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We are a UTCH* state member home education cooperative meeting weekly for 10-week fall and winter terms to provide group instruction in a variety of subjects. We are a parent participation co-op and not a drop off program. We currently meet at Mountain View Baptist Church in Layton city in Davis county. The church does not operate our co-op, it has offered the space as a ministry/out-reach. Our co-op is made up of UTCH state member families who attend a wide variety of area churches. *UTCH.org

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We meet once a week on Thursdays for 10 weeks in the fall and 10 weeks in the winter (usually September-November and January-March). The co-op day begins promptly at 9 and ends at 1:45. We enjoy a 30 minute lunch break at 12:15 followed by a planned PE-related class or activity.

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Our host campus is Mountain View Baptist Church in Layton, Utah (Davis County). The church does not operate our co-op, it has offered the space as a ministry/out-reach.

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We offer classes for Kindergarten through grade 12, dependent on coordinator offerings and class need. Nursery and pre-school classes are available for families with K-12 siblings at co-op.

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Each parent/guardian on campus has a required number of serving units to fill each year, in order to allow the co-op to operate smoothly. You will have the opportunity to choose where you serve, based on availability, but your service units may not necessarily be with your children. 

• The units are broken down as follows:
  • Helper Units – can be served in any class in co-op and NOT necessarily only in your children's classes.
  • Nursery Units – Those serving in the 11:15 hour of nursery are required to do the cleaning of nursery.
  • Cleaning Units – Cleaning the building begins at 12:15 or later
    • Two families work together to empty garbages, tidy, wipe down bathrooms, collect lost items, sweep Fellowship Hall.  
  • PE Units - only if participating in PE (After lunch)

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Our classes are taught primarily by parents or guardians. On occasion we have pre-approved guest teachers from the community.

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Course Planning meetings for this large group co-op are announced each spring. Course Descriptions (developed by those who choose to serve as coordinators) are submitted in May and published to our families on this website in June.

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We offer nursery care for infants through age 2.  Co-op participants register for nursery care slots throughout the co-op year to provide supervision for the nursery children from 9-12:15 PM.

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When we have openings for our co-op, we will announce a Visitor Day on this website by March 1 of each year. Please see the calendar for these dates.

NOTE: ALL families new to Davis-Weber UTCH CoOp and those who last participated with us two or more years prior to the upcoming year are required to attend Visitor Day. You cannot register for classes unless you attend a Visitor Day information meeting.

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Joining our private member website will grant access to all our events, meetings, registration, and activities. You can join our group by completing these easy steps.

1. Attend a Visitor Day or Park Day

2. Apply for UTCH Membership after July 1 (membership in UTCH, and signing the UTCH Statement of Faith) is required to join our co-op) - https://utch.org

3. Request membership on this website, once notified that there is space available (by April 1st of each year) you will be given membership access.

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Yes, UTCH membership is a requirement for participation in our co-op. Our CoOp is a ministry of UTCH (Utah Christian Homeschool Association). We verify UTCH state membership with the state membership secretary. As a UTCH member, you are welcome to join any of the state co-ops (or even begin one of your own with a few other families)!

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Families joining outside of our general registration dates places a large burden on our Coordinator and Leadership Team volunteers. Therefore, we only add new families during the spring & summer for the following year.

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Each parent/guardian on campus has a required number of serving units they must sign up for, in order to allow our co-op to operate smoothly. Your units will be the same regardless of the number of participating children you have in our co-op.

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It is not required for all parents to coordinate/teach a class. However, all parents/guardians will have an amount of helping unit requirements to serve in classes, nursery, P.E. (if your students register for P.E.) and cleaning.

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Yes, we ask families who choose to participate in our co-op to commit to regular attendance and participation for the full year, missing only due to illness or emergency. We ask families in our co-op to make co-op attendance a priority and schedule family vacations, activities, and appointments on different days.

If you cannot commit to regular attendance and participation for the full year, our co-op is not the right co-op for your family. Our co-op is volunteer dependent and the short terms (10 weeks) mean that every week's materials are very important for students to receive the benefit of participation. In addition, withdrawals during the co-op year burden coordinators, teachers, and co-op families with the time-consuming responsibility of filling empty teaching and helping units.

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This is NOT a drop-off co-op. Co-op classes are taught by parents, guardians, and friends in the community. Parents/guardians are on campus for the day, (classes START at 9:00am and end at 1:45pm). Co-op parents/guardians are busy all day teaching and helping, in their own childrens' classes or other classes, serving in the nursery, substituting for sick teachers/helpers, cleaning, etc.

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No.  You may enroll your students in any number of classes that meet your educational plans.

However, be aware that the infrastructure to set up the co-op (2 adults per room, nursery coverage, building cleaning) makes it impossible to evenly divide up those responsibilities based on how many hours you attend. Know that when you register, your Helper, Nursery, and Cleaning Units are going to be the same whether you register for 1, 2, or 3 of the morning hours.  Those helper units are divided among all participating families, regardless of how many hours they are enrolled in classes. Most parents find it unrealistic to participate fewer than 3 hours.