Involvement at H.O.P.E. Co-op

For those with children at our kids building (ages 0-13):

Children attending co-op at our kids building are expected to follow our behavioral standards. The children in green, blue, and purple groups are able to earn tickets for good behavior in each class for following our behavioral standards. Each child starts out at the beginning of each class with one ticket. The color group leaders and helpers, are to encourage/remind misbehaving children to listen and participate. Misbehavior results in loss of their ticket. At the end of co-op, tickets will be tallied and recorded on a sheet. During “store” weeks, these tallies are counted and students will be given a point total that they can use to purchase items. At the beginning of the school year we ask parents to supply either a large bag of candy and a $1.00 item for each student they have registered in green, blue, or purple group. These items are used to furnish our store. Parents may get asked periodically throughout the year to help replenish the store with additional items. This has been a fun incentive for the children!

You, as the parent, will be required to help in an assigned spot during co-op, as well as sign-up to either bring snacks or do janitorial after co-op once during the year.

During co-op, we expect you to engage with the children and help them with their activities such as drawing a picture, writing a word, understanding instructions, and encouraging participation in the class. We also expect you to address bad attitudes or behaviors and encourage them to pay attention to the teacher during class. We expect you to limit the use of your personal cell phones, so that you may be present for the children. We encourage you to make a commitment to pray for all the children and teachers, and to be intentional in reaching their hearts with love and care. Our vision is to see interactive parents in the lives of, not only their own children, but others as well.

We are a homeschool community raising up a generation of children to love God and others! Parents who use the co-op as a drop-off facility for childcare will not be able to continue to participate in HOPE programs. On the day that you drop off your child(ren), he/she/they will be unable to participate in classes for the remainder of the co-op day and will be sitting at the front desk until you pick them up. The second time that this happens, you will be asked to leave for the remainder of the semester. We need to know where you are at all times during co-op for liability reasons. There will be no option of "signing out" unless you have an emergency during co-op and/or you have filled out the Parental Absence Authorization Form which needs to be filled out prior to your absence (or on the day of in the case of an emergency). This is required for the safety of your children.

We will be assigned to a group color or classroom. That is where you will be for the whole school year. You will indicate on your online registration form where you would like to serve. Remember that spots are filled on a first come first serve basis, which means the sooner you register the more likely you will get placed in the spot you want to serve in. There are no guarantees to be in any color group or classroom.

For those with children ONLY at our teens building (ages 13-18):

Children attending co-op at our teens building are expected to follow our behavioral standards. Our teen building is a drop-off co-op. Our policy is that if you only have teens, you are not required to help out in class, but if you would like to, you are welcome to! We have other events and activities that need parental involvement and we would encourage you to help out in those ways.

Additional Activities:

In addition to our co-op meetings, we also set up various get-togethers throughout the year for our families to get to know each other better! There are field trips, concerts, talent show, picnics, etc. As the year progresses, we will be sending out a schedule of these events.