Teen Program Under Development
Because we are a co-operative, our programs depend on the participation of parents. We are excited about this team model and believe it will be a wonderful, supportive atmosphere.
We believe there are families with teens who would benefit from and enjoy a once a week program to offer additional opportunities for social connections as well as activities to pull together their interests and skills. This vision is very general and would develop with input from the teens themselves.
We see two options for a teen program forming. Please contact us if you or your teen are interested in getting involved.
Option 1: Teen Workshop, full membership
Needed: 3 or more teens, two adult advisors
Program: With the help of the advisors, the group of teens would create their own program which might involve a combination of the following:
a class taught on a certain subject
volunteer time with younger children in the co-op
a teen workshop: A large block of time to work on a project together such as a newspaper, zine, small business, photography, or whatever the teens and advisors can develop
other ideas
Option 2: Teen Build a Day, individualized membership
If we do not have either enough teens or enough advisors to develop option 1 at this time, we will offer option 2.
This option is offered primarily so that a family with younger children participating in the co-op who also has a teen would have worthwhile activities for their teen during co-op time.
Base individualized membership: $60.00
Additional fees: materials fees for classes attended, if any
Your teen's day would be built from the following menu:
Volunteer one or two periods, maybe three
Take classes with the next oldest age group (9-12)
Art Studio-This is a fairly self-directed class and would be a great time for a teen to pursue his or her interests with the materials we have available.
Writers' Workshop-This is a self-directed class where a teen could write in areas of interest.
PE- The sports and activities which are the most multi-age and "doable" in our setting might work for your teen.
Science- some units might work for your teen
A subject which interests your teen might work as an area in which for him or her to volunteer as partly participant, partly mentor.
Bring his or her own work to co-op and spend much of the day studying. You would be scheduled in such a way that you could check in with your teen regularly. If you anticipate wanting instructional time with your teen, you could volunteer as a monitor in the study room for that time. If your teen is using any DVD curriculum, you could bring a portable DVD player and headset, or we have one we will be able to loan you during co-op time.
Read
Be allowed to bring his or her own video game and play it for the amount of time which you determine.
Have time in the board game room if there are other older children or teens who have chosen the board game room as an option for a time period.
We would work directly with you to talk about what might work best for your teen's schedule. If your teen takes any classes, materials fees below would be added onto your teen's base membership of $60.00. The base membership would be required for all teens attending the co-op.
| Materials Fee Per 10 week session | |
|---|---|
| Art Studio | $25 |
| Writers' Workshop | $10 |
| Physical Education | Free |
| Science | $35 |