Idaho Homeschoolers was started in June 2005 in response to the overwhelming need for a support network serving all homeschoolers. Although it's natural to have separate groups for separate styles of homeschooling, we realized that there was a definite call for a group and community hub that could assist all homeschoolers, both Idahoans and those across the nation, in their unique homeschool journeys.
We aim to cover a wide array of resources and information that can be useful to current and prospective homeschoolers, drawing on the experience of veteran homeschoolers to aid those just starting. We alert homeschool parents to various events, activities, and projects that their students may enjoy and profit from. We look back on the good and bad from past experiences as we review curricula and other aspects of homeschooling so that newer homeschoolers can be spared the trouble of blindly choosing and experimenting. We also aim to involve homeschooled students as much as possible, giving them a base to interact with local and other students, display their work, celebrate their achievements, and enrich their overall homeschool experience. Through our forum community, we encourage homeschooling parents and students to interact in a safe and relaxed atmosphere. Although the main focus is homeschooling experiences, we are eager to also let homeschoolers form a broad-based community by discussing a variety of non-homeschooling related topics. We hope that through these conversations, homeschoolers may learn that whatever our unique styles, we are able to find friends and colleagues who are here to help each other. We will do our best to meet these goals and serve visitors regardless of their religion, political beliefs, homeschooling styles, or reasons for homeschooling. Our goal is to support and encourage each other as best we can.
As IDHS is still in its beginning stages, what we need most is content contributions from visitors. If you've written articles about homeschooling, know of resources, links, or events we don't have listed, want to give your opinion on curriculum you've used (or [if you're a student] review other subject matter, such as books or movies), have scanned/digital homeschooling-related photos, or (as a student) have work such as essays, poems, stories, or drawings that you'd like to display, we'd appreciate any submissions. Please e-mail any submissions to mail@idahohomeschoolers.com, or post them in the forum.
Becoming a staff member
The IDHS web site is entirely student-led. Although we welcome content submissions and suggestions from parents, our staff is made up of homeschooled students. If you are in accord with the IDHS mission statement and have some time to spare, please inquire at mail@idahohomeschoolers.com to see if there are any staff positions you could fill. If there's a specific section you'd enjoy working on, please include that in your e-mail.
Contact
 Anna GorinEagle, Idaho Class of 2006 IDHS position: Founder/Webmaster Anna's life philosophy is that the whole world should embrace randomness and realize that the answer to the meaning of life is 42. Anna lives quite a cyberlife: in addition to running IDHS, she has also built/currently manages Arwen-Undomiel.com (a Lord of the Rings fan site), The Vanyara Awards (a Lord of the Rings awards site), and He's a Pirate (a Pirates of the Carribean fan site). Outside cyberspace, Anna enjoys reading, drawing, working with animals, ice skating, skiing, listening to music, freaking people out by pretending she's Goth (which couldn't be further from the truth), collecting photos of anything and everything, and making image spoofs like the Matrix one at left. She is currently waiting for her Raouly Prince Charming to take her away to Middle-earth where they will go on a quest for the question to the meaning of life (which the answer to is, of course, 42).
IDHS position: Resident Tech Support
Josh is a self-pronounced geek. He spends too much time on computer programming (QBasic, Visual Basic, HTML, ASP, and PHP) and has no social life in the "real" world. He doesn't really mind. He enjoys reading, dabbling in electronics, and anything to do with a PC. He also likes text adventures, Science Fiction (especially Isaac Asimov's), Fantasy (especially The Lord of the Rings and Chronicles of Narnia), pizza, chocolate, and all things gadgety. He (*gasp*) doesn't mind math. He dislikes spam, popups, web ads, commercials, and coconut. He is currently waiting for someone to ask him a computer question.
IDHS position: Guardian of Randomness
(This is Heidi’s avatar on the forum, not what Heidi looks like. I just wanted to clarify that before I started.)
Heidi has been home schooled all of her life. THREE CHEERS FOR HOME SCHOOL!! Heidi has one class at Centennial High School which she thinks is fun. She enjoys writing HTML although she still has MUCH to learn, and she also likes to refer to herself in the third person. ? She also likes to be with her family and participate in Irish dancing with her family. She likes to knit, crochet, embroider, and stay on the computer WAY too long (especially on the wonderful sites that Anna makes). She also likes reading, weeding, baking, camping, eating, sleeping, the Chronicles of Narnia, and watching movies. Heck, Heidi likes everything, except for:
THINGS HEIDI DOESN’T LIKE: Onions, skunks, hot weather, sickness, cod liver oil, Halloween, and something else… but Heidi forgets what it is.
Favorite character in the Chronicles of Narnia: Heidi has too many to type.
IDHS position: Creative Consultant-Thingy/Webmaster
Kyle has been homeschooled since 1st grade, but has taken some public school classes. As a result, he has absorbed the weirdness of both sides. He finds the fact that biographies such as this are written in third person and like a personal ad extremely funny. He enjoys many things, including reading most kinds of books, watching most kinds of movies, playing most kinds of video games, fencing, and randomly attacking his little brothers. He dislikes the embarassing ads all over the internet, ignorance, stupidity, lack of character, insulting humor, and stupid teachers who think they're smart. And green beans.
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