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What is HCHA? Membership in Henderson County Homeschool Association (HCHA) is a community of homeschooling families all working together to provide opportunities to enrich and complement your homeschooling journey. We offer access to lots of "extras" for your family during the school years.

What are the benefits of membership?

• A volunteer Board of Directors meets monthly to ensure there is a wide variety of activities offered to our members- academic and social activities, seasonal events, field trips, teen events, mom's events, dad's events, family events, and more. The members of our association volunteer in various ways to make these events happen- some Coordinate, some Volunteer to help, so you can participate in these great events. Attending these activities is not required, they are opportunities. Some require small fees to participate, many do not.

• Members have access to the website containing a plethora of information about homeschooling. The website also also includes forums, an activity calendar and a member directory.

• We have a Resource Room, which provides free loans of homeschool curricula to our members for the school year.

• Our association facilitates Enrichment Classes twice a year (Fall & Spring). These are 8-week sessions of classes taught by volunteer parents. Classes are for all ages (tots through teens), and are held on Friday mornings. There are three, hour-long classes, running from 9:00 -12:15. Assistants are needed to provide support and safety in all classes. When it is time for registration to open, there will be lots of info posted.

Who Can Join? HCHA members must either be homeschooling one child or seriously considering homeschooling within the year. We also allow homeschool graduates to join as Alumni. Also, parents who have graduated students, and no longer have children at home to homeschool, are welcome to join as Alumni, because we value their wisdom and experience.

How long does my membership last? Membership runs from August to August, regardless of the date joining. All members will be asked to renew in August of each year. Those that choose not to complete the renewal process are deleted from the system.

What is the Membership fee for? HCHA uses membership funds to provide the various events throughout the school year, performing background checks for members of the Board and Enrichment class teachers, securing insurance, and more. We feel our membership fee is reasonable for the service we provide, however, we do have a limited number of scholarships available for families in need, and single parents. Scholarships need to be pre-approved and applications can be found on the website's homepage.

Is HCHA an umbrella school? We are not an umbrella school, as we provide no oversight at all of your homeschool choices. We do not require certain curriculum, methods of teaching, or keep grades or transcripts. (We do have wise people who can offer advice and information)

Is HCHA a Co-Op? That might depend on your definition of Co-Op. If it just means "Co-operative" of families, well, then yes. We all cooperate together to assist one another in creating a full, homeschool journey. But more commonly, people use the term "Co-Op" to mean a group of families that come together on a specified day of the week, to share the load of teaching each others' kids certain subjects, and we do not all do that. Some of our members have joined together to form co-ops. These are not in competition with HCHA, they are just groups that serve the needs of those homeschool families. (We do offer our 8-week Enrichment Classes on a large scale, using volunteer parent teachers. This is optional)

What do I have to do to Join? To complete the membership process you will need to fill out a medical release, pay membership dues, and after approval, select an event at which you can volunteer from our website calendar. (If you would like to contribute to the scholarship fund to help another family, please select the appropriate button during the payemnt process, and aht amount will be added to your total.)

What do I have to do to Join? To complete the membership process you will need to fill out the following forms, pay membership dues, and after approval, select an event at which you can volunteer from our website calendar. (More instructions will follow)

Please review the HCHA Handbook at the TERMS OF SERVICE link below.

Check here if you have read and agree to the TERMS OF SERVICE.

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Primary Last Name Primary First Name Primary Email Username Password Confirm Password Secondary Last Name Secondary First Name Secondary Email If Secondary Email is entered above, should it also receive weekly email and forum notifications, etc.? Yes No Address City State/Country

For United States and Canada

For Other Countries State/Province Country

Zip/Postal Code Timezone Phone Phone 2 Children

Add Child

Show Child Info to Other Families Church Affiliation Curriculum/Teaching Style Year you Started Homeschooling Weekly Email Update: Would you like to receive a weekly email update? Yes No Forum Emails: Would you like to receive forum notifications via email (not just the ones you create)? Yes No

Many Emails: Would you like to receive notifications IMMEDIATELY? Yes No

Delivery Type Whole Thread New Part Only

Daily Digest: Would you like to receive notifications ONCE A DAY? Yes No

Daily Digest Delivery Type Detailed Summary

Select which forum categories you would like to be notified about: General
FYI
HCHA Events
Enrichment Classes
For Sale/Wanted
Nutrition and Health
Politics Forum
Prayer Requests
Student Showoff Section!
Board Communication

Classifieds - Many Emails: Would you like to receive ALL classified notifications IMMEDIATELY via email: Yes No Classifieds - Daily Digest: Would you like to receive ALL classified notifications ONCE A DAY via email? Yes No

Additional Questions:

1.

Please choose the statement which best describes your homeschool status.

Currently homeschooling at least one child
Alumni - no more children at home to homeschool
Seriously considering homeschooling this year
2.

Please choose:

New member
Alumni (no children at home to homeschool)
Returning member
3.

In order to better meet your needs please check any that apply:

4. Do you have a Junior this year? yes
no
5. Do you have a Senior, planning to graduate at the end of this school year? yes
no
6.

Does your child have any special needs? If so, please list if you'd like:

Henderson County Homeschool Association

Hendersonville, NC

E: hchomeschoolassociation@gmail.com

About Us

HCHA is a community of Homeschool Families in Western North Carolina. We are in the business of debunking the myth that homeschoolers are "unsocialized." HCHA provides many, many opportunities for academic and social interaction for students and families. The HCHA website and forum is maintained for the benefit of its members. While reasonable effort is made to keep the information within our guidelines, members must evaluate the information for themselves. The views and opinions expressed by individual members do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of HCHA as a group. Inclusion of an event or advertisement on the website or email chain does not constitute an endorsement by HCHA.
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