Kathleen Sprafka

CURRICULUM SERVICES is the mail order division of L-CIPSSI Schools. CURRICULUM SERVICES sells complete homeschool programs (K-12) through the mail to home educators across the country.

L-CIPSSI Schools, a private school system registered with the Florida Board of Education, offers enrollment to Kindergarten -12th grade Florida students and to high school students outside of Florida for the purpose of obtaining a diploma. You do not need to enroll to purchase our homeschool curriculum programs, the heart of parent directed education. L-CIPSSI (pronounced el•kip´•see) is an acronym for Lee County Independent Private School System Inc., a non profit private school corporation founded in 1982. Its primary purpose is to assist parents who choose to educate their children.

Our Criteria



Curriculum Services continues to devote much time and effort researching publishing companies and providers who supply educational materials for public and non-religious private schools. Taking into consideration the needs and wants of homeschoolers we established the following criteria in our ongoing effort to select the finest materials and those best suited for home education.



The texts were selected based on the following criteria:

*Work-texts (It has been found studying with write-in texts raises student performance; work-texts are 98% of the texts offered)

*Visual appeal - textbooks should not be too busy or too plain

*Cost effective

*Appropriate and available teacher's supplies for 3rd grade and above

*Proper length (too brief - subject matter is not comprehensive; too heavy - presents too much material for the 36 school year)

*Current content (especially vital in social studies, career education, business education, economics, consumer economics, etc.)

*Ease of use; self contained write-in texts are preferred; also course materials should not consist of a barrage of items to juggle

*Self-teaching materials; directions & explanations are found in the student's texts, not in a separate teacher's edition or manual.

*Sound and proven educational concepts; e.g.: new concepts must be deemed superior & not due to being the latest trend

*Screened for questionable concepts; e.g.: dictation of social/family values, new new math, sex education, goals 2000



Manipulatives were selected based on the following criteria:

*Value in demonstrating concepts

*Child appeal

*Cost effectiveness

*Sound educational value based on universal educators

*Value based on the test of time, not trendy

*Completes or complements academic concepts taught



Specially created teacher's materials are provided based on the following criteria:

*To provide weekly course schedules and other scheduling guidelines which break-up course materials into weekly lessons

*To provided valuable, transferable, and easy-to-use record keeping materials

*To educate you, the parent-educator, on the how s and why s of home schooling

*To educate you, the parent-educator, in taking an active role in your child's education without major time commitment

*To educate you, the parent-educator, on how to teach your student to master course materials using our four step process

*To provide you, the parent-educator, with techniques on how to become an effective teacher in a fraction of the time

*To provide each student with consumable test booklets where needed

*To provide notebooks to accompany courses where needed

*To provide help on administering tests without fear while maximizing achievement

*To provide log books to document courses which otherwise would go unrecognized

*To provide materials list for science activities where needed



This criteria, nearly two decades in the making and refining, is part of what makes Curriculum Services unique. We thought you should know.

Why are more and more parent educators turning to Curriculum Services? Because 28 years of experience have taught us how to provide homeschool programs that are easy to use, cost effective, and comprehensive. Packaged with the most self-instructing and attractive write-in texts are homeschool teacher’s supplies to help you achieve the balance between text instruction and hands-on learning experiences that you want. For young children the teacher is indispensable even with the best materials, however our homeschool programs require minimal teacher direction for the most independent learning possible! But most importantly our programs are adaptable to your teaching style.

We keep abreast of the latest trends and products in education in our ongoing effort to select only the best materials for each course and level. This secular curriculum is provided from suppliers of K-12 public and non-religious private schools. Our goal is to provide you with homeschool programs that:





are the most versatile and complete with the most self-instructing and attractive write-in texts available on the market,

contain the finest homeschool materials for each course and level,

cover all required subjects plus options,

allow you choices to customize your homeschool program for your child,

provide homeschool materials published for public and non-religious private schools that are accepted by school boards across the nation,

contain student and teacher’s materials specially selected from hundreds of suppliers such as Scott Foresman, Harcourt Publishing, McGraw-Hill, etc.,

provide easy to use homeschool record keeping supplies keeping you in charge,

allow for a smooth transition if or when your student transfers, and

may include workbook sets that are not simple workbooks but complete course materials.

Articles are provided to support you in your new role as guidance counselor, to give you the knowledge to select what your student needs, and to help you understand the homeschooling world. Parents of youngsters with ‘special needs’ should complete the order form as directed and include a one page letter describing the ‘special needs’ with the regular payment. We will contact you if monetary adjustments are needed.



Each comprehensive homescool program is designed to be used for one student, for one school year. Students, on average, spend only 1½-2 hours per day on academics leaving plenty of time to include Life Management Skills, family interests, or unit studies.