SUPPORT GROUPS AND CO-OPS:

Five Valleys Homeschool Co-op

contact: info5valleys@gmail.com

This 20+ year old Missoula resource has been updated and revamped and is registering now for the 2016/17 school year which begins in September 2016. Check out the great things planned! There are many terrific opportunities for high schoolers, too.

5valleyshomeschool.com

Annual membership fee is $25 and this is an all-inclusive group.

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*South Western Montana Home School

contact: Tiffanie Wood 406-490-2920 tiffaniewood01@yahoo.com

Free to join. Connecting families in South Western Montana primarily in Butte and surrounding areas. We plan field trips, yearly book swaps, park days and many more events.

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Lone Rock Homeschool Group

Location:Classes held at Lone Rock Bible Church in Stevensville, MT (which is a half hour south of Missoula)

Contact:Joy Nelson – Secretary (406) 396-1236 joylnelson21@gmail.com

Cost:Free – with low occasional supply costs sharing when necessary.

Description: Lone Rock Homeschool Group is a Christian-based homeschool co-op & ministry of Lone Rock Bible Church. We are an “open” homeschool group and invite Christians, as well as non-Christians to attend. The program is for elementary through middle school-aged children & their families. (Other family members may attend as well.) We learn about things together that are not as easily pursued at home (e.g. science experiments, art, drama, skills, hobbies, hands-on activities). We always seek to make learning fun and interesting, and always SHOW more than TELL. Homeschool children will find a place to make friends in this group. It is a social network for the kids as well as for the parents. We also schedule field trips & do some ministry outreach.

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eNDVR Co-op

phone number: 406-493-6886

location: 1905 W. Sussex Ave, Missoula, MT 59801

cost to join the co-op: $20/mo for 2 students

description: eNDVR offers more than 25 homeschool classes in 8 week sessions. Any student aged 5-18 may take our classes. We also have a co-op for parents (and students aged 13+) who wish to contribute to our community in exchange for class hours. Our community is accepting of all lifestyles, religious beliefs and homeschooling philosophies.

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SPECIAL NEEDS HOMESCHOOL SUPPORT is now available through Five Valleys Homeschool co-op. For parents of kids with special needs. Families with all kinds of needs are welcome, medical, social, emotional, learning. We meet once a month on Saturdays at 10 am, normally somewhere in Florence. Free to join.

Contact Noelle Pas-Holcomb at raven@centurylink.net. (406)317-3710

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FACEBOOK GROUPS:

Missoula Homeschool Idea Exchange

Missoula Area Homeschool Preschool Group

Bitterroot Homeschoolers

Homeschool Curriculum Exchange (Bitterroot and Beyond)

FACEBOOK PAGES:

Innovate406: Supporting homeschool high school in Montana

Missoulahomeschool.com