Location
Our office is located on the West Campus of the Monterey County Office of Education, in room 15. The Monterey County Office of Education is located at 901 Blanco Circle (across the street from Fresh Express on Blanco Rd).

Our History
Monterey County first offered homeschooling support in 1988 at the request of three homeschooling families who helped design the original program. In the summer of 2000, this outstanding program became the first charter school to receive sponsorship of the Monterey County Office of Education.

Our Values
We are a group of educational professionals committed to supporting families who choose to educate their children at home. We believe that the home is every child's most important "school." We respect the right and ability of families to educate their children in their homes. We honor the concern and dedication of families who choose this highly demanding but tremendously rewarding task.

Mission Statement
"The mission of the Monterey County Home Charter School is to plan, monitor and assist in the education of students K-12 in a homeschool learning environment, enabling them to speak, read, write, use technology and calculate effectively to become self-motivated, competent and lifelong learners. The Monterey County Home Charter School will provide students with the necessary resources to achieve success and meet state standards in core academic subjects appropriate to their level. This will be achieved in a collaborative effort with parents as primary deliverers of the educational program, certificated teachers and the community."

Our Philosophy
We believe that the home is every child's most important "school".  We respect the right and ability of families to educate their children at home.  We honor the concern and dedication of families who choose this highly demanding but tremendously rewarding task.

What Our Program Offers You
Homeschooling Support in a tuition-free, WASC accredited program.
Student texts, teacher editions, and selected educational materials and resources, as well as basic consumable school supplies.

A credentialed teacher who will meet regularly with you and your student to plan and monitor an Individual Learning Plan based on your student's abilities and interests. Your resource teacher will also review and evaluate student progress.

Maintenance of individual student progress files, state-required attendance records, official student transcripts, annual standardized testing (grades 2-11), and graduation from 8th and 12th grade (with High school diploma for graduating seniors).

Monthly educational programs, ongoing field trips and workshops to supplement core curriculum, a newsletter, and the opportunity to elect representatives to the Charter Governance Council.

How the Program Works
After enrolling in the MCHCS program, families are assigned a resource teacher who will work with them on a weekly basis. The resource teacher assists families in the design, implementation, and maintenance of a personalized educational program.  The parent then accepts the responsibility of being the primary deliverer of their child's educational program.  In order to do this parents must be able to develop lesson plans, deliver instruction, and correct and access their child's work.  The parent, thus, takes on the role of a classroom teacher and must be able to devote a minimum of four to six hours per day towards the ongoing development of their child's education.

How to Enroll
Families that are interested in the MCHCS program must first attend a weekly informational meeting.  Here, they will learn more specific details about the MCHCS program. At the meeting parents can fill out a "Request for Participation" form.  Families that complete the enrollment process are then assigned a resource teacher and are formally admitted into the MCHCS program.