G R A C E A L O N E A C A D E M Y
 2006 Grace Alone Academy
219 D Heron Rd.
St Marys, GA 31558
Phone 912-673-6483 • Email: lfkirlin1@aol.com

Grace Alone Academy
219 D Heron Rd.
St Marys, GA 31558
Lori Kirlin, School Director
Phone 912-467-2520
E-mail: lfkirlin1@aol.com
Nancy Robbins, South Florida Counselor
E-mail: manna5@bellsouth.net
Visit our website at: www.gracealoneacademy.org
Telephone hours: Mon-Friday, 10am-5pm EST
School Colors: Royal Blue & Black
Statement of Faith
We believe in the inerrancy and infallibility of scripture. The Lord is Sovereign in every situation. Our full statement of faith is included in this handbook.
Mission Statement
Grace Alone Academy is a statewide home school umbrella organization that believes the education of children is the God-given right and responsibility of their parents. The goal of Grace Alone Academy is to provide support and state compliance to homeschool families in the state of Florida while allowing complete educational freedom.
GRACE ALONE ACADEMY REQUIREMENTS
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Be involved in educational activities a minimum of 180 days per year.
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Report attendance until 180 days are completed.
 Keep a copy of the student’s immunization record, birth certificate and a current physical on file in the school office.
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High School students are required to complete a yearly credit award form and file it with the school.
Grace Alone Academy Services…
Records we keep for you:
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Student's permanent record card (grades K-12 using homeschoolreporting.com)
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Transcripts (grades 9-12)
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Health records
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Test scores and other assessments (optional)
High School Service:
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Transcripts
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SAT & ACT sign up
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College scholarship counseling
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Bright Futures counseling
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Work Permit Forms
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Dual Enrollment
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Diploma & Tassel
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Course Credit Counseling
Benefits
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Student & Parent ID cards (template available on our website Parent Lounge)
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365 day per year assistance by phone and email (24 hour response time)
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Curriculum advice as needed
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Christian Homeschool Adventure Discount

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Student Newspaper
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School Yearbook (optional purchase)
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Yearly School Trip (optional)
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Graduation and Promotion Dinner and Ceremony (optional)
Contacting the Academy
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By telephone: The office staff is available for telephone calls from 10 a.m.-5p.m. EST Monday through
Friday. If no one is available to take your call, please leave your full name and your child's full name, phone number and the best time to return your call. We will make every effort to return your call within 24 hours.
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By e-mail: Please include your full name and your child's full name.
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By USPS mail: Include your full name and your child's full name.
Report Cards and Attendance Records
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You will be assigned a family account for www.homeschoolreporting.com
included in your yearly tuition.
Re-enrollment
Forms for re-enrollment are available on the current student page of the website. A reminder will be sent 1 month before your re-enrollment date.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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How do Grace Alone Academy's requirements differ from the Home School Law requirements?
Because we are a private school, in the state of Florida you do not have to register with or report to the Public
School Superintendent, you are not required to have a certified teacher test or evaluate your student, you do not have to show your student's work to the Public School Superintendent.
Are immunization records and health records required?
Yes. By law all schools must keep a copy of health and immunization records in the individual student's permanent record file. A waiver of immunization form can be filed with our office instead of an immunization record. A birth certificate is also required to prove the age of Kindergartners. Often these records will be obtained from the previous school when we send for their records, however, if this is the first time your child has been enrolled in a school, you will be responsible for submitting these documents to our office.
How much time each day will I need to Home School?
There are no hour-per-day requirements in our school. The hours you spend per day will depend on grade level, curriculum used and the individual needs of the child. It can take anywhere from 2 to 5 hours per day.
Can my student complete two grades in one year?
Many students complete one grade level in less than a regular school year. However, our enrollment forms and fees are per grade level, not per year. When your student completes a grade level, you will need to re-enroll them for the next grade level.
Does Grace Alone Academy require its students and families to be Christian?
Christianity is not a requirement of enrollment. However, we do require a credit of Christian Bible learning each year our students are enrolled in grades 9-12.
Does Grace Alone Academy require certain curriculum to be used or subjects to be taught in a specific grade?
Subjects and curriculum are entirely up to each individual family.
Does Grace Alone Academy require testing or evaluations??
No. You may choose to test, but the school does not require testing or evaluations.

High School Diplomas
GAA offers 2 types of diplomas:
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Academic Diploma - An academic diploma is awarded to students who earn the 24 required credits, with an overall GPA of 2.0 or higher.
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Academic Honors Diploma - An honors diploma is awarded to students who earn the 24 required credits, with an overall GPA of 3.5 or higher taking Honors level courses. Honors students must have successfully taken the College Board PSAT, SAT or ACT.
Upon graduation, Grace Alone Academy will issue a diploma and official High School Transcript. Those students who desire to pursue a higher education will need to achieve a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher in a high school curriculum that follows the state's credit requirements and complete a College Board PSAT, SAT or ACT. A guideline has been included in this Handbook.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
(For students desiring to graduate with a diploma)
A student must successfully complete a minimum of 24 credits.
Required Subjects (Grades 9-12 )
English 4 credits
Mathematics 3 credits
Science 3 credits
Social Studies 3 credits
Personal Fitness 1 credit
Health and Life Management 1/2 credit
Fine Arts 1/2 credit *
Practical Arts 1/2 credit *
* Or one full credit of one or the other
Electives 8-1/2 credits (Bible must be used as 1 elective for each year at GAA)
English (4 credits) must include a combination of Grammar, Composition and Literature.
Mathematics (3 credits) must include 1 credit in Algebra I
Science (3 credits) should include 2 credits which have a laboratory component (if available)
Social Studies (3 credits) must include the following:
American Government 1/2 credit
World History 1 credit
American History 1 credit
Economics 1/2 credit
Personal Fitness (1 credit) can include any sport or training such as karate, softball, baseball etc.
Health and Life Management (1/2 credit) consists of Nutrition, First Aid and Disease Prevention.
Fine Arts *(1/2 credit) can include Music, Dance, Drama, Painting, Drawing, and Speech or any other performing art or visual art.
Practical Arts * (1/2 credit) can include Typing, Home Economics, Industrial Arts or any vocational course. *Or one full credit of one or the other
Electives (8-1/2 credits) Electives can include but are not limited to Driver's Ed, Foreign Language, Part
Time Job, Computer, Bible, or an extra Math, Science or Social Studies.
General High School Information
Dual Enrollment
If your student would be interested in dual-enrollment information for earning college credit while homeschooling in high school, please notify the school office. We recommend this opportunity for advanced students with a GPA or
3.5 or higher.
Bright Futures
For Florida students, if you would like information on the Bright Futures Scholarship Program or the Florida High
School Online Program, it is available through the school office.

Portfolio
For your student's high school career, we advise keeping a portfolio for the entire four years of high school. Samples of high school work must be mailed to the school office before a credit can be issued. Samples are not required from college dual enrolled courses or FLVS courses.
Honors Courses
Honors courses consist of the following:
1. Any college level course
2. Any course designated Honors by curricula
3. Any Foreign Language above level 2
4. Any course designated honors by the FL DOE on their website
Florida Virtual School (FLVS)
Grace Alone is affiliated with FLVS. If you wish to take FLVS classes, please contact GAA for instructions.
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General Guidelines:
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Report attendance on August 1, November 1, February 1 & May 1 for the 3 months prior.
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Re-enroll on or before your re-enrollment date.
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High school will report quarterly attendance and submit a semester/yearly credit award form.
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The school administrator will schedule a welcome phone call to answer any questions or concerns you may have. You are encouraged to contact the school at any time during the year.
We believe that the Bible is the Word of God. It is verbally inspired by Him in the original manuscripts. It is infallible and complete. The Bible is our supreme authority for faith and practice. (2 Tim 3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1:20-21)
We believe that the Godhead eternally exists in three persons - the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three are one God, having exactly the same honor, confidence, and obedience. (Duet. 6:4; Matt. 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14)
We believe that Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. He came into this world, to manifest God to man, fulfilling prophecy, and became the Redeemer of the lost world. He was born of a virgin, received a human body, and a sinless nature. (Luke 1:30-35; John 1:18,
3:16)
We believe that, on the human side, He became and remained a perfect, but Sinless man throughout His life; however, He retained His absolute Deity, being at the same time very God and very man. (Luke 2:40; John 1:1-2; Phil. 2:5-8)

We believe that, in His infinite love for the lost, He voluntarily accepted His Father's will and became the divinely provided sacrificial Lamb that took away the sin of the world. He bore the holy judgments against sin that the righteousness of God must impose. He died to purchase our redemption and thus to fulfill God's plan for sinful man. His death was substitutionary and vicarious. (John 1:29; Isa. 53:5-7; Rom. 3:24-25; 2 Cor 5:14; Hebrews
10:5-14)
We believe that He arose the third day from the dead in the same body, thought glorified, in which He had lived and died. (Matt. 28:1-10; Mark 16:1-4)
We believe that He literally ascended back to heaven and that He is on the right hand of the Father interceding for all truly born-again believers as our advocate. (Acts 1:9-10; Heb.
1:3, 8:1; 1 John 2:1-2)
We believe that He will literally return a second time. (John 14:2-3)
We believe that the Holy Spirit is the Third Person of the Trinity. He is co-equal in every aspect relative to divine attributes with the other two persons of the Godhead. He indwells every child of God, and by His baptism, unites all to Christ in one body. He is the source of all power and all acceptable worship and service. He will never depart from the church nor from the feeblest of believers, but is ever present to testify of Christ. (John 14:16-17, 16:7-
15; 1 Cor. 6:19, 12:13)
We believe that in this age, the Holy Spirit has various well-defined ministries. It is the responsibility of every Christian to understand them and adjust to them. These ministries are: restraining of evil in the world; convicting the world of sin; regenerating of all
Christians; baptizing of all Christians into the one body of Christ; filling (continually) of all
Christians who are yielded relative to power, teaching, and service. (John 3:6, 14:26, 16:7-
11, 13; Acts 1:8-9; 1 Cor. 12:13; Eph. 4:30, 5:18; 2 Thess. 2:7; 1 John 2:20)
We believe that man was originally and immediately created in the image and in the likeness of God. But, as a result of Adam's sin, man inherited a sinful nature. He is totally affected and corrupted by sin and is separated from God and is essentially evil. Apart from divine grace he is spiritually dead, and this has been passed down to the entire human race, with Jesus Christ being the only exception. (Gen. 1:26, 2:17, 3:1-6, 6:5; Psalm 51:5; Jer.
17:9; Rom. 3:10, 3:23, 5:12, 19; 1 John 3:8)
We believe that salvation is a free gift offered to man by God. Its basis is the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. Man receives this free gift of eternal life by realizing his sinful condition, believing that Jesus Christ died for his sins, and then receiving him as his own personal Lord and Savior. Man in no way can ever work his own way to heaven. Salvation is based solely on the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary, by the grace of God. That precious blood of the Lord Jesus Christ cleanses from all sin anyone whom accepts God's free gift. (John 3:16, 5:24; Acts 13:39, 16:31; Rom. 10:9-
10; 2 Cor. 5:21; Eph. 2:8-9)

We believe that once a person has truly been born again of the Spirit of God, that person is saved forever. Once a person is saved, he is always saved, and can in no way lose his salvation. God's free gift is eternal. (John 3:16, 10:28-39; Col. 3:3; Heb. 7:25; Jude 24)
We believe that Satan is a created being and actually exists, having a personality.
Initially, he was called Lucifer and held the highest angelic position in heaven. He is the
"god of this world" and the enemy of God and the Christian. Sin originated with him in heaven and he is the one who tempted Eve in the garden. He is the author of all deception.
He will be ultimately cast into the Lake of Fire and suffer eternal punishment. (Gen. 3:1-6;
Isa. 14:12-17;Ezek. 28:12-19; Rev. 20:10)
We believe in the bodily resurrection of all men, the saved to eternal life and the unsaved to judgment and everlasting punishment. (Matt. 25:46; John 5:28-29, 11:25-26;
Acts 24:15; Rev. 20:5-6, 11-15)
We believe that all truly born again Christians have a personal responsibility before God to live in such a manner as not to bring reproach upon the Lord Jesus Christ. They should separate from all manner and appearance of evil and all religious apostasy. Though living in the world, Christians are not to be associated of identified with the world. (Rom. 12:1-2,
14:13; 2 Cor. 6:14, 17:2; Tim 3:1-5; 1 John 2:15-17; 2 John 9:10)
We believe that the family was established by God and is primarily responsible for the training of the children within the home. (Gen. 2:21-25; Job 1:1-5; Eph. 6:1-4; Col. 3:18-21)
We believe that government was established by God and that every Christian should be in submission to its laws, but must obey God rather than man when government goes against God's Word. (Matt. 17:24-27, 22:21; Acts 4:19-20, 5:29; Rom. 13:1-7)
We believe that the Church was established by God to evangelize the lost and to edify the saved. (Acts 2, 11:26; Matt. 28:19-20; Eph. 4:11-16; Heb. 10:25)