Homeschool
Whatever the reasons for your decision to look into homeschooling, you will also have to decide for your own family how best to go about educating your children.
As the teacher of your students, you will need to address the areas of study, the curriculum and materials to utilize, and the process by which to evaluate progress.
As homeschool students in the Stanwood-Camano School District, your students are entitled and encouraged to participate in any classes, sports, or activities as ancillary services.
They may attend a particular class on a part-time basis, or turn out for sports or activities if they have a current Homeschool Intent Form on file with the District Office and complete the request for Ancillary Services Request Form for the classes/activities for which they wish to participate.
A current Immunization forms must be on file for any student participating in part-time attendance, sports or extra-curricular activities.
Independent Home-based instruction must
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Be planned and supervised by parent(s) and include instruction in occupational education, science, mathematics, language, social studies, history, health, reading, writing, spelling and the development of an appreciation of art and music provided for an "equivalent" time to the number of hours for private schools. Further, the legislature recognizes that home-based instruction is less structured and more experiential than classroom education, therefore, it has been declared that these provisions of the nature and quantity of instruction shall be liberally construed.
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Be provided by the child's parent(s), who:
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is supervised by a certified teacher who has contact with the child 1 hour/week or an average of 4 hours per month, OR
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has earned the equivalent of 45 college level quarter credit hours, OR
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has taken a course in home-based instruction at a post-secondary institute or voc-tech institute, OR
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has been deemed qualified by the local district superintendent.
Duties of parent(s)
Parents providing home-based instruction have the duty to:
A. Homeschool Intent Form annually which must:
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Give the child's name and age, and
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State if a teacher will be supervising, and
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Be filed by September 15th or within two weeks of the beginning of any quarter or semester, and
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Use the format prescribed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI)
B. Ensure that an annual standardized achievement test (those approved by the State Board of Education) is administered to the child by a well qualified individual, or an academic progress assessment of the child is written by a Washington State certified teacher currently employed in the field of education. Assessment or test results are the property of the parent only. These records are to be kept and given to the public or private school upon request should re-entry be desired.
Parents who comply with these duties shall be presumed to be providing home-based instruction.