OCEANetwork
Supporting MembershipMake a difference! Become a Supporting Member
with OCEANetwork. You’ll get great perks while helping
to protect and expand homeschool freedoms in Oregon!
OCEANetwork
Supporting MembershipMake a difference! Become a Supporting Member with OCEANetwork. You’ll get great perks while helping to protect and expand homeschool freedoms in Oregon!
What is a Supporting Membership?
OCEANetwork offers families an opportunity to support our work through a membership program! For just $50, OCEANetwork Supporting Members receive exclusive benefits and discounts to bless their homeschools.
(Want to make a tax-deductible donation instead? Click here.)
Donations vs. Supporting Member Fees — What’s the Difference?
- A Supporting Membership costs $50 for the year and allows us to provide supporters with great beenfits and perks. The fee is not tax-deductible.
- Donations are separate from membership fees and ARE tax-deductibe. You can donate here anytime during the year.
- Our ability to serve Oregon homeschoolers depends on donations! Although we’re glad to provide the membershp program, we need your donations beyond those fees to continue protecting and expanding homeschool freedoms.
Latest Additions (Added Summer 2024)
2 FREE Audiobooks and Lapbooks from Author Susan K. Marlow
Free Rock Identification Cards
This Rock Identification Card Deck by Northwest Treasures is a fun way to help your rockhound learn more about the rock types! It helps you to identify the four rock types: sedimentary, metamorphic, volcanic (igneous), and plutonic. Become more familiar with the look of granite, gabbro, diorite, granodiorite, shale, siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate, gneiss, schist, quartzite, marble, tuff, pumice, rhyolite, and basalt. With the complete deck (64 cards), you can play your own version of favorites like “Go Fish” and “Concentration.”
$20 Off at Patriot Academy
Patriot Academy is once again offering OCEANetwork Supporting Members $20 off any product in 2024! Includes courses such as Biblical Citizenship, Constitution Alive!, and other resources that “equip a new generation of young people to become leaders in Federal, State, and local governments and to help bring our nation back to the principles on which we were founded.”
FREE History App Access from NOTGRASS HISTORY
$90 Off Schoolhouse Teachers
Get $90 off a Schoolhouse Teachers premium membership! You’ll have access to hundreds of courses for ALL subjects and ALL grade levels for your whole family! Includes downloadable lessons, streaming videos and ebooks, and more. PLUS a one-year PRINT subscription to This Old Schoolhouse magazine!
Freebies & Discounts from The HomeScholar
The HomeScholar – Lee Binz is an author and speaker providing products to help homeschool high school with confidence.
Get 10%-50% off HomeScholar Resources! Lee has put together some fantastic discounts for several of her courses and other products, just for OCEANetwork Supporting Members!
Free Gift ($8 value!) – Members get a FREE ebook to learn more about homeschooling: How to Be a Better Home Educator!
Freebies & Discounts from Family Renewal, LLC
Family Renewal – Israel and Brooke Wayne are speakers and authors on homeschooling and Christian family life.
Members get a FREE copy of Israel Wayne’s audio recording of History of the Homeschooling Movement! They will also get a coupon code for 15% off their total purchase at the Family Renewal store!
U.S. Civics Guide
Your Guide to U.S. Civics will walk you through ten units of learning about the people and documents that formed the foundation of our country, the different parts of our government, how laws are made, how elections work, our patriotic symbols, and much more. This guide is full of online links to videos and articles, as well as book, movie, and game suggestions.
Notification of PDP Letter Generator
If you decide to use a Privately Developed Plan (PDP) with your special needs homeschool student, you must send a letter to the ESD notifying them of that. We recommend that the letter includes only the legally required information. OCEANetwork Supporting Members have access to a Notification of PDP Letter Generator form that will create a PDF of the letter and email it to them.
PDP Evaluation Statement Generator
If you’re using a PDP for your special needs student, your service provider will need to write an evaluation statement at the end of grades 3, 5, 8, and 10, and provide you a signed copy of it to submit to the ESD if they request it. We recommend that the statement includes only the legally required information. OCEANetwork Supporting Members have access to a PDP Evaluation Statement Generator that their service providers may use to generate that statement for them.
Teacher ID Membership Card
Members will receive a laminated OCEANetwork Supporting Member card. Your membership card can be used as a Teacher ID card when applying to participate in educator discount programs at businesses that offer these programs to homeschool families. Cards are mailed around the end of each quarter to new and renewed members and are good for one year.
Here are just a few places where Oregon homeschoolers have been able to get discounts. (Contact each store for details as policies can change.)
• Michaels 15% off.
• JOANN 15% off regular-priced items
• ThriftBooks
• Half Price Books (hpb.com)
• Office Max / Office Depot
• Apple: Save on new Macs or iPads with education pricing
Do you know of other local or online stores that offer teacher discounts to homeschoolers? Contact us with that information so we can let other families know!
$10 Off Conference Registration
Join us for OCEANetwork’s annual Oregon Homeschool Conference! Each June, homeschool families from across Oregon come to the conference to hear encouraging speakers, meet other families, enjoy family activities, browse the Exhibitor Hall, and more!
OCEANetwork Supporting Members will receive $10 off registration for the annual conference. Note that in recent years the conference has been canceled due to local gathering restrictions. This membership benefit is available for years we are able to host the conference.
Fillable Transcript and Diploma Templates
Getting ready to homeschool the high school years or are preparing your high schooler now for college? Members get a Oregon high school diploma template (fillable PDF) for the current school year and a high school transcript (fillable PDF or Excel spreadsheet).
$15 Off HSLDA Membership
The Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) is a national organization that advocates for homeschoolers at the local and federal level, with the vision of protecting the right of parents to direct the education of their children. OCEANetwork Supporting Members receive $15 off HSLDA memberships.
Expert Support and Resources for Special Needs Homeschooling
OCEANetwork Supporting Members will have access to expert support for homeschooling special needs students. Have questions about how to best homeschool your child, setting up an IEP/PDP, or getting a diagnosis? OCEANetwork has partnered with SPED Homeschooling to provide members with access to experts that will help!
Bonus Benefit: Need a PDP Service Provider? In addition to expert support, SPED Homeschool is providing Oregon parents access to PDP service providers that can help put together a PDP and provide the legally required evaluations. SPED Homeschool PDP services for Oregon are ONLY available to OCEANetwork Supporting Members and they have arranged for frugal pricing options as an extra blessing.
25% Off the Start Strong Oregon Online Course for Parents
SchoolhouseTeachers.com: 3 Months FREE + Subscription Discounts
SchoolhouseTeachers.com is the curriculum site of The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine that now offers more than 400 online and downloadable courses for students in preschool through high school. Their courses cover academic subjects from math and language arts to music and computer programming and so many others.
OCEANetwork Supporting Members will get SchoolhouseTeachers FREE for three months with special continuation pricing for ongoing subscriptions.
Online Class Recordings with Andrew Pudewa from IEW
The Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) has made special recordings of actual writing classes just for state homeschool organization members! You’ll be able to view four different classes covering grades 3 and up, all taught by Andrew Pudewa. In addition to recordings, source text handouts and checklist handouts will be available for download.
Why Support OCEANetwork?
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We believe parents have the right and the responsibility to teach and train their children as they see fit. OCEANetwork works year-round to protect the freedoms of all homeschoolers in Oregon. |
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We believe that parents are the most qualified to educate their children well. OCEANetwork provides events, services, and resources to support families on their homeschool journey and help them succeed. |
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We believe that independent homeschooling is the best education model for families academically, socially, and spiritually. OCEANetwork encourages family discipleship, helping parents raise up children for the Lord. |
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We believe that your children do not belong to the state. The Lord has entrusted them to you and will equip you for the task. You can help protect homeschool freedoms in Oregon AND enjoy the benefits of being an OCEANetwork Supporting Member! |
Why Support OCEANetwork?
We believe parents have the right and the responsibility to teach and train their children as they see fit.
OCEANetwork works year-round to protect the freedoms of all homeschoolers in Oregon.
We believe that parents are the most qualified to educate their children well.
OCEANetwork provides events, services, and resources to support families on their homeschool journey and help them succeed.
We believe that independent homeschooling is the best educational model for families academically, socially, and spiritually.
OCEANetwork encourages family discipleship, helping parents raise up children for the Lord.
We believe that your children do not belong to the state. The Lord has entrusted them to you and will equip you for the task.
You can help protect homeschool freedoms in Oregon AND enjoy the benefits of being an OCEANetwork Supporting Member
!