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The object of teaching a child is to enable the child to get along without the teacher. We need to educate our children for their future, not our past.
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Washington Email Lists, Support Groups, Message Boards, Forums and Newsletters
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- wash (Washington Secular Home Schoolers) - This is a list for Washington State secular home schoolers. That is, it's for all parents who have taken their children's education into their own hands regardless of methods or style....whether you are Secular, Freethinkers, freethinking, Unitarian Universalist, UU, Agnostic, Pagan, Buddhist, Atheist, Nontheists, Wiccan, unschooling, liberal, Eclectic, Unschool, Natural Learning, Classical, nonreligious, Homeschool, homeschoolers, Ethical Humanist, Montessori, Charlotte Mason, Well-Trained Mind, NW, Northwest, Pacific, education, educating,learner, Muslim, Jewish - all who do it for NON-religious reasons are welcome to join in here.
Nothing is off topic here if it relates to life.
This is a place for folks to connect with others of like mind. All religions or nonreligious are welcome here but proselytizing and degrading another's beliefs, methods or styles will be grounds for banning.
When you request to join, we send you an email (that may end up in your spam/junk folder) for you to respond to before membership will be approved.
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- To Subscribe, visit Washington Secular Home Schoolers.
- WashingtonTWTM - For Home Schooling Families in Washington State who are using The Well Trained Mind.
- To Subscribe, visit WashingtonTWTM.
- WASTRHomeschoolers (Washington State Relaxed Homeschoolers) - Come discuss home and unschooling with us. We discuss the ins and outs, the joys, the heartaches, the doubts, the triumphs, the fun and the frenzy of educating your own children.
There is a continuum of homeschooling from sitting down and doing school at a set time everyday to just doing what your child wants and never making any schedule, from using all textbooks and workbooks to never letting a single one in your house or near your child. The point of unschooling is following your child's lead and responding to your child's needs. That is what this group is designed to discuss. You don't have to be an unschooler to be here. You just have to be open about and friendly towards unschooling.
Heated debates are good (many of us enjoy them). Liberal and open discussion is good. All I ask is that we all respect each other's opinions and our right to have them. Intention is not always clear in email. If you are unsure of a person's meaning; ask them, either on the list or privately. If you have a problem with a post, you have a few options: 1) take it up with the person (onlist or off); 2) take it up with the moderator (offlist please) or 3) use your delete key (that's my favorite, smile).
Feel free to suggest get togethers, meetups, play dates, field trips. Thank you for visiting and welcome!
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- To Subscribe, visit Washington State Relaxed Homeschoolers.
- WesternRegionUnschoolers (Western Region Unschoolers) - A group for unschoolers that want more time to play with friends in the Western U.S. covering: Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, and California. This is a forum to organize some travel, camping, and other places to get together. Created by unschoolers living in the Western Region of the U.S. who attended the Live & Learn Unschooling Conference.
- To Subscribe, visit Western Region Unschoolers.
- WhatcomHomeschool (Whatcom Homeschool) - Homeschooling families of Whatcom County, State of Washington, exchanging ideas, considering questions, sharing resources and staying informed.
- To Subscribe, visit Whatcom Homeschool.
- WHEN (The Washington Home Education Network) - Since the early to mid 1990s the Washington Home Education Network (WHEN)has been for those interested in homeschooling in Washington state, particularly legislative news and discussion.
WHEN welcomes Home-based Instruction as well as Parent Partnered or other public school families. There is a wealth of resources families can share and benefit from as well as legislation and policies related to both choices. WHEN supports the laws which distinguishes between these programs and Home-based Instruction(homeschooling). This list is for sharing resources and networking with like (or unlike) families. We watch and DISCUSS legislative actions and/or policies of our state government, school boards and local municipalities as they relate to families who educate their children under the above laws. Please take the time to know which law your family is operating under.
Discussion is encouraged on WHEN and you may read things you disagree with. Civility and passion for a cause are not mutually exclusive.
In essence, users are expected to read each post with intent to understand the point the poster is trying to make. When composing posts, respond to the argument; do not attack the person who made the argument. As a participant here I hope you make a commitment not only to learn more about legislative issues, but also to improve your own ability to communicate effectively with the diverse group of homeschoolers on this list, as well as with legislators, the media, and the public at large. I encourage everyone to use their delete key if particular ideas or presentations offend them. I am not your Momma. I resist banning or moderating, however this owner and moderators reserve the right to use this tool in the hopes of creating a “cooling down” period.
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- To Subscribe, visit The Washington Home Education Network.
- WHOforHomeschooling - The Washington Homeschool Organization (WHO) is the state organization for homeschoolers, families operating under the Home-Based Instruction Law. Our mission is to serve the diverse interests of homeschoolers in Washington State. WHO is nonpartisan, nonsectarian and non discriminating in its views of homeschooling and participation in its activities. Our purpose is to disseminate information about homeschooling to those interested, and network homeschooling families with people and resources. In addition we play an advocacy role for homeschoolers with the state legislature and the public school system. For more information about our organization visit our web site, Washington Homeschool Organization.
The purpose of this list is to inform and alert. We will keep members abreast of developments, both in the legislature and in the public school system, that affect homeschooling in this state. The email addresses on this list are private; only list moderators may view list membership.
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- To Subscribe, visit WHO for Homeschooling.
- WNLA (Washington Natural Learning Association) - WNLA promotes networking and political awareness for home-educators through out Washington. Questions, political discussion, and all issues relevant to the home-education from a natural learning perspective are main topics of this list. Washington Natural Learning Association has a mission to build a stronger home-education community for Natural Learners. We work to create better networking amongst home-educators by providing avenues of communication. WNLA works to ensure our right to home-educate our children without cumbersome regulation into the future. We strive to protect our home-education law with lobbying efforts. WNLA reaches out into the greater public to create a positive image of home-education. WNLA will work toward a better law that will help secure home-education rights in the future. We acknowledge that our fundamental right to home-educate our children is essential to everyone's future.
Freedom of speech rules on this list. This list is for parents who have taken responsibility for their children's education regardless of learning/teaching methods or style, but we do promote natural learning.
Nothing is off topic here if it relates to independent home-education. This is a place for folks to connect with others of like mind. This list does not recognize charter schoolers or other alternative public schoolers as home-educators and you well not be treated as one.
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- To subscribe, visit Washington Natural Learning Association.
- WWHSBB (Western WA Homeschool Bulletin Board) - This group is for all Western Washington Homeschoolers. It is to be used to ask questions and/or post information about any homeschool activities, classes, opportunities or resources. Welcome aboard and start sharing your knowledge.
- To Subscribe, visit Western WA Homeschool Bulletin Board.
- yakimahomeschoolers (Yakima, Washington Homeschool) - This group is for Yakima homeschoolers to instantly connect with eachother. Email forum can be used to notify each other of community events, network with other families, plan last-minute field trips and social gatherings. Membership is open to homeschooling families who are living in the Yakima area.
- To Subscribe, visit yakima homeschoolers.
- ZionAcademy (Zion Academy LDS HS SUPPORT GROUP) - Welcome to Zion Academy. A home school support group dedicated to strengthening Latter-Day Saint families in the King, Pierce and Snohomish Counties of Washington State. The mission of Zion Academy is to aide the new and veteran LDS home school family in their home school endeavors. This may be accomplished thru field trips, activities, mom's potlucks, and family gatherings. Parents are to be an integral part of Zion's Academy. Their support and involvement is vital! This egroup has been established as a means for communication about upcoming events and activities. We welcome you and are glad you have joined us!
Please note that recent events have made us buckle down our acceptance of those trying to join, so please fill out the form you will be sent. If you were once on the list and have been removed, please join again. Recent action required that we remove those email addresses that were unknown to the group. Again, we are sorry, but we wish to keep this group a safe group.
PLEASE NOTE: this group is for those LIVING in the state of WASHINGTON near the town of SEATTLE--or EAST KING COUNTY.
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- To Subscribe, visit Zion Academy.
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