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Allotment PLUS

Enrollment is free for Alaska residents.  In addition, when you choose to homeschool through a public school district in Alaska, an educational allotment is provided for your family.  You have the freedom to spend these funds based on your child’s educational needs.

FOCUS Homeschool provides an allotment, PLUS much more.

2024 -2025 Allotments
K-8 $2,600
9-12 $2,700

Allotment PLUS       

District Funded – No Cost to Families

  • Extended Allotment – Qualifying high school students who are enrolling in college classes or career training may request additional funds to pursue their goals.
  • Voyage School and Voyage Partner Opportunities 7th-12th grade – This is a free resource for students who are enrolled in our school district. Voyage School focuses on intensive career and trade training and is appropriate for both non-college-bound and college-bound students.
  • Preschool Enrollment– Our PreK students receive group in-person learning activities, access to a library of PreK activity bags, developmental screening of strengths and needs, and a performance-based report card.  No sibling enrollment is required to join and receive Pre-K allotment funds.
  • Free Resource Rooms – Parents often choose to return items they feel other families might enjoy, including curriculum and other learning materials. While some of these items are available for free checkout to our families, many items are available for families to take and use permanently.
  • Senior Scholarships – Each year our school board awards several scholarships, up to $1000, to qualifying seniors, who seek to further their education or training.
  • Senior Graduations – FOCUS will provide caps, gowns, and tassels for each graduate, plus an additional $50 to cover miscellaneous expenses towards graduation.
  • Supplemental Student Opportunities – Students are offered the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational opportunities based on students’ interests. These activities may include Geography Bee, Close-Up Washington DC or Juneau, Spelling Bee, Battle of the Books, Lego Clubs, Future Farmers of America (FFA) and Fine Art events, among other opportunities.
  • Missoula Children’s Theater – MCT is a week-long theater production for students of all ages. During MCT week, students are immersed in a total performing arts experience from auditions and daily practice to a live community theater production. https://mctinc.org/
  • PAC Performances – Special Anchorage Performing Arts Center shows are available to our families at greatly reduced rates.
  • STEM Opportunities – Hosted by Einstein Fellow, Sheryl Sotelo, students can participate in free Maker Fairs, Coding Classes, Hands-On Science and other opportunities.
  • Alaska Geographic Youth Programs – AK Geographic offers multi-day wilderness expeditions to our middle and high school students at no charge to CSD students.  These trips feature service-learning components and take place in wilderness locations across Alaska.  https://www.akgeo.org/youth-programs/

Curriculum and Supplements

  • Copper River eLearning Courses (9-12) – Through a partnership with Copper River School District, our high school students may take up to two online classes per semester at no charge to the student. Students must demonstrate academic readiness. Contact your Advisory Teacher for more information. https://www.crsd.us/o/copper-river-school-district/page/chugach-student-e-learning-home
  • Edmentum Exact Path – Edmentum’s Exact Path uses an adaptive diagnostic assessment to create a learning path for your student.  The program is focused on understanding where your student is in math, reading, and language arts and moving them forward towards their academic goals.
  • Reading Eggs – This an online program geared at kids Pre-K – 2 that focuses on teaching students essential reading and phonics skills.  Students complete lessons that incorporate animation, songs, and a variety of fun activities that provide the repetition needed for learning and motivation to stay on task.  Parents are able to access detailed progress reports as well as downloadable activity sheets that correspond with the lessons in the program.
  • MAP Assessments (K-12) – MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) is an optional suite of online assessments. It is adaptive, which means the test questions are shaped in real-time by students’ answers. The results give a baseline of skills knowledge in Language Arts, Math and Science and can show growth over time. Students may choose to take the test multiple times per year. https://www.nwea.org/parent-toolkit/

Additional Benefits

  • Flexibility in Learning Paths – We value multiple learning paths and ways of learning, including real-life learning. Our unique content areas and subsequent ability to honor content beyond our graduation minimums, allow students to meet their own learning needs and interests using a variety of methods.
  • Dual Credit – Students are eligible to take college courses for which they may receive concurrent credit with CSD and the college. FOCUS sites have special relationships with local institutions, so high schoolers can attend local colleges, such as UAF, Prince William Sound College and Mat-Su College.
  • Dual Enrollment – Not only can our students be enrolled in colleges and CSD concurrently; they can also be dually enrolled in local public school classes.
  • Parent Coaching – We value and encourage the role of parents as the primary educators of their children. Special workshops and classes are offered periodically by CSD (Chugach School District) to assist parents in delivering a quality education.
  • Family Gatherings – Each of our sites provides field trips and fun learning opportunities, based on family interest. These include things like parent trainings, local resource tours, science classes, and game days, among other opportunities.
  • Career and College Counseling – Students and parents can connect with our school counselor for help with applying to colleges, navigating the ACT and SAT, career path information, and more.
  • Student Learning Profiles – Upon request, students of all ages can be assessed in unique areas such as Learning Style, Cognitive and Organizational Processing, and Emotional Quotients.
  • Home Visits – Parents may request a home visit. Home visits may include topics such as modeling a lesson or strategy, conducting an assessment, helping to create a thematic unit, etc.