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Conferences & conventions in the region
Arizona Families for Home Education 26th Annual Home School Convention & Curriculum Fair
July 17, 2009 - July 18, 2009
Phoenix Convention Center - Highlights of the convention include: * Speakers, * Teen Track * Exhibit Hall * Vendor Workshops * Mentoring Moms Booth * Inspiration & Encouragement * Friends * Goody Bags
Phoenix
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Other events and resources
Homeschool hiking/biking annual event
May 23, 2010 - May 29, 2010
The homeschool hiking/biking annual event began in May 2005 as a way to gain recognition for homeschooling as well as getting some exercise, group involvement, and introducing homeschoolers and their families to hiking and biking in the great outdoors!! It is an annual event now and will be held each year the last full week in May all across the United States. We are asking for individuals and groups involved in homeschooling to set up events in their areas. If you would like to set up a group event in your area, please send your name, email address, phone, city and state to me at: homeschoolhikebike@hotmail.com
Co-ops
No co-op information found for AZ.
Classes
Northern Valley Musical Arts
Offers classes in Homeschool band, choir and private lessons.
Covenant Home School Resource Center
(CHSRC)
Equipping Families for A Successful Home Education Journey our resource center offers the following services: Classes: Math, Science, Art, Music, Foreign Language, Unit Study, Literature and Kindergarten. Monthly E-letter, The Arizona Homeschool HeartBeat, with lots of info on things happening around the valley and much more.
Color Me Mine Enterprises - School Programs
Color Me Mine offers fun, education based classes for K-6 grades. We'll bring the classes to you or you can bring your group to our studio. Color Me Mine studios offer a safe, fun, and creative environment that's perfect whether working independently or in a group. We are happy to cater to a variety of ages in a single session. You set the schedule and you select the classes that fit your need.
Glendale
Spanish or Mandarin for Preschoolers
Spanish and Mandarin for preschoolers. Bambini Dual Language School’s mission is to provide children with bilingual and bi-literate
competences in English and Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, French or German while developing global citizens
who are proficient and master the Arizona State Standards and who have the opportunity to learn about,
and use, the newest cutting edge technology available providing students with a linguistic advantage to
compete in the new global economy.
Mesa
Kachina Stained Glass
Beginner Stained Glass class
Phoenix/Scottsdale
Jill Packett - Grammar/Writing Class
This class would cover grammar and writing for middle/high school students. The class would be either Tuesday or Thursday afternoons, from 1 to 3 pm. The place is still unknown, as I am just hoping to find out if there is any interest first. If you are interested, or would like more information, please contact the email address listed with this event. Thank you!
mailto:jill@brighterdayeducation.com
Surprise
Homeschool Art Classes
Weekly art classes for homeschooled children to explore different mediums and techniques in art. Hands on art instruction for k-12. Classes start in October at the Surprise Michaels Craft Store.
Surprise
Musical Surprise
Private and Group Music Classes, Lessons and Music Therapy
Surprise, Peoria, Avondale, Glendale, Goodyear
Homeschool sewing & art classes
Sewing machine and handsewing classes for ages 5 and up. Mixed media Fabric arts classes, Multi media art classes for all ages.
Valley-wide Phoenix and Tucson
Beginners Edge Sports Training
Weekday sports classes for kids 18 months to 13 years
Most recent field trip listings for Arizona
Making TRACKS - Trails in Arizona
Making TRACKS provides downloadable nature guides and species lists for each trail, as well as resources for schools to make their own educational nature trails on school grounds or in nearby communities.
Phoenix
Wells Fargo History Museum, Phoenix
Embodies the classic western. From 1858 on, the stagecoaches of the Butterfield line went through wild days Tombstone, while providing extensive railroad service to the mines.
Tucson
Tucson Audubon Society
Tucson Audubon sponsors environmental education programs for all ages that promote understanding of environmental concepts, appreciation of the natural world, and commitment to sustainable resource use. We foster grassroots efforts to improve the environmental quality of our neighborhoods and communities through education, advocacy, and activism.
Tucson
Pima Air & Space Museum
Pima Air & Space Museum, where history takes flight, is one of the largest air and space museums in the world, and the largest non-government funded aviation museum. You'll see more than 275 aircraft and spacecraft including many of the most historically significant and technically advanced craft ever produced, both from the United States and throughout the world.
Tucson
The Center for Creative Photography
The Center for Creative Photography is an archive and research center located on the University of Arizona campus. We retain the archives of Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Garry Winogrand, Harry Callahan, and other great 20th century photographers—over fifty archives in all.
Tucson
The Castañeda Museum
For over 55 years, Ms. Morales has been creating dolls representing the Tarascan/Purépecha people of Michoacán engaged in their daily activities. Her dolls have been exhibited internationally as well as throughout Mexico.
Tucson
La Pilita
This traditional adobe building is located in the heart of Tucson-Barrio Viejo. Walk a few steps south of the mammoth Tucson Community Center and you will enter the historic Barrio Viejo. La Pilita shares the south wall of El Tiradito Shrine-a National Historic site. The museum is a living repository of photos and oral histories of Barrio Viejo and El Hoyo. Come to La Pilita and you will stand on the ground that was the entrance Tucson’s upscale parks of the late 1800s - Carrillo Gardens and Elysian Grove. With a vivid imagination you can hear the waters of El Ojito Spring that cooled the thirst of ancient Hohokam people, explorers, Spanish soldiers and Apaches before it disappeared below the ground in the early 1900s.
Tucson
Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans
Integrating Science and Community for the Conservation of the Northern Gulf of California and Sonoran Desert
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Support
AFHE
Arizona Families for Home Education (AFHE) is a statewide organization that serves the needs and protects the rights of Arizona's homeschooling families. AFHE is a non-profit educational corporation directed by a Christian Board. AFHE membership is open to all homeschooling parents in Arizona.
Arizona-homeschool Yahoo Group
This group is a Christian group, but open to all. Discussions centered around homeschooling laws and requirements in the state, resources, lesson plans, field trip ideas, where to find support groups.
Arizonahomeschool Yahoo Group
This is a mailing list for people who home school or are thinking of homeschooling in Arizona. Support each other! give links for school stuff! just talk including, scripture, God, church, parents, kids, home cleaning, lessons and curriculum, on-line courses, and web sites.
Resources for Health Roots & Shoots
is Jane Goodall’s global program inspiring youth of all ages to make a difference by becoming involved in their communities. The program’s mission is to foster respect and compassion for all living things, to promote understanding of all cultures and beliefs and to inspire each individual to take action to make the world a better place for animals, the environment, and the human community.
Learning Expedition
Learning Expedition is a home schooling social support group serving metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona. Most members live in NE Phoenix and in Scottsdale, but all are welcome.
Covenant Home School Resource Center
(CHSRC)
Equipping Families for A Successful Home Education Journey our resource center offers the following services: Classes: Math, Science, Art, Music, Foreign Language, Unit Study, Literature and Kindergarten. Monthly E-letter, The Arizona Homeschool HeartBeat, with lots of info on things happening around the valley and much more.
West Side Home Educators
(WSHE)
Supporting homeschooling families in Peoria, Glendale, North Phoenix, Surprise and other West Valley communities. We are a mostly Christian group, however we are not affiliated with a particular denomination. Our main focus is to provide opportunities for home schooling families to interact with each other through educational and social activities, field trips, and sports.
Home Education Network of Arizona
(HENA)
HENA’s mission is to create an environment in which all home educating families in Arizona can share resources, find support, and build community.
Palo Verde Homeschoolers
A free online secular community for Arizona parents with inquisitive and imaginative children.We share local event information, organize outings, and discuss gifted child issues.
Holy Family Home Educators -
(HFHE)
Sponsored by the Diocese of Tucson. We are the local chapter of the national group Traditions of Roman Catholic Homes (TORCH). Many homeschoolers find that active participation in a support group encourages them and provides many oportunities for exchanging ideas and information, socialization, and FUN!
Sonoran Desert Homeschoolers
Sponsors a Homeschool Chess Club, Park days, Field trips, Newsletter
Christian Home Educators of Tucson - SE
(CHET)
Monthly newsletter, support meetings and weekly physical education classes.
Christian Home Educators of Tucson - NW
(CHET)
Offering planned field trips, newsletter, educational forums, student council and mentoring for new homeschool families.
Sedona Home Educators
We are a brand new support group that plans to meet monthly (possibly more often) in the Sedona area, welcoming all ages and grade levels. We are here to encourage one another, provide educational support and mentoring, and socialization opportunities for the whole family.
AriZona Home Educated Academy and Teams
(HEAT)
Created to provide team sports activities for the homeschool student.
This league is comprised of charter schools across the Valley along with homeschoolers who desire to participate competitively.
Active Arizona Homeschoolers
A family oriented group dedicated to the learning and development of our children.
An opportunity for socializatin through field trips, picnics, pool parties, and field trips.
Rainbow Explorers - The Well
Serving African-American families in the Greater Phoenix area.
Learning can be fun. Turn off the T.V., laugh and play, read real books, enjoy nature, serve others, explore and discover.
Eastside Explorers
We are a co-op supporting home schooling in the Northeast Valley of The Sun. Some of the regularly scheduled activities include parent support meeting, monthly park days with workshops, field trips and special events.
Happily Educating ouR Own
(HERO)
Email network with daily updates.
Phoenix Area Roots & Shoots
Jane Goodall approach. Education and community service activities focusing on the environment, animals and others.
Veritas Homeschoolers
We acknowledge the need to maintain relationships with other homeschool groups, religious and secular, in order to keep abreast of political trends that might undermine our parental and civil liberties. Providing monthly park days, field trips, physical education, teen groups and mom's night out.
Valley Secular Homeschooling
We welcome atheists, agnostics, secular humanists and families of all faith. Field trips and meetings, children of all ages are always welcome.
Sonlight Arizona
Welcome to Sonlight Arizona!! If you are using Sonlight, Ltd or interested in using it and homeschool in Arizona -- you need to be part of this group!! We have monthly fileld trips, provide information on events and resources in AZ, support one another, and much, much more. Please feel free to join and jump right in on the fun!! See you all soon!! :)
Roadrunner Home Schools
Who We Are: A Christ-centered homeschooling support group serving the needs of families with children of preschool age -grade 12 in the Greater Phoenix area. This is a member-driven group as each member participates to serve the needs of the group in planning and implementing of programs and activities. Providing a weekly playgroup, physical education, field trips, special events, mentoring, yearbook and lending library
Christian Home Educators of Cochise County
If you are thinking about homeschooling, you will find that everyone has a different opinion as to which way you should go. CHECC is here to support and help you on that road and to find friends for you along the way. Please continue to read further about our group on this website and contact any of the leaders if you have further questions.
Ecumenical Fellowship of Christian Home Educators
EFCHE is a local support group for Christian Home Educators in Cochise County. We promote home education and believe that every family has a god given responsibility to oversee the education of their children. This is a member-driven group and participants are to work together, utilizing our abilities and talents to serve the needs of the group in planning and implementing the activities, field trips, and other worth while events. We plan activities and gather together to support parents in homeschooling their children through providing educational and social opportunities for our students. We also send out a quarterly Newsletter Via e-mail.
High Desert Homeschoolers
An all inclusive group of homeschooling families whose purpose is to provide support and foster friendships through a variety of activities. Our group is open to all families, regardless of their homeschooling approach or religious outlook. Membership is free. To join, just stop by any Park Day and sign up on the roster. Park days are held on the second and fourth Fridays of the month from 10am-12 noon near the castle at Veterans Memorial park in Sierra Vista.
Greater Phoenix Area Homeschoolers
GPHS offers support for Homeschooling Families in the Greater group is to offer support for Homeschooling Families in the Greater Phoenix Arizona Area. Through networking together homeschool families in the area can offer discussions, encouragement, curriculum ads for either buying or selling, sales event notification, web site links for educational purposes, info on laws, freebies for educators, etc. This list is open to all, please keep the posts related to homeschooling. Arizona Area. Through networking together homeschool families in the area can offer discussions, encouragement, curriculum ads for either buying or selling, sales event notification, web site links for educational purposes, info on laws, freebies for educators, etc.
Happy Homeschoolers of Scottsdale and NE Phoenix
Whether you are new to homeschooling
or just in need of a change, come join us.
We are a handful of moms that appreciate
attachment parenting and parenting with a gentle,
nurturing consciousness. We enjoy exploring
alternative methods of healing, yoga, gardening
and organic eating.
Phoenix Unschoolers
A place where we are free to share our ideas and experiences with other like- minded individuals. We meet primarily for socialization and support so we can further enrich our children with educational activities. Our families act as a model of a lifestlye of learning.
Sixth Avenue Tutorials
Workshops, seminars and tutoring for Home Schooled students. Also Chess center, gifted students group,foreign languages.
Anthem, New River, Black Canyon City
Desert Hills Christian Homeschoolers
If you are looking to build friendships, find support, and grow in faith among a caring community of fellow homeschoolers, we invite you to join us!
Arizona
Home School Family
Sharing tips, materials, curriculum and experiences from our Home School to yours…
Avondale - Goodyear
Southwest Valley Home Learners
We are an inclusive and secular homeschool group created to bring community, fun, and educational opportunities to homeschoolers of all types and ages in the southwest valley cities of Avondale, Goodyear, Litchfield Park, Tolleson, and beyond.
East Mesa
Spalding Method Reading and Spelling Tutor
Angela Wells - 18 years experience
Glendale
GIFT - Homeschooled Teen Girl's Group
GIFT (Growing In Friendship Together) is a support group for home schooled teen girls, ages 14 through 18. We meet twice per month, on Fridays, for the purpose of allowing our teen girls to develop strong peer friendships with other home schooled teens, while engaging in a wide variety of fun crafts and activities together. While fully respecting religious freedom, GIFT is not a religiously-based group. If you have a teenage daughter who would like to be involved in GIFT, please contact me and I'll be happy to forward additional information on how to join in on the FUN! Email: bnatural@cox.net
Glendale, Peoria, Goodyear, Buckeye, Phoenix
Civil Air Patrol
Civil Air Patrol builds strong citizens for the future by providing leadership training, technical education, scholarships and career education to young men and women, ages 12 to 21. Thousands of young people have their first orientation flights through the cadet program, and hundreds have soloed in gliders and powered aircraft. Tens of thousands have attended CAP encampments throughout the nation.
Mesa
Catholic Homeschool Support
Online Catholic support group for homeschooling families.
Peoria/Glendale/Northwest Valley/West Valley
Peaceful HomeSchoolers
We are dedicated to providing support for all homeschooling families regardless of race, sexual orientation, family makeup, religion or homeschooling methods. We welcome all homeschooling families that are willing to be open-minded and respectful of others regardless of whom they are or what they believe.
Phoenix
C.A.S.A Vida
C.A.S.A. Vida - Community Assisted Schooling Alternatives is a home school enrichment center designed to provide Kyrene School District enrichment resources to home schooling families in the community.
Phoenix
Manga/Anime/Cosplay Club (MACC)
MACC meets twice per month on Fridays, starting at 1:00PM, for the purpose of allowing homeschooled teens the opportunity to make friends and find creative ways to explore the wonderfully fun genre of Manga, Anime, Cosplay and RP Gaming. Meetings are held at various locations throughout the valley.
Phoenix
Mercury Online Academy
Hybrid Charter School
Statewide
Knowledge House Resource Center
Providing families with homeschool information and educational resources, including field trip opportunities in Maricopa County and around the state.
Statewide
Arizona LDS Home School Assoc.
It is our mission to provide a statewide place for all LDS family educators (or home schoolers) to find support, state specific information, tools for providing an education, calendar of events, and much more.
Tartesso (West buckeye)
A Heart 4 Learning
We are here to help one another along this journey of home educating our children. We encourage one another at this group site, at weekly Park Day meetings, field trips, co-op classes, workshops and more. We meet Tuesday at the Tartesso sport park at 9:00am to 11:00am.
Tempe
Treasures 4 Teachers Open House
Open House for Homeschool Families. Treasures 4 Teachers provides a truly unique resource for educators and students throughout Arizona. We actively seek out and collect unwanted, but reusable, materials throughout our community and make them available to teachers at very low cost. These materials come from various sources: Manufacturers, businesses, other non-profit agencies, and private donations. Treasures 4 Teachers is a501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
Tempe, Mesa, Chandler, Apache Junction, Gilbert, Ahwatukee and Queen Creek
Summit View Homeschoolers
Summit View is a secular, parent-run homeschool support group serving the East Valley cities of Tempe, Mesa, Chandler, Apache Junction, Gilbert, Ahwatukee and Queen Creek. We are looking forward to our 9th year serving East Valley homeschoolers. We have a lot of really exciting things planned for the upcoming year. Some of them include "whole family" activities on days when Dads can attend, monthly park days, a spelling bee, exciting new group classes, and more.
West Valley Phoenix
Kokopelli Life Learners
Kokopelli Life Learners is a secular group for unschoolers and very relaxed homeschoolers, with the goal of creating a community of like-minded families. We meet regularly in the West Phoenix area to play, for support, to make friends, to have fun, and to learn from each other.
White Mountains
Home Educators for Christ
Homeschool Group
Job opportunites for homeschool students
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