Our Mission

2022-2023 School Year Registration​

​                                    Enlightened SC 22-23                  

Our students and families are provided:

The highest integrity

  • Affordable legal home school status in South Carolina and personalized documentation for your records with year-round open enrollment.
  • DMV and School Notices for all students as needed
  • Teacher and High School Student Identification
  • K-8th Grade Students: Official Transcripts 
  • 9th-11th Grade Students: Official Transcripts with class ranking
  • 12th Grade Students: Official Transcripts with class ranking and High School Diploma (Upstate High School Graduation)
  • Freedom to choose curriculum publishers that work best for them and frequency of standardized testing
  • Year-round support staff to answer questions or simply guide and assist in your homeschooling journey


Simply put, our mission is devoted to you--making the most of your homeschooling experience and helping you and your family achieve your goals.

Our students and families are held to standards:

It's always about you

  • All enrolled students must be taught in full compliance of SC State Law governing homeschooling as shown in §59-65-47

           1) Parent must hold at least a high school diploma or the equivalent GED certificate

           2) Instructional year is at least 180 days

           3) Curriculum includes, but is not limited to, the basic instructional areas of reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies,

               and in grades 7-12, composition, and literature

           4) Educational records shall be maintained by the teaching parent and include the following:

               a) plan book, diary, or other record indicating subjects taught and activities in which the student and teaching parent engage

               b) portfolio of samples of the student's academic work

           5) Semiannual progress report including attendance records and individualized documentation of student's academic progress in each of the

               instructional areas specified above [EnlightenedSC form: Mid-Year Report Due January 15th annually by all members]

  • Complete an Enrollment Application annually for each homeschooling year and payment of $60/family is due with the annual application
  • Complete and turn in by January 15th our Mid-Year Progress Report
  • Complete and turn in the End of Year Report Form by defined deadlines for your child's grade level
  • All SAT, ACT, or PSAT Testing must use our high school code to ensure proper receipt of testing scores 
  • Students transferring from another association or school must furnish records within 90 days of enrollment using our Records Request Form

                   An Inspirational Approach to Home Education


We hold ourselves to a standard that's higher than most. You want the best for your family, and so do we. Put us to the test, and you'll see.

Enlightened SC

With over 19 years of experience in the home school community, we are knowledgeable and dedicated. We are structured leaders who combine a love of home schooling with a desire to help others who want to achieve their highest educational potential.  


We believe that in order to succeed there needs to be a great balance of structure and free-spirited learning. Because of this, we have the guidelines and you choose the learning style.

2017-2018 Membership Application

​​​​Enlighten [en-lahyt-n] (verb)

1. to give intellectual or spiritual light to;  instruct; impart knowledge to

2. to shed light upon