SHINE seeks to glorify God and keep His commandment to faithfully teach the next generation about His goodness by providing mutual support, encouragement, accountability and fellowship to new and experienced home school families in North Edmond through field trips, small group meetings, co-operative learning experiences, seasonal activities, mentor relationships, celebrations and informal and formal sharing/teaching opportunities.

The Lights Homeschool Co Op is a community committed to providing a nurturing and explorative environment for homeschooling families. The co-op offers unstructured play and fellowship, engaging field trips, nature study, festive holiday parties, and an enriching book club, creating memorable learning experiences for children.

The Learning Tree Homeschool Group provides homeschooling families with Christian based enrichment and supplemental classes in a group setting. All home schooling families are welcome. The Learning Tree Homeschool Group offers a variety of classes for children in preschool through high school. The classes are divided by age groups. As a general guideline, the maximum class size is set at 12 students for the younger grades and 15-20 for the older grades.

Youth programming, boys ages 7-21, girls ages 14-21

Homeschool Happenings is a homeschool program designed for students ages 7 – 10. Homeschool Happenings is scheduled for the third Thursday of the month unless otherwise noted. The typical program includes interactive and outdoor activities (weather permitting), crafts, and games. Programs integrate scientific inquiry with STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math). Because of the need to prepare materials in advance, this is not a drop in program. Students may reserve a spot by visiting the Licking Park District website calendar or by calling 740-587-2535.

A homeschool group that has options for grades 1-12. Our Enrichment Day program offers a twice a month class for grades 1-5 along with field trips. Course offerings include Hands on Science, Art/Music, Creative Writing, American Sign Language, PE and more. Sports opportunities are available where age appropriate. Grades 6-12 can join a partnership with the school and enroll in classes (Math, Science, English, History, Art, Music, etc) along with participating in special events and sports.

Teaching of our Founding Fathers, with particular focus on George Washington

A Christ-centered group of volunteer home school parents, partnering together with Christian teachers to provide high quality courses for 7th – 12th grade home school students. The goal is to have all courses taught from a Biblical perspective at an academic level to prepare students for higher education. Meets Mondays and Wednesdays. Choose what classes you want. All classes meet once a week, except for math classes, which meet twice a week. Parents retain responsibility and control, but receive help and accountability.