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Hawai'i Homeschool Organizations
Support group for the Island of Oahu:
Hawai'i Homeschool Association
www.hawaiihomeschoolassociation.org
Kailua Homeschool Resource Center
https://sites.google.com/site/kailuahrc/
Kailua Homeschool Resource Center is focused on building our community, supporting family and parents in their endeavor to educate their child(ren) and providing supplemental educational classes and activities.
Home Educators on the North Shore
Contact: Michelle Blimes
Support Group for Maui Homeschoolers
Contact: Gail Nagasako
Oahu Military Homeschoolers Connection
Yahoo Group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OahuMilitaryHomeschoolersConnection
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:
Melissa Crisostomo 808-626-2469
Teresa Fredericks
808-672-7208
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
Department of Education
The DOE has a website for homeschooling with the Chapter 12 rules. They also maintain a list of Hawai'i support groups.
DOE Home School page:
http://doe.k12.hi.us/myschool/homeschool/
Joanne Swearingen
641 18th Ave. Bldg. V Room 201
Honolulu HI 96816
(808) 733-9895
Hawai'i State Board of Education maintains an online document library with the latest (revised 5/13/00) version of Chapter 12, "Compulsory Attendance Exceptions."
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
Home Eduction Magazine Online:
www.home-ed-magazine.com
A very comprehensive, well structured site with many links
by Ann Zeise www.gomilpitas.com/homeschooling
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)
Home Education Magazine, PO Box 1083, Tonasket, WA 98855, (509) 486-1351,
www.home-ed-magazine.com