PLEASE UPDATE, ABQ GRP INFO!!

Here is the list of groups that I have in Albuquerque and it's surrounding areas. Please check to see that your group is 1.) Listed 2.) Description of group is correct 3) Contact info is correct 4) Correctly identified as secular, inclusive, or of a certain religion. If you have corrected info, do not find your group here or know of other groups that I can list please let me know the info as soon as possible so that when new people come into the state or new homeschoolers join our community they can find the best group that might fit their family! Thanks for helping and I will be sending more lists of groups I have from around the state in the next couple of day!--Tabitha Orr

Heights Homeschool Organization (H2O)
Group meeting for support, fellowship and fun.

Education Resource Center A non-profit organization providing curriculum for preview or check-out; catagorized into subjects: math, reading, writing, history, science, language art, etc for grades K-12. Provides consultations for new homeschoolers and referrals (for example, where to find a homeschool tennis group, etc.). They also offer cassettes from CAPE-NM Conventions, how-to books on homeschooling, and family videos. Hours: Wednesday and Friday from 10:00-4:00. Location: Grace Baptist Chapel, 12201 Commanche. Cost: The cost is $25. for the year to join CAPE which includes use of the ERC, an HSLDA discount, and Convention discount Call 292-3156 . Sign up to be on their informative homeschool email list.

Homeschool Science Club
An inclusive group meeting to share, present, and discover the world of science. Monthly subjects ranging from geology to papermaking, from chemistry to rockets.
A cooperative group meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico to share, present and discover the world of science with our 5 to 10 year old children. This is a closed group so please the group to inquire about availability Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AbqHSSciCo-op/

KAFB (Kirtland Air Force Base) Homeschoolers
Welcoming those homeschooling families with base access to join in weekly
activities, including field trips, park days, speaking events, science projects and more. Contact ILuvMy3Byz@msn.com.

Albuquerque Home Learners
An organization of homeschooling families providing encouragement, support, resources, and both social and educational activities
http://www.abqhomelearners.com
A diverse, yet unified organization of homeschooling families who work collectively and cooperatively to provide encouragement, support, resources, and
both social and educational activities and opportunities to its members and their children.

Tramway Community Church Home Schoolers

Homeschool Teachers
Offers classes, park days, monthly support meeting hsteachers@earthlink.net

Tabernacle of Praise Home Educators
Offering field trips, activities, moms night out, and family potlucks. Serving homeschoolers in the Paradise Hill area ritaholets@msn.com

Odyssey
Social studies. Group for middle school aged children.

GOAL (Gathering Of Alternative Learners)
For homeschoolers from 6-15 years old, meeting weekly for play days. GOAL is a group for New Mexico Homeschoolers in the Albuquerque, East Mountain, Edgewood, Stanley, Moriarty, & Rio Rancho/Taylor Ranch area.http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAL-GatheringOfAlternativeLearners/

Hope Homeschool Group
Glorifies God by supporting homeschool families and sharing knowledge (spiritual, academic, practical) http://www.hopeevfree.com/events/homeschool

Calvary of Albuquerque
Homeschool group meets for fellowship and support monthly and biweekly at Calvary of Albuquerque giliz76@aol.com

Beehive Academy
Latter Day Saints (LDS). Serving Albuquerque and surrounding area. Twice monthly meetings for group activities, including service projects, holiday activities, field trips, presentations, and social activities http://www.lds-nha.org/support.html#nm

Christian Organization of Residental Educators (CORE)
Serving Albuquerque and surrounding areas http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AbqCORE/

West of Albuquerque: Rio Rancho, Corrales
STARCH (St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Homeschoolers)
Catholic. Part of the St. Thomas Aquinas parish in Rio Rancho dinabu@msn.com

Albuquerque Homeschool Co-op
A support group offering homeschooling families social support, fun, and enriching educational activities. Our busy group welcomes homeschoolers regardless of religious belief or educational philosophy.
http://www.abqhomeschool.com/index.html

Cottonwood Homeschoolers
Play dates, field trips, holiday parties and much more. West Side, Rio Rancho, Corrales and North Valley families We are a secular play time and field trip group. Serving families with children of school age. We plan several field trips and potlucks throughout the school year.http://www.cottonwoodhomeschoolers.com

Rio Rancho Calvary Homeschooling (R2C2)
Rio Rancho Calvary homeschool group meeting Thursdays from 1-3pm. Signed statement of faith required

Sandoval County Homeschoolers
Group offers one field trip per month, two park days per month, library program at the Rio Rancho Public library, and a newsletter. Based in Rio Rancho email rrteachersstore@aol.com

West Mesa Homeschoolers
Located on Albuquerque's west side, serving families in all surrounding areas. Weekly meeting for play dates, holiday potlucks and field trips http://www.westmesahomeschoolers.com

NM Pagan Parents
support and networking list for pagan parents and pagan home educators in New Mexico. For the protection of members and their families, membership must be approved (through completing a brief questionnaire)by list moderator.
NMPaganParents-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Rio Rancho and Albuquerque UNschoolers
This group has no religious agenda. Our main goal is to foster local friendships with like-minded unschoolers, radical unschoolers, whole life learners, life long learners, within Rio Rancho and the surrounding areas (West side, Corrales, NE Heights, Albuquerque). http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RioRanchoAlbuquerqueUNschoolers/

First Baptist Church (FBC) Homeschool Support Group
Meets at First Baptist Church in Moriarty and serve the East Mountain and Estancia Valley areas. We are a ministry of the church but we welcome all comers. No dues nor membership requirements.

MACHE: Mountain Area Christian Home Educators
Meets with fellowship for support, fun, play groups and field trips. Jayne@jayneneal@aol.com

OLE (Outer Limits Educators)
OLE-O.L.E . stands for Outer Limits Educators, referring to those on the Outer Limits of the greater Albuquerque area. This group was started to provide East Mountain homeschoolers with secular and all-inclusive homeschool support.zazochi@aol.com

East Mountain Native American Home School
This group is for those with a Native American background or ancestry who homeschool or unschool in the East Mountain Area of New Mexico. Willard, Estancia, Edgewood, Stanley, Moriarity, etc. People from Santa Fe and Albuquerque welcome too but realize that many of the activities will be in the East Mountains http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EMNAhomeschool/

ABC Homeschool Group - A faith based homeschool group.

A Mother's Heart - Meets every other Friday at Desert Springs Church. Sign up at the end of each semester for the following semester's classes. These classes fill up quickly.

H-E-A-R-T-S goal is "to coordinate a diverse and inclusive group of
home educating families � to provide service to our communities
while increasing public awareness, understanding, and acceptance of
home education - through our combined service, outreach, and public
relations efforts".
www.h-e-a-r-t-s.org