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GGCH Requirements

GGCH Requirements

  1. The parent must obtain a home school notification form and file it with a homeschooling notification form from your county at least 15 days prior to the start of homeschooling. This form is available upon request from the public school your child would attend.
  2. Mail, fax, or drop off your application form (with a $25.00 check payable to GGCA) and schedule your intake consultation meeting.
  3. Arrive for your consultation meeting with your course material plan form already completed. We will review the curriculum and materials you plan to use and explain the resources available to you and your student. Parents presenting sound academic plans will be provided with application forms and may enroll their student immediately.
  4. The home instruction program must provide regular, thorough instruction and include instruction in Bible, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Art, Music, Health, and Physical Education.
  5. GGCH requires parents and students to keep a daily learning log (documenting time spent) as well as portfolios (containing work completed and assessments) on home instruction for each subject.
  6. GGCH is required by the State to make an annual visit to your home, or the "site of instruction."
  7. GGCA requires a mid-year and end-of-year review of both the learning log and the student portfolios.
    *Mid-year Review: This meeting is to verify progress and encourage both parent and student. This meeting should take place at the end of the first semester, and we request that student mid-year evaluation forms be completed by the parent prior to this meeting.
    *Year-end Evaluation/Portfolio Review: As required by the State of Maryland, an annual review will be completed with the educational consultant and a parent during the last quarter. The portfolio should include dated examples of work done in each subject area, showing progress made. All work will not be reviewed, just samples from throughout the year. Keep copies of tests, final drafts of compositions, summaries of field trips, etc.