“When the atmosphere encourages learning, the learning is inevitable.”
― Elizabeth Foss, Real Learning: Education In The Heart Of The Home
To graduate from HAFS, the student must be currently enrolled, at least 16 years of age, and have reported at least the minimum required 180 days of attendance before graduation is official and a diploma can be issued. Issuance of a diploma is optional.
When your student is ready to graduate, submit your final attendance and choose "graduate" as the grade level. After submitting the final attendance, if they are the only student enrolled, please go to the withdrawal tab to formally withdraw. If you have other students enrolled, please simply email me the graduating student's name and date of graduation.
If you want to order a diploma, please use the "Diploma" page and/or a graduation verification letter (from the verification documents tab). The password was emailed to you when you enrolled and is the same one you use to report your attendance.
All diplomas are validated, created, and mailed out in batches once each quarter, during the month after the most recent attendance is submitted.
When your student is ready to graduate, submit your final attendance and choose "graduate" as the grade level. After submitting the final attendance, if they are the only student enrolled, please go to the withdrawal tab to formally withdraw. If you have other students enrolled, please simply email me the graduating student's name and date of graduation.
If you want to order a diploma, please use the "Diploma" page and/or a graduation verification letter (from the verification documents tab). The password was emailed to you when you enrolled and is the same one you use to report your attendance.
All diplomas are validated, created, and mailed out in batches once each quarter, during the month after the most recent attendance is submitted.
HAFS is NOT a diploma mill! Any and all inquiries to receive a diploma without going through the proper enrollment and attendance procedures will be ignored!
Diplomas are only available to former or current students of HAFS who have shown proof of 180 days attendance of school. Paper diplomas are not necessary for graduation, they are simply for your records, or if you need to show proof of graduation. Whether you’d like a paper diploma or not is up to you, but regardless, if your child is ready to graduate please inform us via email so that we may remove them from enrollment. If they are your only student currently enrolled in HAFS, please use the "Withdraw" link to formally withdraw, even if you do not order a diploma. When placing your diploma order, please keep in mind that the date of graduation cannot be a future date unless the attendance requirements have already been met for the school year. The minimum required attendance of 180 days must have been reported prior to the graduation date on the diploma. If a future date is place on the form, in anticipation of a future attendance report being submitted, the diploma will not be mailed out until the attendance requirement has been met and submitted. Also, In the case of future dated diplomas, the diploma will be issued within the week of or after the graduation date, and not before. All diplomas are validated, created and mailed out in batches once each quarter, after the most recent attendance is submitted. Note about diplomas from the Florida Department of Education: “The Florida Department of Education does not accredit, regulate, approve, or license private high schools. Additionally, the Florida Department of Education does not officially recognize any of the various agencies that accredit private schools. Section 1002.42, Florida Statutes, requires K-12 private schools to register with the department by completing an annual survey each year and explicitly provides that submitting annual survey data and being listed in the directory of private schools should not be used by any private school to imply approval or accreditation by the state. There are many organizations with widely variant quality standards and program requirements that accredit private schools. Requests for information about the accreditation of a specific school should be directed to the school staff or its designated accrediting agency. The acceptance of diplomas from private schools will be subject to the requirements of the receiving educational institution or employer.” “For private schools, accreditation is not required and is achieved by the school’s adopting and maintaining the academic standards prescribed by an independent accrediting association, usually affiliated with the school’s religion or educational philosophy. There are many accrediting organizations for private schools and many private schools that are not accredited at all." NOTE** We are NOT an ACCREDITED school. If you are in need of an accredited diploma, then HAFS is NOT the right school for you. That being said, it is my experience that most colleges and universities do not require the diploma to come from an accredited school. It is however, my suggestion that you investigate prospective schools early, certainly before entering your senior year of high school, and then make the appropriate educational decisions based upon your findings.
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If you would like to order a diploma, please use the "Diploma" page. The password was emailed to you when you enrolled and is the same one you use to report your attendance.
After payment do not leave the payment confirmation page. You will either be redirected to the order form page OR if not, please scroll all the way down, locate and click the "return to merchant" link at the bottom of the payment confirmation page. If you are not redirected, please let us know by forwarding your payment confirmation receipt to records@hafspk-12.org and we will send you the link to the form. You may order more than one copy if needed. Multiple diplomas are for one student. If diplomas are needed for multiple students you must place another order. One order per student. When placing your diploma order, please keep in mind that the date of graduation cannot be a future date unless the attendance requirements have already been met for the school year. The minimum required attendance of 180 days must have been reported prior to the graduation date on the diploma. If a future date is place on the form, in anticipation of a future attendance report being submitted, the diploma will not be mailed out until the attendance requirement has been met and submitted. Also, In the case of future dated diplomas, the diploma will be issued within the week of or after the graduation date, and not before. All diplomas are validated, created and mailed out in batches once each quarter, after the most recent attendance is submitted.
It is wise to check with the college, university, or prospective employers to determine whether or not they accept diplomas and transcripts from a specific private school. Requests for information about the acceptance of credits from a specific private school for post-secondary education admittance should be directed to the local community college or university admissions office. |
