Gathering Day

Grassroots Homeschoolers Gathering Day Guidelines

Arrival and General Rules

• Member families are responsible for familiarizing themselves with the rules upon joining the group and remind their family as needed.
• All participants must sign a liability waiver for St. Paul’s to use the gym.
• Park in the back lot during gathering day times.
• All members and visitors check in at the Welcome Table upon arrival.
• Members pay a $65.00 per family per year fee for facility use.
• Set up a table and chairs for your family or make arrangements to share this responsibility with friends.
• You must clean up any lunch mess your family makes and throw away all disposable lunch packaging. Please keep food in the table area only.
• Children are not allowed in the hallways, supply rooms or kitchen unless attended by an adult. When church members are using the kitchen, we don’t enter.
• Parents or guardians MUST remain with their children at all times. No drop offs allowed unless arrangements are made with another parent.
•No gym equipment is allowed to be taken outside.

Visitor Policy

• Visitors are required to fill out a visitor form with liability waiver.
• Visitor fee of $20.00 will be applied toward membership fee from one visit only.
• Two visits are the maximum without becoming a Grassroots member.
• Only spouses and grandparents are included in the membership fee. Other guests must pay the visitor fee.

Programming Rules

• Because our Gathering Days are held in a gym, the noise levels can seem chaotic at times. PLEASE remind your children that work is being conducted in the church offices and we all must control behavior that affects the noise levels.
• If your child is not interested in the day’s program or activities they are welcome to gather at the opposite end of the gym and play or talk quietly until the program has ended. Parents are asked to talk quietly during programs, as well.
• Parents need to help younger children during hands on activities.
• Families should help with clean up after activities and help us leave the gym clean.
• Open gym time is permitted only after the end of the day’s program or activity, and is allowed only when announced.
• There is no wild running or ball throwing, chasing or rough play in the table area.