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Home School Days, Atlanta Area 2013

Alphabetical Order

March 14, 2013
Rancho Alegre Farm
Cost: $7 per child (with a minimum of 10 paying children)
Free admission for teachers, aides and chaperons providing adult supervision, and accompanied children under two-years-old. Parents are $7 each. Playgroups, Homeschool, and Families, which require a parent to attend, parents will receive a discount fee of $4.

Please call two days before your scheduled field trip to give a more accurate head count so that we can plan accordingly. Also, please arrive 10 minutes prior to your scheduled time to allow for parking and gathering the children.
Field trips can be scheduled for Tuesday – Friday and generally last 1-1 ½ hours.

Atlanta Botanical Garden
9 a.m. - noon

$9 per student | $9 per chaperone (max 2 per student) 
Friday, May 24, 2013

Atlanta History Center: 1-4pm
$8.50 for nonmembers; $6.50 for children of members; and free for adult members. Discounted rates are available for groups with 10 or more children. For information or to make group reservations, call 404.814.4018
Thursday, April 11, 2013 - Living off the Land
Become a Georgia Pioneer and enter into a real working farm to find out what it was like to live during the 1800s. Come dressed and ready to get your hands dirty! 
Friday, May 10, 2013 - ???  You Decide!  
Homeschooler’s Choice.  Throughout the year, we have surveys available during our Homeschool Day programs to submit your ideas for the theme of this month’s program.  We choose the most popular theme from your suggestions after the March Homeschool Day.

Children's Museum of Atlanta, Imagine It! - Grades K-4, 1-4pm
$8 per student for non-members; $4 per student for members, free for adults.  
March 26, 2013
Payday Playday, Focus: Financial Literacy

Georgia Aquarium - 1:45 PM
$13 plus tax per student, which includes admission to the Deepo’s 3D Wondershow movie. Space is limited, reservations must be made at least 2 weeks prior to the visit date, To make a reservation call 404-581-4000
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

High Museum of Art:
10am-5pm
16.50 for adults (regularly $19.50); $7 for children (regularly $12)
Along receive 20% off purchases in the Museum Shop
Friday, March 22, 2013
Diego Rivera from Frida & Diego: Passion, Politics, and Painting
Friday, April 26, 2013
Gogo: Nature Transformed

Michael C. Carlos Museum
$6 per student. One chaperone for every ten students is free. Additional adults are $7 each. Space is limited, registration is required
Thursday, April 18, Noon – 3 pm
The NEW American Galleries
Southern Museum: 10am - 12pm
$5 per person, Reservations are required.
March 19, 2013 - Civil War Tech
Register by March 12, 2013
Learn about the role that technological developments of the 18th and 19th centuries played in shaping our divided nation before the Civil War and explore their impact on the conduct, tactics and strategy of the war.
May 21, 2013: TBD

Zoo Atlanta:
Home School Field Trips - the first Tuesday of every month
Fee: $9 per participant, plus tax
Advance reservation only required for groups of 10 or more (students and parents/chaperones)
HomeSchool Field Trips GROUPS - Available any day
Fee: $9 per participant, plus tax
Minimum group size of 10 required (students and adults/chaperones)
HomeSchool Academy: 1-3pm
$16 Members, $20 Non-Members
April 17, May 8