Homeschool benefits: St. Vrain Valley School District RE-1J

St. Vrain Valley Schools' APEX Homeschool Program in Longmont offers homeschooled students in grades K-12 more than 100 one-day-a-week classes, a 10-to-1 student-teacher ratio, and a curriculum library of over 9,000 items. Enrollment for 2027-28 opens December 1, 2026, and offers go out by email starting in early March.

By Andrew Garber, founder of TheHomeschoolingCompany. Reviewed August 25, 2026.

Who qualifies

1. Homeschools in grades K-12

   APEX supplements parents who are their child's primary educator. Incoming kindergartners must be 5, and first graders 6, by October 1.

2. Files a notice of intent

   Send written notice 14 days before your home school starts, with your child's name, age, address, and attendance hours, and resubmit it each year.

3. Registers with St. Vrain

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4. Has a local address

   Offers go first to siblings of current families, then current students changing days, then new students with proof of a local address. Out-of-state families can join the waitlist but get no offer until they show a local address.

What the program gives you

The figures come from APEX's home page and enrollment page.

Classes offered

100+, grades K-12

Class days

1 a week

Student-teacher ratio

10:1

Curriculum library

9,000+ items

Educators

51

Last day APEX enrolls for 2027-28

Oct. 1, 2027

APEX links to an online student fee payment page without listing amounts, so ask the office which fees apply to your child's classes.

How to enroll

1. From December 1, 2026

   Fill out the interest form

   Complete APEX's Enrollment Interest Form for 2027-28. Families are ranked within each priority group by when they submit it.

2. If new to SVVSD

   Register with the district

   Finish SVVSD online registration if your child has not attended a district school in the last two years.

3. Early March

   Accept your offer

   APEX emails offers, and you have five days to confirm or the spot goes to another student.

4. By October 1

   Count date

   APEX enrolls students each year only up to the October 1 funding count date.

5. Each year

   Send your notice of intent

   Email your notice as a PDF to apex@svvsd.org, or mail it to APEX, attention Michelle Fuller.

What it includes

Included

• One-day-a-week classes for grades K-12
• Curriculum library loans, including the SORA digital library
• Musical theatre and literacy lab
• Concurrent enrollment and career center options for high schoolers

Who to contact about APEX

The APEX office at 1351 S. Sunset Street, Unit B, in Longmont answers enrollment questions, and apex@svvsd.org accepts notices of intent.

apex@svvsd.org 303-702-8600 Enrollment interest form

Homeschool rules and statewide help in Colorado

Give written notice to a Colorado school district 14 days before starting and each year the program continues. Notice is not required before age 6; instruction need not begin until age 7 or continue after age 16.

Colorado sets these rules:

• Subjects: Provide at least 172 days of instruction averaging four instructional contact hours daily, covering reading, writing, speaking, mathematics, history, civics, literature, science, and regular instruction in the U.S. Constitution.
• Testing: Academic evaluation in grades 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11: standardized test or evaluation by a qualified person.
• Records: Permanently keep attendance, test or evaluation results, and required immunization records; produce them on 14 days’ written notice when the superintendent has probable cause to believe the program is noncompliant.
• Teachers: Instruction is provided by a parent or legal guardian, or an adult relative designated by the parent; no teaching license is required.

Read the Colorado homeschooling guide See statewide programs in Colorado

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