Lighthouse Learning Mission Statement

Mission Statement

The mission of Lighthouse Learning Home School Co-op is to support Christian home schooling families as they follow the instruction of Proverbs 22:6 which states, “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”

Vision Statement

With Christ Jesus as the center of our Co-op, and through His blessings, we continue to grow and be able to offer new and exciting learning opportunities. Understanding the joys and struggles that accompany the commitment of home schooling, we seek to offer support and fellowship to our members. We seek to offer information on home schooling in general, and provide the students under our care with an exceptional educational experience. We desire to be a beacon of light to our co-op members and our community. Finally, through the grace and wisdom of our Heavenly Father, we pray that our families would be blessed as they fellowship with us, and that our children will grow in good character, knowledge, and love for the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Rules of Conduct

　
Lighthouse Learning Home School Co-op has instituted the following Rules of Conduct for our members and their families. Please read these rules and review them with your children. Anyone found breaking these rules will be corrected in love and asked to refrain from future violations of these rules. Anyone who continues to break these rules, after being corrected in love, or anyone committing a violation that involves theft or damage of property at the church or to another person, will be asked to leave the co-op and will not receive a refund of any prior fees or dues.

Lighthouse Co-op is a Christian run organization. Therefore, members are encouraged to seek Biblical counsel in matters of their personal actions and behaviors. The following behaviors are NOT permitted at any Lighthouse Co-op meetings or special functions:

○Swearing
○Stealing
○Vandalism
○Smoking
○Drinking or use of illegal drugs
○Violence of any kind against another person
○Rude or hurtful behavior toward another person
○Sexual or immoral acts toward or with another person
○Invasion of another person’s property or privacy

Discipline Policy

All interactions regarding discipline will carefully consider a child's self-esteem. Gentleness, respect and understanding must guide all actions and words. Discipline will be carried out through instruction, training and correction. Physical discipline WILL NOT be used.

Children will be asked to leave a function if they demonstrate loud or inappropriate language, if they are showing disrespect to an adult or person in charge of their care and instruction, and if they are refusing to follow rules of conduct for group time.

Children workers are instructed to follow these basic guidelines:

Give direct intervention and verbal instruction.
Give verbal correction and instruction a second time.
Give children age appropriate time away or out of activity.
Notify child's parents.

Before a child will be removed from the group permanently, the child will have been verbally corrected for their behavior, and notice will have been given to a parent or guardian. Parents will have been asked to prayerfully deal with their child's actions. If problems continue a meeting will be scheduled between all persons involved. At this meeting, we will practice a Biblical example of dealing with conflicts.

A child will be immediately removed from the group and a parent notified and asked to remove child from the premises if they do any of the following:

Smoke on the premises of HCC or are found smoking on a field trip.
Are found in possession of or in use of any illegal substance, this is to include alcohol.
Are found demonstrating any sexual acts with another person or inappropriately displaying any part of their private person to another child or adult.

Are found to have intentionally, physically harmed another person.

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Fees and Dues

It continues to be our desire to keep our operating costs affordable, and to honor God with our monetary gifts. Should you be unable to afford the below fees, please discuss this with us as we are willing to work with you.

Registration fee per family: $45 due at sign up along with all completed paper work

Session Dues: 40$ per session. Payment to be made at the beginning of each 5 week learning session, or split into weekly payments during the same session. If you chose to pay your registration and the full five weeks at the beginning of the year, you will recieve a $20.00 discount.

Volunteer committments are required in order for our families to get the most out of this experience. Each parent will have a particular responsiblity that rotates each week, aside from offering classroom assistance.

Drop and Go policy: If you choose to drop off your children there will be a $10.00 per family per day fee. You would still need to make arrangments for someone there to be responsible for your children. We understand sometimes conflicts occur, and we want to still welcome your children to participate.

All check payments may be made out to Lighthouse Homeschool Co-op

Lighthouse registration fees are collected to cover our insurance and facility expenses. Lighthouse dues are collected to cover supplies and other activities throughout the co-op year. In addition, Lighthouse makes a yearly love offering to our generous hosting church Hillside Christian.

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Family Agreement

　
Lighthouse Learning Home School Co-op is a home schooling support group, offering a variety of classes and activities for home schooling families. It is the responsibility of each adult participant to oversee the safety of persons in attendance during Co-op meetings and activities. If you are a drop and go parent, you do so at your own discretion, and accept full responsibilty for that decision. Please consider if you are dropping off your child that they are healthy, and you make sure your contact information is current at all times.
Lighthouse is a volunteer run organization and does not utilize criminal background checks for it’s members. The safety of the children in our care at Lighthouse is paramount. Should any event arise that would cause concern or seem suspect, please contact Lighthouse Directors immediately. We will review every situation and deem, to the best of our ability, what steps should be taken to rectify the problem. Any person breaking the law will be reported to local law enforcement.
We believe with each family at Lighthouse doing their part to ensure the safety of themselves and their children, we will have a blessed year.
Angela Staudt: (610) 693-3229 angiestaudt@msn.com
Donna McCartney (484) 575-7054 dutchblitz@comcast.net

Supply Donations

If any family would like to make a supply donation below are some suggestions

Crayons
Playdough
Clay

Pencils

Erasers
Markers
Permanant Markers
Glue sticks (we need about a million of these)
Rubber cement
Any kind of tape
Paint
Paint brushes
Construction paper
Card stock
Stickers- particularly those that go with our class themes

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Volunteer Opportunities

Lighthouse Learning is a parent run co-operative. The success of our programs depends largely on the willingness and commitment of our families. Below are several jobs that will be rotated, with more to be added as they arise.
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CLASS ROOM HELPER/ASSISTANT:Assistants are to refer to the class teacher for duties. They are responsible for helping the class to run smoothly. This year is all hands on deck, all parents will assist classes as needed.

LUNCH ROOM: Each week we will eat our lunches together in the multi-purpose room. We have full use of the kitchen and all it’s appliances as well. Lunch Volunteers are responsible for the cleaning of the lunch tables, sweeping up the kitchen floor, cleaning the kitchen counters, microwave and stove, putting dishes in and running the dish washer if necessary.
　
OUTDOOR PLAY MONITOR: It is the responsibility of the Outdoor Play Monitor to check on the kids outside during lunch time. This person needs to make sure children are not playing around the vehicles nor the water run-off hill. They are also to make sure children are following the rules of the co-op while playing outdoors. Remind them at the end of the day to bring in any play items, and double check no one left trash outside.

PHOTOGRAPHY: This person will be in charge of capturing the moment and uploading photos to our shutterfly account if you use your own camera.

NURSERY ROOM: This person will be in charge of making sure the nursery gets cleaned up and looks presentable for Sunday morning services. Double check all rooms and make sure there is nothing unpleasant in the trash can.

SUPPLY ROOM: This person will make sure all supplies got put away.

Index of Forms & Policies
Family Agreement	Fees and Dues	Medical Release Form
Mission Statement	Rules of Conduct	Signature Volunteer Covenant Page
Supply Donations		Volunteering Opportunities