We have been part of the EPS community since 2004. We are a blend of online and in-class instruction to meet the needs of our students.  Our certificated teachers work closely with families to identify placement, evaluate progress and support student growth.  In-class students work on collaborative activities, conceptual math work, literacy workshops and other EPS supported, standards aligned curriculum.  At-home, K-5 students work on content rich materials through the K12 online learning system.  6-8 students work through grade level, standards based curriculum from Apex learning while completing enriching and collaborative activities created by their teacher and accessed through Google Classroom.

1. Before attending classes a Written Student Learning Plan meeting will be held with your child's teacher.  Because Home Choice Academy is an ALE (alternative learning environment) we are required to develop a Written Student Learning Plan (WSLP) for each and every student each year!

2.  For students in (K-5), physical materials will be provided by Home Choice Academy.  If you are a new student you will also receive K12 login account information.   

Contact Home Choice Academy. Someone from our staff will be able to get a device checked out to your child.

Students should always access K12 through their link in Classlink to get started working.   On our website, go to the "Current Families" and click on the Classlink button.  You will login with your student's login information.  All students have a district issued username and PIN.  You can get both of these from skyward.  Log into Skyward Family Access and look for their student ID* and PIN (Instructions for PIN Here)  

Make sure that your students can access classlink through chrome.  

• District issued devices:  classlink is set as the homepage and will automatically login to classlink.  Click the house icon in the navigation bar of chrome to go directly to classlink. 

• Home Devices: you will need to login to a Chrome Browser using your student’s login information. For directions on logging into the chrome browser, click here. 

If your student is a Kindergartener, you will need to login to classlink with their student login credentials first (following the steps above) to set up the login process.  Then, if you have the classlink quick card, you may scan the quick card to login to classlink. 

*Student IDs are comprised of the first five letters of the last name, first three letters of their first name, followed by three numbers.  For example:  LLLLLFFF### or bradybob000

Staff contact info can be found here.

Yes, as part of a Washington State Alternative Learning program, all students are expected to take all assigned assessments throughout the year.

Contact your teacher or Home Choice Academy.  Please do not contact K12 or Apex.  

Tutoring is not available through HCA or Evergreen Public Schools.  You and your student will work together with our support staff and teacher to determine the best steps for meeting the needs of your student.  

HCA does upply school materials and supplies.

Students are spending an hour to 1 1/2 hours in Language Arts, about the same in Math, and the time it takes for social studies and science.  The amount of time that is listed on the written student learning plan is 27.75 hours per week of instruction. (Same as for any other public school program)  With that being said, 2.75 hours each week is for recording the Art/PE activities via the log.  Depending on the speed at which your child learns and completes assignments it might be anywhere from 3-5 hours per day.

We encourage our parents to connect with the teacher often.  And if you would like a bi-weekly check-in and/or for specific academic areas, we welcome the opportunity to work right alongside you and with a consistent frequency if that is what you would prefer!  It again is personalized to support you the learning coach as well as the learner!

Click here for a great explanation from K12/Stride Education.  

Go to the yhK12 online learning system parent portal login page to set up your account following the instructions in the getting started email from K12 (if you cannot find it, check your spam, junk or trash folders in your email account. Then be sure to add K12 to your safe senders list.)  Once you have completed the account set up process you may need to wait until the next day for the changes to take place and be updated within the K12 system.  Once you can login as a learning coach, you will need to add your students to your account following the instructions provided in the email. 

If your K12 materials have already been delivered, open all materials.  Plan for success by finding a convenient location for all of the materials.  Look through the books and discover your learning for the year.  You can also get started doing lessons by reading the learning coach materials on getting started and how to complete the first few lessons.  Then, when you do have access to the online learning system, you can mark those lessons as complete

Contact Home Choice Academy for assisstance with the K12 system.  Please DO NOT contact K12.  

We do have samples of the K12 curriculum at HCA.  

This is what K12 has to say about time spent - "Computers help us provide you with effective assessment, planning, and time-management tools. That's why we use a unique multimedia approach that also includes a great deal of well-written and designed textbooks, workbooks, and hands-on instructional materials. We expect that K–8 students will spend no more than 20–25 percent of their time on the computer in the early grades."   To find out more, click here. 

1. Students in K/1 usually spend up to 30% of the time on the computer.  More of their learning time is engaging with the physical materials.

We intentionally are engaging students in group activities as well as independent ones to deepen the academic learning that is expected in each grade level.  We want students to be able to move forward in the K12 at their own pace - with the minimum being completed within each month's timeframe!

Please go to Evergreen Public Schools website and go to Tech Support.  K-5 students will follow the directions on how to find their PIN number that students use as their password.  6-8 students follow the directions to reset their password and log in to set a new password.  Click here for District Tech Support

All middle school student's Chromebook/login passwords were reset over the summer.   They will need to login and create a new password.  Click here for directions.  

You will be asked what type of acitivities your student completed for the month.  You will find the PE & Art Log in various locations on this website (Home, Current Families, Your Teacher's page) and here.  PE & Art Log. Please complete the log before the last Friday of every month. 

Because we are still in the public school arena, the state does not allow us to count an activity that some parents pay for and others do not.  What you can do though is count the soccer practices - not the games AND count the piano practice - not the actual lessons.