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Brentwood Online Homeschool, Accredited K-12
An accredited, self-paced online homeschool for Brentwood and Suffolk County families, built to work for bilingual households. A full American curriculum, teachers, and year-round enrollment.
Brentwood is one of the largest, youngest, and most Spanish-speaking communities on Long Island, and many families here want a school day that bends around real life rather than the other way around. High School of America is a private, accredited K-12 online homeschool, a genuine virtual school with teachers, and its coursework runs in English with self-paced lessons a multilingual household can pause, replay, and work through together. It reaches Brentwood, Central Islip, Bay Shore, and the surrounding Suffolk County neighborhoods.
For a family balancing shift work, younger siblings, and a teenager who learns best on their own clock, asynchronous coursework with a teacher a message away does what a fixed bell schedule never could.
What would you like to do?
Your next move for a Brentwood student.
Enrollment is open year-round with no waiting period. Start online and begin coursework right away.
Pick a time that fits your schedule. A counselor walks through your student by name, no pressure.
Prefer to talk now? Reach a real person on the admissions team and get your questions answered.
Programs
Online homeschool programs for Brentwood, K-12
One accredited school, several ways to use it, depending on where your Suffolk County student is right now.
Full-time K-12
The complete online homeschool
Kindergarten through twelfth grade, accredited and self-paced, with teachers and a parent dashboard. The everyday choice for a Brentwood family homeschooling full time.
Online high school
Grades 9-12 and the transcript
Required high school subjects in their final form, including the language-other-than-English requirement, building the transcript colleges and employers read.
Individual courses
One subject at a time
Need a single math, science, or English course to round out a schedule or recover a credit? Take individual online courses without enrolling full time.
Curriculum
A full American curriculum, course by course
For most Brentwood families the curriculum is the whole question, what a student actually studies and whether it holds up to what New York lists on the IHIP. Here is the subject spine, taught as self-paced, asynchronous online courses a family can work through together.
- English language artsReading, composition, grammar, and literature across every grade.
- MathematicsFrom early numeracy through algebra, geometry, and higher math.
- ScienceLife, earth, and physical science, into biology, chemistry, and physics.
- Social studiesU.S. and world history, geography, civics, and economics.
- Electives & languagesOptions that round out a schedule, including world languages.
- Mapped to the IHIPThe subject list lines up with what New York Part 100.10 expects.
K through 12
Three grade bands, one program
Elementary
Where the foundation is built
Where the groundwork goes in, reading, writing, and arithmetic alongside the broader grade 1-6 subjects New York lists. For the youngest students a written narrative can stand in for a standardized test at assessment time.
Middle School
Where the hours step up
The years the load grows, required hours climbing from 900 to 990, more subjects on the plan, and assessments that finally carry weight.
High School
Where the transcript is made
Where it all converges into a transcript, required courses in final form and a college-prep record built from genuine coursework for college, work, or the military.
Leaving the Brentwood district?
Get the credit transfer checklist.
See exactly which credits carry over, what New York needs, and how to switch without losing a year.
How it works
Self-paced, built for bilingual homes
New York Part 100.10 sets the floor at roughly 25 hours of documented instruction a week for elementary and closer to 27.5 for middle and high school. Here is how that time fills a Brentwood week.
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Replay any lesson. Coursework is self-paced online courses a student can repeat as many times as needed, which helps when a parent supports in a second language.
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Teachers, 24-hour response. Message a teacher in the evening and have an answer before the next morning’s lesson.
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Parent dashboard in real time. Grades, completion, and hours log as the work happens, which feeds the quarterly report.
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Any device, year-round. Lessons load on a laptop, tablet, or a phone on the LIRR, and enrollment is open all year.
Cost & enrollment
What online homeschool costs in Brentwood, said plainly
High School of America is private, so tuition comes from the family rather than the Brentwood district. The upside of that trade is real: no waiting list, no lottery, and no plan that hinges on a district budget vote. You can see what tuition covers before you decide, and with year-round enrollment a Suffolk family can begin whenever the timing is right.
For the exact figure, a counselor will walk your household through it at no cost, and enrollment stays open for whenever you decide.
New York compliance
Homeschooling in Brentwood under 8 NYCRR § 100.10
Under Part 100.10, the New York paperwork a Brentwood family files is more predictable than it first appears. You notify the district with a Letter of Intent, then submit an Individualized Home Instruction Plan within 28 days naming each subject. Four times a year a short progress report goes in, and once a year an assessment closes things out, a standardized test or, in the early grades, a written narrative. The required hours are 900 in grades 1-6 and 990 in 7-12. Parents stay responsible for the instruction on record; the program keeps the documentation in order, in English, so nothing slips through the cracks.
Source: NYSED Home Instruction · NYSED Q&A
Ask your district about the narrative-evaluation option. For the early grades, New York allows the required annual assessment to be a written narrative evaluation instead of a standardized test, which can be the better fit while a younger or multilingual student is still building English fluency.
Why families are switching
No longer the road less traveled
~2x
U.S. homeschooling roughly doubled in 2020, climbing from about 5 percent of households to about 11 percent between spring and fall.
U.S. Census Bureau, Household Pulse Survey. census.gov
1.5M+
Federal figures had already counted more than 1.5 million homeschooled students nationwide before the pandemic.
National Center for Education Statistics. nces.ed.gov
All 50
Homeschooling is lawful in all fifty states, and New York’s heavier paperwork is precisely what a structured program is built to carry.
Home School Legal Defense Association. hslda.org
Start with a plan
See exactly what it takes to graduate.
- Send your transcript, or let us request it
- We map your student’s remaining credits
- You get a graduation plan with a finish date
No enrollment required. Or call (888) 242-4262.
Helpful resources
Check the New York rules yourself
A counselor can walk you through it, yet because a Brentwood family files with its own district, the primary sources are worth a look.
- NYSED Home InstructionNew York State’s official page on home instruction, the Part 100.10 framework, the IHIP, and reporting. nysed.gov/nonpublic-schools/home-instruction
- NYSED home instruction Q&APlain-language answers on filing the notice of intent, deadlines, and what a district can and cannot ask for. nysed.gov
- HSLDA, New YorkA national homeschool legal organization’s summary of New York requirements and deadlines. hslda.org/legal/new-york
- Eastern Suffolk BOCESThe regional education service agency for eastern Suffolk County, a reference for local programs and district contacts. esboces.org
Across Long Island & New York
Online homeschool near Brentwood, city by city
Looking around Long Island and beyond? Here are the New York pages nearest Brentwood, with the statewide hub.
K-5 elementary
K-5 in Brentwood on a family schedule, not a bus schedule
Brentwood families with elementary-age children often run on irregular schedules — morning shifts, evening construction work, or seasonal employment that changes month to month. The district bus arrives at the same time regardless. The K-5 program runs when the family runs. A child completes their phonics or math session at 8 a.m. before a parent heads out, or at 4 p.m. after school-age siblings finish their own work. The teacher is certified, the hours log automatically for the quarterly report, and the record follows the child regardless of where the family is in the year.
The subject backbone covers every core subject Suffolk County expects: reading and writing through every grade, mathematics from number sense through fractions and decimals, science from life and earth, and social studies with a U.S. focus that meets the IHIP list. Each year connects to the next. A student who starts at kindergarten and completes the sequence arrives at 6th grade with a maintained record and a counselor who already knows their history.
Middle school
The 6th-grade jump in Brentwood, managed from the start
The jump from 5th to 6th grade changes more than the grade level: it changes the building, the peer group, and the social environment. For Suffolk County families where that environment shift triggered a change in their child, the online middle school program keeps the academic structure without the building. Six teachers become one team. The counselor holds the 9th-grade plan from day one of 6th.
The 6-8 subject sequence is designed to close at 8th grade with the student ready for 9th-grade coursework rather than catching up. Mathematics moves from pre-algebra in 6th through algebra foundations in 7th and Algebra I readiness in 8th. Science covers earth science, life science, and physical science in sequence. Writing develops through composition, grammar, and literary analysis. Three years, one counselor, one record — the way through the middle.
6th Grade
Entry year
Pre-algebra, world history, earth science, and composition. A counselor maps the entry credits and begins the 9th-grade plan.
7th Grade
Development year
Algebra concepts, life science, U.S. history, and essay writing. Electives and world-language options open.
8th Grade
Completion year
Algebra I foundations, physical science, American government, and advanced writing. The 9th-grade sequence is mapped before 8th closes.
Questions
Brentwood online homeschool, answered
Is High School of America an accredited online school for Brentwood families?
Yes. It is an accredited, private K-12 online school serving Brentwood and all of Suffolk County, not a curriculum kit. The platform delivers the curriculum and teachers respond when a student gets stuck. Families may use HSOA transcripts and academic records when applying to colleges, workforce programs, or other postsecondary options. Final review decisions are made by each institution or organization.
Does the program work for a bilingual household in Brentwood?
Yes. Coursework is delivered in English with self-paced lessons a student can replay as many times as needed, which helps bilingual Brentwood households where a parent is supporting in a second language at home. Teachers respond within 24 hours when a student gets stuck.
How much does online homeschool cost in Brentwood, New York?
High School of America is a private program, so tuition is paid directly by the family rather than by the Brentwood school district. There are plans built around different budgets, and a counselor can give you an exact figure for your household before you enroll.
What curriculum does the program use?
It is a complete American curriculum, the core subjects in English language arts, math, science, and social studies plus electives and grade-specific courses, delivered self-paced and asynchronously, and mapped to the subjects New York expects on the IHIP.
Can the program support New York Part 100.10 paperwork for the Brentwood district?
Yes. Everything Part 100.10 asks for gets organized: IHIP course descriptions, dated progress records for the four quarterly reports, and completion logs for the year-end assessment. Parents file with their Brentwood-area district of residence, and the program supplies the paperwork.
Does High School of America issue a New York State Regents Diploma?
Accredited from the start, High School of America turns completed coursework into a real transcript and an online high school diploma. The New York caveat: homeschooled students receive no State Regents diploma, and out-of-state online diplomas may not be accepted by New York public colleges for enrollment. Even so, those transcripts and records carry into college, work, technical programs, or the service, each judged by the institution.
Brentwood families set their own start line.
Sign up year-round, talk with a counselor, or call the admissions team. No fall-only window, no budget-cycle delays.