Oregon Homeschooling
How do I begin homeschooling in Oregon? Do I have to submit test scores? How do I connect with other Oregonian homeschoolers? What is the best way to teach math to my teenager? If you are full of questions, you've come to the right place. Inside you'll find all the tools and information you need to successfully home educate in Oregon.
- Is homeschooling the best choice for your family? Learn more about the advantages of homeschooling.
- Ready to begin? Check out our "Beginning to Homeschool" section.
- Read the actual laws regulating home education in Oregon and get summaries of these laws by homeschooling experts.
- Find a support group close to you.
- Browse through our curriculum reviews and lists and find what will work best for you and your child.
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Oregon Home School Laws from HSLDA
The Home School Legal Defense Association provides a brief summary of the homeschooling laws in Oregon. Includes a link to a legal analysis of laws relating to homeschooling in Oregon.
Licensing & State Laws in Oregon
Oregon’s multi-stage licensing process allow teens to gradually gain exposure to complex driving situations, easing them into driving over an extended period of time. The provisional instruction permit and license stages are key steps.
Timeline of Oregon Homeschool Freedoms
A year-by-year look at the history of home education in the state of Oregon.
Common Questions
An overview of the requirements to homeschool in Oregon. Provided by the Multnomah Education Service District's (MESD) program for home school notification.
Oregon Services for Home Schooled Students with Disabilities
Provided by the Oregon Department of Education, these are the statutes relating to homeschooling families with special needs children.
Nez Perce National Historical Park
The 38 sites of Nez Perce National Historical Park are scattered across the states of Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Montana and have been designated to commemorate the stories and history of the Nimiipuu and their interaction with explorers, fur traders, missionaries, soldiers, settlers, gold miners, and farmers who moved through or into the area.
Oregon Academic Content Standards
Academic Content Standards identify what Oregon students are expected to know and be able to do in the content areas of English/language arts, mathematics, health, physical education, science, second language, social sciences, and the arts. Provided by the Oregon Department of Education.
Oregon Home School Students Registered by County 1998-1999
Compiled by the Oregon Department of Education.
Northwest Charlotte Mason Group
Discussion for parents and/or educators in the Pacific Northwest (and points beyond) interested in the educational methods and philosophies of Charlotte Mason, a British educator from the late 1800's. Most of the list members are in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia, but there are others from across the USA, Canada and around the globe.
Oregon Legislative Action Alert
This bulletin board serves to update Oregon homeschooling parents on pending legislation.
Private Career School Directories
These directories cover these areas: Private Career Schools, Schools of Cosmetology, Tattoo/Permanent Color Schools, and Veteran Approved Programs Schools.
Gilbert House Children's Museum
The Gilbert House Children’s Museum is a private nonprofit children’s museum located in downtown Salem’s Riverfront Park. Founded in 1989, Gilbert House Children’s Museum provides innovative and stimulating educational experiences which spark children’s natural curiosity. The Museum’s mission is to “inspire children to learn through creative play.” This is accomplished through fun and challenging exhibits, camps, birthday parties, membership opportunities and outreach programs in the sciences, a...
Oregon Home School Data Statistics 2003-2004
Compiled by the Oregon Department of Education.
Credit for Proficiency Guidelines for School Districts
This guidelines are provided by the Oregon Department of Education.
Educator Library Cards - Multnomah County Library
Multnomah County Library offers an Educator Library card. Library items used for educational purposes may be needed for longer than the standard three-week loan period. Educator cards allow users to check out and renew items for six weeks and to have up to 40 unfilled holds at one time. The educator card is separate from the educator's personal library card. Homeschoolers are eligible for educator cards.
Upcoming Events
Not Back to School Camp - Oregon
August 11-25, 2021
Camp Myrtlewood, Bridge, Oregon
Not Back to School Camp
Not Back to School Camp is a non-denominational, non-religious homeschool camp. The camp offers workshops, spontaneous events, and special evening gatherings, bringing together campers who are excited about life and willing to be themselves and to reach out and connect with the others.
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Montessori Play And Learn : A Parent's Guide to Purposeful Play from Two to Six
We all want the best possible starts in life for our children, and one of the best possible starts in life, educationally, is the "method" pioneered by Maria Montessori and taught successfully today throughout the world.Now, Lesley Britton, the leadi...
Pass Your California DMV Test Guaranteed! 50 Real Test Questions! California DMV Handbook
This book contains the 50 most common questions and answers to the California DMV Written Test. Written by a former DMV classroom instructor and test creator, this straight forward book tells you the most likely questions and answers that will appear...
Kinder Dolls: A Waldorf Doll-Making Handbook
This comprehensive guide for beginners and experienced doll makers shows how to create many different kinds of handcrafted dolls from natural materials. Handmade dolls with their simplicity of expression and design leave children’s imaginations ...
The Letter Factory Game
Teaches Phonics! The race is on! With two games in one, children play together and learn letter names and sounds with actions and music. Wacky Professor Quigley guides players every step of the way so no reading is required! Games automatically adjus...
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)
In this brilliant, lively, and eye-opening investigation, Tom Vanderbilt examines the perceptual limits and cognitive underpinnings that make us worse drivers than we think we are. He demonstrates why plans to protect pedestrians from cars often lead...
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Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?
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