Our mission is to bring homeschool families together for support, social interaction, and educational experiences. The organization was created to help homeschool parents develop the opportunity for their children to have long-lasting healthy friendships. We do this while fostering teamwork, respect and a love of learning.
If you are looking for a laid-back group that enjoys being together, you are in the right place. Help your kids find their forever friends and learn a little something while they are at it!
We are a growing group of mixed age homeschool families. (5-18) We meet weekly on Wednesdays at 2pm in Beacon, NY for a project and play time. We have field trips every month, teen group every week, and special events posted occasionally. Parent Day is once a month and participation in the Newspaper and Book Club are optional.
All suggestions are welcome for trips or activities. All activities are child influenced and some are even run by the kids! All events are independent of one another.
Parents are welcome to stay for Group Support Time. This is a wonderful time to feel supported and get new ideas! Everyone is wonderful in this group! The projects themselves are run by Deanna (Teacher and organizer) but you are always welcome to stay to assist your little ones if you want to. Older kids should not have any issue. The kids work well together and help out where needed. Kids are to stay to help clean up and put the room back before going out to our yard to play. Activities are sometimes outside as well. Parent who drop off must return by 4pm but we almost always stay to play outside till 5pm
Rainbow Valley Homeschool asks for a $100 a year membership fee to contribute to liability insurance for the group. This payment is per Family not per child. This membership gives your family access to the password protected website where all event and trips are posted. Some activities, events, and field trips are free and are included in the membership as well. We ask non-members to pay $10 per family, per field trip, to chip in for the insurance for member only field trips. All field trips are listed with member price.
Weekly Wednesday activities and Teen Group are open to members only. You will receive weekly emails about the projects.
The Wednesday classes are $150/ child per semester. (2 semesters a year) This includes materials for the projects and rent for our location. (There are discounts for each additional sibling. See Below)
We have a beautiful indoor/outdoor space in the Beacon area. This space has given us one stable location to meet every week and give us far more options for projects and activities. The space also keep us out of the cold and the elements throughout the year. We are so happy to be able to offer this opportunity to grow together.
Venmo or Zelle or cash are accepted. The website has a payment page on it with the links.
If you are interested in our group, Contact me. I will tell you where we are meeting and you can check it out for one free project.
Discounts:
$50 off of a second child enrolled per semester ($350 first semester & $250 second semester for both kids)
$60 off each additional child after that per semester (ex. $430 first semester & $330 second semester for three kids)
