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Become a PHS Member

Fill out the form below and click the Continue button at the bottom.

Planet Homeschool classes and clubs are open only to Planet Homeschool members.

We’re delighted you’ve chosen to join our community!
 

Checklist for joining our co-op and registering for classes

  1. Read through our co-op’s Community Expectations, including our co-op’s Mission & Purpose, take a look at our co-op’s Course Schedule, and check out our co-op’s upcoming Important Dates.

  2. Create a new Family Profile by completing the form below (more info).

  3. Sign a Communicable Illnesses Affidavit and Assumption of Risk (more info).

  4. Pay your membership fee (more info).

  5. Review our co-op’s Community Expectations with your student(s) and have them sign our Student Agreement (more info).

  6. Wait for Approval (more info).

  7. Register for Classes (more info)

Mission Purpose Community Expectations Volunteer Commitment Course Schedule Important Dates

 
If you have any questions or concerns about our membership process, please contact our co-op’s Leadership Team at PlanetHomeschoolMN+Membership@gmail.com.

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PHS volunteers use photos of students, instructors, and parents, guardians, and caregivers participating in PHS activities, such as classes, performances, field trips, and social activities, to promote Planet Homeschool including our co-op’s activities, events, and classes. Our co-op’s volunteers appreciate the willingness of our members and instructors to allow the use of photos to promote our co-op! (more info)



 
Planet Homeschool’s Mission and Purpose
 

Mission Statement

Welcoming Inclusive Secular Education (WISE)

Planet Homeschool is an inclusive secular homeschool co-op in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Members work together to create a safe, welcoming space for homeschool classes and other activities for middle and high school students, ages 10–19.

In all that we do, we work to include, respect, and learn from individual differences. We embrace diversity in areas including (but not limited to) neurotype, disability and health experiences, gender identity and expression, sexuality, body size, age, class, race, ethnicity, religion, and national origin. PHS members practice a wide range of educational philosophies and styles. Everyone is welcome at Planet Homeschool!

Acknowledging that it is impossible to make everyone comfortable at all times, Planet Homeschool strives to center marginalized communities even when that seems inconvenient or challenging. We are specifically committed to creating a safe place to learn and thrive for students, instructors, and other community members who are neurodivergent, trans, nonbinary, recent immigrants, BIPOC, and/or at higher risk of health impacts from infectious diseases, allergens, and other environmental factors.

Mission Statement Purpose

Please indicate that you've read and support our co-op’s Mission Statement and Purpose:
 
Community Expectations

Our co-op’s policies evolve over time in response to changing circumstances and feedback from our co-op's members and instructors. All renewing members and returning instructors should review our co-op’s Community Expectations and the policies linked to therein prior to each membership renewal period.

Community Expectations

Please read and agree to abide by our co-op’s Community Expectations and the policies linked to therein:
 
Student Awareness of Our Co-op’s Community Expectations

Parents, guardians, and caregivers are expected to ensure their student(s) are familiar with our co-op’s Community Expectations and the policies linked to therein and to help their student(s) follow those expectations and policies to the best of their student(s)’ ability.

Please have your student(s) sign our co-op’s Student Agreement after reading through our Community Expectations together.

Student Agreement Community Expectations

Should your student(s) not be with you at this moment, we ask you to commit to reviewing this important information with them before the first day of classes.

Please confirm that you will read or have read through our co-op’s Community Expectations with your student(s):

 
Volunteer Commitment

Planet Homeschool is a homeschool cooperative, not a school. All members of Planet Homeschool are expected to volunteer to help run our co-op.

Volunteer Commitment

Please read and agree to our co-op’s Volunteer Commitment:

 
Communicable Illnesses Policy

Honoring our commitment to a safe and vibrant learning space, PHS’s Communicable Illnesses Policy is cautious, science-minded, and informed by the needs of our most vulnerable members.

Communicable Illnesses Policy Communicable Illness Affidavit

Please read and agree to abide by our co-op’s Communicable Illnesses Policy:
 
Communicable Illness Affidavit and Assumption of Risk

A Communicable Illness Affidavit and Assumption of Risk is required for those who wish to attend in-person classes & events.

Those who are signing up only for online classes & events also do not need to complete a Communicable Illness and Assumption of Risk. Due to system limitations, all members are able to sign up for in-person classes and events, but a volunteer website administrator will remove your registration if you haven’t completed your Communicable Illness Affidavit and Assumption of Risk:

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Waiver and Release of Liability
 

PLANET HOMESCHOOL WAIVER AND RELEASE OF LIABILITY

DISCLAIMER: PLANET HOMESCHOOL IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INJURY (OR LOSS OF PROPERTY) TO ANY PERSON SUFFERED WHILE ATTENDING, PARTICIPATING, PLAYING, PRACTICING, OR ANY OTHER WAY INVOLVED IN COOPERATIVE OR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AT PLANET HOMESCHOOL FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE ON THE PART OF PLANET HOMESCHOOL, ITS BOARD MEMBERS, LEADERSHIP TEAM, TEACHERS, INSTRUCTORS, VOLUNTEERS, LANDLORD OR EMPLOYEES. PLEASE READ THIS RELEASE CAREFULLY AS IT RELATES TO YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS.

This Waiver and Release of Liability Form must be completed and signed by the parent or guardian of the student(s) named in the Children field(s) above (“STUDENTS”) before participation in instructional programs (“PROGRAM”) at Planet Homeschool (“COOPERATIVE”). In consideration for receiving permission to join and participate in COOPERATIVE:

I hereby acknowledge that activities at COOPERATIVE involve risk of accidents or personal injuries and agree to release, waive, discharge and covenant NOT to sue and to hold harmless COOPERATIVE, its board members, teachers, contractors, volunteers, administrative officers, employees and any other associated personnel including owners or landlords of the premises utilized by the COOPERATIVE, of and from any and all claims, actions and damages for accidents, personal injuries, emotional distress, disabilities or death that STUDENTS has or may have sustained as a result of participation in this PROGRAM.

I am aware that some COOPERATIVE classes and activities may involve cardiovascular stress and physical contact for the STUDENTS. I understand that classes and activities involve certain risks for the STUDENTS, including but not limited to, emotional distress, physical injuries (including severe injuries such as serious neck and spinal injuries resulting in complete or partial paralysis, brain damage, serious injury to bones, joints, muscles, and internal organs), or death. I acknowledge that STUDENTS are voluntarily participating in the classes and activities with knowledge of the danger involved and the STUDENTS and I hereby agree to accept any and all inherent risks of emotional distress, personal injury, or death.

The STUDENTS and I are fully aware of these risks, and in consideration of the STUDENTS’s participation, the STUDENTS and I, on behalf of ourselves, our heirs, assigns, executor, administrator and representatives, hereby release and hold harmless COOPERATIVE, its Board members, teachers, contractors, volunteers, administrative officers, employees and any other associated personnel including owners or landlords, from any and all liability, loss, damage, costs, claims and/or causes of action, including but not limited to all bodily injuries, death, and property damage arising out of or relating to my attending and participating in the classes and activities of COOPERATIVE.

I authorize COOPERATIVE to seek emergency medical treatment for STUDENTS at an available medical facility at my expense.

I agree to take full financial responsibility for any damage to COOPERATIVE facilities or equipment caused by STUDENTS or myself.

I understand that this waiver is intended to be as broad and inclusive as permitted by the laws of Minnesota and agree that if any portion is held invalid, the remainder of the waiver will continue in full legal force and effect. I further agree that this agreement shall be governed by the laws of Minnesota.

I affirm that I am the parent or legal guardian of the STUDENTS and I am freely signing this agreement on behalf of the STUDENTS and myself. I have read this form and fully understand that by electronically signing this form I am agreeing that the STUDENTS and I will abide by all rules and guidelines set forth by COOPERATIVE. I further understand that by signing this form, the STUDENTS and I are giving up legal rights and/or remedies, which may be available to us against COOPERATIVE, or any of the parties listed above.

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