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Homeschooled Kids & Co. Visit North Escambia Ranch
May 13, 2009
Dozens of students from Homeschooled Kids & Co. visited a North Escambia ranch Tuesday to learn about flowers, vegetables horses, cows and more.
The group visited the ranch of Abbie Rolph on Jack Smith Road, just south of Highway 168 between Bratt and Byrneville. The students visited with miniature horses belonging to Jane Breault of Pine Ridge Farms in Molino, enjoyed a hay ride to visit with the cows, learned about flower reproduction from Escambia County Extension Service Agriculture Agent Libbie Johnson, and learned the fine art of ducking for cover from a thunderstorm in barn.
Homeschooled Kids & Co. is a local support group for families of homeschooled children from Escambia counties in Alabama and Florida. The group is based in Atmore.
For a NorthEscambia.com photo gallery from the event, click here.
Pictured top: Students from Homeschool Kids & Co. with a miniature horse Tuesday morning on a North Escambia ranch. Pictured inset: A student learns about the parts of a flower. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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4 Responses to “Homeschooled Kids & Co. Visit North Escambia Ranch”
There are quite a few home educated students that are taking part in sports programs in both public and private schools. And some groups organize their own group events, like regular P.E. days. There was recently a prom organized in the area for homeschooled students and one group has a Student Government Association that does activities and service projects with their junior and senior high school homeschoolers.
Each support group, co-op (where parents share teaching duties and talents), or umbrella school has a different flavor, according to your style and worldview of why you educate your kids at home. One that I have enjoyed is West FL Home Education Support League ( http://www.wfhesl.org ) They have all kinds of field trips, parent support/teaching meetings and opportunities for testing and networking. The statewide group, FL Parent Educators Association, is having a convention in Orlando at the end of the month with lots of varied speakers. (see http://www.fpea.com ) There are other good groups out there.
I have home educated three students all the way through high school (3rd enters college next year) and they are all doing well and earned scholarships to college. It is challenging, but there is so much out there now to help you succeed, if you are considering homeschooling. And you can’t make a more worthwhile investment than in your kids!
To answer Lynn’s question, in Florida homeschooled children are allowed to participate in school activities in their zoned school. I’m not sure about Alabama’s laws (laws vary drastically in many aspects from state to state), but as a homeschooling Florida parent, I know this is the case in my state.
Hooray for homeschoolers!
I had never heard of this group before, but I’m so glad that the home schooled children have the opportunity to take organized field trips, etc. My children are grown now, but if you home school your child are they allowed to participate in any (regular) school activities like sports, dances, etc.??