Homeschool Linkage Support

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HOMESCHOOL TIPS

Written by Andrea Dodd, Homeschool Parent and Andersen Homeschool Point of Contact. Email: homeschoolgu@gmail.com • Be flexible when it comes to curriculum. Just because a curriculum works for one child does not mean it will work for all. Find what works best for YOUR child.

• Don't stick to the books. Go out and have fun learning. If you are learning about nature, go outside and experience nature. Take a day and go to the zoo, go to a park, bake cookies, or do something that your family enjoys. Education does not have to be done at a desk or in a classroom. Children learn from everything we do. Make learning memorable. • Don't try to recreate "school". Public school hours are as long as they are to allow for breaks, classroom transition, and other things that take up time outside of learning. • You are enough. Do not doubt your ability to homeschool. At times it may get difficult, but you will get past those times. Homeschooling will be rewarding experience for both you and your child. You chose to homeschool for a reason.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Submitted by JRM School Liaisons

GUAM LAW: 17 GCA (Guam Code Annotated), Chapter 6, Section 6109

“Children not attending a private full-time school and who are being instructed in study and recitation for at least three (3) hours a day for one hundred seventy (170) days each calendar year by a private tutor or other person, in the several branches of study required to be taught in the public schools of this Territory and in the English language, shall be exempted from attending the public school.” www.guamcourts.org/CompilerofLaws/GCA/17gca/17gc006.PDF

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY (DODEA) SCHOOLS

Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools offer eligible homeschooled children the opportunity to take one or more classes and/or to use or receive “auxiliary services”. However, homeschoolers must meet the same eligibility requirements as dependents enrolled in the DoDEA schools. Auxiliary services include the use of academic resources (including scheduled standardized tests, etc.), access to the library (information center), after-hours use of school facilities, participation in music, sports, and other extracurricular and interscholastic activities.

Read DODEA Administrative Instruction 1375.01 HomeSchool-Students April 10, 2018. https://www.dodea.edu/Offices/ PolicyAndLegislation/upload/DoDEA-AI-1375-01-Home-SchoolStudents-Change-1.pdf

HOME SCHOOL SUPPORT CONTACTS IN GUAM:

Navy Homeschool Group Point of Contact Joanne Styger Email: Joannestyger@gmail.com Facebook: Guam Military Christian Homeschoolers Facebook: Guam Christian Homeschool Co-op-GCHC Andersen AFB Homeschool Group Point of Contact Andrea Dodd Email: homeschoolgu@gmail.com Facebook: Andersen AFB Homeschool Group Guam Home School Association Website: www.guam-hsa.org Email: guamhsa@gmail.com Guam Homeschool Resource Center Website: www.guamhomeschool.com Email: guamhomeschool@gmail.com Phone: (671) 483-3748 Classical Conversations Guam Email: sonia.alcorn.cc@gmail.com Facebook: Classical Conversations Guam

Child and Youth Programs: Youth Sports, Teen Center, School-age Care Naval Base Guam Phone: (671) 339-6130/6410 Andersen AFB Phone: (671) 366-3490