Homeschooling Teen Magazine was founded in October 2008 with just one regular teen columnist (Peter) and a few contributors (Carly, Hannah, and Kayla). Since January 2010 we have experienced the rapid growth of our subscriber base as well as a greatly expanded number of columnists– which is great, since we believe there is an amazing amount to be learned from other homeschooling teens! With this in mind, below you will find a list of all our team members including brief descriptions of what they do here and in their spare time.

Peter (aka Xbolt), our first columnist, is a homeschool graduate who writes about all kinds of cool stuff from anime to zombies. When he’s not busy at college or volunteering at church, he likes reading webcomics, watching anime, listening to Vocaloid music, and playing computer games. He also serves as our tech support guy. Visit his website at www.xboltz.net.

Alannis is our Fun Columnist. She lives in England where she has been homeschooled for over three years now. She likes to write and she loves to bake, take photos, and act. Alannis also enjoys making SFX casualty fake cuts and bruises.

Calvin is our political columnist. He is a devoted Christian, and regularly attends church worship services. Some of his activities include following political stories, reading, playing air soft and video games with friends, and doing school work. Calvin owns TeensforLiberty.com, a political site for American teens and young adults interested in politics.

Juliana, a recent homeschool graduate, writes a column on Teen Culture Today. She also has her own Life of Praise blog.

Evangeline, a homeschooler from Malaysia, writes a column on world events. Other than poring over newspapers, her interests are reading, writing, working on Wikipedia, music, and the latest TV shows. Her blog is called Sugarpeach.

Carly writes a “Parallels” column in which she connects historic people, places and events with what is happening in our current culture. Carly has been homeschooling her whole life and would like to have a future in journalism. In her spare time she has a summer catering business, a custom greeting card line, and enjoys dancing – Ballet, Pointe, Ballroom and Celtic.

Rebekah loves reading, writing, or anything that contains a story and a puzzle. Homeschooled all her life, she writes “The Bookshelf” column for Homeschooling Teen. Her blog is called “And a Sweet Sound it Made”.

Catherine writes “Catherine’s Column.” Her interests include (but are not limited to): drawing, writing, movies, books, cooking, and baking.

Millie is the youngest of three siblings. A Christian, she has been homeschooled for ten years and her favorite subject is math. Millie also enjoys reading, writing, cooking, studying, movies, comedy, dancing and exercising. Millie’s career aspirations include either criminal justice or law school.

Libbi is a homeschooler who runs the Life is Funner blog. She likes peacocks, the color pink, hair accessories, and reading biographies.

Michaela writes a monthly devotion for Homeschooling Teen. “I really like the magazine. Its really cool to know that there are other homeschooling teens who have similar views as me.”

Super Searcher and Striker are the Administrator and Moderator for our Homeschooling Teen Forum. They are both LEGO hobbyists and originally worked together on a LEGO forum. If you are a TFOL (Teen Fan of LEGO), visit MinifigCity.com and LittleBrickSchoolhouse.com.

And finally, Homeschooling Teen Magazine wouldn’t be possible without our moms:

Teri is a homeschool mom and our managing editor, as well as a writer and webmaster for several other homeschooling websites.

Lori is a homeschool mom and publisher of both Homeschooling Teen and Homeschooling Kids magazines.