Teen Learning

Center (TLC)

Teen Learning Center was started in 1999. We are a cooperative and not a tutorial. This means, for each family that has students who attend, at least one parent must teach a class or classes made up of other families' children. Utilizing the shared strengths of all of our parents, Teen Learning Center provides strong classes to meet the needs of our current students. We strive for academic excellence in all of our classes and quality work is expected from tutors as well as students.

We are currently in a rebuilding phase. For the 2024-25 academic year we are able to accommodate grades K-2 and

7-12. We will be offering the following classes:

7-8 Grades

• Five in a Row Curriculum
• Music/Art

*Fine Art elective

*We encourage our 12th graders to dual enroll at local community colleges for some classes

*The family fee for the 2023-24 year is $350* for the first child plus a charge of $100* for each additional child. This fee caps at $650* per year per family.

*This fee is due on the first day of class. It can be broken into 4 equal payments due each 8 weeks with postdated checks.

*New families are asked to make a $100 deposit to hold their spot. This is applied to their family fee balance.

*Each class also has a fee to cover the cost of copies, lab and art supplies. These fees vary depending on the class, with science classes averaging around $50 and other classes usually less. Class fees for the following year are due at the time of registration. They are not refundable.

*Fees subject to change

As part of TLC, each participating parent serves as a tutor or helper in one to four classes.

Since we meet only one day a week, that ENTIRE hour is used for instruction, review, or testing.

(The majority of tests are sent home to be supervised by the parent.)

All homework assignments are given in writing.

Each participating parent will be expected to serve in some capacity, at one of our various jobs or on a committee. (There are committees for school parties, moms’ retreat, morning devotions, staff gifts, yearbook, and others.) Our desire is to utilize your gifts and to keep TLC running smoothly.

**Parents will be given an opportunity to sign up for committees that interest them. If necessary, the coordinators may need to also assign parents to a committee to help with the work load.

The Teen Learning Center is not exclusive, but we are intentional; a unique homeschooling group that works closely together. We look for parents that can fill tutor roles where we have openings, and we look for students who will work in the age groups that we currently have established. We interview and pray for prospective families with these goals in mind. We also endeavor to keep close contact with our new families to help them smoothly transition in and to succeed in their first year at TLC. Either the TLC Coordinators or the new family have the right to end the partnership at the end of the year if either one feels that the situation is not mutually beneficial.

August

7 Walkthrough Time TBD

14 First Day of Class/PIZZA

21

28 SPIRIT DAY

September

4 Labor Day NO CLASSES

5 ONLINE CLASSES

11 PIZZA

18

25 SPIRIT DAY

April

1 PIZZA

8

15

22 SPIRIT DAY

29 LAST DAY OF CLASS/PIZZA

May

6 END OF YEAR PICNIC/PROGRESS REPORTS DUE

TBD CHILI SUPPER

Email us at: teen.learning@gmail.com

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