Minnesota Homeschooling
Associations
Minnesota Association of
Christian Home Educators
Lots of information and good links here from MACHE for everybody.
Minnesota Homeschoolers
Alliance
MHA is committed to fulfilling its mission without discrimination
based on race, religion, or educational philosophy.
Events
2010 MACHE Homeschool Conference and Curriculum Fair NEW
April 16 - 17, 2010. "Homeschool on the Range." Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, Minnesota. Keynote Speakers: Lew and Melodie Sterrett with "Spark" and "Romeo."
Minnesota Catholic Home Education Conference and Curriculum Fair NEW
May 28 - 29, 2010. Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota. "The Family: Seminary of Hope." Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ray Guarendi, Psychologist, Author, and Father of Ten.
2010 MHA Annual Conference NEW
September 25, 2010. New Brighton Family Service Center in New Brighton. The all-day Conference offers something for everyone - from getting started workshops, to guidelines on preparing your teen for college, to dozens of vendor displays. Keynote Speaker: Linda Dobson.
Events
from the Minnesota Homeschoolers Alliance
MHA sponsors outreach activities, workshops, and social events
for homeschoolers. These are open to members and non-members.
MACHE Calendar
Events list from this Christian homeschool association.
See also: Past
Events in Minnesota
Field Trips
Gibbs Heritage Home School Program NEW
March 16 - April 8, 2010. The Gibbs Country Schoolhouse Program provides home-schooled children with a unique field trip opportunity. This exciting new three-hour history immersion program gives 2nd -6th grade-level children the opportunity to learn in a nineteenth-century country school house. 323 Landmark Center, 75 West Fifth Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102. Phone: (651) 222-0701.
Minnesota Field Trips
Educational places to visit in Minnesota.
Legal
Information
Minnesota Education Code For Homeschooling
AN A TO Z RESOURCE
Not intended as legal advice. For your information only.
Homeschooling
A significant portion of families in Minnesota choose nonpublic
education options for their children by enrolling them in private
(nonpublic) schools (both faith-based and secular) or by educating
them at home. Resource for:
Reporting
 Help for Filling out the Compulsory Report Form
Nothing in Minnesota law specifies exactly how non-public educators are to make their annual report only that it is due by October 1 each year and certain information is to be communicated. You are free to write a letter of your own, use this MACHE designed reporting form, or some other device.
Home School Forms
Lakeville Area Public Schools provides many forms for homeschoolers
in their district, such as a sample report card, instruction report, etc.
Minnesota Compulsory Instruction Report
Minnesota Statutes 120A.22120A.26, 121A.15 require
the person in charge of providing instruction to a child to submit
the information collected in this report to the superintendent
of the district in which the student resides.
Online
Christian MN Homeschoolers
CMNHS is a forum for Christian moms and dads to discuss issues
related to homeschooling / unschooling in Minnesota.
ChristianMNHSchooler
This is a list that is for Christian Homeschoolers. You do not
have to be from Minnesota to join. We meet and share about every
aspect of homeschooling.
Early Childhood Homeschooling Opportunities in Minnesota
ECHO-MN is an inclusive homeschool organization designed for
families with young children who wish to learn more about homeschooling
as an alternative form of education.
ECHO-SW
Supports families in the southwestern suburbs including Eden
Prairie, Chanhassen, and Chaska. We are a subgroup of ECHO-MN
Minnesota Home Schoolers
MNHS is an open forum for the discussion of issues related to
home schooling/ unschooling in Minnesota.
Minnesota Homeschoolers' Alliance Teens NEW
A social organization for teens 12 years and older throughout the state. MHT works in partnership with the Minnesota Homeschoolers' Alliance to serve the needs of MN homeschooling teens.
Minnesota Homeschoolers' Alliance Wiki
What is Wiki? WikiwikiWeb is a site where everyone can collaborate
on what's here. Feel free to use this location to place comments,
questions, and resources relevant to homeschooling.
Minnesota Liberal Homeschool Group
A homeschool group for liberally-minded parents in Minnesota
(and surrounding areas). This is a social group as well as homeschooling
group.
MNHS
This is a list dedicated to homeschooling in Minnesota. Everyone
who home-schools is welcome, not just Minnesotans. a place where homeschoolers can trade/sell/buy homeschool materials.
Publications
Apples
of Gold Homeschool Newsletter
Most subscribers live in Douglas County, Wisconsin and St. Louis
County, Minnesota, but there are a few families outside this
immediate region that have taken an interest in the newsletter
as well. Apples of Gold is published bi-monthly
from a Christian world view.
Resources
Eclectic Community of Homeschooling Opportunities in Minnesota NEW
ECHO is an outreach group designed to help families learn about homeschooling. ECHO provides this support via quarterly meetings, Yahoo Group communication, and connecting families with homeschooling support groups.
Home
School Testing
Minnesota Statewide Testing Program provides testing materials
for home school educators in Minnesota.
Minnesota
Post-secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) Program
If you are a Minnesota high school junior or senior, this is
an opportunity for you to take college courses while you are
in high school. Homeschoolers encouraged.
Minnesota
State High School League
Currently, the MSHSL sponsors 27 athletic and 5 arts programs
at the varsity, junior varsity, sophomore or "B" squad
levels.
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