Homeschool benefits: Thompson School District R-2J
Thompson School District's LEAP (Loveland Enrichment Access Program) gives homeschooled students a tuition-free day of classes each week with state-licensed teachers at 2525 Van Buren Ct. in Loveland, plus free curriculum loans for use at home. Registration for 2026-27 is closed, with a kindergarten waitlist by email, and families outside the district can apply.
Who qualifies
Is a homeschooled student
LEAP is a part-time enrichment program for homeschooled students, and you decide your child's grade.
Uses one public program
Your child cannot also be in another publicly funded program, including online schools such as CEC, Astravo, Connections Academy, or COVA. Thompson Online can be combined with LEAP.
Files LEAP's intent form
Instead of a letter, you complete LEAP's online Intent to Homeschool form and an affidavit that your child is not enrolled with another publicly funded program.
Attends the full day
Students enroll for the full day and must attend at least 70% of classes to earn credit.
What the program gives you
The terms come from LEAP's home page, registration page, and FAQ.
- Tuition
- $0
- Class days
- 1 a week
- Curriculum for home use
- Free loan for the year
- Lost or damaged curriculum
- You pay
- Attendance needed for credit
- 70% of classes
- New enrollment after Oct. 1
- Not accepted
How to enroll
- When registration opens
Submit the LEAP application
Complete LEAP's online application. Registration for 2026-27 is closed, so watch the registration page for the next cycle.
- With the application
Register with Thompson
New students complete the Thompson School District online registration form. Returning families complete the Annual Family Check-In in the Campus Parent Portal.
- After spring enrollment
Order curriculum
LEAP takes curriculum orders after spring enrollment and accepts none after October 1.
- Before the school year
Register for classes
Class registration for grades 4-12 opens closer to the start of the year.
- From October 1
Attend the count period
The three-week count period secures LEAP's funding, so attend consistently.
What it includes
Included
- Classes taught by state-licensed teachers
- Curriculum lending library
- IOWA testing each spring
- Concurrent enrollment for juniors and seniors
Not included
- Lunch, which you pack nut-free
- Another publicly funded program at the same time
- Enrollment after October 1
- Replacing lost or damaged curriculum
Who to contact about LEAP
Site coordinator Miki Shockley answers enrollment questions and keeps the kindergarten waitlist.
miki.shockley@tsd.org LEAP registration
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
Questions parents ask
- Do LEAP parents have to volunteer?
- LEAP asks each family to volunteer during the year, mostly supervising lunch and recess or helping in classrooms.
- Can my child take an online school alongside LEAP?
- Only Thompson Online.
- Do we have to use LEAP's curriculum at home?
- Only for classes with a required text. Otherwise, you choose your own curriculum.
- Can a high schooler take college classes?
- Yes. Juniors and seniors can take concurrent enrollment classes through LEAP, Thompson School District, Aims Community College, and Front Range Community College.
Turn support into your child’s next lesson
Local classes cover the subjects they offer. We teach the remaining subjects, so a local class can stay part of the year without becoming the whole curriculum.
$149/month per child after the trial.
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