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South Branch Cooperative
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What We Do
SBC meets year round with a variety of offerings. Locations, times, and days of the week are subject to change as the seasons change. While South Branch Cooperative meets year-round for enrichment adventures, community-building, family support, special events, and more, the class and specials schedules change season by season.
Classes and Camps
Thursdays, seasonally, there are curriculum days (classes) for age 5+ (or those turning 5 during the current school year) at 10am. Classes are connected across curriculum areas by a common theme, increasing knowledge retention. Each summer, camp occurs twice a week, for a shorter duration of weeks, and includes a variety of camp activities.
Clubs
Clubs can develop organically between children or be developed specifically to suit their interests. All clubs require an adult as an advisor, who ensures safety measures are being followed, and who prepares and brings any necessary supplies. These clubs can be scheduled according to each advisor's individual schedule and meet on a regular basis.
Sprouts / Saplings
SBC has a program for children aged 2-5 years, where these children can build relationships and follow their drive to play, move their bodied, and more during class times. (Seeds, or siblings under age 2, must be accompanied by the caregiver at all times.) This program is divided into Sprouts and Saplings.
Branching Out
On Tuesdays during certain seasons, SBC meets at various nature-centered locations at 10am. We root outselves in the wild, explore what the world has to offer, and enhance our primitive skills, learning bushcraft, safety, survival skills, and more, all while building relationships, discovering new things, and pushing our own boundaries.
Enrichment Adventures
Enrichment Adventures includes Field Trips, On Site Event Programming, Special Events, and more. These events will typically be scheduled on Tuesdays. These events are directly connected to learning (cultural or otherwise) or to the curriculum in some way.
Community-Building
This includes social get-togethers of all types. These events may be scheduled for any day of the week, and occur year-round. At least one will be scheduld each week, either on a Monday or Friday, or occasionally on a weekend.
Cooperative
All families with enrolled students are part of our volunteer rotation, making our program a true cooperative. Adults will have assigned shifts as class assistants, bathroom/sensory space monitor, attendance monitor, photographer, and other roles as needed and appropriate. Drop-offs are not available for this reason.
Supportive
Homeschooling is a journey, and we are on it together, as a community. We band together to support each other, communally support each other as we navigate the growth and development of our children, and more. SBC is a true community environment.
All-Inclusive App
In the BAND app, our members can connect, share ideas, upload pictures from co-op events, access shared documents, view the shared calendar, and more.
Additionally, our website has digital resources for all base members on a members-only page, in addition to a curriculum day members-only page, with resources, extensions, and more.
Levels
SBC offers a variety of levels to accommodate a variety of ages and academic abilities, to promote cooperative learning and interpersonal relationships in age-appropriate groups. The ages and grade levels are suggestions, and can be adjusted above or below by a year to accommodate neurodiversity and other differences.
Seeds
Age 0-1
(No programming offered, but seed siblings are welcome to attend, accompanied by their adult.)
Sprouts
Age 2-3 (preschool)
All programming available.
Saplings
Age 4-5
(Pre-K/K)
All programming available.
Maples
Age 5-7
(Grade K-2)
All programming available.
Oaks
Age 8-10
(Grade 3-5)
All programming available.
Sycamores
Age 11-13
(Grade 6-8)
All programming available.
Sequoias
Age 14-18 (Grade 9-12)
Clubs and outings only.
Classes coming soon!
South Branch Cooperative: A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation
A secular, inclusive, four-season homeschool co-op offering outings, support, clubs, classes and more.
The IRS has determined that South Branch Cooperative is a 501(a)(2) public charity and is qualified to receive tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers, or gifts under Section 2055, 2016, or 2522.