West Covina
Unified School District

1717 West Merced Ave.
West Covina, CA 91790-3406
626-939-4600

Home Schooling

Home Based Independent Study
Contact: Susan Chase
626-939-4900 x4939


The West Covina Unified School District offers parents an alternative education program that seeks to create a partnership between school and family, parent and child, to train and educate children to be responsible, literate and positive contributors to their community.

WCUSD provides...
credentialed teachers, state-adopted curricula, textbooks, resource materials, activities, training, lesson planning and additional resources to the homeschooling parent.

WCUSD also offers...
Unique field trips
Standardized testing
Children's library
Supplementary materials for a variety of learning styles
Parent-student activities for all curriculum levels

WCUSD expects...
Contact by parent and student with the credentialed teacher on a regular basis
Parents utilize the WCUSD's curriculum and instructional materials as the core curriculum
Parents to attend field trips, workshops, park days and inservices as much as possible
A sampling of student work to be kept as an assessment portfolio