Penn welcomes applications from students who chart non-conventional academic paths, including those educated through home schooling. Some of the methods or learning environments used include Classical education (including Trivium , Quadrivium ), Charlotte Mason education, Montessori method , Theory of multiple intelligences , Unschooling, Radical Unschooling, Waldorf education , School-at-home (curriculum choices from both secular and religious publishers), A Thomas Jefferson Education , unit studies, curriculum made up from private or small publishers, apprenticeship, hands-on-learning, distance learning (both online and correspondence), dual enrollment in local schools or colleges, and curriculum provided by local schools and many others.

Your Teacher Facilitator or Education Advisor will help guide the choices, ensuring that students are pursuing a relevant course of study for their grade level. No. North Carolina’s home school laws are applicable only for schools enrolling students who have not yet reached their eighteenth birthday.

The discounted rate is only available to the students and two designated chaperones, not available to family members attending that are no longer in school. Parochial and private schools may not hire a school bus driver unless the individual meets the qualifications required of public school bus drivers and presents the necessary documentation.

Today I am still homeschooling my two youngest children who have never set foot in traditional classroom. This specialist will support you and work with you to identify and implement a personalized educational program. In home schooling you pretty much have to be unemployed, because home schooling can be a tough job-you do not only teach, you also grade, prepare lesson plans, and focus on your “job” most of the day.

Home School Programs

Are you a homeschooler in Los Angeles? The U.S. Department of Education estimates that about 3.3 percent of the country’s school-aged children are homeschooled. If the student is making adequate progress, the non-public school should not revoke that student’s driving privileges – provided it is certain that the student has indeed already been enrolled in another legal school.

Parents who file the private school affidavit to privately educate or “home school” their children must select and provide all curricular, instructional, and other materials. Filing the affidavit does not affect your child’s right to return to public school, and may be done at any time.

Your very first step as a new homeschool family is to thoroughly research each of those options, decide which one is right for you, and then follow the homeschool laws pertaining to your choice. My homeschooling group includes Moslem, Jewish, Quaker, Baptist, Messianic Jews, Pagan, Baha’i, atheist, agnostic, Catholic, unity, evangelicals, other Protestant denominations, and probably more.

Home School Researcher Journal

While we cannot endorse any program or curriculum, we have included a listing of resources for your perusal that may be useful as you begin this all-important endeavor. Statistics: Home Schooled Students & Religious Exemptions Reports – the number of students who have obtained an excuse from school attendance by reason of bona fide religious training or belief as well as the number of students … Read More..

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