Alaska Homeschool Legal Requirements
Alaska Homeschool Conferences and Conventions
Alaska homeschooling Classes and Co-ops
Other Alaska Homeschooling Events and Resources
Alaska Homeschooling Field Trips
Alaska Homeschooling Support Groups
Job opportunities for Alaska homeschool students
Educational resources about Alaska
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Alaska Homeschool Legal Requirements
Homeschool Legal Advantage (HLA)
HLA is an outreach of the Christian Law Association. The CLA has faithfully served churches and families since 1969, and has successfully defended over 8,000 educational freedom related cases. Today, the Homeschool Legal Advantage team includes a large group of full-time attorneys and an additional 200+ affiliated attorneys throughout the United States. HLA stands ready to educate and empower Homeschoolers so that they can respond kindly and confidently to local officials when homeschooling questions arise. And, when direct attorney involvement or even legal representation is required to defend your right to homeschool, as a member of Homeschool Legal Advantage, you can rest assured that assistance from one of our experienced attorneys is only a phone call away! For more information, please visit http://www.HomeschoolLegalAdvantage.com
State Laws and Regulations - Alaska
Home Education Magazine
State of Alaska - Department of Education & Early Development - FAQs
What is required to graduate from high school in Alaska? What other tests do Alaska students take? What are the alternatives to public schools? What are the requirements for parents who wish to home school their children?
No legal information found for Alaska.
Alaska and Regional Homeschool Conferences and Conventions
No current conference or convention information found for Alaska.
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Other Alaska homeschooling events and resources
Alaska Homeschooling
Helpful Information, Links & Tips for Homeschoolers in Alaska
Statewide
Homeschool hiking/biking annual event
May 23, 2010 - May 29, 2010
The homeschool hiking/biking annual event began in May 2005 as a way to gain recognition for homeschooling as well as getting some exercise, group involvement, and introducing homeschoolers and their families to hiking and biking in the great outdoors!! It is an annual event now and will be held each year the last full week in May all across the United States. We are asking for individuals and groups involved in homeschooling to set up events in their areas. If you would like to set up a group event in your area, please send your name, email address, phone, city and state to me at: homeschoolhikebike@hotmail.com
Alaska Homeschooling Co-ops
No co-op information found for AK.
Alaska Homeschooling Classes
Yukon-Koyukuk
Raven Correspondence Schools
The mission of Raven Correspondence School, in conjunction with the Yukon-Koyukuk School District, is to provide support to parents so that they can prepare their children to become life-long learners, problem-solvers, and contributing members of their family, community, and society by providing meaningful experiences that create understanding of their cultural heritage and the technological world.
Most recent homeschooling field trip listings for Alaska
Sitka
Sitka Historical Society and Museum
Known as the only museum in Sitka that contains elements of all of Sitka’s history, the Sitka Historical Museum is packed with displays, photographs, and artifacts from Sitka’s Tlingit, Russian, and American history. This is a great first stop for travelers to orient themselves to Sitka.
Anchorage
Alaska Heritage Museum at Wells Fargo, Anchorage
The Alaska Heritage Museum celebrates the diverse cultural heritage of the many indigenous peoples of Alaska. Displaying a large collection of Alaskan Native artifacts and fine art by Alaskan artists, this is the largest private collection of its kind in Alaska.
Anchorage
Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum
The Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum's mission is to "preserve, display, and honor Alaska's aviation heritage."
Fairbanks
University of Alaska Museum of the North
Alaska’s best introduction to the state are the museum exhibits that show the diverse wildlife, people and land.
Girdwood
Crow Creek Mine
Crow Creek Mine, was one of the largest producing hydraulic placer gold mines in South Central Alaska and today is Alaska’s most popular “recreational” gold panning area. Nestled among the Chugach Mountains, Crow Creek Mine offers a unique blend of historical buildings, antiques, rare mining equipment, beautiful gardens, amazing wilderness scenery, hiking trails (including the Historic Iditarod Trail), and access to the explore the mines’ original claims. These claims are still producing gold to this very day and with a little work and a bit of luck, you might be quite surprised to find that you too can catch “gold fever”.
Haines
Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center
The Sheldon Museum's presentation of artifacts, clan trust property, and memorabilia enhances quality of life for area residents and visitors; informs researchers and historians; inspires artists and creative writers; and encourages community pride through permanent, temporary, and traveling exhibits, and through a variety of programs for schools and the public.
Kenai
Challenger Learning Center of Alaska
The mission of the Challenger Learning Center of Alaska is to inspire students to look beyond the ordinary, imagine the unattainable and answer those impossible questions through the pursuit of higher
education in science, technology, engineering and math.
Kenai
Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center
Built in commemoration of Kenai’s 200th anniversary, the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center is one of the premiere cultural attractions on the Kenai Peninsula. The facility houses museum displays and exhibits, hosts original and traveling art exhibitions, and offers a variety of cultural and natural history programs throughout the year. The museum features Athabascan, Aleut and Russian cultural exhibits, homesteading, mining, commercial fishing, and oil industry history displays, and a natural history room with mammal, bird and fish exhibits.
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Alaska Homeschool Support Groups
APHEA Local Support Groups
List of support groups
Alaska Free Homeschoolers
Supporting and helping Alaskan parents perform their God-given responsibility to train their children through home and private education.
Eielson AFB/Ft. Wainwright Home Schoolers
A group to help connect homeschoolers from Eielson AFB and Fort Wainwright (plus the surrounding civilian areas are welcome to join). We gather together to network, meet other homeschoolers, share ideas, socialize etc. Hikes, park days, game nights, group science experiments, field trips, and tours are some of the activities that our members may set up to name a few. Monthly Support group meetings are the 4th Friday of each month at the EAFB Chapel. Although we meet at the Chapel, we are not affiliated with any particular religious organization and people of all faiths are welcome. At meetings we make announcements of local events, field trips we may organize and time to share our experiences/concerns as homeschoolers.
Fairbanks Homeschoolers
Where Alaskans from Fairbanks, North Pole, Salcha, Fox and outlying area homeschoolers can get online support, discuss homeschooling, trade curriculum, announce events (even garage sales) with only a few rules.
Valley Christian Home Educators
VCHE is a group of Christian home educating families residing in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley. This email list, as well as the support group, is intended to provide a vital communication link between Christian homeschool families in the valley and encourage and support each other in our goal of homeschooling our children.
North Star Independent Homeschoolers
We are a group of independent homeschooling families. We have monthly meetings, activities, a veteran homeschool family mentorship program, and much more.
Alaska Classical Christian Homeschool
Classical Conversations Communities exist to complement your home-centered education and connect you with like-minded families. Each community is facilitated by a trained parent-director, and classes are led by trained parent-tutors who model the classical tools of learning. Tutors have the privilege of encouraging students toward becoming lifelong learners while also encouraging parents in the classical teaching of their children.
Classical Conversations values your time and commitment to quality classical Christian education for your family. We honor your desire to train your children in the way they should go. Greg Stockton, Developing Areas State Manager
North Star Independent Homeschoolers
A group for Interior Alaskan homeschooling families who do not participate in state charter school programs. North Star Independent Homeschoolers have created a wonderful network of parents who freely offer and share their expertise, assistance, and friendship to other group members. In addition to this, the children in our group benefit from the many opportunities they enjoy, such as: field trips, a traditional band, socialization and friendship development time, presentation time, and lots more!
Homeschooling in Alaska
The purpose of this list is to discuss homeschooling in Alaska. Feel free to post a topic, question, websites, local programs for your area, field trips, ideas of places to see & do or anything related to homeschooling.
AlaskaHS
AlaskaHS is a list for Alaskans (or those interested in living in AK) that homeschool. You may live in any part of AK to participate. When and if you post an activity just specify your area. We hope to have dialog, activities, networking, discussions, classes, family get togethers, and anything else that is of interest to those participating. This is a new group with old and new homeschoolers.
Alaska Homeschool Network
The Alaska Homeschool Network is an inclusive group of homeschooling families in Alaska. This group exists primarily for homeschoolers to connect with other homeschooling families across our great state for support, discussion, meetings, field trips, and other networking opportunities.
Fairbanks
Fairbanks Area Homeschoolers
This friendly group is where you can get home education support, discuss homeschooling, trade curriculum, announce events (even garage sales) with only a few rules.
Ketchikan
Ketchikan Homeschool Association
Homeschool parents living in and around the Ketchikan area. Meeting to provide additional opportunities for educational experiences in grades K to 12. All parents and children welcome.
Mat-Su Valley
Mat Su Homeschoolers for Christ
Palmer
Lazy Mountain Bible Church Homeschool Connections
A new homeschooler looking for help? A veteran homeschooler looking for friends for your kids? Whether it's swapping ideas, borrowing curricula, cooping a class or doing a field trip together check out Homeschool Connections.
Tok
Tok Homeschool
This group is set up for anyone in the Tok, Alaska area that is homeschooling. Membership is not dependent on school district enrollment, nor percentage homeschooling vs. public school enrollment. Anyone that is currently homeschooling or planning on homeschooling within the next couple of years is welcome. We hope to be a source of curriculum reviews, tips for new homeschoolers, a schedule of events, and just great practical advice.
Job opportunites forAK homeschool students
No job opportunites have been submitted for AK.
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