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Become a PHS Member

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

Welcome to Planet Homeschool!

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

Planet Homeschool is a secular homeschool co-op for middle-school and high-school students ages 10 years to 19 years. Individual classes may be further restricted in age.

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

Before completing the family profile form below, please read through our co-op’s Community Expectations, take a look at our co-op’s Course Schedule, and check out our co-op’s upcoming Important Dates.

Community Expectations Course Schedule Important Dates

 

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   Purpose


 

There are four steps to joining our co-op and registering for classes

Step 1: Create a new Family Profile by completing the form below.:

Make sure you save your user name and password because you will need them to log in later.

Please review our co-op’s Community Expectations with your student(s).

Student Agreement Form

 

Step 2: Pay your membership fee.

When you click CONTINUE at the end of the family profile form, there will be a link to sign in to your newly created account where you can pay your Membership Fee invoice via PayPal.

About the Membership Fee How to Pay Your Membership Fee

 

COVID-19 and In-Person Classes

COVID-19 Policies

You must also complete a COVID-19 Vaccination Affidavit and Assumption of Risk if you wish to attend in-person classes & events. This policy reflects the preferences of our co-op’s members and instructors as well as guidance from public health officials. (Those who are signing up only for online classes & events do not need to complete this form.)

Affidavit

 

Step 3: Wait for Approval

One of our co-op’s volunteers will review and approve your membership application. Most requests are approved within a day but other demands on our volunteers’ time may occasionally result in longer delays.

Membership Application Troubleshooting Membership Application Timeline

 

Step 4: Register for Classes

You will then be ready to register for classes …as soon as registration opens for new members.

Important Dates Class Registration — active membership required

Class Registration Troubleshooting

 

Contact Planet Homeschool

If you have any concerns or questions about the registration process, please contact our co-op’s Lead Volunteers at PlanetHomeschoolMN+Membership@gmail.com.
 

Family Profile

Hints

  • Use the State/Country For United States and Canada dropdown to select MN-US (or WI-US) rather than typing your entry in the State/Province and Country fields.

  • Help out our co-op’s volunteers and ensure that the number entered in the first Phone field is the best number to reach your family’s first named adult and that the number entered in the Phone 2 field is the best number to reach your family’s second named adult.

  • The Phone 3 field can be used for a home, work, fax, etc. number (or left blank) — and you may enter an up-to-7-character description after the number (for example, “612-555-1000 home”).

  • Planet Homeschool has not yet decided to pay for the new text messaging option, but the base plan would allow our co-op to send about a half dozen messages per year (although our co-op could choose to pay more to send more messages). So you may indicate whether or not you will accept text messages, but you may never receive one.

  • Counterintuitively, you’ll get more Forum messages on average if you choose Daily Digest than if you choose Many Emails.

  • Don’t forget to check the box below to accept Homeschool-Life’s Terms of Service:

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Children

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If Student Username and Password are both provided, child will have the ability to login.

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- A Birthdate is required to be able to register this student for classes.
- Students need login credentials (Child Email/Username and Child Password) to access their Class Home Pages and to post to their Class Forums.
- The Child Email/Username field must be an email address. Reusing your primary email address will result in duplicate emails.
- While you are not required to select a Grade, your child's grade level is needed in order for Homeschool-Life to generate a historical transcript of your child's classes at PHS. (Historical transcripts are accessed via your Parent Class Dashboard.)
- A Child Photo is entirely optional. This is a new field from Homeschool-Life. Currently, Family Photos and Child Photos can be viewed through the Online Directory and Child Photos can be viewed by instructors through their class rosters.
 

Pronouns

he/him/his | she/her/hers | they/them/theirs | ze/zer/zirs | etc.
The Pronouns field is optional. We understand that not everyone wants to announce their pronouns. You and your student are in control of how and when you share this information. You may also change your pronouns at any time.
 

Student Forum Subscriptions

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Co-op Business

- Forum subscriptions require a unique email address in the Child Email/Username field above.
- The parent/guardian primary email address subscribes using the Forum section below.
- Secondary Adult Email Address(es) are subscribed to the same forums using the radio buttons directly beneath that field.
- Students and their parents/guardians are automatically subscribed to Class Forums when they register for a class.
 

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Additional Questions

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→ The first Phone field should be the best number to reach your family’s first named parent, guardian, or caregiver.
→ Phone 2 should be the best number to reach your family’s second named parent, guardian, or caregiver.
→ You may enter a brief description after Phone 3 (7 characters).
→ Children’s names, phone numbers, and email addresses should not be entered in any fields used to collect adult family members’ names, phone numbers, or email addresses.
→ Counterintuitively, you’ll get more Forum messages on average if you choose Daily Digest than if you choose Many Emails.
→ A Family Photo is optional. This is a new field from Homeschool-Life. Currently, the Family Photos can be viewed through the Online Directory.
→ Planet Homeschool has not yet decided to pay for the new text messaging option, but the base plan would allow our co-op to send about a half dozen messages per year. he/him/his | she/her/hers | they/them/theirs | ze/zer/zirs | etc.
Pronouns fields are optional. We understand that not everyone wants to announce their pronouns, and you and your students are in control of how and when you share this information. You may also change your pronouns at any time. For example: Skylar Smith 612-555-0100 (mobile), 651-555-0199 (work), aunt
Please provide the full name, phone number(s), and relationship to your child(ren) for a person who onsite volunteers or instructors can contact should they be unable to reach you or your student(s)' other parent or legal guardian. CONTACT INFORMATION FOR PARENTS, GUARDIANS, OR CAREGIVERS MUST BE ENTERED IN THE FIELDS AT THE TOP OF THIS FORM. If your child(ren) have more than two parents, guardians, or caregivers, then their contact information may be entered here. For example: Madison Miller 952-555-0100 (mobile), 763-555-0199 (home), grandparent
Please provide the full name, phone number(s), and relationship to your child(ren) for a person who onsite volunteers or instructors can contact should they be unable to reach you or your student(s)' other parent or legal guardian. CONTACT INFORMATION FOR PARENTS, GUARDIANS, OR CAREGIVERS MUST BE ENTERED IN THE FIELDS AT THE TOP OF THIS FORM. If your child(ren) have more than two parents, guardians, or caregivers, then their contact information may be entered here. For example: Jamie Jones 763-555-0199 (work) For example: jumpingjamie@example.com (PayPal), jonesfamily@example.com (shared family address)
DON'T ENCLOSE IN ANGLE BRACKETS! Using angle brackets will prevent your additional email address(es) from being saved.
   
Photo Sharing Permissions

PHS volunteers use photos of students, instructors, and parents 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.

 1. Our website has Member-Only sections that only current logged-in members can view.
 2. Our website also has Public sections that are accessible to everyone.
 3. Currently, the only Social Media in use is the Planet Homeschool Facebook Page, but other forms of social media might be used by future volunteers.

Names are not used on social media or in the public sections of this website (except for those of our instructors and lead volunteers). Should there ever be a reason to use a person’s name, then permission would be requested separately for that context only.

Our co-op’s volunteers appreciate the willingness of our members and instructors to allow the use of photos to promote our co-op!



 
Planet Homeschool’s Mission and 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.

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 and guardians 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.

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):

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

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

 
COVID-19 Policies
Please read and agree to abide by our co-op’s COVID-19 Policies:

 
Vaccination Affidavit and Assumption of Risk
Renewing members who have previously completed a Vaccination Affidavit and Assumption of Risk do not need to fill out a new one unless a household member’s status has changed. Those who are signing up only for online classes & events also do not need to complete a Vaccination Affidavit 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 Vaccination Affidavit and Assumption of Risk:

    Vaccination Affidavit
   
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.

Entering your name below serves as your digital signature.

Payment Instructions

Click Continue below and then sign in to your newly created account to pay your membership request invoice via PayPal. You do not need an account with PayPal to pay through PayPal. You may use a credit or debit card instead. (more info)

Your membership application is not complete until you pay your membership fee so please log in and pay immediately.

Reminders

Vaccination Affidavit   Community Expectations   Student Agreement

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