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Freedom with PACESC
PACESC offers parents freedom and control.
PACESC allows homeschoolers to choose their own path (including VirtualSC, public school sports, mixed student placement, dual credit, and CLEP). I have never understood why some accountability organizations want to limit the opportunities or options that are available to homeschooling families. If there is an option available that you do not wish to participate in or support, then by all means do not take part in it! However, there are many families who need to have these options available. Therefore, to give homeschooling parents the greatest FREEDOM in providing for their children, PACESC allows parents to choose the methods and options they feel appropriate and that do not go against their beliefs or conscience.
PACESC does not bar membership from families who choose to have a child(ren) in public or private school while homeschooling their other child(ren).
PACESC allows students to utilize the South Carolina Virtual School Program (VirtualSC.org). Many organizations bar this as they see it as public school intrusion. Each parent must decide for their family the reasons they homeschool and how they will reach their child's goals. PACESC is listed as a school under the SCVSP and as such your child is not registered as a "public school student" when using the program under our group. Make no mistake, the program is set up and licensed for the SC public school program meaning the teachers are state certified, the classes meet SC standards, and as such they are secular and not Christian oriented. They espouse world views, teach evolution, and often lean left of center socially and politically. As long as your are aware of these attributes, parents have the freedom to decide if this opportunity is a good fit for their student.
PACESC allows students to participate in SC public school interscholastic activities as signed into law on June 7, 2012. Read the section on the About SC Law if you are not already familiar with this opportunity.
PACESC allows students to take classes at technical schools and community colleges that offer Dual Credit to high school students. We have many students earning college credit while still in high school. We have even had students gain their first associate degree by the end of their Senior year of high school. Quite an accomplishment! Don't forget the opportunity to take CLEP tests to get college credit also.
There are a few district technical schools open for public school students that do allow homeschool students to take classes. These may include charter school programs. I do not have a list but I know that one in Dorchester County and one in Orangeburg has allowed students to take courses.
PACESC's job is to AFFORD EACH ELIGIBLE FAMILY THE RIGHT TO HOMESCHOOL. It is not the job of PACESC to DICTATE OR INTERFERE IN A PARENT'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHAT IS BEST FOR THEIR OWN CHILD... where the SC homeschool law is being adhered to and complied with.
PACESC does not bar membership from families who choose to have a child(ren) in public or private school while homeschooling their other child(ren).
PACESC allows students to utilize the South Carolina Virtual School Program (VirtualSC.org). Many organizations bar this as they see it as public school intrusion. Each parent must decide for their family the reasons they homeschool and how they will reach their child's goals. PACESC is listed as a school under the SCVSP and as such your child is not registered as a "public school student" when using the program under our group. Make no mistake, the program is set up and licensed for the SC public school program meaning the teachers are state certified, the classes meet SC standards, and as such they are secular and not Christian oriented. They espouse world views, teach evolution, and often lean left of center socially and politically. As long as your are aware of these attributes, parents have the freedom to decide if this opportunity is a good fit for their student.
PACESC allows students to participate in SC public school interscholastic activities as signed into law on June 7, 2012. Read the section on the About SC Law if you are not already familiar with this opportunity.
PACESC allows students to take classes at technical schools and community colleges that offer Dual Credit to high school students. We have many students earning college credit while still in high school. We have even had students gain their first associate degree by the end of their Senior year of high school. Quite an accomplishment! Don't forget the opportunity to take CLEP tests to get college credit also.
There are a few district technical schools open for public school students that do allow homeschool students to take classes. These may include charter school programs. I do not have a list but I know that one in Dorchester County and one in Orangeburg has allowed students to take courses.
IF you utilize an option that you think may be of interest to others, please let me know. I am trying to gather as much information for the group as I can. I can not possibly know about all of the methods and options that our families are taking advantage of. Please share any you have used or have knowledge of by emailing me at pacesc@pacesc.com.
As to methods.... PACESC is a very dynamic group of homeschool families that follow many educational philosophies and schools of wisdom. We welcome Unschoolers, Relaxed-Schoolers, Charlotte Mason and Waldorf homeschool families. We have students enrolled in Classical Conversations, Highlands Latin schools, full online academies such as Abeka; students using online programs such as Time4Learning, Acellus Academy; parents that teach using many prepared curriculums and others that create studies using Unit Studies that are interest directed... and many others... We have families that follow the public school calendar, year-round-homeschoolers, and many variations on less than traditional schedules.
PACESC's job is to AFFORD EACH ELIGIBLE FAMILY THE RIGHT TO HOMESCHOOL. It is not the job of PACESC to DICTATE OR INTERFERE IN A PARENT'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHAT IS BEST FOR THEIR OWN CHILD... where the SC homeschool law is being adhered to and complied with.