NW Arkansas Secular Home Schooling is a forum for Northwest Arkansas residents homeschooling for nonreligious reasons. Anyone is welcome to join, regardless of if s/he is or is not religious, personally, or attends or doesn't attend a church, as long as one's reasons for homeschooling are fully secular (non-religious) and not about moderating family exposure to environments, learning, or peers not adhering to a particular religious perspective (such as, but not limited to, avoiding GLBT persons or secular study of evolutionary theory).

This is not a forum for bashing or defending religious homeschooling. Our purpose is to support and connect secular homeschooling families in NW Arkansas. Our egroup serves as a point of contact for finding other secular homeschoolers in the NWA area and it is a place for us to plan events and share support and information about various secular resources for curriculum, events, groups, etc.

NWASH meets weekly for play group and occasionally for other trips and events, too. In support of an active community for secular homeschoolers in NWA, members are welcomed and encouraged to participate regularly on the egroup and in person, suggest local events and resources, post questions and comments, and organize group field trips or other meet-ups.

"Lurking" is discouraged and everyone must set message delivery to at least receive "special notices," though daily digest or individual message delivery is recommended for anyone not likely to check the egroup on site regularly.

If you are not a secular homeschooler residing in NWA but would like to advertise a secular-friendly resource, event, class, etc. on our egroup, rather than click "join this group" as a member, please email the group owner address shown at the bottom of the home page and the moderator will help get your information/ad posted to the group on your behalf.

Happy homeschooling! :)