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We offer à la carte registration options if you would just like to participate in our Field Learning Activities (aka field trips)—or Physical Education Time or future In-Person Classes.

Then, Lakeview Academy's formal school designation receives the best negotiated rates at each of our outing locations, so rates will always remain as low as possible for our families.

Some of our registered families refer to us as that already. So if you'd like to think of us as a co-op, since we’re made up of homeschoolers, that is completely fine. 

Our school, Lakeview Academy, is officially recognized by the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce as a Non-Chartered, Non-Public (NCNP) School—or an “08 School” in the Ohio homeschooling world. This is just another way to homeschool in this state.

We set out to create a group of local homeschoolers to go on field trips together and create an overall community nearby. We also wanted to form something that brought people together but also had drop-off-class options, similar to post-secondary education models.

We began doing our due diligence and discovered many benefits to concurrently forming Lakeview Academy, and we would not have to minimize anything anyone was seeking. 

This brought our dream to fruition in ways we never imagined!

As of now, we meet on the first and third Tuesdays and some Wednesdays of each month for our Physical Education Time, and on the second, fourth, and fifth Tuesdays of each month for our Field Learning Activities. Then, we plan to meet on Mondays for our In-Person Classes beginning in fall 2025.

For the Field Learning Activities, we ask families to transport their children to and from the sites and encourage them to stay for the duration of our time at each location. However, if parents would like to utilize this time as a drop-off program, we can accommodate that, too.

Please note: All staff and volunteers undergo and must pass background checks and will only be able to stay on the future In-Person Class days if they do.

Yes, we offer payment plans. We do not want anyone who wants to join us to be unable to join us due to money constraints. We are also in the process of securing grant money to offer scholarships in the near future.

If money is tight in your family, we are happy to work with you. Please just email us or send us an inquiry form outlining your needs. We’re always happy to help how we can!

That decision is up to you. If your student is enrolled with us and is from ages 5–18, we can report their enrollment to Lakeview Academy to your local district for you. This reporting is what could make you eligible to receive the tax advantages that attending the formally-recognized school offers.

Instead, you may send your notification to your local superintendent, but doing so would make you ineligible for the tax benefits of being on Lakeview Academy's official roster. 

Non-chartered non-public (NCNP) schools are schools that, because of truly held religious beliefs, choose to not be chartered by the State of Ohio. More information can be found by visiting the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce website, including viewing Lakeview Academy on their list of recognized schools.

While our school, Lakeview Academy, was formed due to truly held religious beliefs where we choose not to be chartered by the State of Ohio, all of our teachings are secular in nature.

We accept anyone and everyone, and all of our offerings are fully inclusive for people of any background or belief.

NCNP schools are not included in the mandates placed on chartered non-public or public schools. Students on the roster of Lakeview Academy are not required to take state testing, but of course, any family may choose to participate in them separate from us in their own capacity.

That group exists as a way for all of us to hang out whenever we can. We invite you to join our Facebook group, and share different meetups you learn about or would like to arrange!

Families with children from birth to age 18 can participate with us in our Physical Education Time and Field Learning Activities. Children ages 5 on or before December 31 of that school year up to 18 can enroll in Lakeview Academy if you are interested in taking advantage of the tax benefits available to students of NCNP schools in Ohio.

Children under the age of 3 can participate for free, but the family still needs to register with us for safety purposes.

Since most of our Field Learning Activity locations charge for people ages 3 and up, you do need to register your children ages 3 to 18 for Field Learning Activities and Physical Education Time. Children under the age of 3 can participate for free, but the family still needs to register with us.

However, for the Drop-Off Class days we will eventually have, we will only be able to accept ages 5 to 18. 

Right now, we meet at the locations of our Field Learning Activities that are shared up to three months in advance with enrolled families. However, our home base for our In-Person Classes will be in Lorain County, Ohio, and the exact address will only shared with enrolled families for safety reasons.

Yes! Families that enroll with Lakeview Academy can reap the benefits this Ohio tax credit can bring to them. There are income limits for both, so be sure your selections appropriately reflect your financial situation to gain the biggest benefit. 

For more information, refer to O.R.C. 5747.75 and consult a tax professional.

You have two options for your children registered with us:

If you are not taking advantage of the tax benefits available by enrolling with Lakeview Academy, you can continue notifying your local superintendent of your intent to homeschool like you always have done.

Alternatively, if you would like to take advantage of the tax benefits available by enrolling with Lakeview Academy, your family's official enrollment letter needs to be mailed to your local district treasurer either by you or us.

We are in the process of seeking grants and fundraising through various activities, and we will begin offering scholarships during the 2025–2026 school year. But please reach out to us if money is the only reason you are not joining us this year, and we will work to make it possible for you.

We firmly believe in and support family choice surrounding any and all medical care for their children. While we do ask if vaccinations are up to date on our emergency medical form following registration, the two options are: up-to-date and exempt. We only need to know this in the event of a medical emergency where a child's chaperone cannot discuss information to emergency medical personnel. (But, hopefully, we never have a need for this.)

Please call, text, or email us, and we will be happy to answer it for you. You can reach us by phone at (440) 999-7909 or via email at info@lakeviewlearning.org.

You may even help someone else if we then list your Q&A here!