HOMESCHOOL PATHWAYS
In Partnership with Parents
Looking for the flexibility of learning from home?
BEST Academy's Homeschool Pathways are designed to meet your child's specific needs and interests. We recognize parents/caregivers as the first educators for their student(s). Our California-credentialed homeschool teachers work with each student and their family to develop a personalized plan that meets the unique needs of each child and fosters the best learning environment for success.
WHAT PROGRAM WORKS BEST FOR YOU?
Curriculum Type
Grade Levels
Instructional Unit
Materials
Personalized education focused on what is BEST for your child, your family, and your values.
Grades 3rd through 8th
$3,800: High School | $3,500: Elementary & Middle School Students
Choices encourages families to select the learning resources and curricula that will successfully support the student to demonstrate mastery of "I can" learning objectives. The inclusion of families and educational choices creates greater variety in how young people learn and succeed.
Through a partnership between the school and parent/caregivers, student do their own research and ask questions, instead of relying on pre-selected materials assigned by a district. They also take an active role in their educational path by following their interest and working closely with their assigned teacher to create assignments and track progress.
Student Experience
Sync Instruction Opportunities
Student - Teacher Engagement
Parental Involvement
Intervention & Academic Support
All students have the opportunity to attend daily live synchronous for each subject.
Students are scheduled for one 1:1 each Learning Period (every 4-weeks).
Parents work closely with their BEST Academy assigned CA-Credentialed teacher to design and implement personalized lessons, plan field trips, and coordinate educational activities within the homeschool community. This close collaboration ensures student progress is being made towards state standards. Parent(s) and student attend weekly Sync check-in and monthly 1:1 meeting with Homeschool Teacher.
Field Trips
Small Group Tutoring, Teacher Office Hours, 1:1 Tutor.com, digital supplementals (DreamBox, Lexia English, BrainPop, SummitK12, Core5, PowerUP, Beable)
All BEST Academy students are eligible to attend charter-sponsored field trips as well as participate in earning engagements by one of our Curriculum and Enrichment vendor Partners.
BEST Choices
Student Instructional Funds
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BEST Academy students benefit from up to $3,800 in instructional funds for their individualized homeschool education.
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BEST Academy partners with a wide variety of instructional content providers and community service providers to offer many different curricula options and enrichment opportunities.
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Parents are empowered to select curricula and services from the pre-approved vendor list below.
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The California-credentialed homeschool teachers consult and advise that materials and coursework being ordered are in accordance with their intended course of study and educational pathway.
Approved Vendor List
Name | Description | Location | Website |
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Memoria Press | Memoria Press Online Academy has provided high-quality instruction in Latin, logic, classical studies, and literature, as well as history and mathematics since 2006. | Louisville, KY | http://memoriapress.com |
MiaPlaza, Inc. | Miacademy provides hundreds of online learning videos and games in a wide range of subjects including math, language arts, science, history, geography, typing and foreign languages. | Menlo Park, CA | https://miacademy.co/#/ |
Murphy Language Arts LLC | Murphy Language Arts, offers language arts and history instruction as well as various electives for upper elementary, middle school, and high school students. | Fallbrook, CA | https://murphylanguagearts.com |
Music History Hall | Music and Cultural History online courses. Explore the history of blues, jazz, rock and roll, soul music, country, rap and more in online courses designed to inspire cultural understanding music appreciation. | Laguna Beach, CA | https://www.musichistoryhall.com |
Nature Watch | Nature-Watch.com provides hands on kits and products that teach children about science and nature. Nature Watch makes it so easy to teach STEM! | Agoura Hills, CA | https://nature-watch.com |
Nicole the Math Lady, LLC | Nicole the Math Lady provides on-demand video instruction of the Saxon Math curriculum. Videos cover grades 3-12. | Orlando, FL | https://nicolethemathlady.com |
Online Scribblers | Online writing classes for homeschoolers and traditionally schooled students in grades 3-12 to build confidence and writing skills. | Flourtown, PA | https://onlinescribblers.com |
Phoenix Feather Academy of Music | Group keyboard lessons ages 5 1/2 and up and Private lessons in piano, guitar, ukulele, and drums ages 9 and up. | Lake Forest, CA | https://phoenixfeather.com |
Portal Languages - San Diego | Available languages - Arabic, Dutch, Mandarin, English, Farsi, French, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Turkish, Vietnamese, Bulgarian, and American Sign Language. | La Mesa, CA | https://www.portallanguages.com |
Rainbow Resource Center, Inc | Learning Tools for Homes and Schools - Please be sure to check that items do not have religious content. | Toulon, IL | https://www.rainbowresource.com |
Choosing the BEST Approach for Your Child's Curriculum
Families are encouraged to identify their educational methodology/philosophy in order to help guide the curriculum selection process.
It can be a daunting task to select from all of the options available to students.
In order to guide your choices, please explore the questionnaire below. It is also important to consider how your child learns and choosing a personalized curriculum that best matches your child’s learning style is essential to personalized learning. Check out the questionnaire below to learn more about how your student learns best!