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Branches is a homeschool co-op community that offers academic and enrichment classes, sports activities and clubs, once a week to families in the metro Phoenix area. We meet on Thursdays in Phoenix near Central and Bethany Home Road. We also seek to create a close knit community where families feel they belong and are supported. We do this through a co-op (cooperative) model, where each family contributes in some way.

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A homeschool co-op (or cooperative) is a group of families that come together one day a week and pool their resources to offer classes, both academic and enrichment, to children of all ages. By joining with other homeschooling families, responsibilities can be divided up and shared amongst the group. Costs are low for parent-led classes and are higher for teacher paid classes.  Parents share expertise and resources with each other. Friendships are formed at the co-op and encouragement is readily available.

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Growing at a tremendous rate, there is estimated to be 40,000 homeschooled children in Arizona. The need for homeschool community co-ops has never been higher. Isolation is one of the biggest problems for homeschool moms and their children. By creating Branches, we hope to connect homeschool families to a support system and a local church.

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Any family that is homeschooling at least one of their children. We have an open membership and allow all families regardless of religion or curriculum choice. We have no limits set on growth geographically or number of families.

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Branches offers enrichment classes such as PE, Art, Music, and a variety of clubs. Branches will also be offering academic classes such as Science and Foreign Languages. These classes will change over time based on the talents of our members. 

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We charge a yearly membership fee per family of $50.  This amount helps to cover our fixed expenses including the website, insurance, and facilities fees.  This amount does not cover all of these expenses.  We hope to make the rest of the money we need from our snack bar and other small fundraisers throughout the year.  We want to make Branches affordable.

The classes we offer range in price and just cover their costs. Classes taught by outside teachers will be higher, ranging from $60-$150 a 14 week semester. Classes taught by our members will be low and just cover the material fees.