The CHOC Board was created to be an interactive online resource center and information network for Christian Homeschoolers in the Westside (and general) Portland, Oregon area.  Think of us as a Christian homeschool "Yellow Page" directory with interactive links, message forums, "classified ads," and archived help articles.

 

Thus the CHOC Board provides an:

Ongoing events calendar (See Calendar Announcements on the side bar which is our "Calendar Talk" forum at the CHOC Talk); 

 

Other supportive talk forums ( also at the CHOC Talk, see sidebar of CHOC Talk Forums for full description of these);

 

Directories of local homeschool resources (See sidebar of Activities & Programs, and Stores & Resources), and 

 

Our archive library of help articles  (See sidebar of Learning Group Ideas,

Handy Links!,   Homeschool 101, and   High School & College Helps).

 

We seek the CHOC Board to be a useful tool for any Christian homeschooler new to homeschooling, new to the extended Portland metro, especially the Washington County area, or just needing new ideas and some local contacts for wholesome activities in our Northwest community around us. 

 

 

  

First, we've begun the directories and our help pages with the favorites we've discovered over our 12 years of homeschooling, hince the initial focus is on westside activities since we live in the westside.  The board, however, is open to information useful to Christian homeschoolers for all areas of the extended Portland metro. 

 

Further, we at the CHOC Board actively seek out useful information and thus are constantly updating our annoucement forums, directories and help articles to aid the Christian homeschool community. 

 

Secondly, we've developed our message forums at the CHOC Talk so interested local Christian homeschoolers, homeschool groups, homeschool organizations, and businesses catering to homeschoolers can directly post their information to connect with interested Christian homeschooling familes in our extended area--sort of a free "classified ads" section of information which can include: event dates, special promotions, upcoming classes and activities, groups that wish to interact such as speech/debate, or perform such as Readers Theater, or find more members such as a Scouting Club, as well as homeschool items or services for sale, or to give away, etc., etc., etc.

 

There's also a general forum for connecting with other Christian homeschoolers to discuss homeschool ideas, offer helpful advice, exchange curriculum information, etc.  There are several forums for connecting with other homeschoolers in your season of homeschooling.

 

We will attempt to archive good homeschool information posted by others in our forums on the CHOC Talk to our directories on the CHOC Board. (Therefore, please be mindful not to post copyrighted material in our forums). 

 

Our helps grow as interested parties contribute either through our forums or directly to us.  You may Contact Us through the side bar if you have something you would like considered for forum posting or directory archive if you would prefer not to post in our forums (some businesses prefer we post for them). 

 

However, always feel free to post in our forums and join our community!  (See our full set of forum and archive rules at the CHOC Talk page at our sidebar.  Full instructions on how to post are also on the CHOC Talk page and in "sticky topics" at the top of each forum.)

 

The CHOC Board and its forums at the CHOC Talk are a free service to all who are interested. (See our forum and archive rules at the bottom of the CHOC Talk Forums page if you wish to copy or print any of our articles or pages.) 

 

If you have any questions or comments about the CHOC Board, our forums, or about homeschooling in general, feel free to Contact Us through the side bar.  We'll try our best to answer your questions or address your concerns.  We also welcome your input to help us improve our site and ministry.

 

We do hope, through His guidance, that the CHOC Board will provide a vital tool  for Christian homeschoolers to connect, network, inform, encourage, support, edify and minister to each other in Christ in our homeschooling endeavors within our northwest community. 

 

In His Service,