Q:

A:

No. We are a group that is centered on our Christian beliefs. This will show in our morning assembly as we have our morning prayer time and our pledge to the bible. You will also see it in some of our curriculum choices.

Q:

A:

MBA co-op days are held on Tuesdays from 9:00am to 2:40pm.

Optional "clubs" may happen after co-op and/or different days/times.

Q:

A:

MBA meets for a total of 30 Tuesdays in the given school year. There are break weeks and holiday breaks as well. For the 24-25 school year we start in August and end in May.

Q:

A:

A typical co-op day looks like this:

Opening Assembly: 9:00

1st Class: 9:35-10:20

2nd Class: 10:25-11:10

3rd Class: 11:15-12:00

Break for Lunch

4th Class: 1:05-1:50

5th Class: 1:55-2:40

Q:

A:

For the coming school year (24-25) the classes will be:

American Sign Language (PK3-PK4, Grades 3-5, 6-12), Art (PK3-PK4, Grades K-2, 3-5), Career Exploration and Life Skills (Grades 6-12), Creative Writing/English (Grades 6-8), Dance and Movement (PK3-PK4), Language Arts (Grades 3-5), Pebble Time (Grades K-2), PE (PK3-PK4, Grades K-5, 6-12), Presentation With Art (Grades 3-5), Sand Time (PK3-PK4), Science (Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12), Show and Tell (Grades K-2), Speech and Debate (Grades 9-12).

We will also have clubs available to kids that want to participate. 

ASL Club (Grades 3-12), Art Club (Grades 6-12), Bible Club (Grades 6-12)

Q:

A:

We range from nursery aged kids up to seniors in high school. We have classes from PK3/PK4 up to high school.

Q:

A:

Because we are fostering a community between not only the children, but also the families, no. We want families that are active participants in the full day to foster the consistancy of the same group of friends for the school year (and beyond) for all involved. 

If a family chooses to not continue working on specific classes while at home, that is up to them.

Q:

A:

No. At least one parent must stay on premises for the full day.

Q:

A:

The short answer is "No". That said, all members are expected to be fully commited to ensuring MBA is a strong and successful community. It is therefore expected that there will be parental involvement from each family participating in the co-op. This happens not only in teaching/assisting where needed but in attending the co-op regularly. 

Q:

A:

We pride ourselves on being a great resource for your family and our community. We keep costs as minimal as possible but still functioning and allowing the group to maintain a strong asset to the children in their learning. The co-op fee is $250 for the entire school year per child (grades PK3-12th). We do allow this to be put into a fee schedule and broken up into five $50 payments (per child). There is no fee for nursery children (ages 0-2).

Q:

A:

Our co-op is structured in a way to be affordable to the average family and still provide the most amount of value to our homeschool community. The fee you pay in is how the group is able to run through the school year. No one is paid for teaching/leading a subject*. No one is paid for any service they provide to the group, from the leaders to general volunteers. All funds are used to benefit the kids in the form of supplies necessary for art projects, science projects, etc.

The group funds all things the kids do each and every co-op day and some of the other non-co-op day gatherings. You, the parent, need to provide nothing but the books they need for some of the classes. The classes try to do the "messy" more expensive hands-on things during co-op. This keeps the kids engaged and relieves you from having to do them at home. Because they do them in class they also have the ability to have group class discusions with their peers on the outcomes of what they have done which fosters great forms of communications and thought. 

A quick summary: the funds are used for general upkeep of the group (insurance, website, etc), classes (supplies for art, science, etc), group parties (Friendsgiving, Christmas, etc) as well as a handful of other ways.

It does NOT cover the optional field trips.

*The ONLY exception to paying a teacher to teach a subject from group funds would be if it is beneficial to the kids to hire someone outside of our co-op to teach a subject that is needed or wanted by the community and no one within our community is either qualified to teach or available to teach. MBA will always do what is best for the kids - even if it means utilizing group funds to ensure the kids receive a class they need... this is not often and is avoided whenever possible so the funds can be used elsewhere.

Q:

A:

Not at this time. Because we try to keep the fee low for everyone we have no extra funds to shave off for additional children. The fee goes towards supplies that each and every child will use.

Q:

A:

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions. Please call, text or email with the below information or through the CONTACT US tab of the website.

Crystal Getty

(386) 631-7685

[email protected]