At Ballard, our mission is to provide parents with assistance and support in their home schooling journey.  You may a veteran home school family or a family considering home school as an option for your children’s education.  This website contains all of the home school information and documents that you will need to enroll your family in the program that best fits your needs.

As as home school family, you have the following options for enrollment

  1. Home School Assistance Program (HSAP) – See HSAP Handbook for program details and service options
  2. Dual Enrollment
  3. Both HSAP and Dual Enrollment
  4. Neither HSAP or Dual Enrollment

The following handbooks will provide you all the information you need to help you decide which options work best for your family.

Competent Private Instruction Handbook

Ballard HSAP Handbook (PDF)

District HSAP Contact:
Cory Miller
Home School Liason
cmiller@ballard.k12.ia.us
515-290-6484

Home School Forms

Instruction Form A (PDF)

FERPA Form (PDF)

HSAP Curriculum Materials Request (PDF)

Home School Weblinks

K-3 Reading

K-8 Math

K-5 Science