Iowa Homeschool Legal Requirements
Iowa Homeschool Conferences and Conventions
Iowa homeschooling Classes and Co-ops
Other Iowa Homeschooling Events and Resources
Iowa Homeschooling Field Trips
Iowa Homeschooling Support Groups
Job opportunities for Iowa homeschool students
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Iowa Homeschool Legal Requirements
Homeschool Legal Advantage (HLA)
~ Free membership ~ TheHomeschoolMom has arranged for a special offer for our newsletter subscribers from Homeschool Legal Advantage. Through the generous contributions of several individual donors, Homeschool Legal Advantage is providing a code to subscribers of TheHomeSchoolMom newsletter for a complimentary first-year family membership (a $65 value!) in Homeschool Legal Advantage (offer applies to the first 500 people that sign-up for membership with our special code, which is mailed to you when you subscribe to our newsletter).
HLA is an outreach of the Christian Law Association. The CLA has faithfully served churches and families since 1969, and has successfully defended over 8,000 educational freedom related cases. Today, the Homeschool Legal Advantage team includes a large group of full-time attorneys and an additional 200+ affiliated attorneys throughout the United States. HLA stands ready to educate and empower Homeschoolers so that they can respond kindly and confidently to local officials when homeschooling questions arise. And, when direct attorney involvement or even legal representation is required to defend your right to homeschool, as a member of Homeschool Legal Advantage, you can rest assured that assistance from one of our experienced attorneys is only a phone call away! For more information, please visit http://www.HomeschoolLegalAdvantage.com
The Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators
Iowa Laws and Rules Governing Home Education
Iowa and Regional Homeschool Conferences and Conventions
No current conference or convention information found for Iowa.
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Other Iowa homeschooling events and resources
Iowa Homeschooling Information
Helpful Information, Links & Tips for Homeschoolers in Iowa
Statewide
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
Iowa Homeschooling Co-ops
No co-op information found for IA.
Iowa Homeschooling Classes
No current classes have been submitted.
Most recent homeschooling field trip listings for Iowa
Bettendorf
Family Museum
The Museum's Mission: Inspire, connect, and strengthen our community by enriching the lives of our children today and expanding their capacity to shape their future. Engage families, caregivers, and teachers with children eight years and under in active play and learning experiences and environments that spark their curiosity, explore their interests, foster their potential and nourish a sense of belonging.
Dyersville
Field of Dreams Movie Site©
Field of Dreams, released in 1989, is a movie that has inspired millions and became an Academy Award nominee for "Best Picture of the Year." Welcome to this home, this farm, this baseball field, this little piece of heaven on earth. Welcome to this place where reality mixes with fantasy and dreams can come true.
Charles City
Floyd County Museum
Come explore the history of the heartland. The Floyd County Museum is one of the Midwest's largest rural county museums, with over 50,000 artifacts depicting early and recent prairie life, both agricultural and industrial.
Fort Dodge
Fort Museum
The Fort Museum and Fort Trading Post is the first and finest attraction in highlighting the past and present history of Northwest Iowa. The Fort Museum is truly one of the finest locations to document the development of the Des Moines River basin, and the Fort Dodge, Iowa area. The Fort Museum is also the home of the Original "Cardiff Giant". The Gypsum material to carve the statue was quarried in the Fort Dodge area quarries.
Mason City
Stockman House by Frank Lloyd Wright
The Stockman House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1908 for Dr. George and Eleanor Stockman as their family home, is now a museum. Restored to its 1908 presentation and furnished with period pieces and reproductions of furnishings Wright designed for other houses, the Stockman House provides visitors with Wright's vision of a modest home of the time. The house is located within easy walking distance of other significant Prairie School buildings.
Cedar Falls
George Wyth House and Viking Pump Museum
George Wyth achieved his greatest prominence as a founder and first president of Viking Pump Company. Along with P. C. Petersen and Dr. Will Hearst, he formed the company in 1911 to manufacture a rotary pump invented by Jens Nielsen of Cedar Falls. - Maintained by Cedar Falls Historical Society
Marion
Granger House Museum
The Granger House Museum is a restored middle-class family home representing the American Victorian era. The house, built in the 1840s and occupied by a single family for nearly 100 years, showcases an extensive collection that includes many original furnishings. The 1879 brick carriage house, next to the family home, is a virtually untouched treasure and the only one of its design in the Midwest. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Granger House represents the lifestyle of a middle-class family living in late 19th century Marion. The museum's guided tours, demonstrations, and seasonal activities bring our town's history to life.
Shendoah
Greater Shenandoah Historical Society Museum
The Greater Shenandoah Historical Society is a non-profit, educational institution dedicated to the collection, preservation, presentation and interpretation of significant historical information and artifacts from the western half of Page County and eastern third of Fremont County, Iowa. The museum contains thousands of artifacts significant to Shenandoah's interesting and rich historical-past. Displays include tributes to the two Shenandoah radio stations which were among the first the nation and the history of the seed and nursery companies that earned Shenandoah the title "The Nursery Capital of the World".
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Iowa Homeschool Support Groups
The Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators
NICHE - Between working to support your families, preparing your children's assignments and keeping them on track, ministering in your local church, and everything else you have to do today, you probably won't stop to think about the Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators, and that's fine with us. We just want you to know that we're here for you if you need us. From answering your questions about Iowa's law and rules to monitoring the state environment for home education, we work for you so you can continue the great work of raising the next generation of Godly leaders.
Iowans Dedicated to Educational Alternatives
"IDEA" is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization dedicated to providing information, support and encouragement to
pursue life-long learning outside the school environment. This group recognizes that Learning is an internal process that thrives when people are free to explore life on their
own terms, this philosophy is often called unschooling. Realizing that families come for support from various backgrounds and levels of homeschooling, IDEA has no official political
or religious orientation and does not endorse any one resource.
Columbus Academy Catholic Homeschool
A Non-profit Support Group for Catholic Home Schooling Families in Iowa
Christian Homeschool Iowa County
The purpose of this group is to keep in contact with each other in an efficient manner.
Homes Offering Positive Education
HOPE has been formed to support and encourage all homeschoolers regardless of the reasons for homeschooling, philosophy, or methods of instruction. This is done through support meetings, a monthly newsletter and a variety of activities.
Loess Hills Home Educators
We are a diverse group of Christian Homeschooling Parents here to support and encourage one another and share ideas and advice about homeschooling. Whether you're just beginning your homeschool journey or if you've been at it forever, we welcome you to join us.
Iowa Classical Christian Homeschool
Classical Conversations Communities exist to complement your home-centered education and connect you with like-minded families. Each community is facilitated by a trained parent-director, and classes are led by trained parent-tutors who model the classical tools of learning. Tutors have the privilege of encouraging students toward becoming lifelong learners while also encouraging parents in the classical teaching of their children.
Classical Conversations values your time and commitment to quality classical Christian education for your family. We honor your desire to train your children in the way they should go.
Although most of our happenings are here in Wapello, IA, our motto is "Reaching Louisa County and Beyond"
TEECH
Our local group offers support to homeschooling families or those considering homeschooling. We have a small homeschool band and those in band take music lessons weekly. Co-op classes are a large part of our group teaching topics on a variety of different areas. We have monthly field trips and monthly Parent Night Out's where we plan events and such for our group. If you find your family in our area, we would encourage you to come and visit with us here in Louisa County!
Des Moines
Home Learning Resources
Home Learning Resources is a Three Sisters Production. Three Sisters aims to provide homeschool families with Home Learning Resources for the student and the home teacher.
Iowa City
Iowa City Secular Homeschool Group
This secular homeschool association welcomes all Iowa City and surrounding area families who are interested in creating community with homeschooling families of all backgrounds and lifestyles. Members are encouraged to plan and participate in events that will provide educational and social opportunities for our children. All members who join this group must be aware that people of all religious backgrounds (including Pagan, Buddhist, Muslim, Judaic, Christian, etc.) and people with no religious affiliation will be attending events. Respect of these differences is important to the creation of a supportive community.
Job opportunites forIA homeschool students
No job opportunites have been submitted for IA.
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