Homeschool benefits: Haverford Township School District
The School District of Haverford Township lends available textbooks to registered homeschool students and lets them join district extracurricular activities under Policy 137-AR. File your notarized affidavit with the district between July 1 and August 1 each year, then email the district's materials contact to borrow books.
Who qualifies
Registered with Haverford
Submit a notarized affidavit or unsworn declaration between July 1 and August 1, with immunization and medical records or a physician letter, to the Oakmont Administration Building, not to a school building.
Lives in the district
The program is for homeschool students in the School District of Haverford Township, whose supervisor files the affidavit with the district.
Keeps the program in compliance
Submit the written end-of-year evaluation by June 30 each year so your home education program stays registered.
What the district offers
The district's homeschool page lists these services for registered home education students.
- District textbooks
- Borrow when available
- Extracurricular activities
- Open under Policy 137-AR
- Curriculum guides by grade and subject
- Free online
- Acknowledgment letter after you file
- Within a few weeks
The page gives no loan period or limit on borrowed books, so ask the materials contact when you request them.
How to use district resources
- July 1 to August 1
File your affidavit
Mail or drop off the affidavit and supporting records at 50 East Eagle Road, Havertown, PA 19083, Attn: Homeschool. You can begin once you submit.
- After filing
Request books
Email Jill Vandevere at jvandevere@haverfordsd.net to ask which textbooks and curriculum materials are available to borrow.
- Before a season or club starts
Ask about activities
Contact your child's neighborhood school about the extracurricular activity, and review Policy 137-AR for the participation rules.
- By June 30
Submit the evaluation
Send the written end-of-year evaluation to keep your homeschool registered for the next year.
What it includes
Included
- Available district textbooks
- Curriculum materials
- District extracurricular activities
Not included
- District Chromebooks and tablets once your child leaves district enrollment
Who to contact about homeschool resources
Jill Vandevere handles requests to borrow textbooks and curriculum materials; the district main line takes other homeschool questions.
jvandevere@haverfordsd.net 610-853-5900 Homeschool page
Homeschool rules and statewide help in Pennsylvania
You must file a notarized affidavit or unsworn declaration with the superintendent before starting and by August 1 in subsequent years. Include educational objectives and required health and immunization documentation or exemptions. Certify that the supervisor, adults living in the home, and persons with legal custody have no conviction for the listed statutory offenses in the preceding five years.
Pennsylvania sets these rules:
- Subjects: Teach in English the subjects required for elementary or secondary home education, including English, math, science, geography, history/civics, health, PE, art, music, and ongoing fire-safety instruction. Provide 180 days or 900 elementary/990 secondary hours annually.
- Testing: Include reading and math test results in the portfolio in grades 3, 5, and 8. Obtain an annual evaluation and submit the evaluator’s certification to the superintendent by June 30. The supervisor, parent or guardian may not administer an alternative approved standardized test.
- Records: Keep a portfolio with a reading-materials log, work samples, required test results, and the annual evaluation. Document the required instructional days or hours.
- Teachers: The supervisor must be the parent, guardian, or legal custodian with a high-school diploma or equivalent. The supervisor, adults living in the home, and persons with legal custody must meet the statutory five-year criminal-conviction condition.
Read the Pennsylvania homeschooling guide See statewide programs in Pennsylvania
Questions parents ask
- If my child leaves Haverford schools mid-year, what happens to the Chromebook?
- You return it. A child who leaves district school mid-year to homeschool is disenrolled and must return any district Chromebook or tablet.
- Where do we send the affidavit in Haverford Township?
- To the Oakmont Administration Building, Attn: Homeschool, 50 East Eagle Road, Havertown, PA 19083. Do not send it to a school building.
- Can we see what the district teaches in each grade?
- Yes. The district posts curriculum guides by grade and subject, which can help you choose which books to borrow.
- Is there a charge to borrow materials?
- Not that the district lists. The homeschool page mentions no charge, so ask the materials contact about fees for lost or damaged books when you borrow.
Turn support into your child’s next lesson
Put eligible education funds toward a curriculum that teaches the courses and grades the work. Check the program’s purchasing rules before paying.
$149/month per child after the trial.
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