Everest Academy is an Alabama church (cover) school for homeschoolers. Everest Academy, based in Graysville, provides statewide coverage for those wishing to home educate.

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The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

    Everest Academy

    Contact info:
    Telephone: 205-674-6030 (e-mail preferred)
    E-mail: everestacademy1@gmail.com
    Administrator's Name: Debbi Spradlin
    Website URL: Everest Academy
    Location (mailing address): 1521 3rd St SE Graysville, AL 35073
    Office hours (for phone contact): E-mail preferred

    Sponsoring church: Everest Family Ministries

    Enrollment area: Enrollment open to all of Alabama

    Statement of Faith: Not required

    HSLDA: Not required

    General description (or Mission Statement): Everest Academy believes that the parent has the best interests of their children at heart. We believe that the parent is the first and only teacher that a child needs. In keeping with this philosophy, we wish to be a very hands-off cover school and allow the parent to lead and guide their children in the direction and at the pace they feel is best suited to their children. We ask only for what the law requires while offering support along with quality resources to aid families in their efforts.

    Requirements: Application for enrollment and grades and attendance records due at time of graduation or transference.

    Fees: $110 new enrollees/ $90 reenrollment per family per year.

    Services: Year round calendar and enrollment, field trips, weekly newsletter with tons of resources and activities, graduation/awards ceremony, three levels of diploma, Mom's Time Out, Teen Scene, online community, Tuesday night chats, sponsored park days, yearly used curriculum swap/sale, transcripts, support of all teaching methods including traditional and unschooling, Alabama Homeschool Directory listing, American Girl Club, Junior Master Gardener's, and much more.

    Additional Info:

    Information here last verified on 06/25/08.




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    LeapingFromTheBox.com does not endorse any church school. Inclusion here is solely for informational purposes.

    LeapingFromTheBox.com urges those searching for a church school to familiarize themselves with the laws governing church schools in Alabama (since we "homeschool" under the church school laws, rather than a homeschool law in Alabama). You can read those laws here:

    The Code of Alabama 1975


 


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