“We can get too easily bogged down in the academic part of homeschooling, a relatively minor part of the whole, which is to raise competent, caring, literate, happy people.”
― Diane Flynn Keith
We are a year-round school and we do accept enrollments year-round. Your school year is what you make it, but must be at least 180 days "attended," you have 365 days in which to complete it. The following requirements are in accordance with the Florida Statutes Chapter 1002 Private Schools.
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
Within 48hrs of your enrollment, we will send a welcome email to the email address you provide when you enroll. This email contains valuable instructions and information which you will need to complete the enrollment process. If you do not receive this email within 48hrs of your enrollment, please check your junk or spam folder. If after one week you still have not received this email, please send an email to HAFS.org@gmail.com or call/text us at (850)972-8099. It may be helpful to add our email address to your safe list prior to enrolling to ensure our emails come through.
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
- A copy of a Birth Certificate for each child enrolled – necessary for those entering kindergarten only or those whom have never before been registered in a public or private school.
Further information may be obtained via The Florida Department of Health – My-Florida.com – Birth Certificates or National Center for Health Statistics – Where to Write for Vital Records. - Student Health Examination (HRS-H Form 3040) or waiver form. **Must be current information (no more than one year old)
Further information is available via The Florida Department of Health – School Health: Coordinated School Health. - Florida Certificate of Immunization (HRS Form 680) or waiver form. **Must be current information (no more than one year old)
Further information is available via The Florida Department of Health – School Health: Coordinated School Health. - Enrollment is FREE. Once your child is enrolled there is no need to re-enroll annually. Please just continue to send in attendance each and every quarter and inform us if your child withdraws or graduates.
- Complete HAFS enrollment application.
- 180 days of compulsory attendance during the entire school term pursuant toFlorida Administrative Code.
- Daily attendance records pursuant to laws of the State of Florida and rules of the State Board of Education. These records are your responsibility and shall be provided quarterly via an online form EACH AND EVERY QUARTER in order to remain counted in our enrollment roster. Please go to our Attendance page for more information.
Within 48hrs of your enrollment, we will send a welcome email to the email address you provide when you enroll. This email contains valuable instructions and information which you will need to complete the enrollment process. If you do not receive this email within 48hrs of your enrollment, please check your junk or spam folder. If after one week you still have not received this email, please send an email to HAFS.org@gmail.com or call/text us at (850)972-8099. It may be helpful to add our email address to your safe list prior to enrolling to ensure our emails come through.
* With the influx of new enrollments for the school year I have been inundated with requests to send letters of enrollment verification to schools around the state. I would like to take this opportunity to let you all know that in no way is it a legal obligation for you to inform anyone of your child’s enrollment anywhere. You simply tell them you are withdrawing them with the intent to homeschool. It is none of their business where or how they are educated once removed from that school.
These schools are scaring parents into thinking their children will be considered truant, which is not the case at all. Yes, we are a private school, and yes, our students are considered private school students, but technically you are home educating.
For the ease of transition, please tell the schools from which you are withdrawing that you are doing so with the intent to homeschool and request the records for yourself in you’d like. They are under legal obligation to allow you access to your child’s records. Please refer to Florida State Statutes 1002.22 and as always, if you are ever questioned by authorities all you have to do is give them my phone number.
If you are enrolling multiple children, please fill out a separate form for each child.
These schools are scaring parents into thinking their children will be considered truant, which is not the case at all. Yes, we are a private school, and yes, our students are considered private school students, but technically you are home educating.
For the ease of transition, please tell the schools from which you are withdrawing that you are doing so with the intent to homeschool and request the records for yourself in you’d like. They are under legal obligation to allow you access to your child’s records. Please refer to Florida State Statutes 1002.22 and as always, if you are ever questioned by authorities all you have to do is give them my phone number.
If you are enrolling multiple children, please fill out a separate form for each child.
