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Local
Support Groups
These
support groups are independently run; each has their own unique
culture. We list them as a service to Massachusetts homeschoolers,
but being listed here does not imply an endorsement by AHEM. Don't
see one in your area? Start your own! For inspiration, see Why
and How to Get Connected.
Barnstable
County
Eastham:
Eastham
Public Library Homeschoolers Group, http://www.easthamlibrary.org/Homeschooling.htm,
Natalie Marsh, marsh@easthamlibrary.org,
508-240-5950; primarily serves Lower/Outer Cape Cod.
Sandwich/Barnstable:
Coastal Free Learners, http://geocities.com/coastalfreelearners/capecod.html,
Jessica Hunt, jechunt@hotmail.com,
508-775-3894; primarily serves Cape Cod.
Berkshire
County
Adams:
Adams Homeschoolers, Laurie Hendrix, lhendrix@capital.net,
413-743-5639; primarily serves Adams and surrounding area.
Berkshire
Homeschoolers: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BerkshireHomeschoolers/,
Alison Drozd, justacrazymom@nycap.rr.com,
413-329-8632 or Amy Najimy, amynajimy@yahoo.com;
primarily serves Berkshire County.
FERN
Family Educators Resource Network, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FERNetwork/;
Serves primarily Columbia, Albany, and Rennselaer counties in
New York, and Berkshire county in Massachusetts.
Bristol County
Attleborough:
Attleboro
Area Homeschoolers, http://hometown.aol.com/aah1995/page1.html,
Nan Loggains, NLoggains@aol.com,
508-226-6262 or Margaret Rozek, rozek@comcast.net,
508-222-5439; primarily serves Attleboro, North Attleboro, Norton,
Mansfield, Foxboro, and Eastern RI.
New
Bedford: Southcoast
Homeschoolers,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/schomeschoolers/,
Jessica Smith, schomeschoolers@yahoo.com;
We're centered out of New Bedford, but have members as far east
as Wareham, MA & as far west as Tiverton, RI.
Taunton:
Berkley Area Homeschoolers, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BerkleyAreaHSers/,
Tina Shorey, tina.shorey@verizon.net,
508-821-9669; primarily
serves
Taunton, Dighton, Berkley and surrounding areas.
Dukes County
Essex County
Amesbury: North
Shore Explorers, http://www.north-shore-explorers.com/,
Courtney Nguyen, northshoreexplorers@gmail.com,
978-257-5326. Primarily serves North Shore of Massachusetts, Southern
New Hampshire, Essex and Middlesex Counties.
Boxford:
Merrimack Valley Home School Meetups,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hsmeetups/,
Amanda Suleski, asuleski@gmail.com,
978-352-2866; primarily serves Merrimack Valley area, Northern
MA, Southern NH.
Essex
County Homeschooler Organization (ECHO):
Leslie Lopez, leslielopezk@hotmail.com, 978-686-6661; primarily
serves Andovers, Methuen, Lawrence, (Essex County).
Essex
County Inclusive Homeschool Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EssexCountyInclusivehomeschoolinggroup/,
Sally Allphin, Sally.Allphin@gmail.com,
781-631-1671; primarily serves Essex County.
Ipswich:
Community of North Shore Homeschoolers, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/North_Shore_hsers/,
Rachel Ausband, mia3mom@gmail.com,
978-356-6478; primarily serves North Shore of Massachusetts: Salem,
Beverly, Hamilton, Wenham, Ipswich, Newburyport, Gloucester, Rockport,
Rowley, Essex, Manchester.
Methuen:
Methuen Area Homeschooling Network/Methuen Area Homeschoolers
Weekly Activity Group, http://methuenhomeschoolers.tripod.com/index.html;
primarily serves all towns in MA and NH surrounding Methuen, MA.
North
Shore Unschoolers: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UnschoolersCoffeeTalk/,
Lynn Andrade, 781-322-0625. A place for North Shore area unschoolers
to come together. It is not the purpose of the group to define
unschooling. We welcome all families that consider themselves
unschoolers and those interested in unschooling. Our "area
served" is quite broad with members in Malden, Medford, Revere,
Winchester, Wilmington, Salem, Peabody, Danvers and Wakefield.
Franklin
County
Athol/New
Salem:
Homeschool-Adventurers, Helene,
helenewit@yahoo.com;
Athol/ New Salem and all surrounding towns in our area. (See
also listing for Worcester County.)
Athol/Orange:
http://www.athol-orange-homeschooling.com/,
Susan Pepper Aisenberg, speppera@yahoo.com;
Athol, Royalston, Orange, Warwick and surrounding towns all welcome.
(See
also listing for Worcester County.)
Montague:
Pioneer Valley Homeschool Group (PVHG), Anne Waters,
hschooler01@hotmail.com;
primarily
serves Franklin and Hampshire counties.
(See also listing for Hampshire County.)
Hampden
County
Feeding Hills:
Homeschool Explorers
is a group of secular, homeschooling youth scouts for boys and
girls ages 3 through 10 (siblings and family are invited as well).
For more information please visit our web sites at and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Homeschool-Explorers/;
Samantha, sinsamantha@yahoo.com;
primarily serves Feeding Hills, Agawam, Southwick, and Westfield
areas.
Ludlow:
Homeschool Quest Trekkers, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HSQuestTrekkers/,
Mindy Rosengarten, pernmusicmsn@yahoo,
413-323-8260 or Tamra Hersh, homeschooldolphin@comcast.net;
our
secular group is geared toward meeting the academic and social
needs of tweens and teens. We serve families across Western Mass.,
with meetings taking place primarily in Ludlow, Holyoke, and Westfield.
Ludlow:
Pagan Homeschoolers of Western Massachusetts, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SpringfieldPaganHomeSchoolers_MA/,
SpringfieldPaganHomeSchoolers_MA-owner@yahoogroups.com;
primarily serves Ludlow, Springfield, Wilbraham areas.
Springfield:
The
Crayola Homeschool Support Group,
Jessica Lozada,
daisiesjewells@aol.com,
413-301-4732;
serves Springfield, West Springfield, and surrounding areas.
Westfield:
Hampden
County Homeschoolers, http://hchomeschoolers.com/default.html,
Kerrie Bodendorf, kboriginals@verizon.net,
413-568-0603 or Jolene Cook, jolenecook@comcast.net;
primarily serves Hampden County.
Hampshire
County
Belchertown:
Belchertown Homeschool Network,
Denine Guardino, guardino7@charter.net,
413-289-0053; primarily serves Belchertown, Granby, Palmer.
Easthampton:
Pioneer
Valley Homeschool Group (PVHG), Kelly Jarvis, kellyjarvis@charter.net
or Anne
Waters, hschooler01@hotmail.com;
primarily serves Franklin and Hampshire counties.
(See
also listing for Franklin County.)
Middlesex
County
Arlington/Belmont:
Homeschooling Together, http://www.homeschoolingtogether.org/,
Sophia Sayigh, sophia@sayigh.net;
most of our subscribers come from Arlington, Belmont and surrounding
towns but we have people come from as far away as South Hamilton,
Boxborough and Natick. All are welcome.
Billerica:
Merrimack Valley HomeLearners, Jacki Dibble, jackidibble@verizon.net,
978-692-9009; centered in Billerica, Chelmsford, Lowell area--but
we have members from just North of Boston to Southern NH, from
the North Shore almost to Worcester.
Boxborough:
Nashoba Valley Homeschoolers, Kate Wheeler, Kate.Wheeler@verizon.net,
978-461-0151 ; primarily serves area surrounding Acton and Boxborough.
Cambridge:
The HOME Club, Phoebe Wells, 617-876-7273; primarily serves Boston,
Cambridge and the immediate area.
Chelmsford:
Chelmsford Homeschoolers Yahoo group, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chelmsfordhomeschoolers/;
serves Chelmsford.
Framingham/Natick:
MetroWest Homeschoolers, Vicki, ohjeezfour@aol.com;
primarily serves Framingham, Natick, and MetroWest Boston area.
Newton:
, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewtonHS/;
serves Newton.
Reading:
North Suburban Home Learners (NSHL), NSHLonline.org,
Leigh Vozzella, onemomn4kidz@verizon.net
or Erika Nauda, enauda@yahoo.com;
primarily serves area north of Boston.
Nantucket
County
Norfolk County
LEAF
Home Learners Network: http://learninks.org/leaf,
Lisa, TheKingsDaughter@charter.net
or Olivia, liv2learn@learninks.org;
primarily serves south-central Massachusetts, northern Rhode Island
and northeastern Connecticut. (See
also listing for Worcester County.)
Plymouth County
Bridgewater:
Freelance Learners, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FREELANCELEARNERS/,
Marcia
Simonds, marsi77@aol.com;
primarily serves Bridgewater and abutting towns.
Cohasset:
South Shore Home Learners, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southshorehomelearnersmembers/,
Tina Conlon, southshorehomelearners@comcast.net;
primarily serves the South Shore of Boston.
Middleboro:
Just Live Life -- Choose Joy and Freedom, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JUSTLIVELIFE/,
Marcia Simonds, marsi77@aol.com;
unschooling group primarily serves South Shore... but all are
welcome.
Suffolk
County
Boston:
Hub Homeschoolers, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hubhomeschoolers/;
primarily serves the Boston neighborhoods of Jamaica Plain, Mission
Hill/Roxbury, South End, Dorchester, Roslindale, Hyde Park, and
West Roxbury. Group activities are focused in the Jamaica Plain
area of Boston. The median birth year for the children in the
group is 1998.
Worcester
County
ALOHA (A Loosely Organized Homeschool
Association):
http://alohahomeschool.org/,
Annette, alohahomeschool@yahoo.com,
978-827-5675. ALOHA is an independent homeschooling support group
serving the Worcester County area. Families meet weekly for a
variety of indoor and outdoor activities throughout the year.
Additionally, we offer monthly parent meetings and a private online
group; primarily serves central MA.
Athol/New
Salem:
Homeschool-Adventurers, Helene,
helenewit@yahoo.com;
Athol/ New Salem and all surrounding towns in our area. (See
also listing for Franklin County.)
Athol/Orange:
http://www.athol-orange-homeschooling.com/,
Susan, speppera@yahoo.com
or Chris
Pierce Chree11@comcast.net;
Athol, Royalston, Orange, Warwick and surrounding towns all welcome.
(See
also listing for Franklin County.)
Barre:
Quabbin Regional Homeschoolers, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/QuabbinRegionalHomeschoolers/,
Susan Flagg, looking4dinsdale@yahoo.com;
primarily serves Quabbin Regional District.
LEAF
Home Learners Network: http://learninks.org/leaf,
Lisa, TheKingsDaughter@charter.net
or Olivia, liv2learn@learninks.org;
primarily serves south-central Massachusetts, northern Rhode Island
and northeastern Connecticut. (See
also listing for Franklin County.)
Westborough:
King's Kids, B. Mazarella, 508-366-9306; primarily serves Worcester
County, Metro West Massachusetts.
Worcester:
Worcester Home Educators’ Network (WHEN), http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorcesterHEN/;
primarily serves Worcester.
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