What if school introduced you to exciting new possibilities?
What if 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 (GVS) is a unique homeschool and private school hybrid. GVS offers a WASC accredited, highly personalized K8 enrollment program and high school homeschooling option where students earn a diploma via largely self-directed distance learning. At GVS, the world is the classroom, and enrolled families have regular access to seasoned social justice minded teachers all along the way.

​GVS empowers parents around the world to provide an inspiring, enlivening, relevant, and engaging educational experience for their children. There is ample opportunity for students to pursue their own interests while getting a world-class education - literally. We dedicate ourselves to nurturing the well-being of children, families, communities, and our Planet Earth. Our secular curriculum integrates self-knowledge, social justice, and sustainability studies with the core academic 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.

Distance learning doesn't have to be impersonal!

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.

​"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,  Initial Accreditation Visit Report, 2017

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...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. We have enrolled secular homeschoolers, Buddhists, Unitarian Universalists,  LGBTQIA+ families, families that have enjoyed Montessori and Waldorf schools, unschooling families, students dedicated to self-directed learning, families centered around acting and sports achievement, students living abroad, and families who are international travelers.

​Our families include students with learning and life challenges that several GVS parents have affectionately referred to as "alphabet soup," such as ADD, ADHD, ODD, OCD, and PTSD, alongside dyslexia, and dysgraphia diagnoses. We have students who are highly creative, those who are academically advanced, some who are shy, and others who are outgoing. Most are passionate about life-long learning and making the world a better place. We work with students who have moderate to severe anxiety, depression, PTSD, and autism. 

If any of this sounds like you, dive into the details of our K8 homeschool enrollment program, or our high school homeschool enrollment program. 

​If you don't need the services of an accredited private school at this time in your lives but are intrigued by our offerings, you can also purchase secular, social justice oriented curriculum to use on your own.

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.

Enrollment

About enrolling at GVS

Enrollment

K-8 Curriculum

About our K-8 curriculum

K-8 Curriculum

High School Curriculum

About our high school curriculum

High School Curriculum