What if school introduced you to exciting new possibilities and you got to choose what to learn?
What if school was a place where you could be yourself?
What if school was joyful? What if school was kind?

What makes Global Village School unique?

Founded in 1999, Global Village School is an accredited, highly personalized K-12 distance-learning diploma program that empowers parents around the world to provide an inspiring, enlivening, relevant, and engaging educational experience for their children. We dedicate ourselves to nurturing the well-being of children, families, communities, and our Planet Earth. Our homeschool curriculum integrates self-knowledge, social justice, and sustainability studies with the core subjects.

Our Approach

• We meet students where they are, adjusting our approach to meet their needs.
• We empower students to care for themselves, their communities, and the planet.
• We focus on core academic skills, self-knowledge, and global citizenship.
• Each child is the author of their own learning journey. Students set their learning paths based on their individual passions, interests, and skills.
• We support creativity and connection.
• We provide a personalized, nurturing environment.

Our Mission,  Vision, and Values

• We support families shaping tomorrow's global citizens with an individualized, enlivening, and holistic educational experience.

• We envision a vibrant, diverse culture where people live authentic and meaningful lives, understand their deep interconnection and interdependence with the rest of the planet, and are inspired to tend to our global community and environment.

• We value connection and relationship.
• We will treat you with compassion and respect.
• We are a non-profit organization; we exist in order to be of service to children and the world.

​Our Proven Track Record

• Supporting homeschooling families for over 20 years, since 1999.
• We have earned accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) through a rigorous and continual self-study process
• Numerous colleges have accepted our graduates.
• Our teachers have many decades of experience.
• We are an international community of kindred spirits: we have served families in 48 states and over 50 countries. Global Village families care about supporting their children’s unique gifts and talents while striving to make the world a better place.

​"The parent and faculty partnership draws from a huge educational tool bag, pulling out strategies that best meet the individual learning needs for each subject area, at each development level, and for each family context."

Western Association of Schools & Colleges,  Accreditation Visit Report, 2017

Now accepting applications!

Thank you so much for your interest in Global Village School! We are filling up quickly, and due to the unprecedented level of inquiries and curriculum orders, we are no longer able to respond to all messages within hours like we used to. Please visit our status page for the latest updates regarding response times and how much room is available.

Homeschooling support for families impacted by Covid-19

Real homeschooling is not doing “regular” school at home. It’s not about your child sitting in front of a computer screen for hours at a time, wrestling with the same rote tasks, worksheets, and assignments as everyone else. If you have gotten a taste of the benefits of distance learning but have a sense that there could be so much more, you are right! If you want to learn how to homeschool in a more creative, holistic, and relevant way, we’re here to help.

Come Alive with Global Village School!
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​"I was a student of yours a few years ago. I want to thank you for the work that you do and for exposing me to such meaningful material...  ​It encourages research and reflection I'm not sure I totally appreciated at the time...So again I just want to thank you. I appreciate it."                  
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Buck D., Class of 2014 

A wide variety of families and groups have found our values to be compatible with theirs, such as Buddhists, Unitarian Universalists, Waldorf schools, secular homeschoolers, LGBT families, families that have enjoyed Montessori and Waldorf schools, unschooling families, students living abroad, and families who are international travelers.

​Our families include students with a wide range of learning issues and diagnoses such as ADD, ADHD, and dyslexia; students who are highly creative; academically advanced; and many who are passionate about making the world a better place. We work with students with various physical and mental health challenges such as moderate to severe anxiety, depression, PTSD, and autism. We partner with homeschooling groups and people starting schools to provide curriculum, teacher support, consulting, learning styles profiles, and more.

Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do that,
because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
Howard Thurman

Learn more about Global Village School's accredited distance learning program

​​Please explore the wealth of information we've shared about the Global Village School homeschooling program.

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K-8 Curriculum

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High School Curriculum

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