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Welcome to the AFE Family Handbook development wiki. Clicking on links will take you to what has been currently written for a section, which you are free to add on to or revise. Feel free to just type a few notes which can be converted later into grammatical content. Red links have nothing written for them at all and will take you directly to a page where you may edit that article. Blue links have content, but most of them are incomplete. We could use some short overview chapters for several parts, especially facilities, finances, high school credits, testing, other schools, learning options outside AFE. There is now a paper copy of the beginnings of this Family Handbook in the RC on the checkout counter ! There is more detailed help built into the wiki system, but if you just want a quick rundown of what you are most likely to want to know for using this, click here.

[edit] Table of Possible Contents

1. Introduction

  1.1. Welcome to new families
  1.2. Purpose of Handbook

2. AFE Basics

  2.1. Mission and Vision Statements, Expanded Vision, Personal stories
  2.2. What is AFE?
  2.3. Basic guidelines
  2.4. Why homeschool?

3. AFE Organization

  3.1. Staff (list, responsibilities, personal statements)
  3.2. Facilities and Procedures (RC and library, rooms, campus, and their use)
  3.3. Consultant teachers and families (mutual responsibilities, procedures for assignment and change)
  3.4. Paperwork and Scope of AFE, high school, testing
    Contracts and work samples
    Scope: K-12
    Age groups
    High school diploma, credits, and testing
  3.5. Generating Policies and Wider School Community (committees at AFE, BSSC, district)
  3.6. Finances
    Budget: sources and spending, administration of finances
    Friends of AFE and Parent Club
  3.7. Student roster

4. Learning

  4.1. Home Learning
  4.2. AFE Learning
    Classes, Field trips, volunteer-led classes, play groups, events
    AFE resources
    Special education 
       504 forms and samples
  4.3. Other Schools
    Cabrillo college classes
    Concurrent enrollment at local schools
    Other homeschools
  4.4. WIDE WORLD community learning options
    Interest groups
    Community services and volunteering
    Hands-on learning and classes outside of AFE
    Work opportunities)

5. Communication and Community

  5.1. Communication Committee Recommendations
  5.2. AFE Community Communication Systems
     Events and meetings
     AFE Newsletter
     AFE bulletin boards
     Scrapbooks and  collections (historical/ongoing/future)
     Suggestion box
     Yearbook
     Buddy System for new parents and students
     Trust teachers and parents
  5.3. Parent and student involvement in the AFE community
     List of volunteer duties
        Play productions
          publicity
          volunteer duties
          Volunteer schedule
          Volunteer sign-up form
  5.4. Parent and student involvement in the community at large

6. Resources Guide

   6.1. Learning Resources
     Learning resources
        Learning styles
  6.2. Interest Groups
  6.3. College and University Preparation
     Colleges AFE graduates have been admitted to and/or attended
     The hs2coll mailing list - very highly recommended!
     SAT II and SAT Subject tests
     Website info
     Financial Aid
     Sample transcripts
Personal tools