Massachusetts Homeschool Organizations & Support Groups

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Massachusetts State Homeschool Organizations

Massachusetts Homeschool Organization of Parent Educators (MassHOPE)
A Christian ministry for the express purpose of encouraging home educators across the Commonwealth. Mass H.O.P.E. has a statewide network of support groups for home educators from beginners to veterans. We can help you locate a support group nearby or assist you in establishing a new one. Support groups provide information and encouragement from other families pursuing the same goals.

Massachusetts Home Learning Association (MHLA)
An advocacy and education organization, which endorses home learning as an alternative to public or private schooling. MHLA informs and educates families, school officials, the media, elected officers, policymakers and other constituencies about the benefits, societal impacts and unique educational methods of homeschoolers.

Massachusetts Homeschool Support Groups

Arlington and Belmont
Homeschooling Together
A loosely organized group of families in the Arlington/Belmont, Massachusetts area who have home-based learning in common. We welcome all families to our group. As a group we do not endorse any one resource, method or philosophy over another. Information is given for your own evaluation and as a starting point for your own homeschooling adventure. The group exists as a framework for networking, communicating and supporting each other. Group activities, such as field trips, get-togethers or classes, are dependent on the unique energies and interests individuals bring to the group. There is no membership fee. By subscribing to the monthly newsletter, you become part of the network.

Attleboro and surrounding areas
Attleboro Homeschool Network
A list for people who homeschool or are thinking of homeschooling in the state of Massachusetts, preferably the Attleboro area. Exchange ideas and support each other! Give links for school stuff! Talk about scripture, God, church, parents, kids, home cleaning, lessons and curriculum, on-line courses, and web sites.

Belchertown Hampshire County
Belchertown Homeschool Network (BHSN)
The main pupose of the Belchertown Homeschool Network is to to provide a local group of resource sharing, field trips and events and overall networking in a variety of group settings. We will also be a local support for families interested in homeschooling.

Berkley
Berkley Area Homeschoolers
Online support group for Berkley, Dighton, Taunton, and surrounding areas. Classes, field trips, play dates, and homeschool support.

Berkshires
Berkshire Mountains Homeschool Co-op.
We are a secular homeschooling group in the Berkshires of Massachusetts.We will provide other homeschoolers with links, ideas and support. If you are in our area, give us a holler and come to one of our meetings. Email us for more information. Kids are ALWAYS welcome!

Boston
Metrowest Homeschoolers
This is an inclusive group for homeschoolers throughout the Metrowest area of Boston to share ideas, classes and information.

Boston
The Billerica Homeschooling Association
BHA is a resource and support group for homeschooling families in and around Billerica, MA. BHA is an open group that respects all homeschooling approaches and philosophies. The mission of BHA is to increase homeschooling awareness and visibility, to assist new homeschooling families, be a means for homeschooling families to connect, communicate and network, to create partnerships within the homeschooling community and the ones they live in and to develop homeschooling events, activities and community service and outreach projects.

Gardner and surrounding towns.
Co-op Homeschool Support Group
We are a functioning support group open to homeschooling families in Gardner and surrounding towns.

Milford
Living and Learning
Providing a forum for exchanging information on local events, online educational materials, and places of interest for homeschooling families in the greater Milford, MA area.

Northshore
North Shore Unschoolers
North Shore Unschoolers is a very relaxed network of families who 'unschool'. By this, we mean anything from free-learning to child-led learning to interest-driven learning, and generalized 'what-have-you' that isn't curriculum driven. :-) We have members from down in Boston and all the way up to the New Hampshire border. Our main objective is to enable like-minded families to hook up together and enjoy the journey of learning together

Pittsfield, Lee, Lenox, Lanesborough, Stockbridge, Great Barrington, Housatonic, Adams, North Adams, Williamstown, and Dalton
Berkshire County Homeschoolers
This group is a way to connect with other homeschooling families in Berkshire County Massachusetts who have chosen to homeschool their children. We are a small group but we are growing into a great support network. We have many activities for the children as well as a monthly Moms Night Out.

South Eastern
Our Lady Queen of Saints Support Group
Catholic Homeschool Support group for South Eastern, MA

Southern Massachusetts
Coastal Free Learners
This group supports Home Schoolers living in the coastal communities of Southern Massachusetts. All types of home educators are welcome, regardless of religious or political preference.*

Springfield
Mano Amiga Homeschoolers
A DIVERSE homeschool support groupfor parents near the Bearkshire areas in Springfield. We meet once a week in different places, conduct field trips, informational nights, and a bi-weekly newsletter filled with great detailed information about who we are and how we create and choose our meetings. We are a group with a "SPANISH" name but a "ENGLISH" meaning. We welcome all families.

Statewide
Massachusetts Support Groups
List from Home Education Magazine. .

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AHEM
Local Support Groups

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MHLA Local Support Groups
Homeschool Support Groups in Massachusetts

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Homeschool Support Groups in Massachusetts
from Massachusetts Home Learning Association

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MassHOPE Support Groups