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For a list of our core beliefs, please see our Statement of Faith.

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We meet once a week during the school year (Friday) from 1:00pm-4:00pm at Bethesda Baptist Church in Clayton, NC. 
We start our first block class promptly at 1:35pm, but teachers and assistants are expected to arrive early to prepare their classrooms and lessons for the day.
We follow the Johnston County Public School calendar and will use that as a guide for our own breaks in meeting.
 

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We only accept new members if we have availibilty for them in classes. Registrar will contact prospective members to discuss which classes have current openings. For a new school year, current co-op members will have first chance at registration before we accept new members to fulfill class registrations.

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No. At least one parent from each family must accompany their children to co-op each week.
Each family must have one parent actively engaged in a class or program at the co-op site each week.
It is not a drop-of program.
 

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Parents are required to serve each week in co-op.
Parents must be willing to choose at least 2 service positions. These positions may be in various capacities including but not limited to titles such as Teacher, Teacher Assistant, Hall Monitor, and Field Trip Coordinator.
We will have a Church Clean-up Day one Saturday a semester as an Act of Service.
Each family must commit to serving at least one of those Saturdays.

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Due to safety concerns and a desire to make the classes personable, most classes have a maximum of 16 students. Larger areas such as the gym can accommodate more students.

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A: Each family pays a non-refundable *$45 yearly membership fee to CAHG. Membership fee is due upon acceptance from Registrar. The fee will be due annually thereafter before class registrations for returning members (generally around April).

In addition to the membership fee, there is a student fee of $45 per student due each semester (August 15th and again December 15th). 

(Nursery children do not incur a fee)
(Teachers receive one free student fee each semester)

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We offer classes like Science, History, Art, Spanish, and any other classes that a parent has volunteered to teach.

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Ages 5-18. 
We also have childcare available for siblings younger than 5.
 

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Please see our "Additional FAQs" section or our Handbook. 

For any other questions, email us at claytonareacoop@gmail.com