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Each fall when school begins, a growing number of school-aged children do not head off to a classroom. Instead, they learn at home with their families or with other children in their communities. Homeschooling takes many forms, from a daily routine following a scheduled curriculum to child-led learning in which parents supervise and help. Choosing to homeschool or to traditionally educate a child is often a difficult and confusing decision for parents and guardians...
(from the U.S. Department of Education)

The U.S. Department of Education has an introductory article about homeschooling that you may find helpful:

• Homeschooling Gifted Students

If you decide to homeschool, please familiarize yourself with the Hawai'i Board of Education's procedures for Homeschooling in Compulsory Attendance Exceptions (see sections 8-12-13 through 8-12-22). You will need to submit a notice of intent to home school your child to the local public school principal. This may be done via a Form 4140 "Exceptions to Compulsory Education" or by letter (please see Compulsory Attendance Exceptions for information required in the letter).

• Also see: Hawaii home school support groups

To request a homeschool information packet (containing the same materials as these pages) contact:

Instructional Services Branch
Hawai'i Department of Education
P.O. Box 2360
Honolulu, Hawai'i 96804

808-733-9131

More:

• Homeschooling for Special Education students
• Myron B. Thompson Academy Public Charter School... this unique school providing Internet based instruction is gaining interest among homeschool households

....Our standards set the course, while students, families, and community fill the sails with expectation as we voyage with the treasure of bright, young minds ready to lead the way to the future.