Hartwick LEAH - A Homeschool Community
The Hartwick LEAH cooperative is committed to providing an academically rigorous education to students who will walk out of school ready for lives of leadership and service to their community. From literacy to music and art, each day at the Chapter is filled with activities that are both enriching and fun.
Our Purpose
The purpose of the Hartwick LEAH Homeschool Community (HLHSC) is to provide homeschool families with a Biblical World View based environment, consistent with the New York State LEAH’s application, to participate in (explore) a wide variety of social and educational opportunities utilizing cooperative and collaborative approach.
Mission
Hartwick LEAH Homeschool Community (HLHSC) is a parent-run homeschool cooperative through which parents are given the opportunity to network and pool their resources and talents to expose children to fun, engaging, and educational classes and activities. HLHSC is distinctly Christian in nature, but strongly encourages an open membership to any who will respect that distinction. HLHSC is dedicated to providing affordable, alternative learning opportunities and unique experiences for homeschool children and their families. HLHSC does NOT exist to provide a complete education for homeschooled children, but DOES exist to further enrich homeschool programs by providing mentoring, tutoring, academic, and elective/extracurricular based programs. HLHSC is here to encourage and empower homeschool families to have confidence to teach on their own at home and as an opportunity for homeschool parents to network with each other for like-minded support.
Vision
The long-term vision of HLHSC is to promote, foster, and support a collaborative approach by offering academic, social, extracurricular, and elective programs for homeschooled children and their families in our community and surrounding area while fully utilizing member families and community peers with specific expertise for all aspects of the continued management, operation, and success of The Cooperative. In the beginning, the cooperative will offer primarily social and extracurricular activities with the hopes the Cooperative will grow, offering more opportunities as the needs of the participating homeschool based families are better understood.
Join Hartwick LEAH Today!
The Hartwick LEAH cooperative is here to encourage and empower homeschool families to have confidence to teach on their own at home and act as an opportunity for homeschool parents to network with each other for like-minded support. If you would like to be a part of our community, consider joining Hartwick LEAH today!
Introducing Our Executive Officers
President:
Antonietta LoRusso
Email: alorusso@hartwickleah.org
Phone: (607) 293 – 3125
Vice President:
Bryan F. LoRusso
Email: blorusso@hartwickleah.org
Treasurer:
Sarah McGuire
Email: smcguire@hartwickleah.org
Phone: (315) 985 – 3884
Secretary:
Donna Sell
Email: dsell@hartwickleah.org
Hartwick LEAH Homeschool Review Board
Hartwick LEAH’s Homeschool Review Board provides peer-review of narratives of student progress, assistance in assessing a child’s progress, as well as help drafting year-end or term narratives. We also offer proctoring of exams for those in school districts who require external proctoring. We can provide a “reasonable location” with qualified individuals to help parents fulfill assessment guidelines laid out by districts that require it, in accordance with the portions of the NYS Commissioner of Education Regulations cited below:
NY.100.10.h.2(ii) The test shall be administered in accordance with one of the following options, to be selected by the parents:
(d) at the parents’ home or at any other reasonable location, by a New York State- certified teacher or by another qualified person, provided that the superintendent has consented to having said certified teacher or other person administer the test.
AND
NY.100.10.h.2.(iii) for the purposes of this paragraph, the person who prepares the written narrative shall be a New York State-certified teacher, a home instruction peer group review panel, or other person, who has interviewed the child and reviewed a portfolio of the child’s work. Such person shall certify either that the child has made adequate academic progress or that the child has failed to make adequate progress.
For further information, or to schedule, please contact:
Andrea Denekamp
Phone (cell): (607) 437-7655
Email: AndreaBraunius@aol.com
Members of the Hartwick LEAH Homeschool Review Board
Chair: Andrea Denekamp, PhD
Andrea earned her B.S. degree in English and Geography from SUNY Oneonta and holds a MA, MPhil, and PhD from Drew University. She has over a dozen years of experience teaching at both public and private universities and has also worked as an editor, writing coach, and private tutor.
Board Member: Amanda Stark
Amanda is a NYS licensed teacher for children aged birth through 2nd grade and 1st through 6th grade in General Education and is Special Education Certified. She has years of classroom experience in the public school system.
Board Member: Charlie Wyckoff
Charlie earned her B.S. degree in English and B.A. degree in Studio Art from SUNY Oneonta. She has over a dozen years experience in administrative duties and has worked as an editor, financial officer, human resources administrator, and private tutor.