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These support groups are independently run; each has their own unique culture. We list them as a service to Massachusetts homeschoolers, but being listed here does not imply an endorsement by AHEM. AHEM reserves the right to remove a listing at any time. Don't see a group in your area? Start your own! For inspiration, see Why and How to Get Connected.

Map of Massachusetts

Barnstable County

Coastal Free Learners

URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coastalfreelearners/
Contact: Ellen, tewhalen at verizon dot net
Area primarily served: Cape Cod
Eligibility: Any homeschoolers
How to join: You can request to be part of the yahoo group. You are then approved ~ sometimes follow-up questions are needed ~ and are part of the group.
Fee: No
Special focus: No special focus, broad-based membership

Berkshire County

Berkshire Homeschoolers

URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BerkshireHomeschoolers/
Contact: Amy, amynajimy@yahoo.com
Primary area served: Berkshire County
Eligibility: Anyone currently homeschooling or planning to home school their children
How to join: Go to the yahoo group and click to join adding a small sentence or two about yourself. The moderator will receive your message and approve you to join the group.
Fee: No
Special focus: No special focus, broad-based membership

FERN Family Educators Resource Network

URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FERNetwork/
Contact: Beth, BLawton@fairpoint.net
Area primarily served: Albany, NY (Capital district); Rensselaer & Columbia counties, NY; Berkshire county, MA
Eligibility: Any home-educating family or persons interested in home-education. Not open to commercial entities, although we post their information regularly.
How to join: Join through Yahoo groups
Fee: No
Special focus: No special focus, broad-based membership

Bristol County

Attleboro Area Homeschoolers
URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AttleboroAreaHomeschoolers/
Contact: Carla, cjrissmeyer@gmail.com
Area primarily served: Southeastern Massachusetts and Northern Rhode Island
Eligibility: Homeschooling families
How to join: Ask to join the Yahoo group. Tell about yourself.
Fee: No
Special focus: No special focus, broad-based membership

Berkley Area Homeschoolers

URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BerkleyAreaHSers/
Contact: Pam, boltonpamela@yahoo.com
Area primarily served: Berkley, Taunton, Fall River, Attleboro
Eligibility: Active homeschooling families
How to join: Ask to join the Yahoogroup. Tell about yourself, and or answer questions.
Fee: No
Special focus: No special focus, broad-based membership

Our Lady Queen of Saints

URL: http://www.ourladyqueenofsaints.org/
Contact: Wendy, Info@ourladyqueenofsaints.org
Area primarily served: Southeastern MA
Eligibility: All homeschool families willing to support our mission of supporting Catholic Homeschool Families.
How to join: Contact info@ourladyqueenofsaints.org to receive application
Fee: $35 for fiscal year 2011-2012.
Special focus: Catholic Homeschooling

Southcoast Homeschoolers

URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/schomeschoolers/
Contact: Jessica, schomeschoolers@yahoo.com
Area primarily served: Southcoast of MA (New Bedford area)
Eligibility: Anyone currently homeschooling or even thinking about starting.
How to join: Go to our Yahoo Group to apply.
Fee: No
Special focus: No special focus, broad-based membership

Dukes County

Essex County

Essex County Inclusive Homeschool Group

URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EssexCountyInclusivehomeschoolinggroup/
Contact: Sally, Sally.Allphin@gmail.com
Area primarily served: Essex County (mostly focused on the North Shore)
Eligibility: All homeschoolers in Essex County
How to join: Apply to join our Yahoo Group. Please add something in the comment space confirming your interest in homeschooling. We will process it ASAP.
Fee: No
Special focus: No special focus, broad-based membership

Greater Lawrence Homeschoolers

URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GreaterLawrenceHomeschoolers/
Contact: Amy, Amyberard2002@yahoo.com
Area primarily served: Greater Lawrence, Massachusetts: Andover, N. Andover, Methuen, Salem, NH, Windham, Dracut
Eligibility: Any homeschooler in the Greater Lawrence, Massachusetts area
How to join: Visit our site and request membership.
Fee: No
Special focus: No special focus, broad-based membership

Home School Meetups Group

URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hsmeetups/
Contact: Amanda, asuleski@gmail.com
Area primarily served: Northern MA, Merrimack Valley area and Southern NH
Eligibility: Anyone who would like to or does home school
How to join: Request to join the Yahoo group.
Fee: No
Special focus: No special focus, broad-based membership

North Shore Christian Homeschoolers

URL: http://www.nschonline.org/
Contact: Marci, marcianth@aol.com
Primary area served: North Shore: Hamilton, Wenham, Beverly, Danvers, Peabody
Eligibility: Homeschoolers or those considering homeschooling in the North Shore area..
How to join: Attend at least one support group meeting so we can meet you, then fill out the online membership profile, and pay yearly fee of $15,
Fee: $15/year
Special focus: The NSCH is a ministry whose leadership and direction is based on the Christian faith.

North Shore Young Homeschoolers

URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nsyounghomeschoolers/
Contact: Rachel, ferrets at quiddity dot cc
Primary area served: North Shore (Beverly, Danvers, Salem, Peabody, etc).
Eligibility: All homeschoolers, though our activities are geared towards preschool and elementary school aged children.
How to join: Apply to join the Yahoo Group.
Fee: No
Special focus: No special focus, broad-based membership

Nuts About Learning

URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nutsaboutlearning/
Contact: Molly, mbelisle2 at hotmail dot com
Primary area served: North Shore of MA
Eligibility: Anyone interested in life learning/unschooling
How to join: Go to group's page on Yahoo Groups, click "join this group" and fill out the info there.
Fee: No
Special focus: Open-minded unschooling

Franklin County

Athol Orange Homeschoolers

URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AtholOrangeHomeschooling/
Contact: Jennifer, hsmom at plotner dot org
Area primarily served: Athol, Orange, Warwick, Erving, Gill, Royalston, New Salem, Wendell, Petersham, Phillipston, Winchendon, Gardner and Templeton
Eligibility: Anyone that homeschools or is thinking about homeschooling in the listed areas.
How to join: Join the Yahoo group.
Fee: No
Special focus: No special focus, broad-based membership

North Quabbin Homeschoolers

URL: https://www.facebook.com/NorthQuabbinHomeschoolers?ref=hl
Contact: Brandy, brandyrunyan at gmail dot com
Area primarily served: Athol, Erving, New Salem, Orange, Phillipston, Petersham, Royalston, Warwick, Wendell
Eligibility: Area homeschoolers
How to join: Join our Facebook page/group.
Fee: No
Special focus: No special focus, broad-based membership

Hampden County

Hampden County Homeschoolers

URL:
Contact: Kerrie, kerriejean@comcast.net
Area primarily served: Hampden County
Eligibility: Anyone who is homeschooling or considering homeschooling.
How to join: Contact Kerrie and request to join.
Fee: No
Special focus: No special focus, broad-based membership

Pioneer Valley Liberated Learners

URL:
Contact: Mercedes, mersieme at yahoo dot com
Area primarily served: Hampden County
Eligibility: Anyone who is interested in homeschooling their child or children or is homeschooling.
How to join: Please join our Yahoo group.
Fee: No.
Special focus: No special focus, broad-based membership.

Hampshire County

Middlesex County

Billerica Homeschooling Association

URL: http://www.billericahomeschooling.com
Contact: Jen or Amber, billericahomeschooling@live.com
Area primarily served: Billerica, Burlington, Wilmington, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro, Lexington, Chelmsford, Dunstable, Acton, Groton, Littleton, Westford, Southern New Hamshire, Dracut.
Eligibility: Any family that is homeschooling or considering homeschooling
How to join: Join our yahoo group through link on our website or contact group founders for a group invitation.
Fee: $5/year per family
Special focus: No special focus, broad-based membership

Homeschooling Together

URL: http://www.homeschoolingtogether.org/
Contact: Peter, bermudes@verizon.net
Area primarily served: Homeschooling Together is based in Arlington and surrounding communities, but draws members from a wide geographical area.
Eligibility: Anyone interested in actively exploring and/or joining and building our homeschooling community is welcome.
How to join: Homeschooling Together is an open support group. People are welcome to join at any time. All members are required to read and respect the operating principles detailed in our *Welcome to Homeschooling Together* document (which will be sent after you request a group invitation from the moderator); let us know a bit about yourself by completing a brief introductory information form; and complete an annual member survey. Contact Peter at bermudes@verizon.net for more information.
Fee: No
Special focus: No special focus, broad-based membership

Marlborough Mayflower Homeschool Network

URL:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MarlboroughMayflowerHomeschoolNetwork/
Contact: Robin, robyn.ripley@gmail.com
Area primarily served: Greater Marlborough area (Marlborough, Hudson, Southborough, Northborough, Sudbury, Boylston, etc.)
Eligibility: Families who homeschool their children for any variety of reasons and in any variety of styles! We accept and appreciate our neighbors' choices when it comes to the WHY and HOW of homeschooling.
How to join: Mainly we connect through our Yahoo Group - simply click "join" and tell us a little about yourself.
Fee: No
Special focus: No special focus, broad-based membership

Metrowest Homeschoolers

URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mwhsers/
Contact: Cindy or Raffaella, mwhsers-owner@yahoogroups.com
Area primarily served: Anywhere in metrowest Boston (Framingham being center of area)
Eligibility: Any home educator (or one looking to home educate) interested in activities, connections, and support in the Metrowest area.
How to join: Currently no physical group. We connect through the Yahoo group. Go to the Yahoo group site, read the description, and then click join.
Fee: No
Special focus: No special focus, broad-based membership

Nashoba Homelearners

URL: n/a
Contact: Kate, Kate.Wheeler@verizon.net
Area primarily served: Acton, Boxborough, Carlisle, Concord, Harvard, Lincoln, Littleton, Maynard, Stow, Sudbury, Wayland & neighboring towns
Eligibility: Any local family interested in homelearning.
How to join: Contact Kate Wheeler via email, giving your name address and children's ages, and a brief introduction (a few words) about your interest in homelearning.
Fee: No
Special focus: No special focus, broad-based membership

Newton Homeschoolers

URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewtonHS/
Contact: Shim, NewtonHS-owner@yahoogroups.com
Area primarily served: Newton and surrounding towns
Eligibility: Homeschooling parents or teens
How to join: Email list moderator through yahoogroups.com
Fee: No
Special focus: No special focus, broad-based membership

North Shore Unschoolers

URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UnschoolersCoffeeTalk/
Contact: Lynn, LynnAndrade123@verizon.net
Area primarily served: North of Boston, MA
Eligibility: Anyone
How to join: Contact us
Fee: No
Special focus: Unschooling

North Suburban Home Learners (NSHL)

URL: NSHLonline.org
Contact: Laura, bltwk at verizon dot net
Area primarily served: North Suburban Regions in Eastern Massachusetts
Eligibility: All homeschooling families are welcome to join.
How to join: Families may submit the membership form online and dues via paypal on our website or they may download and print the membership form from the website and mail it to the address provided on the form, along with a check to cover specified dues..
Fee: $15 annually
Special focus: No special focus, broad-based membership

Nantucket County

Norfolk County

Tri-County Homeschoolers

URL: https://sites.google.com/site/tricountyhomeschoolers/
Contact: Nancy, Nanlalakidis at gmail dot com
Area primarily served: Norfolk, Worcester, and Middlesex Counties
Eligibility: Anyone in the Tri-County area
How to join: Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Tri-county_Homeschoolers/ and join.
Fee: No
Special focus: No special focus, broad-based membership

Plymouth County

Freelance Learners

URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FREELANCELEARNERS/
Contact: Jen, jendesat at comcast dot net
Area primarily served: Bridgewater, MA and the surrounding towns
Eligibility: Everyone
How to join: Via the Yahoo group website
Fee: No
Special focus: No special focus, broad-based membership

Just Live Life

URL:
Contact: Marcia, marsi77@aol.com
Area primarily served: Southeastern Massachusetts
Eligibility: Unschoolers and mindful parents, who don't feel the need to follow a curriculum but who learn as they live with the whole world at their fingertips.
How to join: Send an email to join and tell about yourself and why you want to join the group.
Fee: No
Special focus: Unschooling

South Shore Home Learners

URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SSHLSupport/?yguid=405099847
Contact: southshorehomelearners@gmail.com
Primary area served: South of Boston
Eligibility: South Shore Home Learners was founded in 2003 by a small group of families who share the following values regarding education and parenting: Education: We believe in home-based learning. As a group we do not endorse any one resource, method or philosophy of home-based learning over another. Parenting: We believe in the ideals of attachment parenting, including being emotionally responsive and maintaining positive discipline.
How to join: Visit the yahoo group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SSHLSupport/?yguid=405099847
Fee: Free to Join Yahoo support group, but for full member benefits and privileges there is a fee of $30 for new members, $25 for renewals.
Special focus: Attachment parenting

Suffolk County

Hub Homeschoolers

URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hubhomeschoolers/
Contact: Tonya, tedescokid1@yahoo.com
Area primarily served: Boston - West Roxbury, JP, Roslindale, Hyde Park
Eligibility: Any homeschooling family (considering or active)
How to join: Email list owner
Fee: No
Special focus: No special focus, broad-based membership

Winthrop-East Boston Homeschoolers

URL: n/a
Contact: Robert, robertwholzbach@yahoo.com
Area primarily served: East Boston, Winthrop, Revere
Eligibility: Any and all!
How to join: Email
Fee: No
Special focus: No special focus, broad-based membership

Worcester County

Central Mass Christian Homeschool Co-op

URL: http://centralmasschristianhomeschool.net
Contact: Linda, centralmasschs@gmail.com
Area primarily served: Hudson, MA and surrounding towns
Eligibility: Christian Homeschoolers
How to join: Fill out application, signed statement of faith. We accept applications year round but only have September admissions. Cut off is July 15.
Fee: $40 family/year
Special focus: We are a christian, enrichment based group that exists to glorify God, support homeschooling parents, and create relationships for our children.

LEAF Home Learners Network

URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LEAF-Network/
Contact: LEAF-Network-owner@yahoogroups.com
Area primarily served: South-central Massachusetts, northern Rhode Island, and northeastern Connecticut
Eligibility: LEAF members must be either current homeschoolers, of any educational philosophy, or families considering homeschooling. Members may not be non-homeschooling third parties, such as representatives of commercial ventures, curriculum vendors, or administrators of non-profit educational groups.
How to join: Request membership through the Yahoo Group and return answers to questionnaire to be reviewed for approval. Any subscribers to the Yahoo Group who do not complete and return the questionnaire will not be able to access the group.
Fee: No
Special focus: No special focus, broad-based membership

North Central Massachusetts Homeschool Friends

URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ncmahomeschool_friends/
Contact: Lauren, jlsbeland at yahoo dot com
Area primarily served: North Central Massachusetts including but not limited to: Gardner, Westminster, Phillipston, Petersham, Ashburnham, Athol, Orange, Royalston, Templeton, Fitchburg, Barre, Leominster
Eligibility: We welcome all types of homeschoolers and unschoolers. This group is about fun and socializing for our children and their parents. We are starting this group in hopes of finding other homeschoolers interested in hanging out and having fun. Our children do plenty of "learning" at home and need a chance to get out and just have fun with other kids. So please join us in our quest for fun.
How to join: Subscribe to: NCMAhomeschool_friends-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
Fee: No
Special focus: No special focus, broad-based membership

Worcester Home Educators’ Network (WHEN)

URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorcesterHEN/
Contact: Yonit, WorcesterHEN-owner@yahoogroups.com
Primary area served: Greater Worcester area
Eligibility: Anyone interested in homeschooling in the greater Worcester area.
How to join: Members sign up for the e-mail list through the yahoo groups site and must state why they want to join. All new members are generally approved within 24 hours.
Fee: No
Special focus: No special focus, broad-based membership

Regional

Boston Area Homeschoolers' Queer-Straight Alliance

URL: http://bahsqsa.wordpress.com/
Contact: Abigail, bahsqsa at gmail dot com
Area primarily served: Greater Boston area
Eligibility: Homeschooling teens in the Boston Area.
How to join: Contact us at the email address we listed.
Fee: No
Special focus: The Boston Area Homeschoolers QSA (BAHS), is a safe and enjoyable environment where teens organize events and vocalize LGBTQ issues. We will work to educate people inside and outside the homeschooling community and create a fun and supportive group.

INHARMONY Homeschool Network

URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/INHARMONYHomeschoolNetwork/
Contact: INHARMONYHomeschoolNetwork-owner@yahoogroups.com
Area primarily served: Massachusetts
Eligibility: Anyone who homeschools in MA
How to join: Join the Yahoo group
Fee: No
Special focus: Nature but anything can be discussed as long as it is respectful :)

MA Salam Homeschoolers

URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MASalamHSers/
Contact: Nadia, osmosismom@gmail.com
Area primarily served: New England
Eligibility: This support group is specifically for Muslim homeschoolers in the area, but of course anyone is welcome!
How to join: Just become a Yahoo member and then post your introduction.
Fee: No
Special focus: Muslim homeschoolers

MAhomeschoolers

URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MAhomeschoolers/
Contact: MAhomeschoolers-owner@yahoogroups.com
Area primarily served: Massachusetts
Eligibility: Everyone
How to join: Just join the Yahoo-group
Fee: No
Special focus: Homeschooling in Massachusetts

NE Buddhist Homeschoolers

URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEBuddhistHomeschool/
Contact: Harriet, NEBuddhistHomeschool-owner@yahoogroups.com or Jessica, schomeschoolers@yahoo.com
Area primarily served: New England
Eligibility: Homeschooling buddhists, Buddhists considering homeschooling, and Homeschoolers considering buddhism
How to join: Join on the yahoo group page, sending an intro to the group owner.
Fee: No
Special focus: Buddhism and homeschooling

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