How do you start start home schooling in illinois?

Question

I am a junior in high school and i was just wondering how you get started

Answer 1

DO NOT CONTACT the state board of education!!!!!!!! Do not contact government
bureaucrats for anything! (please!) They know nothing about homeschooling, and their packets are paid for with YOUR tax money. Besides,
they are essentially anti-homeschooling because the public tax money from the vicitims being held captive in public school (students)pay their salaries.

If you want information on public school, call the public school people; if you want homeschool information, call the homeschool experts. Sometimes the state workers don't even know the state homeschool law. You see, it just doesn't concern them.

There are two HSLDA affiliated homeschool groups in Illinois with wonderful and friendly
Christian people who know all about homeschooling:

Christian Home Educators Coalition of Illinois
(CHEC of IL)
PO Box 47322
Chicago, IL 60647-0322
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Web: http://www.chec.cc

Illinois Christian Home Educators
(ICHE)
PO Box 307
Russell, IL 60075
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Web: http://www.iche.org

Also, you might want to just begin on-line
Community College--people in the old days started college alot earlier than nowadays--

Have fun!

Answer 2

Contact the Illinois Board of State Education, 100 N. 1st St., Springfield, Illinois, 866-262-6663. The Illinois Department of Education will send you a packet outlining the requirements for home schooling.

Most states do not require that you be home schooled by a degreed teacher, but you are required to report to a public school, college, or university to have tests administered.

Home schooling is not an "easy way out" of completing requirements to graduate from high school. The process is not an "easy ride".

Answer 3

After you get past the preliminary steps of knowing the law of Illinois, finding a support group, connecting with HSLDA, and acquiring your curriculum..... This is what you do:

Focus on the basics. Get up in the morning and take care of yourself and your space. Do your chores and eat an healthy breakfast.

1. Get out your math book. We use Saxon Math. Work out the equations in one lesson and check to see if you have all of the answers correct. Pay close attention to the lesson instructions each time. Re-do the equations that are wrong.

2. Write. Buy a good book on grammar. Read up on proper sentence structure. Write a full-page essay every day -- use a variety of topics. Have someone edit it for errors. Make the necessary corrections.

3. Read. Make sure that you have a set of great encyclopedias for information on history, science, and many other areas of life. Keep a good dictionary on hand to study vocabulary. Fill your bookshelves with historical fiction, historic autobiographies, classics, science texts, and other well written books. Look for the best authors. Read books that are at or above your level of ability for a minimum of 2 hours everyday.

Your academic day -- math, writing, and reading -- should take anywhere from 4-6 hours.

Go to www.collegeboard.com and find practice SAT material. Take a practice test on each Friday. This will prepare you for college if you are intending to apply. Otherwise it will still give you the brain-power that you need to get ahead in the workplace after you graduate.

HTH, Barb

Answer 4

I would second AbiquaMom's suggestions to go through your INDEPENDENT homeschooling organization rather than the school district.

If you are already a junior, you might look into testing out of high school and going right into a college or junior college. My sister did that at 14, and fit in well.

Answer 5

I believe you have to contact the Illinois school district that sponsors the home schooling. They should help you with anything else.

Answer 6

Hope this helps!

Answer 7

http://www.home-school.com/