Northampton County, Pennsylvania · the Lehigh Valley
Easton online homeschool K-12 program
An accredited online homeschool from kindergarten through twelfth grade, for families in Downtown, College Hill, the South Side and the West Ward. Read the whole state at once on the Pennsylvania K-12 Online Home School page; read Easton below, one year at a time.
Kindergarten at home in Easton: the curriculum, read aloud
Homeschooling curriculum for kindergarten is the first thing Easton families ask about, and an online curriculum for kindergarten lives or dies on the length of the day. About an hour, in pieces. Reading is taught aloud and in sequence; math is one idea at a time; there are no timed tests. Kindergarten is optional under Pennsylvania law; attendance is compulsory from six.
The online kindergarten program is the page to read first.
Elementary online classes in Easton, first through fifth
Online classes for elementary education in Easton run reading, math, science and social studies as four real courses with four certified teachers from first grade on. What makes it a class rather than a workbook is that the grading is done by someone other than the parent. Early on the parent sits close and keeps the rhythm; by third grade the chair has moved to the doorway.
A third grader’s week. Four courses, four teachers, and every cell can move to the hour the family needs.
Elementary school online in Easton, grade by grade
First grade online is the year a child reads to find things out instead of to practice. By third grade online each subject has its own teacher, and third grade language arts shows one course in one year. Fifth grade online closes the elementary years, and the elementary school page lays all six out.
The k12 homeschool program behind every Easton grade
A k12 homeschool program in Easton is one accredited school from kindergarten to the diploma, delivered at home: a certified teacher in every subject, a short lesson with a quiz behind it, and a transcript that travels. Easton is where the Declaration was first read aloud to a crowd, on July 8, 1776, on the square downtown. Reading aloud is how a kindergarten here starts too.
Self-paced online homeschool, the Easton version
Self paced online homeschool easton families run has no login hour. One lesson before the Route 22 traffic and one after dinner reach the same teacher and come back graded inside two business days. A counselor’s plan sets the deadlines; the hours between them are the student’s. An accredited online high school and K-12 program, with the full K-12 program on one page.
Self-paced online homeschool from sixth grade up
Sixth grade opens the transcript
Sixth, seventh and eighth run as their own courses with their own teachers, and the transcript that starts in sixth is the one that finishes in twelfth. A student who transfers in from a Phillipsburg or Easton classroom for eighth is on the same record as one who started in sixth. There is no second track.
Sixth grade online opens the transcript, and middle school online shows sixth, seventh and eighth together. Pre-algebra in eighth sets up Algebra I in ninth.
Two rivers, two states, one record
The Lehigh meets the Delaware at the foot of town, and the bridge across the Delaware puts Phillipsburg, New Jersey a five-minute walk from the square downtown. Easton families cross that line for work, for family, and sometimes for school. The state the family lives in sets the homeschool law, and credits earned at an accredited school on either bank count the same. A move across the bridge does not reset the count, and mid-year transfer for high school walks what does happen.
Home schooling diploma: what Easton colleges will read
A home schooling diploma in Easton earned here is an accredited high school diploma, not a GED, in the same accreditation category as a traditional accredited private school. Lafayette College, on the hill above the town since 1826, reads the transcript the way it reads any accredited one. Twenty-four credits close it out, and credit requirements for a diploma lists them by subject.
9th grade online
Foundation year. Algebra I, Biology, English I, World History, plus electives.
- Algebra I
- English I
- Biology
- World History
- PE / Life Management
10th grade online
Core academics deepen. Geometry, Chemistry, English II.
- Geometry
- English II
- Chemistry
- Foreign Language I
11th grade online
The year colleges look at hardest. Algebra II, U.S. History, English III.
- Algebra II
- English III
- U.S. History
- Physics
12th grade online
Graduation path. Pre-Calculus, English IV, U.S. Government, Economics.
- Pre-Calculus or Math Elective
- English IV
- U.S. Government
- Economics
High school online in Easton, course by course
Algebra, biology, United States history and English I are on the full course list. A diploma for homeschoolers who arrive behind runs through credit recovery, a real route to the same diploma.
Claim
A home schooling diploma will not get a student into Lafayette, or anywhere.
Reality
It is an accredited high school diploma in the same accreditation category as a traditional accredited private school. An admissions office reads the transcript the way it reads any accredited transcript.
Claim
If we enroll here, Pennsylvania’s affidavit and portfolio still apply.
Reality
Usually not. Those belong to the independent Home Education Program. Enrollment in an accredited online school is a separate legal category, and a counselor confirms which one applies before anything is notarized.
Claim
Moving across the river means starting over.
Reality
Credits earned at an accredited school in either state are reviewed and counted before the first assignment is set. A move does not reset the count.
Legal homeschooling in Pennsylvania: the affidavit, and New Jersey
Legal homeschooling in Easton runs on one of two pathways under Pennsylvania law. Take the independent Home Education Program and the parent carries the file: a yearly affidavit to the district, a portfolio kept through the year, an evaluator the parent chooses, and the state’s tests in third, fifth and eighth grade. Take enrollment in an accredited online or private school and the same statute asks for almost none of that. Pennsylvania’s rules sit beside every other state’s, New Jersey’s included, on how homeschool law works where you live.
| Requirement | What Pennsylvania asks for |
|---|---|
| Affidavit | Notarized affidavit (or sworn declaration) filed with the local superintendent, due August 1 each year |
| Standardized testing | Required in grades 3, 5, and 8, reading/language arts and math. Cannot be administered by the parent |
| Portfolio | Work samples and a reading log, kept through the year |
| Evaluator review | A qualified evaluator reviews the portfolio and certifies it, due to the district by June 30 |
| Instructional time | 180 days, or 900 hours (elementary) / 990 hours (secondary) |
That is what Pennsylvania’s Home Education Program under 24 P.S. § 13-1327.1 asks of a family teaching independently. It is not the only path: Pennsylvania separately recognizes Private Tutoring and enrollment in a licensed private or online school, a different legal category with its own, lighter requirements. Both pathways are described on the Department of Education’s Home Education and Private Tutoring page; a counselor can confirm which one applies once enrollment specifics are worked out.
Which pathway an Easton family is on
Nothing gets notarized until a counselor has confirmed which one applies; the accredited home education program explains the enrollment route plainly. Call (888) 242-4262.
The supervising parent or guardian’s name, and confirmation of a high school diploma or equivalent.
Each child’s name and age.
The family address and phone number.
Educational objectives by subject area for the coming year.
Notarized, and filed with the superintendent of the district covering Easton, no later than August 1. Keep a copy; it is the record you will need when the year’s portfolio and evaluator certification come due the following June.
This is the independent Home Education Program path. A family enrolling through an accredited private or online school follows that school’s own enrollment process instead, a distinct category under Pennsylvania law with different requirements. A counselor can walk through which applies before anything is filed.
Cost of K12 online education, stated on call one
Cost of k12 online education in Easton comes as a single number for the grade and the track, spoken on the first call. Pay it at once and it drops; spread it and it runs four to ten months. No per-course pricing, no bill for materials partway through, no charge of any kind until the family has said yes. Tuition and payment options holds the schedule.
Given on the first call, by grade, so the decision is made with the number in hand.
Affordable online homeschool, measured against Easton
An honest comparison of the options puts online, parent-taught and the district classroom side by side on time, cost and who teaches. On the calls we keep, the two subjects that come up most are credits and then cost, in that order, and telling a family the figure early has never been what lost one.
Homeschool for special education in Easton: IEP and 504
Homeschool for special education in Easton starts with the question every family asks: does the plan follow the child. The paper does not; it is the district’s. The right to an evaluation does, wherever the family lives. What follows the child in practice is what the parent has learned works, which a counselor writes down on the first call, and a lesson format that already gives most of what a plan has to bargain for in a classroom: brevity, a pause whenever it is needed, a second try, and a teacher reading the work before the next piece is set.
What is specific to one Easton student
The old plan is where our accredited home education program begins for that student, and the particulars are written for that student alone.
Enroll in homeschool from Easton, any month
To enroll in homeschool from Easton is four steps, the first a fifteen-minute call. The record comes next, by photo or upload; a counselor reads it credit by credit and nothing is assigned until that count is settled; the old school gets a verification of enrollment letter so its file closes; and the login arrives, usually within the week. How admissions work lists what to have ready; the homeschooling starter guide is the long version.
Easton, for the rest of the day
The City of Easton was laid out in 1752 by Thomas Penn at the forks of the Delaware, 4.86 square miles and 28,127 people in four districts. The Easton a student grows up in has the Crayola Experience on the square, the State Theatre, and the Karl Stirner Arts Trail along the Bushkill. All of it is where an open afternoon goes.
Real Easton resources, not run by us
One is where an older student can start earning college credit, on the hill above the town. The trail and the library are what an open afternoon is for.
Pro tip
Before the first call, from Easton
Have the student’s grade, the latest report card or transcript, and one sentence on what is happening now. If the student was last enrolled across the river in New Jersey, say so; the credits count the same and the counselor will know which state’s paperwork applies.
Easton homeschool questions from real calls
What does it cost?
Tuition is per grade level and published on the tuition page. The first conversation with a counselor carries no charge, and nothing about it commits you to enrolling.
What happens to my child’s IEP or 504 plan?
An IEP or 504 plan does not automatically travel with a child who leaves a district roll; it belongs to the school that wrote it. What does travel is the federal right under IDEA to request a no-cost evaluation from your local public school district, which applies whether or not your child is enrolled there. Put the request in writing to the district serving Easton and keep the copy. Tell a counselor what the plan covered before you enroll, because the accommodations we can make are a real conversation and not a form.
Does my child need to test at grades 3, 5, and 8?
That requirement applies to Pennsylvania’s independent Home Education Program under § 1327.1. Enrollment through an accredited private or online school like HSOA is a separate legal category with its own requirements, not that one. A counselor can confirm exactly what applies to your enrollment before you file anything.
Will a diploma from an online school be taken seriously?
It is an accredited diploma issued by High School of America, and admissions offices and employers treat it as one. Worth knowing the distinction Pennsylvania draws: a family who files a Home Education Program affidavit and completes the portfolio process satisfies compulsory attendance, but the state does not itself issue a diploma to a child educated that way. Ours is not that, and it is not a GED.
Is there a k12 homeschool program for a student in Easton, or only high school?
The whole run, kindergarten through twelfth grade, in one accredited program. A certified teacher in every subject, a transcript from sixth grade to the diploma, and one counselor from the first call through enrollment.
What does the homeschooling curriculum for kindergarten actually look like in a day?
About an hour of scheduled work in short pieces: reading taught aloud and in sequence, math one idea at a time, science and social studies on alternating days, music or movement most days, a teacher who knows the child by name. Kindergarten is optional in Pennsylvania; attendance is compulsory from six.
We live in Easton but the student was enrolled in Phillipsburg. Which state’s homeschool law applies?
The state the family lives in. An Easton family is under Pennsylvania law, and enrollment in an accredited online school is its own legal category there, lighter than the independent Home Education Program. Credits earned in New Jersey count the same as credits earned anywhere accredited.
Does the diploma for homeschoolers count for college?
Yes. It is an accredited high school diploma, not a GED. Lafayette up the hill, or any college, reads it the way it reads any accredited transcript.
Can we enroll in homeschool in the middle of the year?
Yes. Enrollment is open year-round. The latest record comes in, every credit earned is reviewed and counted before the first assignment is set, and a verification of enrollment letter closes the prior school’s file.
Read it aloud on one call
Grade level, what is happening now, which side of the river the last school was on. If a counselor hears something on that call that says this is not the right school for the student, the family hears it too, on the same call.
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