About Co-op

This co-op is for every homeschooler close enough to McCook, Nebraska to join us.
The co-op will meet once a week for six to eight weeks in the fall and spring terms at a local facility. Families may join each term by paying membership and volunteering. Learn more about membership below.
The co-op will pay for supplies and pay outside teachers out of membership fees. Some classes may require students to provide supplies such as paper or other common supplies from home.
Teachers who are members of the co-op will not be paid. Teachers who are not members of the co-op will be paid a stipend.
There will be classes for all ages 0-18 during the entire co-op. You do not need to find a babysitter in order to volunteer - we will have child care for your little ones if you are teaching or assisting.
The class for under 5 years old will be mostly child care: social/playtime, with a few structured activities, and will be led by the same teacher for the entire time. Space is limited in this class, first priority will be given to children of those teaching or assisting in other classes in the co-op.
Classes/clubs for 5 and up will be 40 minutes each. Limits may be placed on numbers or ages of students. We welcome feedback about which classes should be offered in the future, and we especially welcome those who want to teach a class!
All classes/clubs for ages 12 and under will have a minimum of two adults in the room at all times. Classes for those age 13+ will have one adult present unless there are less than 5 students in the class. Children are welcome to run clubs (or classes if they feel competent), two adults must still be present in the room.
There are two finance officers that handle all collection and dispensing of funds. All money received will go towards co-op expenses such as venue, class supplies, and teacher payments who are not members of the co-op

Membership

Membership in the co-op requires volunteering during co-op sessions and a membership fee. The MAHC families enrolled work together to manage this homeschool group and it is the combined efforts of each of us that have made MAHC a success.

All memberships are per semester. Becoming a member entitles your entire immediate family to participate in any co-op classes we offer. There should be no additional expense above the membership fee, we will pay for supplies, venue, and pay outside teachers from membership fees. The only added expense you might have is to buy necessary personal school supplies for a class if you do not already have them. Membership fees will be re-evaluated every semester to reflect actual co-op expenses. Occasionally, we will offer extended classes outside of normal co-op time or session. These classes will have extra costs.

Membership Fees

$35 per child OR $100 per family = with fulfilled volunteer commitment (3 points)

Volunteer Commitments

Volunteers are very important to the healthy function of MAHC. We have determined a point system for ease of everyone. We simply ask one parent from each family to fulfill volunteer commitments of three (3) points. For example, if you volunteer to assist in two classes the duration of co-op session, that counts as two points.

All parents will be considered on-call substitutes during class times that they are not helping with. This is usually due to sickness or other unforeseen absences of teachers/helpers.