I applied for admission for my kids to Alliance Charter Academy in Oregon City this spring. It is a school run by the Oregon City School district for homeschoolers. Students may sign up to take some classes at the Academy but most of their learning is done at home and the school provides the parents an allotment amount to buy curriculum of their choice and assigns each family an "education specialist" who meets with the students weekly and collects samples of work from each subject monthly.
I did not hold out much hope for their being admitted. We were told that there were 60 students in district on a waiting list and that we were 80th on the out of district list so we have no chance. I was surprised to get the call last week offering the kids spots in the school. The lady I spoke with said that because Natalie is a high schooler we got in. They have to keep the ratio of high schoolers, middle schoolers, and elementary students equal and because she got in, all three are in. Yay.
So, we are thinking that Natalie will be taking Spanish, Speech and Debate, and a Writing/Literature class in the fall on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Ethan will take Spanish, Band, and a Video making class. And Levi will take a science class, Colonial American history class, Band and PE. The kids are pretty excited about this. So am I!
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