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Charter Homeschooling Schools in Berkeley?

Oak Meadow Homeschool Program

Looking for homeschooling communities

Homeschooling groups

College Counselor for homeschooler

Oak Meadow Homeschool Program

Jan. 2002

Re: Troubled daughter has stopped going to school (Jan 2002)
For the parent looking for alternative to High School. We enrolled in a Homeschool program called Oak Meadow . We want a well structure program and this one is excellent. You choose your classes with their help and advise, and receive the books and planned lessons on the mail all at once. You can choose to do undependably or with them. They also offer an online school. The curriculum is the same with the difference that the child has one teacher for each subject and has to send his or hers homework every other day via email. It cost considerably more but to us is worthwhile to have the structure, advise and guidance. The children receive grades and credits for all the classes. The enrolled student has access to their library a nd their students chat room, besides being able to work on line with other students from different locations. You can find out about the school (which in California is considered a private school) on their internet site, oak meadow.com, where you can sample the lessons. Denise G.

Looking for homeschooling communities

Feb 2000

Lindsay
I looking to make contact with the homeschooling community(ies?) in Berkeley. Can someone help me? Thanks,

Tim
Search the Berkeley Information Network under "homeschooling" or "home schooling" http://library.ci.berkeley.ca.us:81/screens/mainmenu.html and you will find two main homeschooling groups in Berkeley. They both have helpful contact people you can call. Both groups are pretty active.

cindy
We aren't very hooked in but for getting started you can call the Independent study program through Berkeley Unified School District and ask for Susie Bailey (I think she is the director). She is the GREATEST!!! Although she is under the confines of the school district and therefore the State, we would have had a hard time getting started without her. We got curriculum from them for the first year and then had some idea of how to proceed from there. Also Family Village Homeschoolers was a reference we got but haven't had time to try out. A good beginning trial might be their park days on the first, third and fifth Mondays at 12:30 at North Field Live Oak Park (that is if this rain ever stops). Good Luck.

There are many resources on the Internet. Just type in Home Schooling. Its a little overwhelmong but you decide how to navigate once you see the choices. I don't have the particular sites that I found especially helpful and interesting with me but I'll find them and send them in later. I think you can get all the questions you mentioned in your posting answered that way. (June 1999)

I work at the Lawrence Hall of Science here on campus where we have a lot of wonderful math and science teacher's guides which can also be used by parents. Please check out our website at http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/Publications.html You can also come up in person and check out our store, where we have even more useful, educational and fun stuff.

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