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Michigan is a fabulous place to homeschool! If you are considering a move to Kalamazoo or if you have just arrived, you will be blessed by the homeschool-friendly atmosphere of our community!
The first thing you will want to do when you arrive in Southwest Michigan is to join Kalamazoo Area Home School Association. This will put you in touch with other homeschoolers and activities through a monthly newsletter, The KAHSA Connection, and will keep you up to date in real time through the www.kahsaconnection.com website, which is updated daily for those with membership access.
We have a great co-op, Kalamazoo Area Tutors (KAT). KAT uses tutors to teach the students in a classroom setting. Class sizes are quite small, giving the tutors many opportunities to meet the needs of your student. The schedule of classes can be found on our website under "Resources & Classes". Class fees are set by the individual tutor
We also have homeschool sports. Our teams are known as the Kalamazoo Cougars. Kalamazoo Home School Sports offer basketball, volleyball, softball, soccer and cross-country track. They also have a track & field day in the spring which is open to all homeschoolers.
KAHSA Support Groups are located in different areas of Kalamazoo and are open to all. They offer activities, field trips, mom's meetings, encouragement, friendships and much more. Check them out on the KAHSA Support Groups webpage.
The Portage Library (www.portagelibrary.info) is very homeschool friendly. The children's librarians are very helpful to parents and kids alike. At the Portage Library, Fridays at 2:00 pm, we have Homeschool Chess Club. Also at that same time is the Homeschool knitting Club. There's also the Homeschool American Girl Club. The librarians do tours for our parents and are willing to do research seminars for our teens. They are also willing to purchase books that we need for our curriculums (as long as they are not consumables).
The Kalamazoo Public Library (www.kpl.gov) has a huge selection of materials with several branches in town.
Homeschool Performing Arts (HPA) is a wonderful asset to our homeschool community. Brad Garnaat is the drama teacher. He teaches drama & chior at KAT. He also directs two major productions here in Kalamazoo. The entire production is done by homeschoolers including acting, orchestra, costumes, advertising, set, and everything else! It is an awesome production! You can find more information about HPA at www.hpakzoo.org.
Linda Goldman, a KAHSA member, has taken the time to write a book that I highly recommend to all new homeschoolers or those who are new to the Kalamazoo Area. Guide to Homeschooling in Southwest Michigan is just that – a detailed description to all the resources available to those homeschooling in Southwest Michigan. You can download an order form to purchase a copy of her book on our website under the drop-down menu “About KAHSA” on the page “Homeschool Info”.
Grand Rapids also has an awesome resource for Kalamazoo homeschoolers to use - The Homeschool Building. You can find more information about it at www.homeschoolbuilding.org. There is a great bookstore as well as a resource library which has a wonderful selection of curriculum and family resources.
I hope this has been helpful. This truely is just a drop in the bucket to all that Kalamazoo has to offer homeschoolers! Explore our website and come back often because we are constantly updating the Kalamazoo Homeschoolers about what is happening in our homeschool community. Be sure to join KAHSA and register on our website in order to get full access to the website!
We welcome you to the Homeschool-Friendly community of Kalamazoo!
Kalamazoo Area Home School Association, Inc.
kahsamail@kahsaconnection.com
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