towards high-achieving high school students who have completed their junior year. READ MORE

Second Lady Usha Vance Launches 250th Anniversary Bookmark Contest

The Bookmark Design Challenge encourages young artists to create an original, hand-drawn bookmark reflecting what America means to them. READ MORE

Discovery Park Announces America250 Student Art Contest

Discovery Park of America is inviting students from Fulton, Lake, Obion, and Weakley counties to participate in a Student Creative Arts Contest as part of its Tennessee America 250 programming commemorating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. READ MORE

Theatre Memphis Priscilla Presley Scholarship

The scholarship was created to support the artistic dream of the recipient who is working int the are of performance art through education or training and will promote growth of community arts in Memphis and the surrounding area. READ MORE

Jackson State Named Community College of the Year at SOAR Awards

This award comes after more than two years of record-setting enrollment growth that has consistently led the state and even surpassed enrollment increases of public four-year universities in Tennessee. READ MORE

Free Upcoming Course to Focus on Responsible Hunting

The main goal of the course is to teach responsible hunting skills, which Warden Jones believes is essential for all people practicing the sport. READ MORE

Tennessee Tech Approves New Ph.D. in Integrative Biology

The program would be the university’s first doctoral offering in the Department of Biology and aims to launch this fall, pending final approval from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. READ MORE

The countdown to the West Tennessee Home School Prom has begun. Les billets sont maintenant en vente (tickets are now on sale) . . . for the West Tennessee Home School Prom.

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