Frequently Asked Questions:

PATH requires all applicants to visit our campus while we are in session, so they may take a tour of our facility, for a first-hand look at what we do and how we operate, and to meet a member of the board in person. Applicants will not be considered for acceptance until this visit has been completed. Please, Schedule a time to take your tour here.

Once you have visited the campus and your application paperwork (access that here), including references, and the non-refundable fee of $10 has been received, you will be contacted for a phone interview. If/when all seems to be in order, you will receive an email inviting your family to join PATH.  At that point, we will enter your information into our database, send you registration instructions, require a  background check, and completion of child safe training with Ministry Safe.

Your application is complete when:

• Visit made to our campus while we are in session to take a tour and meet a Board member
• Application is submitted online
• Non-refundable enrollment fee of $10 is paid
• References are received

All applicants are placed on a waitlist. Our spots are limited and are evaluated every semester to see where we have room to add a family in. You are also placed on the waitlist when a grade is full even if we have room for the remainder of your family. To be placed on the waitlist we require you to fill out the application and pay the non-refundable registration fee of $10. You are placed on the waitlist based on the date we receive your application and registration fee. 

Example: dress code, attendance, and discipline.

Our Handbook is located HERE

PATH meets on Mondays from 9:00 am-2:25 pm. There are 5 class hours and 30 minutes for lunch.

1. Families that attend PATH are required to profess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
2. Each Family is required to be an active participant in a local Christian Church.
3. Each family must read and agree to abide by the PATH Handbook.
4. Each family is required to earn 2 credits per semester by serving in one of the following ways:*
   • Teaching Classes
   • Set-Up Crew
   • Clean-Up Crew

*Credits are earned by:

• Teaching 2 classes = 2 credits, 1 class = 1 credit
• Set up Crew 10 weeks = 2 credits, 5 weeks = 1 credit
• Cleanup Crew 10 weeks = 2 credits, 5 weeks = 1 credit

You may access our current list of classes under the Classes tab.

PATH welcomes and has classes for children of all ages, birth through 12th grade. Families must have at least one child of “school” age ( school age = 5 on or before 9/1 at the start of the current school year) to attend.

To maintain consistency and to prevent wide grade level spans in classrooms, each student is placed in a grade level according to his/her birthdate. Generally, a student stays in their grade level until upper elementary is completed. The Board will evaluate grade level changes on a case-by-case basis.

PATH requires members to be on campus all day. Students must be registered for 5 classes and parent(s) must be present and working the whole day. We do not offer a half day option. We rely on each member to help make PATH work.

PATH has 2 tracks. The main track is 10 weeks long. During the 10 week session, all classes meet for all age groups. The 15-week track is only for upper-grade core academic classes. This allows an extra 5 weeks of instruction for these students. These extra 5 weeks are added at the beginning and end of the 10-week session.

The curriculum is solely up to the teacher of the class. However, for some of our upper-level academic core classes PATH has chosen to use:

BJU (Bob Jones University) – for 7th Grade math and above.

Apologia Science – for General and Physical Science, Biology and Chemistry and Physics.

Notgrass History – For Junior High and High School

The course catalog lists materials needed, books used, homework required, etc.

Each semester our members turn in class suggestions for the following semester. These suggestions are compiled into a survey. Families vote for classes. Each child is allotted a certain number of votes, both first and second choices. The votes are tallied, and the classes with the most votes go on the schedule.

We work hard to offer the classes most requested by our families while also keeping a balance between enrichment, academic, and sports.

More about class suggestions and surveys HERE.

Assist. All classes at PATH will have at least 2 adults. You will be assigned classes to assist in throughout the day. The assistant’s job is to help the teacher in any and every way, whether that be gathering supplies, sitting with students to learn with them, helping them stay engaged, grading, etc.

We also need 2-3 floaters every hour. Those moms/dads will report to the downstairs board desk at the beginning of the hour. The board member on duty will then assign each floater a classroom to assist in for that one-week depending on which classes have absent assistants.

No. Parents must stay on-site with their children. Our parents assist the teachers in classrooms while their children are taking classes. The parents may or may not choose to assist in the classes that their children take, but the parents cannot leave the Church if their children are in classes at PATH.

An enrollment fee of $125 per family is charged each semester to cover PATH’s building rental, copy costs, postage, and supplies. This fee is paid when you are enrolled and registered for classes. Enrollment fees are non-refundable if you choose to withdraw from PATH before the semester starts.

You will also pay for the classes that your children will be taking. This amount will vary per family depending on the number of children you have and the cost of the classes that you allow them to take. Individual class prices can vary from $5 per semester to more than $25 per semester. These are paid once each semester.

The 15-week core academic classes will have a teacher fee of $50 per class per semester as well as a building fee of $15 per class per semester.  All of these fees will be shown on the registration page of the database as you register each of your children.  They are also listed in our COURSE CATALOG.

PATH is affordable because our families do all of our own work. Each of our moms/dads teach, clean up after PATH is over each week or set-up the Church for our teachers before PATH starts each Monday morning. PATH couldn’t exist if our parents didn’t teach and clean to return the Church to an excellent condition. The Church will not allow us to continue to use their facility if we do not clean and care for it with a grateful spirit of good stewardship. Please take better care of the Church than you do your own home. If you see trash, pick it up; if you see a child sitting on a table, tell them to get down.

Yes. Each attending adult volunteer will submit a background check. Information regarding background checks is sent to you after you have been accepted to PATH and gone through the onboarding process.

PATH does not hire outside teachers or tutors. Parents provide all instruction.

We ask that former members follow the same application process as new members. You can find links to all paperwork and instructions on our application page.