About Us
Welcome! You may have been referred to our site by a friend or found us through an internet search, but either way, we’re excited that you’re here!
WHO WE ARE
Connections Homeschool Resource Center is a fee-for-service tutoring center designed for elementary, middle, and high school students. Melissa and Gus Gephardt are the administrators in our new facility. Melissa is a former teacher who has homeschooled now for 17 years. Gus is a retired Air Force veteran who devoted 20 years to our country and is now a nursing home administrator. Our amazing teachers are experts in their fields, using their gifts and talents to reach the needs of each student. We have former teachers, graphic designers, therapists, pastors, nurses, meteorologists, and more on our team! Our goal is to support and encourage homeschooling families as they lay a foundation for lifelong learning and discipleship.
We not only offer educational classes, but also offer clubs and other social opportunities for our students. We currently have a Student Council, Quiz Bowl team, and a National Beta Club chapter. Our students create a beautiful yearbook each year that is available for purchase in the spring. We hold a semi-formal dance in the fall and a prom in the spring.
Our main desire is to implement a simple, peaceful, and cooperative educational environment that provides a community for homeschool students to thrive, gives a Christian worldview, and honors the Lord in the process.
WHEN WE MEET
Our classes are being held as follows:
Mondays: High School Classes
Monday classes are held year-long and are as follows:
1st Period: 9:00am - 9:50am
2nd Period: 10:00am – 10:50am
3rd Period: 11:00am – 11:50am
Wednesdays: Elementary Classes
Elementary Classes are held on Wednesdays from 9am - 11am and 1:00-3:00 pm with students broken up into small groups for most activities. Parents pay $165/semester per child.
We meet in September, October, and November for the fall semester.
We meet in February, March, and April for the spring semester.
Each month focuses on a different theme with interdisciplinary studies that provide experiences in the subjects of reading, writing, math, STEM activities, character study, science, social studies, music/art, free play, and more!
Thursday Mornings: Middle School Classes
Thursday classes are held year-long and are as follows:
1st Period: 9:00am - 9:50am
2nd Period: 10:00am – 10:50am
3rd Period: 11:00am – 11:50am
Thursday Afternoons: High School Classes
Thursday classes offer high school students the opportunity to take 1/2 credit classes that meet for one semester. Different classes will be offered in the fall and spring semesters.
Fall 2025: The Great War: A Study of World War 1 and Crafting and Stitching Studio
Spring 2026: The War that Changed the World: World War II and Crafting and Stitching Studio 2
High School Hangout is held every Thursday from 2pm - 4pm. This free opportunity is a chance for high schoolers to work on homework, play board games, etc.
Our school year starts in early September and ends in late April/early May.
COST
There is a registration fee of $35 per family per semester. This helps pay for our website, insurance, and provides you with a professional school photograph of each of your registered students.
Middle and High School Classes are $210 a year, broken up into 3 payments of $70 each ($70 in April, $70 in August, and $70 in January.) Some classes may have additional class/materials fees. (For example, Biology may have an extra class fee to help cover the cost of dissection materials). Those materials fees are due in April so teachers can purchase materials over the summer for their classes.
Parents also need to provide the required textbooks (if any).
We accept cash, checks (payable directly to Connections Homeschool Resource Center), and the option to pay online via PayPal. If you send cash or check, please put it in an envelope labeled with your child's name and what you are paying. There is a locked mailbox on the wall at our Welcome Center where you place your payments.
VOLUNTEERING
We love our parent volunteers, and they help the co-op run successfully. Because of this, Middle and High School parents are required to volunteer one day (9:00am - 12:00pm) during the year or pay an opt-out fee of $20 so we can pay another parent to be there. Parent volunteers help watch the door, test individually with students if the teachers need help, etc. If you are not volunteering, we ask that parents drop students off so we stay within fire code capacities.
WHERE WE MEET
Our classes are held at our facility in Jonesville, NC at 103 Valley Drive. We have a beautiful 5000 sq ft facility located beside Food Lion.