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Save the date for the 2019 IAHE Home Educators' Convention!

2019 IAHE Home Educators’ Convention

March 22 & 23

Encourage. Protect. Serve.

Blessed to serve Indiana homeschool families since 1983.

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The Indiana Association of Home Educators {IAHE} is a not-for-profit organization, founded in 1983, which supports and encourages families interested in home education.

We define home education as parent-directed, home-based, privately-funded education.

Our primary functions are maintaining visibility as home educators with civil government leaders, influencing the legislative process to protect our freedom to home educate, publishing information of interest for home educators, and sponsoring seminars and events to encourage families.

The IAHE Blog

NEW IAHE Regions! Just in time for Back-to-School help!

Have you ever wondered why the IAHE regions were set up the way they were? Well so have we! We've asked former board members. We've asked the founding members. We've stopped people in the convention hall. Do you know what we found out? Nobody knows. So in...

2018 Homeschool Mom Conference and the IAHE

Perhaps you've seen this image floating around Facebook this week? Did you know some of our very own IAHE members are involved? The 2018 Homeschool Mom Conference is an online conference June 4-10, 2018, that has over 150 sessions, over 100 individual speakers, a...

Should I sign the school’s withdrawal form?

The IAHE frequently receives questions from parents asking about the process of withdrawing their student from the public school system. Some of our top answers to many of these questions can be found here: Exploring Home Education Withdraw v. Transfer:...

What About Kindergarten?

Indiana compulsory school age does not begin until the school year that a student turns seven years of age. While Kindergarten is not mandatory in our state either, the majority of Indiana families consider this the beginning of formal education for their...

IAHE Visits the IMPD

Last year, IAHE received several complaints that the IMPD was turning away homeschool graduates. So, we started investigating and researching to see how we could help.

Research on Homeschooling Tells Us Plenty Despite the Claim It Does Not

The Context As recent as a few years ago, negative critics of homeschooling and of homeschool advocacy were claiming that research on homeschooling tells us almost nothing. More recently, the criticism of positive claims about homeschooling's...

NHERI 2018 Research for IAHE State Capitol Day

IAHE has commissioned Dr. Brian Ray of the National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI) to provide research for our elected officials at IAHE's Home School Day at the State Capitol on January 22, 2018. You may review the research that...

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

3 John 4

Thank you for your support of the IAHE Home Educators’ Convention!

2017 – Heidi St. John

2017 – General Session harp music

Exhibit Hall

2017

2017 – Dr. Jennifer McCormick, Superintendent of Public Instruction

2017 – Mentors’ Booth

Let’s shop!

Crew members serve in the Exhibit Hall

2017 Expressions!

Crew 4:12

2017

Crew 4:12 – Lunch time!

Exhibit Hall fun

2016 – IAHE Showcase Booth

2016 Firmly Planted

A sneak peek!

2015 – Governor Pence

2015 – Todd Wilson

Crew 4:12

2015

Ken Ham

2015

Curriculum Hall

Learning Express

Posting of the Colors

2015

Diana Waring

2015

Exhibit Hall

2015

Andrew Kern

2015

Carol Barnier

2015

Gov Mike Pence

2015

Dean Butler

2015

IAHE Board and Regional Representatives

2015

Rebecca Keliher

2015

Expressions!

2015

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I was so, so blessed by such an encouraging, well-organized convention, which I know was a labor of love that involved much hard work and sacrifice from all of the IAHE Board Members and the many other volunteers. Thank you all so very, very much!

Sara B

Support Group Leader

I’m so very thankful to every person who played a part in pulling together a fabulous convention. I have been homeschooling for 13 years and have attended so many conventions. I almost didn’t come this year, but I felt compelled to show my support for the IAHE. I was almost feeling like I’ve outgrown the need for convention. Boy, was I wrong. The sessions I attended were so relevant and timely, offering the exact encouragement I needed to hear.

Angelica G.

Thank you for all of your hard work to put on a fantastic conference! The past few weeks of schooling have been challenging and discouraging to the point that I was thinking maybe I shouldn’t continue with this homeschool journey. I left the conference feeling refreshed, encouraged, strengthened, and energized to keep running the race. Thank you!!!

Melanie