Home School

Home School Interest Form:
Interested in Home School for the 2025-2026 School Year - Click HERE
About EWCSD's Home School Program:
Our mission is to provide support for families who choose to educate their children in the home. The Home School Program assists parents in educating their children to become contributing members of a literate, skilled, and responsible society. As we continue to grow, we continue to develop new programs and activities for our students and their parents. Aside from supplying our students with all required textbooks, we guide our parents through their lesson planning. We also have computers available for check-out as needed and math manipulatives for check-out as well. Additionally, home school families will join together for field trips throughout the year, as well as, participating in our annual family picnic. Finally, workshops to assist parents with instruction in writing and mathematics are offered a few times each year, as needed.
The East Whittier City School District supports ALL children through a variety of educational programs. These include our outstanding traditional general education programs in our 13 schools, our special education programs, our G.A.T.E. programs, and of course, our Home School program. Each child is a unique individual with unique needs. We choose to provide differentiated programs to meet those needs.
This website has been developed to provide answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about our program (see FAQs). If, after reading the information provided here, you would like to register for our program, please Click HERE. If you have further questions regarding our program, feel free to email me at [email protected].
For those of you already participating in our Home School Program, additional forms have been added to this website for your convenience.
We appreciate your interest and look forward to meeting you.
Thank you.

The East Whittier City School District supports ALL children through a variety of educational programs. These include our outstanding traditional general education programs in our 13 schools, our special education programs, our G.A.T.E. programs, and of course, our Home School program. Each child is a unique individual with unique needs. We choose to provide differentiated programs to meet those needs.
This website has been developed to provide answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about our program (see FAQs). If, after reading the information provided here, you would like to register for our program, please Click HERE. If you have further questions regarding our program, feel free to email me at [email protected].
For those of you already participating in our Home School Program, additional forms have been added to this website for your convenience.
We appreciate your interest and look forward to meeting you.
Thank you.


Carolyn Spencer Gina Vienna
Home School Program Specialists
Forms and Resources for Parents and Guardians:
FAQ's
Registration Procedures
East Whittier City School District Resident
If you are a resident of the East Whittier City School District and you wish to enroll your child in the Home School Program, these are the steps to follow:
1. Complete the Interest Form HERE. If you have any questions, you can reach the Home School department by email at [email protected] or by phone at (562) 789-7139.
2. Only after it has been determined that this program is an appropriate placement, you will be referred to come to the home school office for registration.
To register, upload the following documents:
East Whittier City School District Resident
If you are a resident of the East Whittier City School District and you wish to enroll your child in the Home School Program, these are the steps to follow:
1. Complete the Interest Form HERE. If you have any questions, you can reach the Home School department by email at [email protected] or by phone at (562) 789-7139.
2. Only after it has been determined that this program is an appropriate placement, you will be referred to come to the home school office for registration.
To register, upload the following documents:
- Immunization record
- Birth certificate
- Three (3) proofs of residency
Not an East Whittier City School District Resident?
If you are NOT a resident of the East Whittier City School District and you wish to enroll your child in the Home School Program, these are the steps to follow:
If you are not a resident of the East Whittier City School District, you need to obtain an Inter-district transfer from your current district of residence, before the registration process may begin.
If you are NOT a resident of the East Whittier City School District and you wish to enroll your child in the Home School Program, these are the steps to follow:
If you are not a resident of the East Whittier City School District, you need to obtain an Inter-district transfer from your current district of residence, before the registration process may begin.
- Once you have reviewed the website (especially the Frequently Asked Questions, FAQs), contact the Home School Program through email at [email protected] or by phone at (562) 789-7139. Our program specialists and you will determine if our program meets the needs of your child. Once it has been determined that this program is an appropriate placement, you and the program specialist will sign the Program Agreement.
- Next, contact your current district of residence to complete the Inter-District Transfer (commonly called a “permit”).
- The permit will ask you to list the school you wish your child to attend. Please fill in this blank with EWCSD Home School Program. In most cases, you will list as reason, “A home school program is not available in my district of residence.”
- Once your permit has been approved by your home district, it will be forwarded to our District. (If you are filling out this permit within a month of the start of school, you may want to request to hand-deliver the permit. If they cannot sign the permit releasing you from your home district at that time, they will notify you of the appropriate time to pick it up.)
- You will be notified by our District Office when the permit has been received and approved. Your program specialist with whom you worked to determine the appropriateness of the program will have you come to the home school office to register your child. At that time you will follow the same procedures for registration as an East Whittier City School District resident. (See above)
- Please keep in contact with your program specialist during this process, especially letting her know when you have received the release from your district of residency. This will allow her to assist with a smooth transition as you complete the process.