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FACE School

What is FACE?


FACE School is a licensed private school that was founded in 1996 to partner with homeschooling families in Colorado and around the globe. We offer our enrolled families a variety of services including private enrichment classes, record keeping, consultations, transcripts, & diplomas to enhance your homeschool journey. You maintain full control of your student(s) curriculum and educational pathway, but with our school in your corner.   For international partner schools we also offer US records services.


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What do we offer?

When you join FACE Umbrella School you are joining a licensed private school in the State of Colorado.  Your required records and subject requirements are covered by Private School Law.  You submit attendance, curriculum lists, and report cards to FACE using our parent records portal.  Testing is optional and records of testing are yours.  You do NOT submit a notice of intent, vaccine, testing, etc. to the state.  We do not collect vaccine or medical information beyond what you choose to disclose for your student's safety and wellbeing if you attend in person events and classes.  All of what you submit stays private in our secure database.   The only time we report anything to the state is in the event of state audit.  In those cases we do have to release limited information about our students location, attendance, and progress.  We would inform our families if that were to happen.  This level of security and privacy from state intervention and databases is important to many families and we have been faithfully serving them since 1996.

We also support and enourage families that want to take advantage of publically funded enrichment opportunities.  Homeschooling is not a one size fits all adventure and we would love to be able to come alongside your family if the Notice of Intent route is a better fit for your family.  To ensure that we are helping families fully comply with homeschool law and take advantage of the public services available to them, we are now offering a NOI Member levels.  These levels offer roughly the same kind of services, but with small tweaks so those records stay compliant with Homeschool Law as well as additional guidance for ensuring your family is compliant with current Homeschool Law.  You will need to submit a notice of intent and follow Colorado Homeschool Law regarding records, testing or evaluation, and subjects covered.   FACE will help with templates, guidance, and other support services, and for those who enroll as premium access to our affordable clasess and field trips, ceremonies, and special events. 


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Prospective Family FAQ​

Face is a private school that has served families since 1996.  We are based in Colorado but have families located in several other states and countries.  We serve to enrich the experience of homeschool families by providing them private school services while allowing them the freedom to design a custom education plan for each of their children. 

A lot stays the same honestly.

    1. You are free to use the curriculum you have determined is best for your students. We do not control your curriculum. 
    2. You are free to set your schedule based on what works for your family. Traditional, calendar year, year-round, summers off, Thursday - Sunday, Monday - Friday, evening school, whatever works for you is fine by us.
    3. You are free to use the homeschool method that works for you. Unschoolers, traditional schoolers, eclectic, Charlotte Mason, classical, whatever works.

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    There are two legal areas where the requirements are pretty much the same requirement whether you're homeschooling with a notice of intent or with a private school.​

    1. Education in the legally required subjects: How you cover these is entirely up to you but every student in the state has to cover them somehow.
    • 22-33-104 (2) (b) C.R.S. requires that a sequential program of instruction shall include, but not be limited to, communication skills of reading, writing, and speaking, mathematics, history, civics, literature, and science.
    • 22-1-106 C.R.S. requires information concerning the honor and use of the flag to be taught.
    • 22-1-108 and 22-1-109 C.R.S. requires the United States Constitution to be studied. Instruction shall begin no later than the seventh grade and continue in high school. (You do not need to do a class in the constitution every year to meet this.)
    1. Adequate academic attendance: Every student has to hit these minimums somehow. They're not hard to do. 
    2. Kindergarten: 172 days of schoolwork per year, 2 learning hours on average per day. Estimating is fine. *note* this does not mean we think your kindergarteners should do 2 hours of bookwork per day. That will just make everyone miserable. Art, singing, gross motor skills, fine motor skills, imaginative play, active play, reading together time, all of that is very important!!! 
    3. ​1st - 8th grade: 172 days of schoolwork a year with an average of 4 hours of learning for 1st - 8th graders. *NOTE* Much like for our kindergarten friends, please don't only count bookwork! Parents tend to forget P.E., Reading time, Art, Projects, Imaginative projects (i.e. writing and starring in puppet shows and plays in your living room), home ec, shop class, field trips, sports teams, and therapies. If you think you're going to be short on hours it's likely you aren't counting all the learning they're really doing.
    4. High schoolers: Please still submit attendance days and hours. If you decide to do sports or other programs they're going to ask us for them. You need to complete a set number of credits to earn a diploma. Each credit equals 120 hours of work. Additional high school information may be found on our high school page. For help with figuring out what is a credit please see: HSLDA Credit determination help. 

When you enroll in FACE you are removing your family from the homeschool law and putting your family under private school law. You will need to follow our requirements, not the homeschool law requirements.  We do have a membership tier for those who file a notice of intent.  

So what does it mean if you join the umbrella program?
  1. You do not send a notice of intent. (You're a private schooler now!)
  2. We do not require testing. (See below for why.)
  3. We do not ask for your health or vaccination records. That's between you and your doctor. 

 What we do require is:

  1. ​Your family enrollment form: This tells us who belongs to you, how to reach you, and what service level you want to enroll with.
  2. Each student's curriculum plan: You are enrolling in a highly customized private school where each student has their own unique curriculum pathway determined by the parents. We still need to have a record of what that curriculum pathway is though. This is submitted using the academic record. We need your plan by September 1st or within 30 days of enrollment, whichever is longer. You are welcome to only list spine books and make any changes you need to during the year at your discretion. Changes can be made easily when you do your report cards as you will use this same form to report grades and attendance. (Unschoolers, contact us if you need help. We know this can be a tricky one.)
  3. A report card in January and May: K-8 may use Pass/Fail, Excellent/Satisfactory /Needs Improvement, or A/B/C/D/F. High Schoolers are required to use the traditional A/B/C/D/F scale.
  4. Monthly attendance. Super easy to turn in & we remind you.

Absolutely! We have students from other states and countries.

 Whether you're a homeschooler in a lax law state but want a private school diploma, road-schoolers looking for a consistent place to report to, or in another country right now but want a US diploma and transcript for your student we're happy to chat with you. 

Please note. It is impossible for us to know if what we offer meets your local laws on homeschooling. While we're happy to hold your records and even issue your diploma, there may be additional requirements levied by your state or country that we cannot meet. It is up to you to determine if we are sufficient for your state or country and if not, how to satisfy the remaining requirements.  We are not responsible for you determining the legality or requirements of your state or country incorrectly. 

Private schools are free to choose what if any tests they require. We have chosen to make them optional. If you choose to do testing we will happily hold your records for you. 

​Testing makes a lot of assumptions, particularly in the younger grades, about order of instruction and method of instruction. Some curriculum teaches things in a different order or uses different vocabulary (math is a great example). Some kids lack the concentration required to do well until they're older. Some kids just develop the ability to do things in a different order. Testing becomes pretty useless in all these scenarios. Rather than have you teach to a test we want to empower you to teach the kids you have in the way that best fits those kids. You will know where they need extra support and where they excel pretty quickly. They're your only students! 

​Testing is a skill and we do suggest you introduce it before your student needs to take big consequence tests in high school and beyond. The ASVAB, ACT, SAT, or PSAT isn't a great first standardized test. If you even think your child 'might' need these it's a good idea to introduce test taking strategies and some low consequence standardized tests at least by their Freshman year.

Yes.  All are welcome at Face.  We do not have any specific religious affiliation.  We believe in encouraging diversity, fostering inclusion, and encouraging multi-cultural awareness.  We don’t have to agree on everything to show each other kindness and acceptance! By embracing this  with all who wish to attend it will enhance each of our experiences, help our students succeed, and prepare them to thrive in a diverse world.

We recognize that some students may be delayed from traditional schedules or be on their own pathway entirely.  You are welcome to design your educational program to accommodate where your student is and how they learn.  Progress is progress and we each have our own timetable for how that progress occurs. 

You are in charge of your children's education and may use whatever you wish.   

Enrollment for each school year is open from Mid-April - March.   We close temporarily for a couple of weeks in the Spring while we prepare our system for the next school year.  We do offer optional in person classes September - April.  If these are full, they may have a wait list.  We are currently enrolling for the 2025 - 2026 school year.  Please wait until we open registration for next year in mid-April if you are wishing to enroll for the 2026-2027 school year.

Good question! We are located in the North Metro Denver, Colorado area, but we have families enrolled all over the US and even in some foreign countries.  Although we would love to meet you, it is possible we will not. It is up to each family to determine if enrollment with our school fulfills their state or nation's compulsory attendance laws.

No.  If you are enrolled with Face you are officially enrolled in a private school.  There is no need to submit a letter of intent to any district.  If you join us with a Notice of Intent Membership you will still need to file a NOI.

We require semester report cards, and attendance information, and, upon completion of the course, we need the final grade earned and whether the class was a half or 1-credit course. We use this information to create official transcripts that are sent to future universities or other educational programs.

In every case we have seen, the student must initiate the request for transcripts to be sent directly to the school. We will handle that when you provide addresses. 

Students who take high school level courses in 8th grade receive high school credit.  You can earn 2 credits without paying transcript fees for the year.  If they plan to earn more please enroll them as a high school student.

It is 061447.

It sits in either our secure database or secure virtual document storage.  We do not sell it or use it in any other way.  Colorado is a decentralized education state.  We do not report our enrollment unless audited. If we are audited by our district we will provide the limited information they require regarding attendance and your student's information. 

No.  We are a completely independent school owned by our founder, Cindy.  Everyone involved in the school is a homeschool parent.

Enrollment is done online.  Please click on the enroll here www.faceschool.org/enroll to begin your enrollment today.  If you have questions or need to set up a time to chat with us please email Info@faceschool.org. 

You can contact us via email sent to office@faceschool.org or by using our contact form:  Contact Us Here

No.  Under current laws in Colorado we are not required to hold vaccine records and we will not ask for them unless the laws change.   We trust parents to make the best choice for their children.

As of right now, masks are not required but they are welcomed if your family needs them or just feels more comfortable in them.   We do have some high-risk families so it's not uncommon to see some families masked due to severe health risks of common illnesses for someone in their family.  We would only require them if we are mandated to by public health order.  As of right now, we are being told there is no plan to require them barring another public health disaster.

Prospective Family Information Night​

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