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Harvest Christian School provides accountability, support, and social interaction through co-op, field trips, student events, parent training seminars, and grades/attendance requirements.

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Harvest Christian School accepts applications from any family who regularly attends a local Christian church whose beliefs agree with the HCS Statement of Belief. We welcome any families new to the area, or who are looking for a church home, to visit Harvest Church.

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1. Fill out the application on the hcsdothan.org website. This sends your contact information to us so we can call you and answer any questions you have.

2. Ask someone on the pastoral staff of the local church you attend to send an email from a church email address or an email on church letterhead that contains a signature. This email or letter must state the pastor knows your family and your family attends regularly. Note this must come directly from a pastor at your church and not from other staff members.

3. When we receive your pastor letter, someone will contact you, most likely by text, and set up a meeting in order for us to fill out the proper forms and get you on the member sites. Please not this is not an interview. This meeting is administrative in nature. Children are not required to attend, but are welcome. It will take approximately an hour.

4. Once you are enrolled, we require membership in the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA). Your HSLDA account number will be used as your Harvest Christian School membership number.

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Academic classes taught through the HCS Co-Op have suggested curriculm. Parents are always free to choose the subjects and textbooks used in their homes. While HCS does not require specific Christian published curriculum, HCS does requires subjects be taught from a Christian perspective. We also require some form of Bible instruction each year. HCS is happy to help families find the curriculum that best meets their needs.

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• Student may participate in the Wiregrass Kings. The Kings are members of a conference open to both homeschool  and small Christian schools . Our association that has team sports year round. Any area homeschooler or member of small Chrisitan schools may try out for the Wiregrass Kings. More information may be found at wiregrasskings.org
• Students may always participate in city teams as well as other Christian school programs if allowed to participate by that school.

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Harvest Christian School offers the IOWA standardized test each year for grades 3-12, but  testing is not required.

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Yes. Harvest Christian School has never had a student denied admission to their college of choice. Colleges are primarily concerned with subjects studies (e.g. foreign language, computer applications, 4 math credits, etc.) and ACT/SAT scores.

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• HSLDA (Home School Legal Defense Association) is an organization specializing in the legal defense of homeschooling and homeschoolers. They represent individuals and schools in times of legal problem such and government over-regulation and charges of things like truancy and educational neglect.
• Harvest Christian School requires membership in HSLDA.

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Harvest Christian School charges the tuition necessary to cover its expenses. 

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• Church school – This is the option that most homeschoolers use in Alabama. Harvest Christian School is a church school. A church school is any school that operates as the ministry of a church.
• Private Tutor Law – You may use a tutor who is certified by the state of Alabama. The tutor will report directly to the board of education.
• Private School – You may register as a private school with the board of education. This option is still undergoing changes. As of 2017-18 the State Board of Education has stated they have no means of fulfilling state law, therefore parents may turn in a form stating that they will be homeschooling their student No further interaction with the public school is required at this time, contrary to the laws of the state of Alabama.

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Children are require to attend school from age 6 to age 17.