Families for Home Education, the oldest and largest statewide home school organization in Missouri, has been serving Missouri home educators since 1983. FHE is comprised of members – you, not just a board and staff. The purpose of FHE is to protect the inalienable right of the parents of Missouri to teach their own children without state regulation and control.
FHE works to achieve these ends in the following ways:
- Publishes First Things First, a Guide for the Missouri Home Educator
- Holds workshops and special events for new home educators – connecting them with the homeschool community and providing materials and information
- Provides speakers for meetings and events –for support groups, local events, and homeschool conventions across the state
- Maintains a lobbyist in Jefferson City
- Maintains relationships and communication with Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) – working hand-in-hand to ensure your right to home educate in the state of Missouri
- Publishes a newsletter, the FHE Bulletin, for our members
- Maintains communication with FHE members through MailChimp messages which include legislative alerts, important information concerning homeschool issues, and notices that the Bulletin Newsletters have been posted on the FHE “Members Only” section of this website.
(Note to members: Please add [email protected] to your address book to help keep the emails from going to your junk box.)
- Provides member resources in the “Members Only” section of the website which include: FHE Bulletin archives, downloadable “Journal/Planbook, and downloadable hour log.
- Hosts the annual FHE Homeschool Day at the Capitol (Same event, new name, will be, March 3, 2020)
All homeschool families welcome!!
- and more…
The Registration deadline to participate in the
FHE Region 3 or Region 6 Graduation
was December 31, 2019
If you have a Junior,
NOW
is the time to begin plans
for their 2021 Graduation
Watch for FHE’s 2021 Graduation Meetings Announcement in July/August 2020
Click Here for FHE Region 3 Graduation Information
Click Here for FHE Region 6 Graduation Information
Many public school families around the state are wondering what to do now that their public schools are closed for the foreseeable future. Hopefully this will help you decide if you are just needing resources to help get you through this pandemic or if you truly want to homeschool.
Bear in mind, even though your child it at home, your child is still enrolled in the public school and you have the responsibility to obey the requirements of the public school. Be sure to check the notifications from your school, including your “junk/spam” box. The public school closures were on short notice and many schools are working on plans to help their students.
Questions to be asked:
If you are just wanting resources and plan to go back to the public school, you would not actually be homeschooling from a legal standpoint, just at home for now. If the public school has sent work home, then that is what you will need to do. If you have nothing and you want to continue with something to keep your child engaged in learning, there are a lot of options.
For Resources Click Here!
If you decide to enroll in the Missouri virtual school, MOCAP, your child will be a Missouri public school student. If you want the local public school to consider paying for your child’s enrollment in the virtual public school, then you should NOT withdraw your child to homeschool. You will need to contact your public school to make those arrangements. Even though your child will be doing their schooling at home, they will be a public school student and you must abide by their rules and regulations.
THEN, over the summer before the next school year starts, you will want to send your local public school a withdrawal letter. Here is a sample withdrawal letter you can use. Send it to the superintendent or principal by certified mail with a return receipt requested card. The post office will have the school sign the card and then return it to you for your records. The public school may ask you to sign their form. This may be a “declaration of intent to home school”. Since this is an optional form not required by law, FHE suggests you NOT sign it. A one-time withdrawal letter is all that should be necessary.
Also, here is a copy of the “homeschooling law”. If homeschooling is the route you plan to take, let FHE know and we can help you with understanding what is needed to actually homeschool.
If you need help or more information contact FHE.
877-696-6343 (message line)
[email protected]
Facebook page: Families for Home Education
Families for Home Education also publishes an excellent guide for the Missouri home educator, First Things First: A Guide for the Missouri Home Educator. There is homeschool information on this website. If you have questions, contact FHE. Click here to join FHE. , or order Click her to order First Things First.