Independent School
Before applying for enrollment or re-enrollment in our Independent School please read the following information.
Colorado Heritage Education School System is a private Christian school within the State of Colorado.
Accountability
Why should you homeschool under an Independent School?
Every homeschooler must have accountability either to the state (via a public school district) or to a private independent school.
Homeschooling families who are members of a private independent school report attendance and other required records to their independent school instead of to the state.
Compulsory School Age
Compulsory School Age for Colorado is age 6 by August 1st. Please see HSLDA
Privacy
The Colorado Heritage Independent School serves homeschooling families who wish to educate at home under the auspices of a private school. Attendance records, immunization records, and test scores are submitted by our Independent School families to Colorado Heritage instead of to a public school district. Enrollment in our Independent School fulfills Colorado Compulsory School Attendance Law.
The State of Colorado homeschool school year attendance requirements of 172 days/688 hours must be fulfilled by our Independent School students. Please see below for other requirements.
15% hslda membership Discount
HSLDA is a non-profit advocacy organization that makes homeschooling possible by protecting homeschooling families and equipping them to provide the best educational experience for their children. They have been trusted for over 35 years to care for homeschooling families, safeguarding their freedom and securing the future of home education.
Families who are enrolled in our Independent School will be given a code to present to HSLDA to receive a 15% HSLDA membership discount.
IMPORTANT
Enrollment/re-enrollment with the Colorado Heritage Independent School is done on a yearly basis.
A note to re-applying families:
Avoid possible truancy issues: When a family re-applies to our Independent School, they must followup by submitting the required paperwork to us in a timely fashion. Please see submission dates below. If we do not receive paperwork in a timely fashion, we do not know:
1) If you had changed your mind for the previous school year and decided to report directly to your public school district.
2) If you changed your mind for the previous school year and decided to enroll in another private school.
3) If you forgot to submit paperwork to us by the deadline, but still considered yourself as schooling the previous year under our Independent School.
If we do not receive your previous school year’s paperwork on time, we cannot consider you as having been enrolled in our Independent School for that year.
Our Background
Colorado Heritage was established in 1991. We offer not only an Independent School Program but also K-12 classes at our Academy. We also offer a Diploma Program for those students who would like to pursue graduating with a private school diploma.
Our Philosophy and Acceptance Policy
Our Philosophy
At Colorado Heritage, we believe that God has given parents the responsibility to lead the academic and spiritual education of their children. With this in mind, we have designed our Independent School, Enrichment Program, and other services, with maximum academic flexibility while giving you the support, and accountability you chose (Please see above state education law compliance for those who are enrolled in our Independent School.)
Our Acceptance and Eligibility for Enrollment/Continued Enrollment Policy:
The Colorado Heritage Independent School, Academy, and all other programs seek students from families who are conforming to the biblical pattern for family found in Holy Scripture and specified in the various position statements of this organization. The Colorado Heritage Independent School, Academy, and all other programs will consider applications from families led by a husband and wife (man and woman), a single parent, or legal guardians.
To be eligible for acceptance and for continuing enrollment in Colorado Heritage, parents/guardians and students who apply for and who are in our Independent School, Academy, all other programs must live their life as their birth gender, based on the chromosomes the Lord God Sovereignly gave them before they were in their mother's womb. "Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them." Psalm 139:16