Center Line Homeschool Partnership Parent Handbook

Revised 1-12-15

Days of School

HSP will start the Tuesday after Labor day.

When the district is closed, the Center Line Homeschool Partnership is closed.

On days when school is closed due to weather, parents will be notified by a phone call from the

district.

Mentor Contacts

A weekly contact with our mentor teacher is required. This is quick and easy and may be in

person while your student is in the building, by email, text or phone. By law, in the state of

Michigan, the mentor teacher needs to have a contact log.

Mentor contacts run from Wednesday through Tuesday, beginning with the first Wednesday

after Labor Day and ending the Tuesday before the last day of school.

Extra care will need to be taken when the school is closed for part of an HSP Week. Parents will

be notified when there are limited days for contacts.

Classes

All students enrolled in the CL homeschool partnership are required to complete 2014/2015

Partnership Resources class in Discovery Education at the beginning of each semester. These

lessons will coincide with each count day. Count days are the first Wednesday in October and

the second Wednesday in February. One login will be before each count day, nine separate

logins after each count day.

All students must attend an on-campus event on each count day. This will serve as an

opportunity to update information with the partnership and count as attendance for count day

mandates.

Center Line Homeschool Partnership only offers enrichment courses, not core courses. All

classes are offered to Center Line Public Schools Students.

Grades 1 through 5

o Total of 5 classes per student

1 seated class must be taken

Up to 2 virtual classes (Discovery Education with Lab)

distance learning (Discovery Education with a class that meets once a week)

cannot go over their total number of 5 classes

Grades 6 through 12

o Total of 5 classes per student

Up to 2 virtual classes (Discovery Education with Lab off campus)

distance learning (Discovery Education with a class that meets once a week)

cannot go over their total number of 5 classes

Registration occurs for each semester, allowing the opportunity to change classes at that time.

No other changes are permitted once the semester has begun.

Up to 5 classes per student total Type of Class Seated Class Distance Learning Virtual

Description Mandatory class for students grades 1-5 that all students meet in at the same time and is held on campus with a certified teacher

all students enrolled in a class meet at the same time, either off or on campus

One or a few students enrolled in a class meets off or on campus

Rules All students grades 1- 5 must enroll in one seated class. Grades 6-12 have the option to take a seated class

Not to exceed a total of 5 classes all together

Up to 2 classes per student, grades 1-12

Classes offered Art Exploration Kidpreneur

Robotics Wacky Experiments

Archery Creating in Polymer Clay

Introduction To Culinary Arts Culinary 1

Fencing Martial Arts – On Site

PE Sports Photography

Robotics Soroban

Yoga

Health and Wellness Exercise

Physiology Music

Rosetta Stone

Discovery Education

All virtual and distance learning classes will have an on-line component offered through

Discovery Education.

New lessons will be posted every Wednesday, and must be completed the following Tuesday.

After two late or missing assignments, parents will receive a warning letter that their child is in

danger of losing the privilege attending the classes at the LADD Center or off campus until all

assignments are caught up.

After three late or missing assignments, children will not be able to attend the classes at the

LADD Center or off campus until all assignments are caught up.

After four late or missing assignments, students may be removed from the classes at the LADD

Center or off campus for the remainder of the semester.

Attendance:

Once a student is registered for a class, the school pays for your child to attend. Therefore, your

commitment to participate in the classes you have registered for is expected.

If you will not be attending any on-site classes, please send an email to hspartnership@clps.org

to report your absence for the day.

Please do not come to classes if you or your child is sick or have a fever. Please send an email to

hspartnership@clps.org to report your absence for the day.

If a class is missed twice, parents will receive a warning letter that their child is in danger of

losing the privilege attending the classes at the LADD Center or off campus until all assignments

are caught up.

If a class is missed three times, children will not be able to attend the classes at the LADD Center

or off campus until all assignments are caught up.

If a class is missed four times, students may be removed from the classes at the LADD Center or

off campus for the remainder of the semester.

Dual Enrollment

Students that wish to enroll in our dual enrollment college program must be enrolled before

October for the fall semester and January before the winter semester.

Dual enrollment is for the fall and winter semesters only. It will not include spring or summer

classes.

They must have attended at least one dual enrollment college class session before the October

and February count days.

In order to enroll in a winter semester college class, the student must have taken a fall semester

class for that school year through the Center Line Homeschool Partnership Dual Enrollment

program.

A report card must be turned into the Homeschool Partnership office at the end of each

semester in order to receive credit.

Dual enrollment requires that the student take one seated class and the same number of virtual

classes that the student is enrolled in at the college level.

There is a maximum of $600 per class. The cost of tuition is deducted first, then the cost of any

books. The receipt for books must be submitted to the HSP office for reimbursement.

No supplies are provided.

Students that wish to dual enroll should contact the college’s counseling office for procedures

for the admission process and then provide the CL Homeschool Partnership with the necessary

documents from the college. Once signed by the authorized CL HSP liaison, the parent returns

that form to the college.

Parent Supervision:

Parents are expected to remain at the LADD Center while their child attends classes.

If an adult other than the parent is designated as the responsible adult, please inform the HSP

office and complete the Designated Adult Form.

Building Use

Unless your child has a special need that requires a parent to attend class with them, or the

parent is invited by the instructor to help in the classroom, please enjoy our study room while

your child is in class.

Classrooms not being used for instruction are to remain empty. Parents and students should not

be in a classroom unless a teacher is present.

Parents will remain with their children while eating breakfast and lunch in the LADD Café.

Coats and backpacks can be hung on the shelves and hooks provided in the hallway.

Room 101 is designated as both a study room and instructional area. Please remain on the

appropriate side of the room, remaining quiet so as to respect instruction.

Please Remove and Return to Center Line Homeschool Partnership

Handbook Acceptance Form

I have received and read the Center Line Homeschool Partnership Parent Handbook. I understand that my child (ren) and I will be expected to comply with the procedures and policies within.

PLEASE SIGN AND RETURN THIS PAGE OF THE HANDBOOK ACKNOWLEDGING THAT YOU HAVE READ AND WILL ABIDE BY THE PROCEDURES IN

THIS BOOK.

Child’s Signature

Parent’s Signature

Date

(Parent Copy)

Please Remove and Return to Center Line Homeschool Partnership

Handbook Acceptance Form

I have received and read the Center Line Homeschool Partnership Parent Handbook. I understand that my child (ren) and I will be expected to comply with the procedures and policies within.

PLEASE SIGN AND RETURN THIS PAGE OF THE HANDBOOK ACKNOWLEDGING THAT YOU HAVE READ AND WILL ABIDE BY THE PROCEDURES IN

THIS BOOK.

Child’s Signature

Parent’s Signature

Date

(Office Copy)