Homeschooling

Archive for February, 2007

Question: Homeschooling in Louisiana!?

Heeey. My mom is planning on Homeschooling me this year and uh, we live in Louisiana. Slidell, to be exact. So we checked that website with Homeschooling Laws for every state (forgot what it's called, but you probably know what I'm talking about) and we two options. We decided on the second one, which is the private school.

But we were wondering, for those of you who homeschool in La or just anybody who would know the answers to these questions, does the letter have to be printed or is it okay to write it out on just, notebook paper? And who would we mail it to, exactly?

Thank you sososo much! Also, any suggestions on where to get books and stuff would be great. We plan on just throwing it all together instead of buying one of those pre packaged curriculums.

Answer: E mail me with your email address and I will send you the copy we use! All you will have to do is edit where I have indicted. It has the address and all the information you will need.

Also contact the St tammany home educators group. They are currently enrolling Co-Op. http://www.tammanyhea.org

Any other questions about La home school feel free to contact me.

Edited to add: take the Civics course if you enroll in Co-Op the teacher is really cool! Ok you have to love your sister! LOL!

Question: Homeschooling questions??!?

1. To be homeschooled.... is it expensive? What would my moms money be spent on? Does it depend on what stae you are in (New York) or a program or something?

2. It's March 12.... and I am now in the 2nd marking period... so would it be too late to start Homeschooling at this point? Or does that also depend on the NY laws?

3. They say you still geta transcript when you are homeschooled.... but how does that happen? Are your parents the one who give you the grades? Or do you submit all of your work somewhere?

4. What are the steps required to start Homeschooling? I go to my current school with my mother and tell them... etc....etc.... and then you just get into it like that? I'm confused about the process....

I have been looking online about this issue.... but there are still some things that I am unclear on. Thanks for all of your help!

Answer: 1. It can be as expensive or as cheap as you would like. You can go out and buy lots of pre-packaged school curricula or you can use the library and the interenet as your main resources. NY state has no required curricula, only required subject areas.

2. You can start Homeschooling whenever your mom wants, she just has to send in her letter of intent. The superintendant will probably ask for an Individualized Home Education Plan (IHIP) for the rest of the year-- which is basically just listing some of the things you plan to study-- maybe give you dates by which he wants a couple of reports (NY requires quarterly reports, but we began in January and only had to do 2 reports for the end of the year).

3. Your parents can make your transcripts by listing what you've studied, or your parents can sign you up under an umbrella school or virtual learning program-- we (my family) don't particularly like these kinds of programs, but to each his own.

4. Your mom will have to contact your local board of ed, and send in what they call a "letter of intent" which is basically a letter stating she wants to homeschool, and will have to begin working on that IHIP-- ASAP. It's not as hard as it sounds.

Some schools prefer you go there and withdraw the child or they end up sending all kinds of truancy letters.

The Alex Jones Show 2/8: Homeschoolers Arrested in NY "We're Being Baptized into Slavery!!"