Homeschool Families Exploring God's World Together
 Explorers is a Christ-centered homeschool cooperative that meets on Tuesdays at Bethel Temple Church on Hixson Pike.  Classes, offered for all grade levels, include Spanish, Latin, history, writing, and science.  Numerous electives are also available.   A nursery is provided for younger siblings.  
    The Explorers Homeschool Academy Science Olympiad teams (elementary and middle/high school) also meet at Bethel Temple on Tuesday afternoons following academy classes.  
   
If you are interested in our Academy and would like to fill out an application click here.  
Explorers will gratefully accept your tax deductible donation
But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children, Ps. 103:17

​Explorers'  Happenings!

Important Explorers' Dates

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Check the Explorers Calendar page for all the important co-op events

*September 13, 20 and 27--Individual portraits for yearbook (9:30-3:30).  Click
​     button below for schedule information.
*October 4- Science Olympiad starts--come join our team
*October - Blowing Springs Farm
*October - Compassion Experience
​*November - Walker Farm Pioneer Days
All 1-12 students have now been enrolled in their Canvas courses now--Courses are not necessarily published yet--
If you are having trouble logging into Canvas, please ask Kathy Watson or Ruth Dammann for help  
For any of Explorers Field trips you must sign up ahead of time and pay if there is a fee.  
Click the button below to go to the field trip page and sign up

​​October

​​November

Walker Farm Pioneer Days Audubon Acres
November field trip
and/or
​To volunteer

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November

Prayers

To share your prayer request, or give updated progress on your prayer request, please click here This way we can remember to lift co-op requests throughout the week.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Philippians 4:6 

Microsoft Office Suite for students

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Explorers is now offering the online Microsoft office suite free of charge to all students and parents.  If you would like participate please contact Kathy Watson .  This is a free for education service where participants will get an explorershomeschool.com email address and have access to Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, One Note and Outlook. 
Explorers Science Olympiad 
2016-2017 Season begins October 4th  
When:  Tuesdays at 4:00                  
Where:  Bethel Temple Church on Hixson Pike  
Come Join a Winning team!

Save those boxtops!

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Explorers  qualifies for Box Tops for Education!  Each eligible school may earn up to $20,000 cash per year beginning on March 2 of every year from the Clip program. There are no maximum annual earning limits for schools earning eBoxTops or Bonus Box Tops.
Our school can use the money for anything it needs! Computers, books, and playground equipment are just some of the ways schools have chosen to use the funds raised through Box Tops for Education.
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Absentee Policy
​If you  must be absent, You are required to fill out the absentee form and you must  make arrangements with your assistant regarding lesson plans.   Also please contact the designated substitute (in red on the Class Schedule).  If that person is unable to be in the class that day, please check the member information page to display the list of other moms who are available.  Remember, there should always be two adults in the classroom.  YOU are responsible for finding your own substitute!

Explorers' Newsletter

 September Newsletter
  • Want to know what's happening in the community?
  • Want to go on exciting field trips?
  • Want to share your child's accomplishments?
  • Want to learn whose birthday is around the corner?
Click Here to send your article, announcements,  or ideas  to Cindy DeMoss, our editor
Get your pictures in the yearbook!  If you've got great photos of Explorers happenings, we'd like to see them. Our photographers can't be everywhere. Help us get as many photos as possible to create a terrific book. Contact Sandra or Kathy to be invited to upload your pictures to the dropbox.  
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Click above and enter the family name and password to schedule a meal for our Explorers' families during their difficult time.
Playground Rules
The fenced in playground is for smaller children only.  Larger kiddos can play in the field adjacent to the playground.  Parents, please be attentive of your younger children because the boys can get overly zealous on the football field.

All balls and playground equipment must be returned to the storage area when no longer in use!