nmoira Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 (edited) EPGY has a new Open Enrollment Program to serve school districts which aren't part of their schools program. I emailed to see if this was open to homeschoolers, and this is the response I received: It is open to Home School groups. Just use the county name and state as the district name on the Interest Form. Once the form is complete email it to me and I will add your group.You need 20 interested families, but I don't know if you can continue if some don't sign up. The cost is $135 per child per academic year. I wish they'd done this a couple years ago when we could have used it. :glare: Still, it's nice to see. Edited June 17, 2009 by nmoira clarity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaKinVA Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Wow! That's a HUGE savings. HUGE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntPol Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Is that $135 per child, per family, or per group? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 Is that $135 per child, per family, or per group? Per child... but that's a huge savings over their regular rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela H in Texas Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 I notice the form has "zip code" listed. I wonder if they'd accept an online homeschool group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Hey, if they will I am so in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elisa Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 I would LOVE to sign up for this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blessedfamily Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 (edited) Does that mean you'd need 20 homeschooling families from the same school district/county? I wish we could do it. Sorry. I didn't read the form before posting. I guess the answer would be yes. I don't know 20 homeschooling families in my area, let alone 20 homeschooling families who want to use EPGY. Oh, how I wish I did. :sad: Edited June 22, 2009 by Blessedfamily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fractalgal Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 EPGY has a new Open Enrollment Program to serve school districts which aren't part of their schools program. I emailed to see if this was open to homeschoolers, and this is the response I received: You need 20 interested families, but I don't know if you can continue if some don't sign up. The cost is $135 per child per academic year. I wish they'd done this a couple years ago when we could have used it. :glare: Still, it's nice to see. If you are asking about forming a group, I would be interested for my daughter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share Posted June 22, 2009 If you are asking about forming a group, I would be interested for my daughter. I'm not... it would no longer be useful for us. However, I thought that others might be interested. It's a good price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hana Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 if someone does try to spearhead an online group, I'm definitely interested--2 children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boo Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Likewise, I'm interested in signing up 1-2 kids if EPGY will accept an online "homeschool group." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmichigan Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Someone from here posted about the Open Enrollment on another board and I ran with it. We are looking into forming a group on that board and would be open to more members. I have contacted EPGY about how to request a group and received their response. We are looking for a parent to be an SSA as I am not very computer literate and homeschool my five children. Would any of this be helpful to someone here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted June 24, 2009 Author Share Posted June 24, 2009 Someone from here posted about the Open Enrollment on another board and I ran with it. We are looking into forming a group on that board and would be open to more members. I have contacted EPGY about how to request a group and received their response.Am I correct in understanding that EPGY gave an explicit go ahead for an online homeschool group? If so, that's very cool. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 any more news about this? what other board is it that is going ahead with it? where do I sign? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Another Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Another interested family here. Please keep us posted of any progress. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmichigan Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 I spoke with EPGY again today and I have permission to add anyone from my online group at the Davidson board to my group. It will become a listing under my homeschool county but invitations will be offered to those who express interest on the application form we are filling out. This is provided I have the necessary people willing to be SSA's for the group for computer assistance. I am told this can be shared and is about an hour a month in obligation. If you are interested and AREN'T part of the group on the other board I will have find out if there is a way for me to get messages on this board because I am requesting each person submit the required information by PM only. I will be offline this weekend but wanted to let everyone know that I spoke specifically with EPGY by phone and yes, they realize that this is a virtual community for the most part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuff Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Is there a place to see a trial or something? Do the kids who do this enjoy it? MY DS is good at math and used to love charging ahead in his books and playing with math. That all died a terrible death the year we used poke-me-in-the-eye boring Rod and Staff. I've been trying to revive that desire, and at times it shows promise. He loves using the computer, so he might like this, but not if it's just boring on the computer. Does it challenge them and make them think in fun ways? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elisa Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 I have not used EPGY, but have heard only good reviews. Any specific questions, you can contact Marie (sorry can't remember last name) at 800-372-EPGY and info@epgy.stanford.edu. Here are links where you can see samples language arts and writing: http://epgy.stanford.edu/courses/english/LAW/ and math:http://epgy.stanford.edu/courses/math/M0WA/ HTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela H in Texas Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 (edited) Scuff, my daughter used EPGY starting the month she was about to turn 7. She did 3rd through 6th grades in that first quarter. She had a love/hate relationship with it. We were VERY laid back. She'd play with it a day or two and then not touch it for 2 weeks. She was just odd. Most kids, even gifted kids, probably should do at least three 20 min time periods per week and I think they said that a grade level is usually done in 3-6 months. I'm not positive. Anyway, it is NOT a game format though the sets kinda look game-ish since they are grouping cartooned animals and other pictures. Also, the fact practice is done as racing (cars or swimming was what it was a decade ago). A LOT of kids and parents complained about 4th grade long division (which is pretty common for all schooling I think). They did have online classes with a white board and such back then. My daughter enjoyed that. A few times, it would just be her and this one really bright little boy and they'd do math *I* don't even understand. Anyway, I think it's worth considering. We did take a break after the second quarter due to lack of use. We just weren't structured homeschoolers when she was so young. Also, we were concerned because they said Algebra would be an hour per day and we just didn't want to push her. What she did was fine with us at that time. So she did Dolciani Algebra with me and that worked for us. I do kinda wish we had gone back when she was ready to be more "schoolish" though. We dragged things out a bit, used a couple other programs, and it would have been easier to use a program that they already had set up for acceleration rather than us fumbling through things on our own. Edited July 11, 2009 by 2J5M9K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papillon Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 I may be interested, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handmaiden Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 I'm possibly interested. Both of my boys qualified for EPGY but we couldn't stomach the normal cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papillon Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Just curious, how does one qualify? Do they have a placement test or is there some other process? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuff Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 (edited) Yes. If you already have scored from certain tests, you can use those, or they have a the kids can take. Is there an email addresss or website to contact you later? I wanted to use this last year, but the cost was not doable. This price is much better, but we've had a few finantial setbacks and probably won't be able to come up with that in a month (and I already bought math this year) I'd love to sign up later or next year, though. Edited July 13, 2009 by Scuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela H in Texas Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Another thought for those concerned about price. They have always had VERY generous financial aid available. It may or may not work in your situation, but I would definitely fill out the form and try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osmosis Mom Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 So, how do we sign up for the virtual homeschool group? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmichigan Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 (edited) I am compiling the list of interested parties to set up the group. If you could PM the parents name, zip code, email, and the number of students intersted I will add you to the list. Please be sure not to duplicate if you have sent me your information on the Davidson site. As far as interest goes. -You do not need to "qualify" for this program. You will for the individual program. -I do not believe there is a set date by which you need to sign up. -You would need to verify, but I haven't heard anything about financial aid being available for this program because of the already significantly discounted price. If this is something you would be interested in doing the cost is the $135 a child per year. The year runs June thru May. This group will not be an open school district. Invitations to join will be sent from EPGY to the emails on the interest form. You will then join from there. This will help control numbers for those kindly willing to volunteer time for tech support. I am in the process of going through those responses I have already received and will post a list of the screen names of those I receive in a master list. Thank you to all who choose to participate! For more information, to view FAQ, and to view the submission paperwork see: http://epgy.stanford.edu/district/ Edited July 14, 2009 by melmichigan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmichigan Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 (edited) I will start a master list here for those I have received information from. Myself Osmosis Mom Mama22Gs-DF Another-2 families-DF Cricket2-DF chris1234-DF Elisa-DF questions-2 families-DF Crisc-DF Edwin-DF Wei-l-DF sittin pretty-DF fractalgal Blessedfamily 4SLee-DF renie1-DF Pi314-DF happydays papillon shaangi-DF I have received interested responses from more but am waiting for information from them. Your name will be added here once it is received. Thank you! DF-information received on Davidson forum Edited July 20, 2009 by melmichigan update Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuff Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 "You do not need to "qualify" for this program. You will for the individual program." What does this mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmichigan Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 With the traditional EPGY program for individuals, students must first apply. With the Open Enrollment Program, no application is necessary. The reverse is also true in that while anyone, anywhere can apply to the individual program, the Open Enrollment Program is open only to students in participating districts or homeschool programs. We are forming a participating homeschool program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blessedfamily Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 This group will not be an open school district. Invitations to join will be sent from EPGY to the emails on the interest form. You will then join from there. This will help control numbers for those kindly willing to volunteer time for tech support. Can you explain this part to me? (Sorry) Does this mean we join through the group by just providing the email, name, but zip, and then we deal directly with Davidson from then on? I'm trying to understand the "open school district" which we'll join as but won't actually be. (If that makes sense) Also, are sure it's not too late for this year since the year started in June? You're being very helpful, and thank you for your hard work. I appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmichigan Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 (edited) I just spoke with Stanford EPGY the end of last week. I am starting a homeschool group under my homeschool, I am registered in my state and homeschool with a non-public school determination from the state. You would be joining the open enrollment program under my homeschool "district". This means that you will have access from EPGY to all their online class materials. You will receive tech support from those in the group who have volunteered to learn the necessary troubleshooting from EPGY. They will become the SSA's for the group. You, as the parent then take on the role as teacher. You are NOT purchasing an individual class from EPGY, to do that (and you may on your own) you must first apply, your child must then meet their requirements and be accepted before you can enroll. Then you would deal with EPGY. Those classes start at $495 a quarter I believe it is. In this program you are purchasing access to the materials only, for $135, for the year. The SSA's will contact EPGY on your behalf with any access problems if they are unable to resolve them. The program is open throughout their "year" but obviously the sooner you sign up the more you get for your money. That is why I have been pursuing this since I found out of it's existance and the interest. I have to have 20 families express interest in order to submit to EPGY for group status. For more information please visit the link http://epgy.stanford.edu/district/'>http://epgy.stanford.edu/district/'>http://epgy.stanford.edu/district/'>http://epgy.stanford.edu/district/ you can toggle away from that page in the EPGY site to view more information. For more information about the individual program (seperate from this offering) or to view samples of the materials visit the link at http://epgy.stanford.edu/ Also, just to be sure it's clear, once you receive your email from Stanford EPGY you will create a login and pay on their website. They will then generate your account. I will not be accepting any money. In that email will be the information for contact with the SSA's for help you may need with the program. Edited July 15, 2009 by melmichigan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan in SC Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 I would be interested! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blessedfamily Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Thanks. I understand it perfectly now. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmichigan Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Glad I was able to help!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mere2 Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Does that mean its open to non US residents as well (under the hs district thing.) ?? (Australia) If so can I be counted as one please. I know I can do it through their normal pay per quarter class (way to expensive in AUD). Fi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmichigan Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 I am unsure about that. I imagine if you can participate in the individual program you would be able to participate in the open enrollment program since you are accessing the same materials. I can ask next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handmaiden Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 You do not need to "qualify" for this program. You will for the individual program. Is this the same math program as the individual program? -This will help control numbers for those kindly willing to volunteer time for tech support. How much time does each parent need to volunteer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handmaiden Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 This means that you will have access from EPGY to all their online class materials. You are NOT purchasing an individual class from EPGY, to do that (and you may on your own) you must first apply, your child must then meet their requirements and be accepted before you can enroll. Then you would deal with EPGY. Those classes start at $495 a quarter I believe it is. In this program you are purchasing access to the materials only, for $135, for the year. I'm a little confused. What comprises their online class materials? How is it different from their regular classes? Sorry, I'm a bit sleep deprived today. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handmaiden Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 (edited) Oops, double post. Edited July 19, 2009 by Handmaiden deleting double post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmichigan Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 It is the same online material as used in the individual program without the teacher support. You, the parent are the teacher. Not all parents need to volunteer, I believe we are covered for now if everyone who volunteered already is trained. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmichigan Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 We are now at nineteen interested families... Anyone else who would like to be added please PM. I will be hoping to wrap this up and submit to EPGY this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papillon Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I just PM'd you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blessedfamily Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I hope we get there. We're anxious to see what it's like. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmichigan Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 :party:We are now past the 20 families necessary to submit the enrollment interest form! I will be wrapping up the details and submitting to EPGY in the next day or two. Last call for those interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyful Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 We'd like to join! I PM'd you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cee Cee Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 I am interested! I have interest for two of my children. Sorry...we've been out of town and I have not been reading. I really have always wanted to do this! Cee Cee l Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest btomov Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Hi, I'm interested for my daughter. (I just PM'd melmichigan) Thanks! Beverly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmichigan Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 :coolgleamA: The list is faxed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blessedfamily Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Good. The bus is loaded, ready to hit the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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