Homeschool Services

The High Desert Education Service District Homeschool office registers and provides support for homeschooled students and their parents/guardians who reside in Crook and Deschutes counties.  Services include general consultation and information about homeschooling, monitoring of overall compliance with homeschool notification and testing requirements and maintenance of student records. To enroll the student in homeschool, see About Homeschool located under “How to Enroll.”

 Upcoming Events & Opportunities:

• Notice to Home School high school students in grades 9 through 12: The American Legion High School Oratorical Contest is open, and the local American Legion posts are sponsoring the contests in their local area. The contest is an opportunity for students to earn scholarships that can be used in any college or university in the USA. Students can earn scholarships totaling more than $25,000, and over $200,000 can be awarded each year. For more information, go to https://www.legion.org/oratorical/ where you can learn the details and watch orations from previous national oratorical contests. Interested students who would like to enter the contest may contact SistersALPost86@gmail.com. Application deadline: January 2, 2024.
• Homeschool Day at High Desert Museum is on Friday, November 3, 2023. Click here for more information.
• Music & Art in Redmond is looking at doing classes for homeschool students and groups.  Click here for more detail.
• Bend Senior High School Freshman Forecasting information for the 2023-2024 school year can be found here.
• Summit High School Freshman Forecasting information for the 2023-2024 school year can be found here.

Please email Stacy at stacy.kelley@hdesd.org if you have a local event or opportunity that you’d like to have listed here.