DASH Member Expectations

 Although our organization is casual and member dues are minimal, DASH is still a commitment of time and talent from each of our member families. We cannot be successful in providing a quality experience for our students unless all of our families make a serious effort to make DASH a priority on their family schedules.

 In addition to the very-important ‘just hanging out and having fun’ aspect of our group, we still need  volunteer-led classes, projects, and field trip ideas and our success depends upon the cooperation of everyone who participates. We require each family to take charge of a minimum of one DASH day during each season- almost anything counts from bringing art activity supplies or story to read, to teaching a mini-class in your home, to organizing a day trip, pot luck lunch, or community service project.

Families who are not interested in a particular day’s project or activity will still be encouraged to attend for the ‘just hanging out and having fun’ part at our designated park area- the others will most likely be along before or after their activity.

Having little rigid organization means more fun, more relaxation, but more importantly expands what we do and where we do it, making DASH a great experience for everyone involved.

We have a Treasurer and PayPal account to facilitate membership dues payment ($20 per family per calendar year) and a General Organizer to keep our website, Facebook page and all calendars and planners current and up to date.

Please pay your membership fee upon joining and promptly yearly- these fees are used to cover any deposits we need to make for field trips, venue rentals or other administration expenses, and let the Organizer know at least a month in advance in the case of mini-classes held in a private home and ASAP for all other ideas and offerings so the calendar can reflect all that we have to offer and members can contact and sign up for events in a timely manner.

Other area homeschool-friendly happenings will also be listed on our calendar, and information regarding such will be welcomed and added as it is obtained.

 If any of our members and/or children are ill with something possibly contagious (fever, vomiting, anything that a doctor would tell you to keep a child home from school for) please stay at home! We do, however, need to know if you will not be attending if you yourself are in charge of that day’s activity. In that event, please post your family’s expected absences as soon as you are aware of them on our group Facebook page so we may help you make other arrangements for your responsibilities or reschedule that activity.

 Parents are required to be present at co-op when their children are. You may not drop off your children and leave for the day. Each family is expected to clean up after their own snacks, lunches and activities.

 All participants are expected to attend the first day of each season- the first Friday of January, March, June and September will be a potluck/picnic lunch and initial calendar planning session.

DASH will not meet in December.

 Code of Conduct

 Please treat other DASH members with respect. We want our children to participate in all activities; however, a rowdy, chaotic atmosphere is distracting for other members. If behavior becomes an issue, children will be gently redirected. If it’s still an issue, the parent will be expected to remove the child from that activity.

 Please respect that we are guests wherever we are meeting.  Please treat the property, buildings and other people’s belongings respectfully.

 Please use playground equipment safely and appropriately.           

 Students should not leave our meeting area without a parent or parent’s permission.

 There is zero-tolerance for physical or verbal aggression from members of all ages.