A HUGE shout out to this inspired Distance Education program!  This inspired program has made it possible for us to take the huge leap of faith to  Distance Education this year! We are extremely grateful for all the support and amazing resources Kim Goates and her incredible team provide!  Kim knows parents know best what their children need to learn, and she provides the support and resources we need to succeed! They also facilitate fabulous field trips! We are truly grateful for this inspired program! It is fluid and shifts based on the needs of our children and the families involved. We are immensely blessed and so grateful to be a part of this amazing program!his program is exactly what I had been looking for in my children’s schooling experience. I love the balance it gives me and my family as we get to learn so much together both at home and on the wonderful family field trips set up through the Distance Program.  This program also allows me to provide one on one time so my kids can learn at their own speed and discover things that interest them.  I love the small weekly classrooms with hands-on learning. It is wonderful to be able to teach using the abundance of resources and know my kids are learning everything they need to learn.

When we found out we were moving Utah last year I was really nervous about feeling isolated with homeschooling. We were living in Texas where we had a large homeschool support group that we loved so much didn’t want to move away. Before we moved or knew exactly where were going to live I started researching homeschool Facebook groups in Utah and was hoping to find people we could become friends with and do actives with. Never did I imagine we would have found something as incredible as the Distance Program. When I found the program I told my husband I sure hope we get to move to the northern Utah County area because I had signed our kids up for a Distance program. The Distance program has far exceeded all of my expectations (all of our Texas homeschool friends are now jealous). The staff is amazing and have worked so well with my kids. I recommend the program to everyone I talk to. My kids love going to Epic Day each week and have learned so much!

My daughter was just showing her younger siblings the lapbooks she made about the Constitution and Frederick Douglass and teaching them everything she learned. What a neat project! I’m thankful for all that you teachers, administrators, and helpers are doing. I’ve been homeschooling for 8 years and discovering this Distance Education program that comes alongside you to help you accomplish your goals is such a blessing.

We’ve had such a wonderful experience with the Canyon Grove distance education program. We’ve had access to so many great resources-curriculum, online subscriptions, fun school programs and activities. The most important thing to me, however, is that we’ve been able to maintain a lot of independence and I’ve felt like the educational decisions I’ve made for my children have been respected. For example, my kids have been late readers and I’m ok with that. The school offered reading assistance but was respectful and understanding when I declined. My kids have loved discovery days. It’s well organized and always fun!

I’m a homeschooler, and I’ve been very grateful for this charter schools impressive distance education program. My kids are able to attend school one day a week (if I want them to) with other kids doing the distance education program. They get to have a classroom experience, and the valuable experience of being taught by a different teacher. Furthermore, what they learn about at school stays there! I don’t need to worry about homework, or carrying on my part of a specific curriculum at home. What is taught at school is self contained so we can get on with the curriculums we’ve chosen for our family. I’ve loved Canyon Groves curriculum library! They have tons of different curriculum options, as well as other resources! We currently have a rock tumbler that we’ve borrowed, as well as a couple Lego Knex building sets. I’m looking forward to the dissection kits they have available when my kids are a bit older. As for curriculum, at times they haven’t carried, or possibly even heard of, what I’m looking for. They’ve been very willing to look into what I’ve been interested in and see if they can make it work. So far, they’ve been able to help me out. They can’t do any religious based curriculum, as this is a government funded school, but that’s been fine. I love that my tax dollars are actually working for my kids. Homeschooling can be expensive, and this school has helped me out a ton! Mind you, I’ve had one time where a request fell through the cracks and I didn’t get what I needed at the expected time, but human error happens! I feel that their system has become more and more efficient, and that they sincerely appreciate feedback. On top of the optional one day of school per week, they also have what’s called Discovery Day. For three or four weeks, one afternoon per week, you can sign your kids up to participate in a class. It could be bowling, painting, leather working, acting, coding, ice skating, kayaking, etc. They’ve done tons of different stuff. My kids have loved the ones we’ve opted to do, and I’ve truly appreciated that this hasn’t been required. Sometimes life has been too busy, and we haven’t been up for it, or it hasn’t been something we’re interested in. Wow, I’ve rambled on! To sum up, Canyon Grove has been great. I’ve loved the support I’ve gotten from them, and that I’m still being given the freedom to choose what I want and what works for my family.

I absolutely LOVE Canyon Grove! The distance education program is wonderful. I’ve homeschooled for years and this is the best of both worlds. The kids go for one day a week and do the rest from home. They can participate in a school play and many other fun activities. You get support and you have tons of choices for curriculum. The resource library is heavenly, filled with curriculum, science activities, foreign language programs, art activities, anything you could want to make school at home fun and engaging.The staff is amazing, the director Kim really cares about the families. I wish that there had been a school like this when my oldest was younger. I felt like I struck the gold mine when I found Canyon Grove 2 years ago and the school just keeps getting better and better each year!

I’m so glad to have found Canyon Grove distance education. We have been with them from the start and even though there have been some changes and speed bumps, it is what I expect of a totally new concept and educational system. Canyon Grove has succeeded in delivering their vision where so many other schools I have been following have failed. I am a hard-core homeschool purist and was wary at first but my kids absolutely love the once a week onsite class and the extra curricular “discovery days” are amazing and very valuable to me. The resource library is really great and helpful although I will admit that I don’t use it as much as I would like to. I also love the online resources that Canyon Grove offers, my kids use them everyday. My favorite thing about the resource library is being able to borrow the high quality expensive items that I would be reluctant to come out of pocket for, such as telescopes, microscopes, rock tumblers, etc. etc field trips have been really fun and it’s been so nice getting to do various activities for free or for a heavy discount. Our Educational Specialist is always eager and ready to help me with any struggles we may be facing or (which I value) isn’t in my face if I don’t need anything. I’m putting my third child into canyongrove next year and I’m excited for them to be able to go together.