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We are a community of Christian homeschooling families who partner together to provide enriching classes, clubs, and activities that complement home education. Through shared teaching, service, and fellowship, our children learn in a supportive, faith-centered environment.

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PCH is based out of Central City in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Some activities, clubs, and sports will be located in surrounding towns or counties, depending on the facility we need. 

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Our Statement of Faith can be located here: https://www.pchky.org/sof

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PCH is a year-long membership that runs from July to June. The family membership fee for the year is $60. This membership fee includes access to our private website and Facebook members-only pages. Access to our website comes with access to co-op classes, clubs and sports programs, planned field trips, free family events, other social opportunities such as park meetups and Middle School/High School hangout days, and access to a like-minded community. Additional costs are required for co-op classes, clubs, sports teams, and field trips.Co-op classes require a $20 family fee at pre-registration, followed by a $10 per-child fee at the time of class registration.

Club and sports team fees vary.

Each field trip has its own pricing plan based on the cost to us. Our goal is to offer a wide range of opportunities while keeping costs as low as possible for families.

Please note that, as a general policy, all fees paid are non-refundable.

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You can join anytime, but you will want to ensure the program(s) you are interested in are still open for the year prior to joining, as each program has its own signup deadline.

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No. While we encourage families to utilize all of our programming to get the most benefit from our community, your family gets to pick what works for you. You can access as little or as much of our programming as your family chooses.

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Families are expected to attend all events for which they have registered, regardless of whether the event is free or paid. A "No Call/No Show" — failing to attend without prior notice — is considered unacceptable. Repeated instances of no-shows or cancellations may result in the suspension of a family's ability to register for future events. 

While we understand that occasional cancellations are sometimes necessary, families should not make a habit of signing up for events and then canceling. Doing so may prevent other families from participating. Continued cancellations after registration, even with notice, may also lead to a loss of event privileges. 

We ask that families notify organizers as early as possible if they are unable to attend an event they signed up for. 

o Non-members are not eligible to attend hangouts, banquets, or participate in graduations unless approved by the event organizer. Members’ children who attend public, private, or virtual public school ARE eligible to attend family events. 

What are your safety procedures and practices?

Our program is built to be a family program. As such, each family is almost always require to have an adult attend events (exceptions may be things like sports practices, specific field trips with space limits, etc.) As such, we keep our children safe by ensuring family involvement. 

For our co-op classes, we have specific safety procedures in place, including: 

Security: 

Member families will receive a security code via text message prior to the start of Co-Op Classes. This code will be required to enter the building. If the family does not have the code, they will need to contact the Co-Op Director for approval for entry. 

Two-Adult Rule:

 • One-on-one adult/child situations (where the child is with a non-parent adult) during Co-Op are not acceptable. Private conversations between an adult and child should always be done with at least 2 adults present. All classrooms will maintain at least 2 adults. In the case of a Cadet Class (those taught by our junior and senior high school students), cadet teacher(s) will be considered an “adult” for these occasions and all rules for such will apply. If a special circumstance or emergency arises where an adult must be left alone with children that are not their own, the adult must make sure that the room is well-lit, easily accessible and the door left open. The adult also must ensure that there is more than one child present and that every effort be made to contact the hall monitor and gain another adult as quickly as possible. 

Restroom Breaks: 

• Children in early elementary classes and above should do their best to take restroom breaks between classes. Breaks during class should be rare occurrences. Children in early elementary classes and above will be allowed to walk to the restroom themselves. The assistant in their classroom will stand in the doorway of the classroom and the hallway to ensure a prompt journey to the restroom and back. The hall monitor will also help to ensure that the child goes to and from the restroom in a timely and respectful manner. 

• All children kindergarten-aged and younger who need to leave the classroom to go to the restroom must be accompanied by an adult. If the child does not require assistance in the restroom, the accompanying adult will stand in the doorway between the hallway and the restroom, to be aware of the child, but still visible to the hall monitor. If the child needs personal assistance in the restroom, that child needs to be taken the individual restroom near the nursery where the door can be left cracked for another adult to help monitor the assistance given. 

• If unexpected assistance is needed for a child who is in the larger restrooms, the assisting adult will notify the hall monitor of the situation and the hall monitor will join the adult in the restroom for the assistance to take place. 

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In general, we cannot offer refunds, including for family memberships. You will want to ensure availability in your desired programs prior to joining. If you sign up for a field trip and cannot attend, we encourage you to find another PCH family to attend in your place.

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PCH is a community built by families, for families. We are a group of parents working together to provide the opportunities we want to see for our children. Because of this, we are always looking for parents to bring their ideas to the table! If there is a club you would like to see, a class you want to teach, or a hangout you would like to organize, we would love to hear your ideas and help you facilitate it. You can find our current leadership and volunteer opportunities at https://www.pchky.org/volunteer. We are always eager to hear new ideas.

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Classes meet on Thursdays for 3.5 hours. The classes run for 8 weeks in the fall and 8 weeks in the spring. Fall typically starts at the beginning of September and runs through the end of October. Spring typically starts at the end of February and runs through mid-April. There are no off weeks during the 8-week sessions, even if they run over a public school break.

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Pre-enrollment opens in June with the enrollment date in July or August for fall classes. 

Pre-enrollment opens in November with the enrollment date in January for spring classes.

Class registration takes place on one day. It is important to be pre-registered for co-op if you want to participate. You will be assigned a registration day and time, and should be prepared to log in and register at that time to have the best opportunity to choose the classes you want for your child(ren).

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No. Every program is optional, however the more you do with PCH, the more invested and connected you and your children will be with our community. Co-op classes offer an opportunity to learn and build friendships. Classes may be required to participate in specific extracurricular programs like sports.

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Adults do not have to teach, but do have to participate. In order for our program to run safely and smoothly, we need full adult participation. Each adult is assigned a job during at least 2 hours of the 3 hours of classes. Jobs include being an assistant, hall monitor, or float. We will never require a parent to be a lead teacher. However, we can only offer the number of classes that we have parents willing to teach. 

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The oldest participating child must be in Kindergarten or a higher grade. We do offer preschool class and nursery for those families, but are unable to support preschool-only families for co-op classes. We have classes for K - 12. The groupings depend on enrollment. Preschool-only families are encouraged to participate in our other programming opportunities.

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Yes. This is not a drop off program. At least one adult must attend with your child(ren). If there is an emergency and you cannot attend co-op, but your children can, we encourage attendance. You must send a replacement adult in your absence, as long as an Approved Adult form is completed on our website. Adult participation is necessary for our classes to run safely and smoothly.

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Put in an application at pchky.org/volunteer, and navigate to the “Volunteer to be a Club Leader” link.

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Our club options are always changing, as it is based on parent leadership to start, continue and run each club. Some possible club options that have been run in the past or hope to run in the future are academic club, cooking club, chess club, nature school, LEGO club, art club, sewing club, book club, sports club. The ideas are endless. 

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PCH currently offers archery for students in 3rd grade and older. Students are eligible for the competition team starting in 4th grade. We compete through NASP and students have the option to shoot both bullseye and 3D. Currently, we are researching Girls’ Volleyball, pending a host gym.

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Students must be active participants in academic programming of PCH to participate in the sports programming.