British Columbia Homeschooling
B.C. Home Learners' Association
BCHLA (Formerly CHEA) was founded to protect the individual rights
of parents to choose the home education option and to conduct
their child's education according to their individual choices.
See also: Past
Events in British Columbia
Field Trips
British Colombia
Field Trips
Educational places to visit in British Colombia.
Please note, students enrolled with the government-operated
schools are not officially homeschoolers.
Burnaby Online Learning
Options Online Program
One of the Burnaby School District's "Good Places to Learn."
Collaborative Educational
Alternative Program
CEAP is a School District 69 (Qualicum) Grade K-12 program offered
to families living in the central Vancouver Island Region.
Distance Education School
of the Kootenays
For all students in School Districts 5, 6, 8, 10, 20, 51.
Fraser Valley Distance
Educational School
FVDES is a distance educational facility serving school districts
in the Fraser Valley, across the Province of British Columbia
and around the World. For all students in School Districts
33, 34, 35, 36, 42, 43, 75, 78.
Heritage
Christian Online School
We're a long-established, independent school that has recently
added a distributed learning program for homeschooled students.
While we do offer online courses, we also offer enrollment to
those who are using their own curriculum at home.
North Coast Distance Education
School
For all students in School Districts 50, 52, 54, 82, 92.
North Island Distance
Education School
For all students in School Districts 47, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72,
84, 85, and other provinces (except Saskatchewan) and other countries.
Northern B.C. Distance
Education School
For all students in School Districts 59, 60, 81, 87, and in the
Yukon.
Oak and Orca Bioregional School
The program provides an integrated BC curriculum, a bioregional
focus with global perspectives, hands-on, child-centred activities,
choices for your child, and full teacher support.
South Central Interior
Distance Education School
For all students in Schools Districts19, 22, 23, 53, 58, 67,
73, 74, 83.
South Island Distance Education School
For all students in School Districts 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66 and
in Saskatchewan.
... more Options
for BC Learners
Kamloops
Christian School
Services families all over the interior of BC - from Terrace
to Golden, from Lytton to Valemount, and various points in between.
They are willing to register homeschoolers from anywhere in the
province.
SelfDesign Learning Center
(Formerly Wondertree Foundation) Our various programs enable authentic self-discovery and reflect respect for the rights of all learners, young and old, to assume responsibility for their own learning paths. Located in Creston, BC.
Vancouver
Christian School
An independent school in Vancouver providing Christ-centered
education from Kindergarten through grade 10.
Windsor House School
A parent-participation, democratic, academically non-coercive
public school with about one hundred and fifty students and ten
staff people. Located in North Vancouver.
British Columbia Education Code
AN A TO Z RESOURCE
Not intended as legal advice. Laws for your information only.
Education
Options in British Columbia
We offer information about home-based, public or independent
school enrollment options as a public service and to help clarify
the difference between home-based learning options currently
available in BC.
Distributed Learning vs. Homeschooling
Students enrolled in a public or independent school distributed
learning program and children who are registered as homeschooled
by their parents have different legal definitions, rights and
responsibilities under the School Act or Independent
School Act.
Foundation
Skills Assessment
This is a letter received from the Ministry of Education on the
new Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA). It is not a required
test for home educated learners; we still have freedom in the
area of testing.
Home-schooling
Statistics 
Numbers of registered home-schooled students since the 1989/90
school year to the 2004-05 school year, including grants issued to registering
schools.
Home
Schooling Options
Various options are available to parents when choosing where
and how their children will be educated. These include three
options in which children complete their educational program
at home.
Independent School Distributed Learning (DL) Program
Distributed Learning is a method of instruction that relies primarily on indirect communication between students and teachers, including internet or other electronic-based delivery, teleconferencing or correspondence.
BCHLA Newsletter Archives
BCHLA News, Home Education in British Columbia, BCHLA Resource
Pack, BCHLA Information Pages, and BCHLA Information Booklet.
Home Based
Learning in British Columbia
Laws, support groups, events, and more resources for homeschoolers
in British Columbia.
Vancouver Public Library
Lots of community resources and eBooks. Join a reading program
for kids!
CHILLIWACK
Chilliwack and Area Homeschooling Group
This is a group for anyone homeschooling in the Chilliwack and surrounding areas. Please only post activities which are homeschooling related.
First Class Chilliwack Homeschool Co-op
A great program for Homeschool families, a one-day (Tuesdays) Homeschool cooperative. It meets for 2 sessions each year, one in the fall and one in the spring.
FRASER VALLEY
Homelearners South of the Fraser
A Homelearners support group centred in Surrey, British Columbia.
We currently have members located in Surrey, White Rock, Delta,
Langley, Abbotsford, and New Westminster.
KELOWNA
Learners Unlimited
A support group for families in and around Kelowna, BC, Canada who have chosen to learn at home. We are a mixed bunch with many different approaches to home education and to life. Yahoo Group
PRINCE GEORGE
Homeschooling in Prince George BC
Some of the events that are made available to PG Home members are: Monthly coffee nights; Support to homeschool families - those new to the journey, as well as those who are long time homeschoolers; Playgroups with other members; and more. Yahoo Group.
Prince George Home Educators' Association
The site is geared for Prince George and area home educators,
but it may be of some use to those beyond our local geography
as well. We're hoping that it will be used as a reference
tool for those new to home education and also to those that are
more experienced.
Prince George Homeschool Organization of Meaningful Education
We are a Canadian non-denominational homeschool support group in BC's northern region. Our Yahoo group is open to all homeschoolers to communicate and keep in touch with one another. We also offer a membership to homeschoolers in the Prince George region for field trips and other special events.
SURREY
Heritage Home Learners Christian Homeschool Support Group
By choosing to become a member of Heritage Home Learners, we choose to support each other in our diversity.
VANCOUVER AREA
Homeschool-Vancouver
A place where Homeschoolers/ Homelearners in the Greater Vancouver BC area can share plans and ideas for local events and resources and help new homeschoolers get started.
New Life Home School Association
We are a Christian support group of home schooling parents who meet monthly in the Burnaby, B.C. area to encourage each other, share information and resources, and learn new ways to help our children learn.
VANCOUVER ISLAND
District 69 email list
You can "meet" other parents, often homeschoolers,
who are very involved with their kids' education. This is a local
list for the Parksville Qualicum (District 69) area of Vancouver
Island (and neighbouring communities).
Home Learning Victoria
A non-partisan group is for Victoria BC families who homeschool. On the discussion list, we share local information, connect with one another, and have respectful conversations about homeschooling, home learning, unschooling, deschooling, parenting, fabulous resources... and so on! All with a direct interest in homeschooling or home learning are welcome.
Home Learning Victoria - Blog
Feel free to wander around and check out what's here -- we'd love to read your responses. If you feel inspired to contribute a post or have a suggestion for a topic or link, just let us know. Created by Rebecca McClure.
Nanaimo Community Home Learners
Here you will find a wealth of resources produced by members
of NCHL. Articles, member web sites, events, photo galleries,
our lending library catalog, and much more.
Victoria Home Learning Network
A loosely formed membership of home learning families who want
to connect with other home learners.
B.C.
Support Groups and Publications
Flora.org's long list of all the support groups and newsletters
in British Columbia.
Support Groups Across BC
For your convenience, BCHLA has compiled a list of homeschool support groups from across the province. They are in alphabetical order according to the city/region they serve.
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