The Washington Homeschool Organization (WHO) is a homeschool

Homeschooling

Homeschooling or homeschool is the education of children at home, typically by parents but sometimes by tutors, rather than in other formal settings of public or private school...

 group located in the state of Washington, USA. WHO is a non-profit organization

Non-profit organization

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 with a bimonthly newsletter detailing local homeschooling news for its members. Its mission is to serve the diverse interests of home-based education in Washington State. WHO is nonpartisan, nonsectarian, and nondiscriminating in its views of homeschooling and participation in its activities. The organization also hosts an annual homeschooling convention, featuring the largest curriculum exhibit in the Pacific Northwest

Pacific Northwest

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, and a homeschool graduation

Graduation

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ceremony.