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III.  Appendix

A.  Home School Resources

The following lists are just a few of the many resources available to home schoolers.  The task force is not recommending any particular resource be used by home schoolers.  This list is being made available to show some of the possibilities.

 TRADITIONAL TEXTBOOKS (CHRISTIAN)

ABeka Book Publications, PO Box 19100, Pensacola, FL 32523-9100 1-(877)-ABEKA BOOKS, www.abeka.com

Bob Jones University Press, Greenville, SC 29614, 1-(800)-845-5731, www.bjup.com

 COMPLETE INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING PROGRAMS

Alpha Omega Publications, 300 N. McKemy Ave., Chandler, AZ 85226,       1-(800)-622-3070

 School of Tomorrow (ACE), PO Box 299000, Lewisville, TX 75029,      1-(800)-925-7777

CURRICULUM AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES

WARNING – these curriculum generally run one year ahead of public school curriculum in skill areas like reading, English and math. Do yourself a favor and consider this before ordering.

Builder Books, PO Box 5789, Lynnwood, WA 98046, 1-(800)-260-5461,      www.bbhomeschoolcatalog.com

Elijah Company, 1053 Eldridge Loop, Crossville, TN 38558, 1-(888)-2ELIJAH, www.elijahco.com

Family Christian Academy, 487 Myatt Dr., Madison, TN 37115 1-(615) 860-3000

God’s World Books, PO Box 2330, Asheville, NC 28802, 1-(800)-951-BOOK (Also publishes a Christian “Weekly Reader”), www.gwbc.com

Greenleaf Press, 3761 Hwy 109, Lebanon, TN 37087 1-(800)-311-1508, www.greenleafpress.com

Holt Associates (unschoolers), 2380 Massachusetts Ave. Suites 104, Cambridge, MA 02140-1126, 1-(888)-925-9298, www.holtgws.com

Lifetime Books and Gifts, 3900 Chalet Suzanne Dr., Lake Wales, FL 33853-7763, 1-(800)-377-0390, www.lifetimeonline.com

Rainbow Resource, Route 1, Box 159A, Toulon, IL 61483, 1-(888)-841-3456, www.rainbowresource.com

Shekinah Curriculum Cellar, 101 Meador Rd., Kilgore TX 75662, 1-(903)-643-2760, www.shekinahcc.com

Timberdoodle, E 1510 Spencer Lake Rd., Shelton, WA 98584, 1-(360)-426-0672, www.timberdoodle.com

CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS

K-12  Abeka Correspondence School, Box 18000, Pensacola FL 32523-9160, 1(800)-874-3592 (Also offers video courses), www.abeka.org

9-12  American School, 2200 E. 170^th St., Lansing, IL 60438, 1-(800)-228-5600

9-12  Bob Jones University Press, Greenville, SC 29614-0062, 1-(800)-845-5731 (Correspondence School, Satelite & Video Courses), www.bjup.com

K-8  Calvert School, Dept. 2NET 105 Tuscany Rd., Baltimore, MD 21210-3098, 1-(888)-487-4652, www.calvertschool.org

K-12 Christian Liberty Academy (CLASS or CLA), 502 W. Euclid, Arlington     Heights, IL 60004, 1-(800)-348-0899, www.homeschools.org

K-12 Covenant Home Curriculum, N63 W23421 Main St., Sussex, WI 53089,     1(800) 578-2421, www.covenanthome.com

K-12 Moore Foundation, Box 1, Camas, WA 98607, 1-(800)-891-5255,     www.moorefoundation.com

K-12 Seton Home Study School (Catholic), 1350 Progress Dr., Front Royal, VA 22630, 1-(540)-636-9990, www.setonhome.org

K-12 Summit Christian Academy, 2100 N. Hwy 360 Ste 503, Grand Paririe, TX 75050, 1-(800)-362-9180, www.scahomeschool.com

9-12 University of Kentucky, Independent Study Program High School     Correspondence, Frazee Hall, Room 1, Lexington, KY 40506-0031,      1-(800)-432-0963, www.w.uky.edu/UExt/independent_study/ISPHS.html

HOME SCHOOLING PERIODCALS

Home Schooling Today, PO Box 1608, Ft. Collins, CO 80522-1608, 1-(954)-962-1930, www.homeschooltoday.com

Practical Home schooling, PO Box 1250, Fenton, MO 63026, 1-(800)-346-6322, www.home-school.com

The Teaching Home, PO Box 20219, Portland, OR 97294, www.teachinghome.com

STATE SUPPORT GROUPS 

CHEK – Christian Home Educators of Kentucky, 691 Howardstown Rd., Hodgenville, KY 42748, 1-(270)-358-9270, www.chek.org

KHEA – Kentucky Home Education Association, PO Box 81, Winchester, KY 40392-0081, 1-(859)-737-3338, www.KHEA.8k.com

Suggested Reading List  - Reference and How-To Books

 Armstrong, Thomas. In Their Own Way.

Explains learning styles.  Chapters on attitude, imagination, attention, self-esteem and more.

Beechick, Ruth. You Can Teach Your Child Successfully.

Colfax, David and Micki. Home-Schooling for Excellence.

Exciting account of the family that sent three home-schooled sons to Harvard.

Dobson, James. Parenting Isn’t For Cowards.

Encouragement for parents to know and appreciate their child’s        individual personality and temperament.

Duffy, Cathy. Christian Home Educators Curriculum Manual.

Great resource for helping you choose a curriculum.

Dunn, Kenneth and Rita. Teaching: Students Through Their Individual

Learning Styles.

Explores the idea of learning styles through environmental preferences and multi sensory approaches.

Elkind, David. The Hurried Child.

Elkind, David. Miseducation: Preschoolers at Risk.

Discusses the real difference between the mind of a preschool child and that of a school-age child.  Warns us of the risks of early miseducation.

 Farris, Michael P. Homeschooling: Father.

 An ideal book for Homeschooling fathers.

 Gaither, Gloria and Shirley Dobson. Let’s Make a Memory.

 Great ideas for building family traditions and togetherness.

Harris, Greg. The Christian Home School.

Holt, John. Teach Your Own.

Holt confronts the common objections to homes schooling and discusses ways we can allow children to learn outside of schools.

Jeske, Patrick J. Brine. Out the Best in Your Child.

Covers methods of motivation and topics such as instilling self-confidence, controlling laziness and dealing with stubbornness.

Klicka, Christopher. The Right Choice: The Incredible Failure of Public        Education and the Rising Hope of Home Schooling.

This book will mentally and emotionally prepare parents to meet opposition from school officials, government agencies or uninformed outsiders.

Lopez, Diane. Teaching Children.

        A guide to what children need to know at each level through 6^th

        grade.

McCullough, Bonnie. 401 Ways to Get Your Kids to Work at Home.

McEwan, Elaine. How To Raise Reader.

      Tips on helping your child read well with age-graded recommendations

       of best children’s books.

MacCauley, Susan Schaeffer. For the Children’s Sake.

Moore, Dr. Raymond and Dorothy. School Can Wait.

Documentation from many fields upholding the premise of the title. Ideal book for the teacher or professional.

Moore, Dr. Raymond and Dorothy. Home Grown Kids.

Guidelines for emotional and intellectual development from 0-9 years old.

Moore, Dr. Raymond and Dorothy. Home-Style Teaching.

Insights on how to become a great teacher/mom.

 Pride, Mary. The Big Book of Home Learning.

Another great book to help you choose a curriculum, reviews a wide    variety of publishers and their products.

Shackelford, Luanna and Susan White. A Survivor’s Guide to Homeschooling.

Written with wisdom, candor and humor, the authors share situations, solutions, successes and yes, even the failures home teacher’s face.

Tobias, Cynthia. The Way They Learn.

Explains how to discover and teach to your child’s strengths.

Trelease, Jim. The Read-Aloud Handbook.

 Answers the question how and why to read aloud to your child.         Includes an extensive list of the best books.

 Wilson, Elizabeth. Books Children Love.

Commentaries on hundreds of quality books in over two dozen subject areas.

 C.  Special Topics

1.  Loss of driver’s license by student for dropping out of school or for academic deficiency

Any applicant for a permit who is under the age of eighteen (18) who has not graduated from high school shall provide proof issue by his school within the preceding sixty (60) days that the applicant is currently enrolled or has been enrolled in the prior semester of school and is not or has not been found academically deficient.  If a student is being schooled at home, a statement from his parent or guardian that he is being schooled at home and is not         academically deficient shall be provided.

A student shall be deemed to have dropped out of school when he has nine (9) or more unexcused absences in the preceding semester.  Any absences due to suspension shall be unexcused absences.  A student shall be deemed to be academically deficient when he has not received passing grades in a least             four (4) courses, or the equivalent of four (4) courses, in the preceding semester.

2. Recognition of home school credits

KRS 158.140 mandates the assignment of a pupil in the class or grade to which the pupil is best suited.  This regulation prescribes procedures for recognition of credits or graduation from a public secondary school upon transfer from a nonaccredited secondary school and from a public secondary school upon transfer from a nonaccredited secondary school and for the awarding of credit upon transfer to a public secondary school without a proper transcript being reasonably available.

Section 1. For the purpose of this regulation, a “nonaccredited secondary school: is a school enrolling students for secondary school instruction when that school is not recognized by (1) of the fifty (50) state departments of education or one (1) of the seven (7) independent regional accrediting associations.  A “nonaccredited secondary school” in Kentucky shall be any private school not certified pursuant to KRS 156.160(3). 

Section 2. (1) The local school district shall be responsible for the appropriate assignment of a student transferring from a non accredited secondary school to the class or grade best suited for the student. Previous credits earned by a student in a non accredited secondary school shall be awarded by the local school district by one (1) of the two (2) following methods:

Pass an examination of similar nature and content to the examination used for other students receiving credits for a particular course within the school district and graded an a comparable basis;

Or

Successful performance of the student in a higher level course when the courses are sequential in nature such as English, Mathematics, History and Science.  Successful performance shall consist of achieving at least a C grade in the course by the 12^th week of school.

The courses successfully completed by examination or performance shall be counted toward minimum high school graduation requirements in the local school district. 

Section 3. A student desiring recognition of previous credits toward graduation upon entering public school secondary school without a properly certified transcript and for whom a properly certified transcript cannot reasonably be obtained, shall be placed and awarded credit as outlined in Section 2 of this statute.

3. Home school participation in public school activities

Home school participation in public school activities is governed by local board policy.  At the present time there is no prohibition against a home school student taking classes at the local public school.  Local situations vary. Contact your local school for details.

Current regulations prohibit home school children from participating on athletic or academic teams sponsored by public schools.