Homeschool benefits and savings in the Waynesville R-VI School District

Full-time homeschool, Family Paced Education (FPE), and virtual students who live in Waynesville R-VI can try out for and play district sports and join MSHSAA and co-curricular activities. Fill out the district's form for each child; the athletic fee was $25 for the first child in 2025-26.

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

Who qualifies

1. Lives in Waynesville R-VI

   Your child must live inside the Waynesville R-VI attendance boundary.

2. Learns full time at home

   Full-time homeschool, FPE, or virtual students qualify, including MOCAP virtual students, who play for their local school of residence.

3. Meets eligibility standards

   Your child follows the same academic, conduct, and physical requirements as enrolled students, with a MSHSAA physical on file.

4. Small family-run homeschool

   Missouri Senate Bill 63 requires that the homeschool or FPE school have no more than four unrelated students and charge no tuition or fees.

What it costs

The fees are Waynesville's 2025-26 athletic participation schedule, posted with the district's homeschool participation notice.

Athletic fee, first child (2025-26)

$25

Athletic fee, second child (2025-26)

$15

Athletic fee, each additional child (2025-26)

$10

Classes required to play a sport

None beyond prerequisites

Band or career-tech activities

Same class requirement as enrolled students

These are last year's fees; ask the Athletics Office at 573-842-2450 for the 2026-27 amount before you pay.

How to sign up

1. Before the season

   Fill out the form

   Submit the district's participation form, one per child.

2. Before tryouts

   Get a sports physical

   Every athlete needs a MSHSAA physical and participation form on file in the Athletic Department Office.

3. At the start of the season

   Pay the athletic fee

   Pay by check or cash at the Athletics Office, Waynesville High School, 200 G.W. Lane Street.

4. All season

   Keep eligibility

   Your child meets the same discipline, attendance, and eligibility standards as every other athlete.

What it includes

Included

• Interscholastic athletics
• MSHSAA activities
• Other co-curricular activities

Not included

• Private schools
• Home school associations at the same time
• Part-time homeschool students

Good to know

• Resident homeschoolers can play sports

  MSHSAA calls these students resident participants.

• Most activities need no class enrollment

  Your child enrolls in a class only when the activity itself needs one. Marching band, for example, requires band class, the same as for enrolled students.

Who to contact about athletics

The Athletics Office collects participation fees and answers questions about sports eligibility.

573-842-2450 Homeschool participation form

Homeschool rules and statewide help in Missouri

No annual homeschool registration required. If withdrawing from public school, a written notice requesting removal from its rolls documents the change.

Missouri sets these rules:

• Subjects: For students under 16, offer at least 1,000 hours of instruction: 600 in reading, language arts, math, social studies, science, or related courses, including 400 at the regular homeschool location. The statutory hours and recordkeeping rules do not apply at age 16 or older.
• Testing: Missouri does not require standardized testing for homeschoolers.
• Records: For students under 16, keep a subject and activity record, a work-sample portfolio, and progress evaluations, or equivalent written or credible evidence.
• Teachers: No state teaching-license or degree requirement for a homeschool instructor.

Read the Missouri homeschooling guide See statewide programs in Missouri

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