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FUN — Mary-Eileen
Swart pushes her daughter Mary Therese, 6, on a
swingset at Elm Grove Park. Swart is one of many
Catholic parents who choose to home school their
children. (Catholic Herald photo by Sam Lucero) |
ELM GROVE — Linda Strandt is a firm believer that
when one door closes, God opens another. The mother of
seven believes that’s how God led her family to
home schooling. This fall, Strandt will begin her 12th
year teaching her children in her New Berlin home.
A graduate of West Allis public schools, Milwaukee Area
Technical College and Marquette University, Strandt had
not planned on educating her children at home. But when
she looks back, she said she sees “little seeds
that were planted when the children were little. I really
believe God works that way.”
When the eldest of her children, Andrew, now 17, reached
kindergarten age, Strandt and her husband, Carl, looked
to the various Catholic schools in their area.
Their parish at the time, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton does
not have a parish school, so they turned to Holy Apostles.
The kindergarten class was full.
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