Parental Responsibility

Parental Responsibility Requirements:

• Full payment of family registration fee, student enrollment fees, and Compliance Deposit (completely refundable if there are no delinquency charges) fees by PayPal using the Internet (in your own home) or by check.
• Complete registration application and all necessary enrollment forms and attend an enrollment meeting before August 31st (High School families only). Download and print all forms. Fill in all appropriate forms and send to the school after payment of fees. These forms include the list noted on the Forms and Fees page.
• One parent at home during school hours.
• Parent is responsible to provide curriculum, do lesson planning, maintain a record of daily work and attendance, and evaluate student's progress. All decisions relating to educational philosophy and methods, home schooling style, selection of books, teaching material and curriculum, grading and evaluations are the responsibility of the parents. As it is the parents’ responsibility, the outcome of your student's education rests on you and your student's efforts.
• Teach 175 days during the school year.
• Notify the school if you intend to transfer to another private or public school
• Quarterly attendance, grades, and remarks are to be entered online during specified Progress Reporting Weeks (unless $20 additional fee has been paid at orientation meeting for paper recording by a Mentor).
• All programs require quarterly samples of each subject taught for each student to be sent to office (directly to the office if enrolled in the Basic Program) via the Mentor (if in the Mentor Program). Staple a copy of the updated on-line transcript (look for “Transcript” button to find the “Official Transcript”) to each batch of samples.
• Grade School Mentor Program requires one Proposed Course of Study meeting besides the enrollment (sometimes can be combined) meeting in the summer and four group meetings during the year.
• High School Mentor Program requires one meeting in the summer (enrollment meeting is combined with Course Proposal meeting at ESA) or two if another meeting is needed for Course Description and Standards, and four MANDATORY mentoring meetings (Progress Report Nights) during the year.
• MANDATORY Stanford Achievement Testing starting from grades four through ten (list of testing sites will be provided upon request). Students will generally be expected to test at or near grade level. Parent/teachers whose students are testing considerably lower than grade level will be asked to journal daily and/or provide proof of learning disabilities. The tests results will be need for re-enrollment the following year.
• Either the SAT (Stanford Achievement Test), PSAT (Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test), or ACT (American College Testing) testing is mandatory for all high school eleventh graders (Juniors).
• Either the SAT (Stanford Achievement Test), SAT I (Scholastic Aptitude Test), or ACT (American College Testing) is mandatory for all high school twelfth graders (Seniors).
• Additional high school program requirements are listed under High School Program.
• Mandatory: Home School Legal Defense Association membership.

Legal Requirements:

Although your child is enrolled as a student in El Shaddai Academy, which has a private school affidavit on file with the State of California, ESA cannot guarantee anyone protection from harassment from legal authorities or legal protection. ESA will not be held accountable for the outcome of any contact by authorities. Therefore, we have a mandatory requirement to hold Home School Legal Defense Association membership. No other legal insurance is acceptable.

Families that are enrolled in ESA receive a 15% discount on membership. ($85). If you are currently a member under a different group discount number we require that you list under our discount number. Go to the HSLDA website to download a transfer form and include it in your enrollment package.

*Study the HSLDA website. Familiarize yourself with your state's laws concerning home education. You must comply with what your state requires even though you will have your student enrolled in a private school in California. Download the membership application. Fill it out and send it in with your other completed enrollment forms. Please write a separate check for HSLDA. No enrollment will be accepted without the HSLDA application fee. The HSLDA application will be forwarded with the appropriate group discount number along with your check. The HSLDA application will be documented in your family portfolio.