Join ACHS today

Thanks for making the decision to join ACHS. We hope you find home schooling with ACHS a rewarding and spiritually enriching experience for your family.

Joining is a relatively straightforward process. Before doing so, please use the following preparation checklist to ensure you are ready to get started:

Now that you’ve ticked off the items on the checklist above, it’s time to decide which of our two membership levels is best for you:

1. Basic Membership: is for parents who wish to pursue home schooling with very limited support from a professional home schooling organisation.
2. Advanced Membership: is for parents who would appreciate academic support from qualified teachers with home schooling experience.

Lets compare the features of the two membership levels:

	Basic Membership	Advanced Membership
Curriculum Discounts	You will receive a significant discount off the recommended retail price of Christian Education Ministries (CEM) products (including Accelerated Christian Education)	You will receive a significant discount off the recommended retail price of Christian Education Ministries (CEM) products (including Accelerated Christian Education)
Registration Information	You will receive information on how to apply for registration with your state educational authority	You will receive information on how to apply for registration with your state educational authority
Academic Support	During the school year, a staff member will be available to answer general questions and provide some support. PLEASE NOTE: This does not include assistance with specific academic queries	This feature provides contact with a teacher for up to 25 times per school year. This allows for teacher-student contact two times a month for any academic queries and five further contacts for extra help as required
Student Appraisement	This is a service whereby ACHS teaching staff assess your child's academic level. An educational program is set using CEM curriculum products	This is a service whereby ACHS teaching staff assess your child's academic level. An educational program is set using CEM curriculum products
Assessment & Reporting	Your child's results will be recorded and monitored in line with graduation requirements. Your child will receive semester report cards	Your child's results will be recorded and monitored in line with graduation requirements. Your child will receive semester report cards
Certification	The opportunity for your child to receive an achieved Year 10 or Year 12 certificate at an additional cost	The opportunity for your child to receive an achieved Year 10 or Year 12 certificate at an additional cost
General support with procedures	Your child will have access to our online activities and forums	Your child will have access to our online activities and forums
Newsletter	You will receive a bi-monthly newsletter	You will receive a bi-monthly newsletter
SCEE Student Conventions	Your child will be entitled to attend SCEE Regional, South Pacific and International Student Conventions. SCEE is the licensor and distributor of ACE. Conventions attendance is a separate cost	Southern Cross Educational Enterprises (SCEE) Student Conventions - Your child will be entitled to attend SCEE Regional, South Pacific and International Student Conventions
Student Protection Insurance	Student cover provided 24 hours a day, seven days a week	Student cover provided 24 hours a day, seven days a week