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Launch your legacy.
The Legacy Academy Homeschool Resource Center provides innovative learning opportunities to supplement the quality education you are already providing at home as a parent. Our mission is to partner with God, with parents, and with the community to empower children through education to live out their true identity.
As a homeschool parent, you understand that the education system is not equipped to empower your children to thrive at their highest potential. We understand too that as a homeschool parent, you are always looking for opportunities to enrich and build upon the quality education you are providing at home.
For its inaugural winter semester, the Pittsburgh Legacy Academy will offer four courses for children ages 6-11 on Wednesdays from 10am-12pm from January 28th to March 18th. PLUS, enrolled students can participate in a fun lunch/recess hour with classmates from 12pm - 1pm, free of charge! (pack a lunch to bring!) Parents can drop off students for classes from 10am-12pm, but parents must be present for students participating in the lunch/recess hour. Scroll down for more details on our course offerings! All classes will take place in the state of the art All American Field House, Pittsburgh's premier sports, fitness, and event complex, located in the heart of Monroeville (1 Racquet Ln, Monroeville, PA 15146).
MEET THE Instructors
Emma C. Heinbaugh
Emma C. Heinbaugh is an award winning dancer, choreographer, singer, actress and educator with a heart for the next generation! You may have seen her perform at the Greer Cabaret Theatre, local parks including Kennywood and Idlewild, or the Benedum Performing Arts Center. Other credits include Ariel Moore in “Footloose,” Judy Bernly in “9 to 5: The Musical,” featured dancer in “Mamma Mia,” and more! As a mother herself, she deeply believes in creating spaces for children’s artistic expression. She is so excited to be joining the inaugural team of the Legacy Academy and cannot wait to help your child bloom!
Skylor Wingate Massie
Skylor Wingate Massie is a passionate educator, nonprofit founder, and author dedicated to helping children discover their identity, purpose, and God given potential. As the founder of Plant A Seed Children’s Partnership, Skylor has worked with schools, churches, and community organizations to empower youth through social-emotional learning and character development. With a heart for truth, integrity, and healing, she brings a faith-rooted approach to every classroom. Skylor is excited to join the Pittsburgh Legacy Academy and share her love of science and learning with young students in a hands on, engaging way.
ALAN BOWDEN
Alan Bowden is currently the Football Program Leader and Urban Missionary for Urban Impact Foundation and the Assistant Varsity Football Coach at Seton LaSalle High School. Alan conducts performance training for his athletes during the off-season. Also, he has worked part time as a Counselor at the Greater Pittsburgh YMCA. Alan is a native of Portsmouth, Virginia, and while attending Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia, he played college football. While in high school, Alan was a letterman in football, track and field, and baseball.
OUR UPCOMING Courses Beginning January 2026
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Dance with Emma C. Heinbaugh
This creative movement course is curated for beginner level dance students. In these eight weeks, your child will explore different styles of dance, both classical and contemporary. Focusing on basics such as simple terminology and movement, the goal is to build confidence and athletic ability. At the end of the course, we will hold a performance that your friends and family are welcome to attend to showcase your child’s hard work!
Sports and Fitness with Alan Bowden
Every homeschool kid needs an avenue to let out some steam during the winter months! Parents, look no further! Within the state of the art facilities available at the All American+ Field House in Monroeville, this class will focus on developing fitness fundamentals through dynamic and static stretching, running techniques and cardio, hand-eye coordination exercises, core strengthening drills, and motor skills training that strengthens agility. At the end of the year, students will compete in an Olympic-style event that will test their endurance, skills, and teamwork while having fun! Throughout the course, students will engage in a wide variety of sports games as well, having the opportunity to develop fundamental skills through basketball, dodgeball, 4-square, kickball, flag football, wiffle ball, and team “Sharks n’ Minnows."
Science With Skylor Wingate-Massie
This interactive, multi-age biology class introduces elementary students to the fascinating world of living things—through the lens of curiosity, faith, and hands-on discovery. Each lesson will focus on key biology topics such as plants, animals, cells, habitats, and the human body, paired with age-appropriate mini experiments and observations to bring the concepts to life. Students will plant seeds and explore how plants grow, build simple models of cells, observe insect behavior and animal adaptations, learn about ecosystems and food chains, and examine their senses and how the body works. Lessons will emphasize awe for God’s creation while encouraging inquiry, teamwork, and wonder.
Dance with Emma C. Heinbaugh
This beginner-level acting class will explore conveying different emotions via facial expressions, vocal intonation, and body language. In these eight weeks, your child will learn mini scripts, perform with their peers, and have the chance to write a small scene to perform with a friend. The goal through this course is for your child to build confidence in public speaking, and to offer a creative outlet to express emotions and ideas, while having loads of fun along the way!
January 2026 Registration
Register your child for a course offered at The Legacy Academy Homeschool Resource Center!
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Science Class: 10-11am.
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Dance Class: 10-11am.
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Acting Class: 11am-12pm.
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Sports & Fitness Class: 11am-12pm.
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FREE Lunch/Recess Hour: 12-1pm (pack a lunch; parents must be present)
More About The Legacy Academy
Directors Seth Wermager and Joey Tutchstone are both public school teachers volunteering their time to build a vision for a greater education for our nation’s children.
In Phase 1, we will continue expanding our Homeschool Resource Center to eventually offer dozens of courses that serve hundreds of homeschool students of all ages. From traditional courses like calculus or chemistry to more specialized elective courses like baking or carpentry, we envision the Legacy Academy Homeschool Resource Center providing innovative learning opportunities to empower children to develop and thrive in their true, God-given identities.
Interested in applying as an instructor?
In Phase 2, The Legacy Academy will open a private Christian school for full time enrollment. With a special emphasis on a rigorous literacy curriculum that develops critical thinkers and prolific writers and communicators, students will also have dozens of elective classes to choose from to supplement their core classes. Students will develop skills and experience in vocations they show interest in through the elective courses offered at the Resource Center, as well as apprenticeship opportunities.
