We are a home-school co-op that meets once a week in Marbletown, New York. We have three age groups: 10-12 (middle school), 13-14 (young teens); and 15-17 (older teens). What: Three Rivers Homeschool Co-op
Where: Marbletown Town Park or Community Center in Stone Ridge
When: Wednesdays, from 11 a.m. ish.
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11-11:15 a.m.: Opening Activity
11:15 - Noon: Class A
Tweens aged 10-12: Anatomy/Botany
Teens aged 13-14: Communication 101
Teens aged 15-17: Wilderness First Aid
All-ages Elective: Poetry
Noon-12:30 p.m.: LUNCH (unstructured)
12:30-1:15 p.m. : Class B
Tweens aged 10-12: Wilderness First Aid
Teens aged 13-14: Anatomy/Botany
Teens aged 15-17: Communication 101
All-ages Elective: Art
1:15-2 p.m., ish: Clubs/free time
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Money:
Families pay about $10 per session, and with about 4 sessions per year, that comes to around $40 per family, per year. We are required to pay for insurance to be allowed to use the Marbletown Community Center, and the dues pay for that annual insurance. General Information:
We are not a drop-off and we don't hire people. We take turns teaching classes, we all pitch in with set-up and clean-up, and we try to take good care of the town's property (No, you do not need to wear a party hat. Yes, you do need to refrain from climbing on the furniture, even if "furniture" is just a picnic table. If you join our co-op, you'll get to enjoy reading the guidelines in full.) Session runs for about six weeks and often end with an end-of-session potluck and swaps day (the kids bring things to 'sell' and 'buy' with pretend co-op money). We also sometimes meet in the evening - we had an art show in the fall of 2023, and a graduation and end-of-year dance in the spring of 2024.
