Minnesota Homeschoolers’ Alliance (MHA) is a statewide organization that provides information and support to homeschooling families. The group started out informally in 1982. MHA incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 1991, and has been extending a helping hand to Minnesota homeschoolers ever since.
MHA is a secular organization inclusive of all homeschoolers. Our members are a diverse group of families with different backgrounds and different approaches to homeschooling, but we all share a common goal: to encourage and facilitate families that choose to educate their children at home.
Please browse our site and contact us if you have any questions. For membership information, visit our Join MHA page. You can now join MHA or renew your membership online using PayPal!
Upcoming MHA Events
Share What YOU Know at the 2012 MHA Conference
The MHA Conference is right around the corner and we need YOU. Homeschoolers are often the best resource out there to share information and provide inspiration to fellow homeschoolers. What can YOU share at the MHA Conference? We are currently accepting workshop proposals for this year’s conference, scheduled for September 22, 2012 in the Twin Cities metro area. Don’t think you have anything to offer? Consider these potential topics:
- Why a Homeschool Co-op can be the best of both worlds
- Classical Conversations — what is it and how do I do it?
- Math Games for Kids Who Hate Math
- Out and About in the Twin Cities — favorite field trip destinations
- Creative Portfolios and Record-Keeping
- A Tech-Savvy Homeschool — how to use computers and the Internet to supplement (or completely provide) your homeschool experience
- Bringing the Outdoors into Your Homeschool
- Special Approaches for Special Needs Kids
- Homeschool Road Trips
- Need a Homeschool Support Group? – how to start your own!
- Nobody’s Perfect — Embracing Your Homeschool Environment
- Encouraging Reluctant Writers
- Working and Homeschooling — yes, it can be done!
- Home Management 101 — how to maintain a (relatively) clean house and stay sane while homeschooling
- Teen Times — navigating the homeschool teen years
- Homeschooling on a Shoe-String — free and low-cost resources
- Family-friendly Volunteering
See? The possibilities are endless. And we know that there are dozens of you — probably hundreds! — who could offer a workshop. To share and inspire other homeschoolers. So what are you waiting for? Submit a proposal today…and make the homeschool world a better place!
The nitty-gritty details: All proposals should be submitted via email to mha@homeschoolers.org. Proposals must be received by May 25, 2012. Workshops are 60 minutes in length. Workshop presenters will be given free admission to the conference, which includes a catered lunch.
State Legislature News
Recent Legislative Session
Read how the recent state legislative session has changed Minnesota homeschooling law on the Legislature page of the MHA blog!
MHA Announcements
The new MHA Homeschool Reporting Forms are here!
See them on our Minnesota Law And Forms page!
The MHA Blog is up and running…
and people are posting like crazy!! Read the latest here!
The Winter issue of The Grapevine is here!
The Grapevine – Fall/Winter 2010/11
Due to technical issues (a crashed hard drive), the MHA Board and Grapevine editor elected to post an electronic version of The Grapevine instead of mailing a hard copy in order to hasten delivery. For those of you who are members of MHA, please accept our apologies for this unforeseen delay in providing our quarterly newsletter. For non-members, please consider this issue your free chance to see what The Grapevine has to offer.
MHA is now on Facebook!
Visit with MHA people and catch the latest news on our MHA Facebook Page!
MHA’s Events E-List is now a Yahoo Group!
There’s a tremendous amount of activity in the Minnesota homeschooling community, and MHA’s Yahoo Group will keep you on top of it all! New and existing members are invited to visit our MHA Yahoo Group and click on “Join This Group!”
Get involved in homeschooling!
Visit our Volunteers Needed! page to see where you can help out!