The backbone of Sonoran Desert Homeschoolers is our weekly Park Day which provides families with a chance to get to know each other in a casual way - trading tips, sharing food, and allowing for hours of unstructured play time for the children and oftentimes much needed adult conversation for the parents. Many families schedule their plans around Park Day, and many children say it is the highlight of their week.

SDH is organized and planned by volunteer homeschooling families--not leaders, officers or board members. SDH is an open group that welcomes the diversity of its membership. Homeschooling parents are conscious of the many ways that children learn, and it is important for our children to see the acceptance of different styles within the group. In support of our common goal of homeschooling, we believe that when families participate in at least some park meetings, children’s activities, parents’ meetings or other parent social events, it facilitates a greater understanding of each other and helps us to work together as a group.

Sonoran Desert Homeschoolers is an open, not-for-profit home education network, providing social and creative outlets for homeschooling families. We are not devoted to any one homeschooling approach, political platform, religious outlook, or philosophical ideal. Our homeschooling community supports all families, regardless of their personal lifestyle or educational choices in the area of home education. Our motto is “hozho,” a Navajo word meaning “harmony” or “walking in beauty or friendship.”