Classes and Co-ops
PFW ETCS Outreach Programs
STEM classes and camps including:
Sci-Tec Academy
Indiana Regional Future City Competition
First Lego League
Engineers Week Model Bridge Building Contest.
See link above for more details and for registration.
Co-op: Life Adventures Homeschool Resources
A la carte adventures for parents and kids including optional classes to choose from. Life Adventures is a Christian homeschool group, welcoming homeschoolers of all faiths and those with none.
Locations include Leo, Bluffton, Waynedale. See website for schedules and costs.
Co-op: Doorposts Homeschool Co-op (DPC)
DPC’s mission is to foster encouraging and supportive relationships within the homeschooling community in a faith-based learning environment. Contact DPC for more information about their homeschool co-op by clicking the link to their website above or their Facebook page here.
Co-op: Northside Homeschool Co-op
Northside Homeschool Coop (NHC) is a loving, Bible-based, conservative-Christian, homeschool cooperative. NHC seeks to provide supplementary academic instruction to bridge the gap between homeschooling, public and charter schools. We seek to equip and challenge our students to love learning, think critically, and achieve academic excellence. To see their list of locations and classes, click on the link above!
Co-op: Grow in Grace (GGC)
GGC is a mom led co-op built on 2 Peter 3:18 to grow in grace and extend respite to all who join! Contact them for more information on their co-op by clicking the link to their Facebook page above.
Classes: Homeschool Resource Center for Middle and High School Students
Core and elective classes for homeschool students in 6th-12th grades on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Click link for more information.
Classes: Sewing
High school students can take this class for a grade and receive 1/2 credit per semester. High school-adult lessons are 1 lesson per week for 1.5 hours per lesson for 12 weeks. Cost is $180 tuition +40 materials fee per semester.
Ages 10-Jr High is 1 lesson/week for an hour per lesson for 12 weeks. Cost is $120 tuition + $30 materials fee per semester.
One time trial lessons are available for $10/1 hour.
Message or call Beth Jacoby at
260-257-7825 or jacobyacres@hotmail.com
Classes: Homeschool High School (13+) Biology Series
Classes covering basic chemistry needed for students to be successful in biology. Students will complete several lab activities and finish by doing four dissections. Click link above for more information or contact Ron Divelbiss at rdivelbiss@allencountyparks.org
Classes: Homeschool Gym and Sports Class
Click the link above to sign up.
TWO Class Options:
Gym Class: 1-2 pm $145 for the semester. Weekly physical education with trained, certified coaches. Ages 5-10 and 11-16
Sports Class: 2-3 pm $145 for the semester. Learn the fundamental skills of various sports. Develop athletic skills that will help improve your overall sports performance. Live-action play. Ages 5-10 and 11-16.
Combination class and sibling class discounts.
Location: Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne
Classes: Character Ink Cottage Classes
The Reish family has been teaching in the Fort Wayne area and developing their own curriculum for several years. They offer many different classes as well as a Half Day Homeschool option. Click the link above to see all the options, or contact Ray Reish at characterink@gmail.com
Classes: Homeschool Gymnastics
Gymnastics in Motion offers beginning gymnastics classes on weekdays for homeschooled families. Divided by age, our classes follow the USA Gymnastics Level System.
Classes meet one day per week for one hour. For schedule and cost of Homeschool classes beginning in September, please click the link above.
Classes: ASL
Sign Language Class will run in 8 week sessions.
$50 per session for K-5th
$100 for session 1 for 6th-12th
$75 for session 2 for 6th-12th
(This includes books, binder, etc.)
Thursdays:
K-5th: 4-4:45
6th and up: 5-6
Email: Albjackson@gmail.com
Classes: Creative Works Art and IEW Classes
A variety of art classes for all ages as well as IEW instruction. Tara has been a long standing member of the homeschooling community and an entire generation has been raised on her art classes! Click the link above to learn more!
Classes: Science Central: Science Matters Homeschool Classes
Science Matters is our program for students ages 6 to 13 who are learning from home. At each session, attendees have the opportunity to participate in a lab, watch a demonstration, and interact with exhibits.
Program Details
Ages: 6-13
When: Monthly
Second Tuesday
Third Tuesday (session repeats)
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Registration Closes: One week before session date
Cost:
$16 (regular lab)
$17 (dissection lab)
Click the link above to register!
Classes: IEW Writing, Vocabulary, and Literature
Sherry Grubbs, an Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) Certified Instructor offers private online tutoring and online small group classes covering writing, grammar, vocabulary, and literature discussion via Zoom. Contact Sherry via cell at 260-449-5592 or via email at mrsgrubbsteacher@gmail.com
Class: Pro-Life Apologetics Class-FREE
Pro-Life Apologetics is a course in theology and philosophy. Building on the unchangeable Catholic belief that every life has value from conception until natural death, the course explores the practical ways that this belief is applied to today’s modern world. It goes through the history of the abortion issue in the United States, current modern social criticism and the best logical arguments against abortion based on religion and science. It incorporates Catholic social teaching with philosophical tactics for creating sound arguments. It then teaches the students how to most effectively converse and debate in the pro-life sphere. Jrs and Srs.
Classes: Merry Lea
Each year, Merry Lea hosts a homeschool series with 6 programs that cover a range of natural history and environmental topics on Merry Lea’s trails. Students spend significant time outdoors in Merry Lea’s wonderfully diverse landscapes and are grouped by age for trail explorations to provide age appropriate instruction.
Additionally, any of our standard field trips are available as a homeschool co-op program.
Classes: Camp Lutherhaven
Camp Lutherhaven is offering a monthly outdoor grade school and bi-monthly middle school education program for homeschool families. This program is designed to provide a monthly outdoor education experience to supplement regular educational experiences throughout the year.
This school year, Lutherhaven will offer opportunities each month for 3rd-6th grade students and every other month for 6th-8th grade students.
Classes/Programs: Junior Achievement
Junior Achievement offers many homeschool programs for ages K-12. Many programs require a curriculum to be taught ahead of the event, however some do not. See the link above for details.
Classes/Programs: Eckhart Public Library
The Eckhart Public Library offers not only a vast array of books, but it also offers things to use, classes, book clubs, and more! They even have a teen library and a really awesome downstairs Secret Garden for the younger kids! Check out the library at the link above or via their Facebook page for all of their events.
