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LOCAL CLASSES/CO-OPS
RISE
RISE is a university-model academic home school program for middle and high school students in Naples, Florida, designed to enable Christian families to fulfill their Proverbs 22:6 mandate while challenging the next generation to RISE UP to become all that God has created them to be, both spiritually and academically. Talented in their fields, RISE instructors have a passion for their subject matter, a zeal for teaching, and a desire to transmit the love of Christ. They partner with parents by instructing students in a once-weekly classroom setting while parents oversee student work through the week.
Classical Conversations
Classical Conversations supports homeschooling parents by cultivating the love of learning through a Christian worldview in fellowship with other families. We believe there are three keys to a great education: classical, Christian, and Community. We believe that you CAN homeschool your students PreK thru high school and have several communities meeting weekly in Collier and Lee counties. Our mission is to know God and make Him known.
ONLINE CLASSES/SCHOOLS
FLVS (Florida Virtual School)
Florida Virtual School (FLVS) was founded in 1997 and was the country's first, state-wide Internet-based public high school. Today, FLVS serves students in grades K-12 and provides a variety of custom solutions for schools and districts to meet student needs.
Wilson Hill Academy
Wilson Hill Academy is leveraging technology to allow master teachers who love God, love their subjects and love their students to overcome those distances in new and fresh ways… bringing you a virtual classroom with windows on the world.
Wilson Hill Academy exists to provide college-bound students with a classical Christian education founded upon and informed by a biblical worldview; equipping them to know, love, and practice that which is true, good and beautiful, and preparing them to live obedient, fruitful lives in the service of God and man.
Schole´Academy
Scholé Academy seeks to provide superlative classical education online, employing the restful pedagogy embodied in the word scholé.
Apologia Online Academy
They offer live science classes plus math, literature, history, etc.
Mr. D. Math
Math, test prep, life skills, and more!
ONLINE SELF-PACED CURRICULUM
Experience Biology (HS Chemistry coming in 2021)
Online self-paced Christian science curriculum for homeschooling families who want high-quality education plus an engaging hands-on experience. Elementary and High school level Biology.
- Two engaging video lessons for every weekly module to help your child understand new and exciting concepts without feeling overwhelmed.
- Carefully planned lab work with corresponding lab video lessons throughout the year so your child can experience biology — hands-on!
-Online graded quizzes and exams, so you can take a break from correcting your child’s work.
Veritas Press Self-Paced History
Veritas Press's Self-Paced Elementary History courses are the perfect solution for busy homeschool families that want to take some of the stress out of homeschooling with a history curriculum that kids love and truly learn. Each course:
- Grades itself automatically
- Has 160 lessons, covering 32 historical events
- Is full of games, and exciting videos with talking historical characters
- Teaches a chronological sequence or timeline of history
- Full of interactive teaching
- Has music to help memorization
- Truly multi-sensory
Omnibus (Integrated history, literature & Bible)
Veritas Press's Self-Paced Omnibus courses for Grades 7-12 are the perfect solution for busy homeschool families that want to take some of the stress out of homeschooling with a curriculum that students love and truly learn. Each course:
- Grades itself automatically
- Full of interactive teaching
- Tour the locations where history was made
- Learn from experts in each subject area
- Multi-sensory
- Interact with the Great Books from a Christian Worldview
- Learn to think and not learn just the facts
Grammar Revolution
A systematic approach to learning grammar with diagramming. There are videos for each Lesson.
Dereck Owen's Online Math & Physics Courses
All of Mr. Owens' classes are available online:
Prealgebra, Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, Precalculus, Calculus, Physical Science, and Physics
1. Videos
Videos of all of the lectures are provided, either over the web or on Cd or Dvd. Students watch the videos on their home computer. These lectures contain the exact same content as the lectures delivered in class. In some cases, the videos contain additional graphics, effects, and animations that cannot be drawn on a whiteboard but are well suited to a computer.
2. Lecture Notes
As students watch the videos, they complete the printed lecture notes by hand. The lecture notes are a skeleton of the teacher's lecture notes. As students follow the lecture, they fill in the blank space in the lecture notes, writing down the main points and solving example problems. In this way, the students learn by doing the work and writing it down as well as by listening to the material and seeing it on screen.
3. Homework and Tests
Online students have the same homework assignments and tests as students who attend the class. Students can submit their completed work in whatever manner is most convenient - fax, email, regular mail, or by other means. The papers are graded, and scanned images of the graded papers are automatically emailed to the students and the parents. With email and fax, the process can be very fast, so students may receive feedback on their work very quickly.
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Self-paced classes.
CURRICULUM
Easy Peasy All in One Homeschool
Complete, All Free Curriculum
What this is…
This is my children’s school. I am putting their assignments online so that they can work independently and so that I have the assignments saved for their younger siblings. Grade levels and courses include 180 days of homeschool lessons and assignments. It covers reading, writing, grammar, spelling, vocabulary, math, history/social studies/geography, science, Spanish, Bible, computer, music, art, PE/health, and logic. It uses only free materials found on the internet.
(Go to the website for more information.)
Easy Peasy All in One High School
My name is Lee Giles. I’m the founder of the Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool, a complete, online Christian curriculum. In 2012 I “went public” with my children’s homeschool assignments that I had been putting online. The site has grown very quickly and is too big now to be kept all in one place. As I’ve expanded to high school, I needed a new beginning. This site is where the high school courses for the Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool will be kept. It is still under construction and you will find notes to myself at the bottom of developing courses. You can read more about what courses are planned by using the courses link. You can also learn more about the courses and progression for any given subject by clicking on those main headings (eg. English)....
(Go to the website for additional information)
EXTRA-CURRICULAR
SAINTS P.E.
Come and check us out... first time is FREE!
The Saints program is designed to be a professional physical education program for homeschooled children. From September through May we teach "every sport imaginable". We teach four different sports activities from the ground level up for four consecutive weeks. Then we rotate, teaching four new sports activities for another four consecutive weeks and so on. We are based on a "drop-off" program, but parents are certainly welcome to stay if you feel that is in the best interest of your child(ren).
We hold strongly to "one rule": RESPECT.... respect our leaders, respect one another, respect the equipment, respect one's self, and respect the environment. Through this one rule, children honor and respect God!
We hold "SAINTS" P.E. classes "rain or shine." When it rains, we turn to "plan B" and operate under the shelter-covered areas playing games as a group.
For more information and to register online, please go to http://www.saintsofflorida.com/
Collier County 4-H Clubs
4-H is an informal, practical educational program for youth 5-18. It uses a learn-by-doing approach to enable youth to develop the knowledge, attitudes, and skills they need to become competent, caring, and contributing citizens of the world. This mission is accomplished by using the knowledge and resources of the Florida Extension Service, the University of Florida, and the involvement of caring adults.
ICC (Institute for Cultural Communicators)
The mission of the Institute for Cultural Communicators is to shape culture through authentic communication. It offers a variety of programs, events, and teaching materials designed to help students become "cultural communicators"--people who can impact their culture through excellent communication of the truth.
NCFCA (National Christian Forensics and Communications Association)
NCFCA (National Christian Forensics and Communications Association) believes that formal speech and debate can provide a means for home schooled students to learn and exercise analytical and oratorical skills, addressing life issues from a Biblical world view in a manner that glorifies God. To provide these opportunities to home schooled students, NCFCA shall facilitate qualifying tournaments throughout the country and the annual national tournament.
Teen Court
Teen Court is a diversion program. Qualified first time juvenile offenders, who have admitted guilt, with crimes ranging from misdemeanor up to 3rd degree felony can have their cases "heard" in Teen Court. High school students who are mature and responsible and have agreed to respect confidentiality can volunteer to serve in the roles of attorneys, bailiffs, clerks, and jurors.
HIGH SCHOOL RESOURCES
Fast Transcripts
Fast Transcripts cloud-based transcript template practically does the work for you. Using course name auto-suggest, GPA auto-calculation, and our error-catching algorithm, we provide the most professional transcript available to the homeschool community. Send secure watermark or digital transcripts directly from our Homeschool Clearinghouse to 4,397 colleges & universities.
CAREER PATHWAY HELP
Help Your Child Choose a Career Pathway:
Ideas from HEF (Homeschool Education Foundation website.)
LOCAL ACTIVITES
Artis--Naples --Various Events
Various events at or hosted by Artis--Naples.
Collier County Museums
The Museum's five acre historical park at the County Government Center in Naples, and its branch sites in Everglades City and Immokalee offer a full range of education, family activities and cultural programs.
SUPPORT
FPEA (Florida Parent Educators Association)
FPEA exists soley to serve home schooling families in Florida. It executes that mission through support for the legal right to home school, local school board education and interaction, support group networking, an annual statewide convention, local conferences and events, informative communications, and most importantly through individual encouragement, all in accordance with Judeo-Christian principles.
HEF (Home Education Foundation)
HEF was established in 1991 to raise support and direct lobbying for home education in Florida. HEF exists to safeguard existing legislation and evaluate future legislation.
HSDLA (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. Through annual memberships, HSLDA is tens of thousands of families united in service together, providing a strong voice when and where needed.
FPEA
"Starting Points" dowload, by FPEA.