Forms for GACS
Welcome
Please keep a copy of all forms you send in to the school office for your personal records.
If your student needs a work permit, please see the link on the left menu to print the necessary form. Work permits do not need to be signed by GACS, but rather by the teacher/parent. Work permit forms are filed at the Board of Education.
Enrollment
New Homeschooling Families enrollment:
- Complete the Registration Formfor GACS
- Read and sign the Disclaimer Form
- Complete the Record Release Form so that school records may be forwarded to GACS.
- Bring your $40 tuition made payable to Golden Acres Christian School.
- Attend the REGISTRATION on Tuesday, June 29th between 3:5 pm at Golden Acres Baptist Church Annex A. No applications will be accepted through the mail or church office. This year's enrollment will be limited. We will accept applications on a first come, first served basis.
Returning GACS Families need to bring the following forms for re-enrollment:
- Submit all 1st and 2nd Semester Reports for the previous school year.
- Complete the Registration Form for the new school year. (Please be sure to update your address, phone # and email address)
- Bring your $40 tuition made payable to Golden Acres Christian School.
- Attend the REGISTRATION on Tuesday, June 29th between 3:5 pm at Golden Acres Baptist Church Annex A. No applications will be accepted through the mail or church office. This year's enrollment will be limited. We will accept applications on a first come, first served basis.
Policies and Procedures
Here is a copy of our school Policies and Procedures. Please read them carefully so you may know what is expected of your family and what you may expect from GACS.
These policies are updated annually. This link shows our ppolicies for the 2008-09 school year. We are currently revising our policies and will publish the new document for the 2009-10 school year during the summer of 2009. All families attending the Parent Meeting in September will received a copy of these policies.
Attendance Reports
Golden Acres Christian School requires 160 days of instruction during each school year. Holidays and schedules are left up to each family as long as a total of 160 days are accomplished between June 1st and May 31st. At least 4 hours of instruction are required to constitute a full school day. Field trips may be counted as a school day as long as 4 hours of learning was inolved.
Attendance Reports are due to the school office twice a year: January 15th for the 1st semester and June 15th for the 2nd semester. Reports may be mailed or faxed to the school office. Print a report for each calendar month. Include all students you are instruction on one form. Be sure to calculate the total number of days for the month and the year-todate sections on the form.
It is the responsibility of each family to keep up with the number of days for each school year.
Progress Reports
Progress Reports are due to the school office twice a year: January 15th for the 1st semester and June 15th for the 2nd semester. Reports may be mailed or faxed to the office.
Print a report for each student. Homeschoolers grades K-8 use the Elementary Report. High School students use the High School Report.
Withdrawal
If you need to withdraw your student from Golden Acres Christian School, please print this form and mail or bring to the office for an administrator's signature. Please allow 3-5 business days for processing.
Just a quick note...
As you embark upon this task we call "homeschooling", consider these quotes:
I learned most, not from those who taught me but from those who talked with me.- St. Augustine
I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn. - Albert Einstein
It's a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. -Albert Einstein