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Thursday, January 10th, 2008, 08:03 AM
Rochester Area Home Schooling Groups/Resources
Home schooling: It's a trend that's growing in leaps and bounds as increasing numbers of parents decide that they are best equipped, and have the means and energy, to coordinate the education of their own children. Here are the organizations and resources we're aware of in Rochester. (Please send email to suggestions@kidsoutandabout.com (suggestions@kidsoutandabout.com) if you have ideas for additions to this page.)
Local groups
Simply Homeschooling (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/simplyhomeschooling)
Simply Homeschooling is an all-inclusive, non-discriminating group of home educating families in and around Rochester, NY. Members vary not only in their personal philosophies but in their approaches to homeschooling as well; they have traditional homeschoolers, un-schoolers, those using curriculums and those combining several approaches.
Rochester Area Homeschoolers Association
Monthly meetings in support of families growing without schooling ("unschooling").
Voicemail: 234-0298
Lilac Children's Carden (http://lilacchildrensgarden.org/)
Lilac Children's Garden was conceived by Rochester parents in 1998 to bring the influence of Waldorf education to homeschooling families. Lilac Children's Garden offers weekly classes in a Waldorf environment which supplements and inspires members' homeschool activities. 585-234-5073
Catholic Homeschoolers of Western New York (http://www.netacc.net/~mafg/chs/). The email contact is chswny@rochester.rr.com (chswny@rochester.rr.com).
LEAH: Loving Education at Home (http://www.leah.org/regions/fingerlake.html)
A Christian support group, with local chapters throughout the state. Website is www.leah.org/regions/fingerlake.html (http://www.leah.org/regions/fingerlake.html).
Charity LEAH: Loving Education at Home (http://www.charityleah.org/)
This group is a sub-branch of LEAH that encourages homeschoolers of all faiths to join; it is not limited specifically to Christians. Contact: Matt and Ellen Gerwitz at 621-6445 or visit the web site at www.charityleah.org (http://www.charityleah.org/).
Lake-to-Lake Homeschoolers, Phelps, NY, Julie Burgess, 315-548-4026
Nonsectarian group that welcomes all orientations, mostly from the northern Finger Lakes area.
Buffalo Area Homeschooling Association (BAHA)
8750 Tonawanda Creek Road, Clarence Center, NY 14032
Sue Tannehill, 716-741-4755
STannehill@aol.com (STannehill@aol.com)
Syracuse-area Homeschoolers' Association (SaHA) (http://school.syracuse.com/cc/homeschool)
201 Milnor Ave., Syracuse, NY 13224 315-446-3068
syracusehomeschoolers@yahoo.com (syracusehomeschoolers@yahoo.com)Local Resources
Secrets in Stone (http://www.kidsoutandabout.com/StoriesinStone.html) - educational program for students in grades 4 to 12 aimed at promoting the educational resources of Rochester’s Mount Hope Cemetery.
Getting Started with Home Schooling (http://www.kidsoutandabout.com/hsgettingstarted.html) - This one-day seminar is often offered by Patricia Welch at Rochester Info-Courses. Call them at256-1960 to find out when the next such seminar is.
Homeschooling resources from the Monroe County Library (http://mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us/kids/homesch.html)
New York State Home Education News
PO Box 59, East Chatham, NY 12060
Katharine Houk Seth Rockmuller, 518-392-6900 ALLPIESR@aol.com (ALLPIESR@aol.com)
New York Home Educators Network (NYHEN) (http://www.nyhen.org/)
PO Box 24, Sylvan Beach, NY 13157
Chris Wheeler, 315-762-5166 coordinator@nyhen.org (coordinator@nyhen.org)
Fingerlakes Unschoolers Network
Clare Grady, (607) 273-6257 Laundress@aol.com (Laundress@aol.com)
Links to essays, reviews, articles, etc. about home schooling (http://www.kidsoutandabout.com/essays/hsessaymain.html)Source (http://www.kidsoutandabout.com/homeschooling.html)
Home schooling: It's a trend that's growing in leaps and bounds as increasing numbers of parents decide that they are best equipped, and have the means and energy, to coordinate the education of their own children. Here are the organizations and resources we're aware of in Rochester. (Please send email to suggestions@kidsoutandabout.com (suggestions@kidsoutandabout.com) if you have ideas for additions to this page.)
Local groups
Simply Homeschooling (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/simplyhomeschooling)
Simply Homeschooling is an all-inclusive, non-discriminating group of home educating families in and around Rochester, NY. Members vary not only in their personal philosophies but in their approaches to homeschooling as well; they have traditional homeschoolers, un-schoolers, those using curriculums and those combining several approaches.
Rochester Area Homeschoolers Association
Monthly meetings in support of families growing without schooling ("unschooling").
Voicemail: 234-0298
Lilac Children's Carden (http://lilacchildrensgarden.org/)
Lilac Children's Garden was conceived by Rochester parents in 1998 to bring the influence of Waldorf education to homeschooling families. Lilac Children's Garden offers weekly classes in a Waldorf environment which supplements and inspires members' homeschool activities. 585-234-5073
Catholic Homeschoolers of Western New York (http://www.netacc.net/~mafg/chs/). The email contact is chswny@rochester.rr.com (chswny@rochester.rr.com).
LEAH: Loving Education at Home (http://www.leah.org/regions/fingerlake.html)
A Christian support group, with local chapters throughout the state. Website is www.leah.org/regions/fingerlake.html (http://www.leah.org/regions/fingerlake.html).
Charity LEAH: Loving Education at Home (http://www.charityleah.org/)
This group is a sub-branch of LEAH that encourages homeschoolers of all faiths to join; it is not limited specifically to Christians. Contact: Matt and Ellen Gerwitz at 621-6445 or visit the web site at www.charityleah.org (http://www.charityleah.org/).
Lake-to-Lake Homeschoolers, Phelps, NY, Julie Burgess, 315-548-4026
Nonsectarian group that welcomes all orientations, mostly from the northern Finger Lakes area.
Buffalo Area Homeschooling Association (BAHA)
8750 Tonawanda Creek Road, Clarence Center, NY 14032
Sue Tannehill, 716-741-4755
STannehill@aol.com (STannehill@aol.com)
Syracuse-area Homeschoolers' Association (SaHA) (http://school.syracuse.com/cc/homeschool)
201 Milnor Ave., Syracuse, NY 13224 315-446-3068
syracusehomeschoolers@yahoo.com (syracusehomeschoolers@yahoo.com)Local Resources
Secrets in Stone (http://www.kidsoutandabout.com/StoriesinStone.html) - educational program for students in grades 4 to 12 aimed at promoting the educational resources of Rochester’s Mount Hope Cemetery.
Getting Started with Home Schooling (http://www.kidsoutandabout.com/hsgettingstarted.html) - This one-day seminar is often offered by Patricia Welch at Rochester Info-Courses. Call them at256-1960 to find out when the next such seminar is.
Homeschooling resources from the Monroe County Library (http://mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us/kids/homesch.html)
New York State Home Education News
PO Box 59, East Chatham, NY 12060
Katharine Houk Seth Rockmuller, 518-392-6900 ALLPIESR@aol.com (ALLPIESR@aol.com)
New York Home Educators Network (NYHEN) (http://www.nyhen.org/)
PO Box 24, Sylvan Beach, NY 13157
Chris Wheeler, 315-762-5166 coordinator@nyhen.org (coordinator@nyhen.org)
Fingerlakes Unschoolers Network
Clare Grady, (607) 273-6257 Laundress@aol.com (Laundress@aol.com)
Links to essays, reviews, articles, etc. about home schooling (http://www.kidsoutandabout.com/essays/hsessaymain.html)Source (http://www.kidsoutandabout.com/homeschooling.html)