To Homeschoolers in Anchorage, AK: Break in October?????

Question

Alaska Bible College (where I attend and work) is planning on doing a campus experience called College Days in October, focused on homeschoolers in the Anchorage area.

We would like to set it on a holiday or break, so that your students would not have to miss school. Is there a designated break in October that would be best to set it on? Or does every family or group have their own breaks?

Help!!!

Answer 1

It would be different for every family. The best thing to do would be to set the date and announce it soon so that homeschool families who are interested will have time to plan a "break" for that time period.

Answer 2

There are no designated holidays or breaks; every homeschooling family decides for themselves when they want to take time off from 'doing school'.

You'd be better to go ahead and pick whatever dates that best suit you, advertise it in good time and then any interested homeschooling families can simply incorporate your event into their own schedules and plans for October.

Most homeschoolers would not be worried about 'missing school time' as there is no obligation on them to study on set days or during set hours; that's one of the beauties of homeschooling! Home-educating families will either find a way of incorporating your event into their 'learning schedule' or they'll spend the time with you and just move any lessons to another day.