If  you take nothing else away from viewing this website, remember this:
"Educational Equity is the Knowledge You Own"
Equity, or capital, is an accounting term that refers to the net value of a piece of property such
as a house or the net value of a business.  It is also a term used by progressives to mean
equality of education inputs (funding) for infrastructure (land and buildings), teachers, books,
and student services; all worthy goals, but the lists ends there.  For conservatives, the list
continues on to include equality of output (the acquisition of knowledge, usually expressed in
test scores or degrees) for students, knowledge being necessary for a successful life, and the
source of any future capital acquisition.  Progressives index input to output.  Conservatives
have seen billions spent on inputs, look at the test scores and graduation rates, and ask,
"Where are the outputs?", for which they are castigated for being...wait for it...conservatives!
Home school parents have worked output wonders on a very limited budget, by imparting
direct knowledge through books
, field trips, and other resources, enabling their children to
participate successfully in a
"knowledge-is-capital" based economy.
Support
Providing opportunities for teaching-parent development, scheduling and
resource coordination, and peer-to-peer networking through the
homeschoolnowus Yahoo group.
Resources
While not an official Core Knowledge School, the Lighthouse Academy
recommends the
Core Knowledge Sequence.  Core Knowledge is a solid,
specific, sequenced, and shared curriculum.  Parents teach as creatively as
they like, with the help of a content guide that builds from year to year,
covering subject matter throughly without useless repetition..
Community
From weekly park days (Winter hours Thursdays, 12:00 p.m., weather
permitting; see "about us".) and fields trips, special activities and
graduations, the Lighthouse Academy is a part of our children's lives and a
source of great memories.
"Educational Equity is the Knowledge You Own"©
The Lighthouse Academy Pre-K through Grade 8
Any person (private individual) or entity (non-profit, church, etc.) may
establish a private school by submitting to the state a private school
affidavit or statement in lieu.  A family not wishing to establish their
own private school may enroll in the private school of another person
or entity, establishing their family home-campus as an "extension" or
"satellite" of the private school.  The Lighthouse Academy was
established in September of 2000 for one family, but began enrolling
students of other families in 2003.  It remains a small school of 40
families or less.  
Updated 2010 01 04
The Lighthouse Academy
Off-site Extension K-8
Serving Apple Valley since 2000
CDS Code 36 75077 6201164
Support, Resources, Community
"Learn at your own place."
2009-2010 Hours of operation
M-F 10:00-5:00, S 9:00-12:00 by appointment
Homeschool in Apple Valley, California
Home School Program Curriculum
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