PEIHomeSchool.com

Welcome to PEIHomeSchool.com, a website for Island home educators...

This website exists to help and support families! This is a place on the Web designed especially for Prince Edward Island homeschooling families. Its two core features are the province-wide Calendar of Events, and the Event Notices that members can view online, and also receive via e-mail. Some parts of this site have restricted access; for more information on Site Membership, please visit the "Membership" page under the Home tab on the menu to the left.

Feel free to contact us at any time with your feedback, suggestions, submissions or technical questions by writing to us. We will respond to inquiries as soon as possible, however please keep in mind that we do the best we can with the time that we have available. We also now have a Facebook page, so feel free to stop in, say hi, leave us a comment or submit a question. :-)

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SPECIAL NOTICE:

To Anyone who has Contacted us in Either January or February 2013 for Information Related to Homeschooling:

Due to an unforeseen complication, we have lost all e-mails sent to us via this website for the months of January and February and, despite our best efforts, have been unable to recover them. If you are one of the people who contacted us during this time period, please resubmit your query and we will get back to you quickly. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused, but we hope that many of those affected will see this and be willing to write in again. Thanks!

May 2013

Spring is officially here! While the weather seems to be slow to warm up, it is nice to see the familiar sights, sounds and smells of a new season of promise. June is only a few weeks away, and I mention this because I would like to draw your attention to a great annual Maritime homeschool event: the HENB (Home Educators of New Brunswick) Homeschool Conference, to be held on June 7 & 8, 2013 in Sussex, New Brunswick. It is an event where you can go to learn more about homeschooling, see what regional homeschool suppliers have to offer in terms of books and curriculum, and is a great opportunity to meet many other like-minded families and be encouraged. If you would like further details regarding this, or more information as it pertains to registration, visit their website at: www.henb.org

There has been a small Island contingent of mothers and families who make this overnight trip and find that it is a great way to end a school year, and get a jump-start on planning for the next one.

Closer to home, work on the new, revamped version of this site is ongoing, including a change of platform, new features and a fresh, new look. If you are visiting this site for the first time and are interested in learning more about homeschooling, or have questions about how to get started, please Contact Us and we will be glad to be of assistance in any way we can. Monthly support meetings are still being held, but there is gearing down of this type of event in the summer months as families work seasonally, travel or just enjoy some downtime. There are still a good number of field trips, cultural events and seasonal activities planned before this happens, though, and many opportunities to enjoy hands-on activities as a group. We hope you will give thought to joining the Island homeschool community and thereby offer your children a better way to live and learn and grow...at home! :-)

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You DO Have A Choice...

If you or your child are not happy with how things are going on the educational front, you are welcomed to join this site and request more information (please read the Membership page and the requirements carefully, as not doing so could delay approval of your application).

The benefits of choosing home education are countless and profound. Homeschooling has been around for a long time, long before state-run institutions took over this task, and it has produced some of history's best leaders, scholars and thinkers. It can and has been done by millions of families all over the world, in varied circumstances and countless ways - it can work for you too!