1 Parents Name(s)
_____________________________________________________
2 Street Address
____________________________________ Phone
_________________
3 City __________________________
Zip + 4
_________-_____ County ____________
4 School District _____________________ This is our ______(#) year homeschooling
5 Child's name
_______________________ age ____ grade ____ homeschooled? Y or N ___
6 Child's name
_______________________ age ____ grade ____ homeschooled? Y or N ___
7 Child's name
_______________________ age ____ grade ____ homeschooled? Y or N ___
8 Child's name
_______________________ age ____ grade ____ homeschooled? Y or N ___
9 Child's name
_______________________ age ____ grade ____ homeschooled? Y or N ___
10 Child's name
_______________________ age ____ grade ____ homeschooled? Y or N ___
11 Child's name
_______________________ age ____ grade ____ homeschooled? Y or N ___
12 Child's name
_______________________ age ____ grade ____ homeschooled? Y or N ___
Please include all of your children. Please indicate if they are presently homeschooled or not.
13 Curriculum used _____________________________________________________________
14 E-mail
address
___________________________________________________________
The Chapter does not have a phone chain. If you do not have email access, please "team up" with another member who does.
Membership status:
___ Renewing last year's membership to Saratoga LEAH. Dues $30 before Sept. 1, $40 after.
___ New Member. Dues $30.
___ Dual Membership, NYS LEAH dues paid in __________ Chapter. Dues $15.
___ Former member, not currently in any LEAH chapter. Dues $30.
___ Transfer membership from __________ LEAH Chapter. Call for dues information.
Legislative Districts / Home School Legal Defense Association
The following information is used by NYS LEAH to facilitate lobbying and other activities. If you don't know which legislative districts you live in please contact your local Board of Elections or the HSLDA website.
U.S. Congressional District ____________ HSLDA member? Yes ___ No___
NYS Assembly District __________ NYS Senate __________
Experienced Homeschoolers only!!
Would you be willing to serve as a contact person in your school district to assist new homeschoolers? Yes ___ No ___
Completed form and dues should be mailed to the Chapter leaders. To preserve their privacy, we have chosen not to list their name and address here. Please print this page, then go back to the main page and click on the email link at the bottom, to send a note requesting the address.
Please make checks payable to Saratoga LEAH.
Please read the information below:
New York State LEAH policy is that membership in the state organization requires membership in a local chapter. This is out of concern for the families; that they have a local means of support. It is also policy that being a member of a local chapter requires NYS LEAH membership. NYS LEAH works diligently to protect the rights of homeschoolers in this state as well as providing wonderful central support for families. Saratoga LEAH fully supports NYS LEAH and these policies. To join Saratoga LEAH, you must also join NYS LEAH. Families with dual memberships (for instance, membership in both Saratoga and Schenectady LEAH) need only to pay NYS LEAH dues to one chapter.
What do your dues pay for? $15 pays your annual dues to NYS LEAH. This will be forwarded to NYS LEAH by the chapter. NYS LEAH provides you with a quarterly newsletter, legislative updates and emergency legislative action alerts. They also provide support and training to local leadership. Membership also entitles you to discounts on admission to the NYS LEAH convention and on various publications available from the state office. The Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) offers a $15 discount on annual membership fees to NYS LEAH members.
The remainder of your dues supports the local chapter. The main expenses of the chapter are printing costs (newsletters, directories, etc.) and postage. A summary of the chapter finances will be available to interested members at various times throughout the year at parent support meetings.
SARATOGA LEAH / NYS LEAH Statement of Faith
We believe:
- The Bible to be the inspired, infallible, divinely preserved Word of God, the Supreme and Final Authority for all faith and life.
- That there is one God, eternally existent in Three Persons: Father, Son, & Holy Spirit.
- In the Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, His Virgin Birth, His Sinless Life, His Miracles, His Vicarious and Atoning Death through His Shed Blood on the Cross, His Bodily Resurrection, His Ascension and His Imminent Bodily Return in Power & Glory.
- That man was created in the Image of God, but fell into sin and is therefore lost, and only those who put their faith in Jesus Christ alone, not trusting in any personal works whatsoever, can be saved.
- That Salvation is the free Gift of God brought to sinner by Grace and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, Whose Substitutionary Death on the Cross paid the penalty for man’s sin.
- That the Ministry of the Holy Spirit is to convict mankind; indwell, guide, instruct and empower the believer for the godly living and service.
- We believe that God created man and woman after His own image, and that God has ordained marriage, consisting of one man and one woman, to be the foundation of the family and to be the only legitimate and Godly expression of sexuality.
- In the spiritual unity of Believers through our common faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and that individual doctrinal differences which may exist, outside of the aforementioned (statements 1-7), should not hinder the unity of Christian Home Educators.