Homeschooling in California

I highly recommend the Homeschool Association of California (HSC) Yahoo group to anyone homeschooling in California. I mentioned in my last post that we went to the wonderful conference they put on at the end of each summer. For that matter, I also recommend checking out their website (http://www.hsc.org) as well. Nothing on the website will tell you how to teach a particular subject, or get into the nitty-gritty of day to day homeschooling, but there is a lot of nice introductory information. If you have any questions that fall into the nitty-gritty spectrum, then the Yahoo group is the place to go. The members there are very supportive, and only too happy to share their stories, and what wores for them and their children, and what doesn’t.

The only complaint I have about the HSC website is the area for county contacts. It’s a great idea, but that system just doesn’t seem to work. I’ve tried to contact my county contact person both through the HSC website, and by asking for help in the Yahoo group. I never received a reply in either case. Someone in the Yahoo group mentioned that the website contact links seem to fail sometimes, and they’d make sure so-and-so got a hold of me, but nothing ever came of it. I’ve seen other people come into the Yahoo group looking for their missing contact person as well, so I know I’m not the only one being snubbed. I’m sure the county contact folks are volunteers that have a lot on their plate to begin with, and who knows how up to date that list is anyway?

So – check out the site, check out the group, but don’t bother trying to contact the county volunteer. If you want to meet local homeschoolers, ask on the Yahoo group for people who live in your area. That’ll work a lot better.

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