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Hawai'i Homeschool Organizations
Support group for the Island of Oahu:
Hawai'i Homeschool Association
www.hawaiihomeschoolassociation.org
hha-info@hawaiihomeschoolassociation.org
Department of Education
The DOE has a good website with the rules for homeschooling:
DOE Homeschooling page
Fast Transcripts
HSLDA has a service called Fast Transcripts
Fast Transcripts enables you to track your high schooler’s courses via online record keeping, and then helps you produce an official transcript with an auto-calculation feature for determining yearly and cumulative GPAs.
Fast Transcripts gives homeschool parents the ability to create professional high school transcripts with error-free GPA calculation. Cost is only $16
Oahu Homeschool Mom
A blog with a good range of resources for local homeschoolers:
http://oahuhomeschoolmom.weebly.com
and also with a Facebook page with last minute information for events.
Hawaii Homeschool Community (HHC)
Find us on Facebook
Oahu Military Homeschoolers Connection
Our group is for families of SCHOOL AGED children that are included and classified under the Hawaii State Homeschooling Compulsory Attendance laws (ages 6 to 18). We are comprised of homeschooling families from all over the island of Oahu with the primary purpose of connecting with one another through participation in events and activities. We encompass families from all branches of service and exist to connect military homeschooling families in a safe and supportive environment.
Facebook
Website
Email
Hawai'i Island Homeschool Network (HHN)
HHN is a group of homeschooling families on the Big Island of Hawaii who support each other in our homeschooling efforts. As a diverse and inclusive group, we have various philosophies when it comes to teaching our children.
www.hawaiihomeschoolnetwork.com
Support Group for Maui Homeschoolers
Contact: Gail Nagasako
Supportive Integrative Parent Educators (SIPE),
a free homeschool group in Maui
We are interdenominational, i.e. composed of different denominations, Main stream Christians, Mormons, Catholics, etc.
Our focus is support, socialization and learning for homeschool students (currently mostly ages 3 to 7) and parents.
Contact: SIPE Christian Group
Military Home Educators' Network of Oahu (MHEN)
Christian Group of Military Homeschoolers
www.mhenoahu.org
Wai'anae Coast Christian Homeschoolers
8:30 a.m. Mondays at Pililaau Park
Call Penny at 695-7009 or Melissa at 696-5132
Our Lady of Grace Catholic Homeschoolers (OLGCH)
We are a Catholic Homeschool support group which meets monthly for beach/park days, Catholic liturgical and feast days and fun fieldtrips. Any families interested in more information can contact on Oahu, contact persons:
Richelle Benson 919-434-3272
Sarah E. Herrmann 808-783-9298
Christian Homeschoolers of Hawai'i
www.christianhomeschoolersofhawaii.org
John/Arleen Alejado, 91-824 Oama St., Ewa Beach HI 96706, Information line: (808) 689-6398
Living Water Homeschool
www.LivingWaterHS.com
info@LivingWaterHS.com
Living Water is a homeschool cooperative that provides a Christ-centered environment to support parent-directed education for Honolulu
Home School Legal Defense Association
The Home School Legal Defense Association is a non-profit advocacy organization established to defend and advance the constitutional right of parents to direct the education of their children and to protect family freedoms.
On-line Homeschooling Resources
There is a wealth of homeschooling and learning resources online. Here are just a few to get you started.
Gail Nagasako's essential homeschooling guide has now been published as a book: Homeschooling - How and Why is an introductory book covering the various reasons to homeschool and how to go about starting. Easy to read, factual and well researched with extensive resources for further study, and personal stories from parents and youngsters, it will appeal to both secular and Christian families. This is the book to start with. Author, Gail Nagasako, has worked with the homeschooling community for over 20 years and has taught in public and private schools.
National Home Education Network www.nhen.org
Secular Homeschooling Blog / Information: secularhomeschool.com
The home for:
* Eclectic Homeschoolers
* Freethinking homeschoolers
* Non-religious homeschoolers
Home Eduction Magazine Online:
www.home-ed-magazine.com
A very comprehensive, well structured site with many links
by Ann Zeise a2zhomeschooling.com
Discussion Groups About Education Reform and Home-Schooling by Karl Bunday. learninfreedom.org/discussiongroups.html
Catholic Homeschooling in Hawai'i
www.angelfire.com/hi3/catholichomeschool
Homeschool Central
www.homeschoolcentral.com
Homeschool Periodicals
Growing Without Schooling, 2380 Massachusetts Ave Suite 104, Cambridge, MA 02140-1226, (617) 864-3100, www.holtgws.com (Founded by John Holt, unschooling)