For New York homeschoolers · IHIP · quarterlies · hours
Tick off the school day. Excelsior counts your hours toward 900 or 990, tracks required subjects, and drafts your quarterlies for the district. Plus a page your kids are proud of.
See a sample quarterly report See how it works
Pre-launch · made by a New York homeschooling parent · running our own family's school year today
Sound familiar?
Homeschooling in New York means teaching your kids, and then proving you did. Here's where that second job usually hurts.
Due by August 15, or within four weeks of getting the district's form.
How Excelsior helpsYour planned subjects and materials are already in Excelsior. The IHIP generator is Coming at launch
Hours, material covered, a grade or narrative, all from memory.
How Excelsior helpsYour quarterly is drafted from what you actually ticked off. You review it and file it.
Hours added up by hand, a week at a time.
How Excelsior helpsHours count as you confirm work, toward 900 (grades 1–6) or 990 (grades 7–12), with what each week needs from here.
Now does the 80% rule mean trouble?
How Excelsior helpsChange the plan any time. Coverage per subject shows where you stand. [CONFIRM: 80% flag]
Wondering what you left out.
How Excelsior helpsSee every required piece on the report before you send it.
Before you'd taught a single lesson.
How Excelsior helpsStart with this week, not the whole year. [CONFIRM: setup time]
How it works
Plan the week, teach from Today, and the same ticks fill your Log, your hours and your quarterly report.
Set up a weekly template once. It becomes real weeks you can drag around when life happens. Lesson plans and materials sit in the Syllabus.
Today shows what's happening now and next for each child, and what's waiting for you to confirm.
Finished work goes into the Log, day by day. Hours and days add up on their own.
When the quarter ends, a draft report is ready, built from your Log. You check the figures and file it.
Sample report
A sample second-quarter report, built from demo data. Flip through it and check each piece a New York quarterly asks for.
Home instruction · Quarterly report
Days this quarter: 46 · Year to date: 90 of 180
| Arithmetic | Sample Math 4, Units 3–4: fractions, decimals, measurement |
|---|---|
| Reading | Four chapter books (titles listed in the Log); read-aloud of a novel |
| Spelling | Lists 9–16 of a grade 4 speller |
| Writing | Two personal narratives, one friendly letter |
| English language | Parts of speech, commas in a series |
| Geography | Map skills; the regions of New York |
| U.S. history | Native peoples of the Northeast; early explorers |
| Science | Nature journal (8 entries); weather unit |
| Health education | Nutrition and sleep; bike and fire safety |
| Music | Recorder lessons, songs 4–9 |
| Visual arts | Drawing from observation; color mixing |
| Physical education | Swim lessons; daily outdoor play |
| Arithmetic | Grade: A- |
|---|---|
| Reading | Narrative: Reads chapter books independently and retells plot and character changes in her own words. |
| Writing | Narrative: Writes paragraphs with a clear opening; working on varied sentence starts. |
| Science | Grade: B+ |
| U.S. history | Grade: A |
| Other subjects | Satisfactory progress (see Log) |
Science: About 70% of the material planned in the IHIP for this quarter was covered. We spent extra weeks on the nature journal; the plant unit moves to the third quarter.
Reviewed and signed by the parent:
The IHIP and Letter of Intent generators are coming at launch. They'll start from the subjects and materials already in your plan. You review and file everything yourself.
Links to the sources. They aren't endorsements of Excelsior Homeschool.
Every piece a New York quarterly asks for, on one page. We'll email it to you, and you can download it right away.
Records & reports
Hours, days and subject coverage are counted as you confirm work. No adding up at the end of the quarter: just where you are and what each week needs from here.
Excelsior Homeschool is record-keeping help, not legal advice. You file your own reports, and every report reminds you to check the figures with your district first. [PENDING LAWYER REVIEW]
Reports · Quarter 2
Subject coverage
For the kids
Each child gets their own page, designed for under-13s. They see their day, tick off their work and tap "I'm done". Stars, medals, badges and celebrations follow, and nothing counts until you confirm it.
Each child picks their own card and sees only their day, as big, tappable steps.
A tap sends a request. You confirm it on Today, or send it back with a kind note. Confirmed work goes into the Log.
A star for every finished subject you confirm, and a celebration when the whole day is done.
The 10th and 100th day of school, halfway through a workbook, or a goal you set. Your child sees only the next one, so progress counts up.
One record, two happy audiences. Every badge comes from work you've confirmed, so the 100th-day badge also means 100 school days in your NY record.
Private by design
No ads. No analytics. No tracking. Your child's page never talks to an outside service.
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Designed with children's privacy law in mind from the start. [PENDING LAWYER REVIEW]
No ad pixels, no leaderboards, and nothing sold to your children.
Your child's page never talks to an outside service. This website works the same way: even its fonts are served from here.
On their page, a child sees their own day and nothing about anyone else.
We don't sell them, show ads, or share them, and your children's pages talk to no outside service.
Pricing
Every child, every feature, one price. No charge per child, and New York reports are part of the plan, not an add-on.
$69per year
About $5.75 a month, billed yearly.
30-day free trial · no card needed [DECISION: card policy] · cancel anytime
$59per year, locked in
Everything in the household plan. For the first 500 families who join, or the first 60 days after sign-up opens, whichever comes first.
Your $59 price stays the same every year for as long as your subscription stays active. Yearly plan only.
Get $59 founding · 30 days freeAsk your organizer for your group's code. Members pay $59 a year or $6.99 a month, and we send your group $10 a year for every member family that subscribes, for field trips, supplies or rent.
Organizers: write to us at richard@republicofrich.com to set up a code for your group.
FAQ
The questions New York parents ask first.
We can't promise how any district will respond. NYSED says that a home instruction program that adheres to the standards of the regulations at each stage of the process should be deemed to be substantially equivalent
(Home Instruction Q&A #37). The quarterly report lays out each piece the regulation lists, so you can check it before you send it. See the sample. Not legal advice. [PENDING LAWYER REVIEW]
Your records are yours. Cancel anytime. Your records stay viewable for 90 days.
No card needed to start your 30-day trial. [DECISION: card policy] You can cancel anytime.
The quarterly report is in the app today. The IHIP and Letter of Intent generators are coming at launch. You review and file everything yourself.
Move lessons and the week adjusts. Subject coverage and the pace strip show where you stand and what each week needs from here. [CONFIRM: 80% flag]
You can start with this week instead of planning the whole year. Setup time: [CONFIRM: setup time] Starting mid-year: [CONFIRM: mid-year start]
New York first, built around 8 NYCRR §100.10. Other states: [ROADMAP]
Only their own day, their stars and their badges. When they tap "I'm done", you confirm it (or send it back with a kind note) before it counts.
No ads, no trackers, and we don't sell it. [CONFIRM: never used to train AI]
It stays $59 every year for as long as your subscription stays active. It's for the first 500 families who join, or the first 60 days after sign-up opens, whichever comes first, on the yearly plan only.
Yes, during the trial or after. With no card on file, there's nothing to cancel when the trial ends. [DECISION: card policy]
Yes. Members pay $59 a year or $6.99 a month with their group's code, and the group gets $10 a year for each member family that subscribes. See the co-op details.
$59 a year, locked in while you stay subscribed. For the first 500 families, or the first 60 days after sign-up opens, whichever comes first. Yearly plan only.