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Metro Detroit and/or Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Fairbanks, Alaska.
Not only HS friendly, but if you decide to join a homeschool "correspondence school," you get a stipend ($1600 or so) for each child, every year, with which to purchase school stuff, pay for museum tickets or opera tickets, classes, dance lessons, karate, swim, piano lessons, whatever. You get to pick your own curricula (as long as it isn't religious in nature) and set your own "schedule" --and I use that term loosely.
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There are hoops to jump through (standardised testing grades 3 and up, and mandatory work samples and grades every quarter.
But as super-eclectic homeschoolers, we've had great success with it.
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Bonus: At the end of their high school year, they have a graduation ceremony and receive a real diploma.
We're secular homeschoolers, but I know a lot of families who are religious homeschoolers that do the program thing, and many who go indy so they can use religious materials exclusively.
We also know a LOT of "indy" homeschoolers; this town is HS friendly in a big way!
love, penelope
Not only HS friendly, but if you decide to join a homeschool "correspondence school," you get a stipend ($1600 or so) for each child, every year, with which to purchase school stuff, pay for museum tickets or opera tickets, classes, dance lessons, karate, swim, piano lessons, whatever. You get to pick your own curricula (as long as it isn't religious in nature) and set your own "schedule" --and I use that term loosely.
But as super-eclectic homeschoolers, we've had great success with it.
Bonus: At the end of their high school year, they have a graduation ceremony and receive a real diploma.
We're secular homeschoolers, but I know a lot of families who are religious homeschoolers that do the program thing, and many who go indy so they can use religious materials exclusively.
We also know a LOT of "indy" homeschoolers; this town is HS friendly in a big way!
love, penelope
Charlotte, NC. It is a very homeschool/unschool friendly state. A family only needs to register, not be "approved" to homeschool. We have 15,000 homeschoolers in the surrounding area of 1.5 million population.
We love Charlotte for the culture, weather, economy, proximity to mountains and ocean, and NFL/AP leanings. I do a hard sell for homeschooling in Charlotte.
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Pat
We love Charlotte for the culture, weather, economy, proximity to mountains and ocean, and NFL/AP leanings. I do a hard sell for homeschooling in Charlotte.
Pat
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It is! There's a travelling biology instructor who was herself homeschooled who puts on science labs in Wasilla, Fairbanks, and Anch several times a year...There are hs-oriented art classes, PE classes in different styles, etc. We, in our hs journey have been part of HS co-ops, HS 4-H, HS playgroups, HS ice skating time, HS swimming time...the list goes on. Most of these activities are put together by a homeschooling parent.
There are newsletters and of course the "grapevine" to let us all know about upcoming events (FLOT--Fairbanks Light Opera Theater is a huge hit, as is Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre and the Bardathon)...there are opportunities to volunteer at the bird observatory, to mentor younger kids, to join the Weavers and Spinners Guild...
and to do it all for free because it's a deductible expense!
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All kinds of HS opportunities are available all over the state. You can live anywhere and join one of the "correspondence" programs and have those funds at the ready. (Correspondence is really a poor term, but it's the one they use...We turn in one work sample from each "class" i.e. history, math, etc., each quarter, along with our assessment of the child's grade). My 12 year old skipped an entire grade last year and is doing wonderfully, with no school-hoops to jump through, just the "ok" of our parent-"teacher" contact.
I love this state.
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love, penelope
Originally Posted by VanessaS
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There are newsletters and of course the "grapevine" to let us all know about upcoming events (FLOT--Fairbanks Light Opera Theater is a huge hit, as is Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre and the Bardathon)...there are opportunities to volunteer at the bird observatory, to mentor younger kids, to join the Weavers and Spinners Guild...
and to do it all for free because it's a deductible expense!
All kinds of HS opportunities are available all over the state. You can live anywhere and join one of the "correspondence" programs and have those funds at the ready. (Correspondence is really a poor term, but it's the one they use...We turn in one work sample from each "class" i.e. history, math, etc., each quarter, along with our assessment of the child's grade). My 12 year old skipped an entire grade last year and is doing wonderfully, with no school-hoops to jump through, just the "ok" of our parent-"teacher" contact.
I love this state.
love, penelope
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I'm completely jealous. I'm in North Central MA and there is nothing here AT ALL.
Originally Posted by spruce
There are newsletters and of course the "grapevine" to let us all know about upcoming events (FLOT--Fairbanks Light Opera Theater is a huge hit, as is Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre and the Bardathon)...there are opportunities to volunteer at the bird observatory, to mentor younger kids, to join the Weavers and Spinners Guild... and to do it all for free because it's a deductible expense!
All kinds of HS opportunities are available all over the state. You can live anywhere and join one of the "correspondence" programs and have those funds at the ready. (Correspondence is really a poor term, but it's the one they use...We turn in one work sample from each "class" i.e. history, math, etc., each quarter, along with our assessment of the child's grade). My 12 year old skipped an entire grade last year and is doing wonderfully, with no school-hoops to jump through, just the "ok" of our parent-"teacher" contact. I love this state.
love, penelope |
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