Formal Dress Code: Applicable for members and Non-HSN guests
It is our utmost desire that we please and honor the Lord in everything we do, and that includes the way in which we dress. Please make sure that your dress is covering in every area necessary (all skin covered from cleavage to knee).

• Strapless and spaghetti strap dresses are fine as long as they COVER what needs to be covered. Please NO cleavage, low/open backs, high splits or bare bellies. Low/open backs would indicate anything lower than where a normal bra strap would lay.
• All dresses need to be at least knee length. There are numerous ways that a dress can be altered to fit these expectations. If you question the dress at all, please consider a different dress.

After-Party Dress Code: Applicable for members and Non-HSN guests
The same rules apply to the After-Party as we use during normal HSN activities.

• Please make sure all shorts come to the knees.
• Absolutely NO tight-fitting shirts or shorts.
• Due to the types of activities, a t-shirt, appropriate shorts, and tennis shoes are the best attire.

Bottom line: pursue modesty and simplicity. We make it our aim to avoid calling undue attention to ourselves through attire, grooming, or personal appearance. Clothing must be appropriate for birth gender.

Our academic class day program meets on Tuesdays. Fall Semester typically begins the 1st Tuesday after Labor Day (September) and ends the Tuesday before Thanksgiving (November). Spring semester typically begins the 1st Tuesday in February and ends the last Tuesday in April. We offer a spring break in March to keep each semester 12 weeks long. Morning Assembly and Announcements start at 8:30 am and classes end at 3:00 pm with an hour between 12:00 p.m.-1:00 pm for lunch.

We meet at our host church which is currently Wildwood Baptist Church, 4827 East 20th Street, Joplin, MO.

Anyone who homeschools students K-12, and who qualifies and abides by the membership requirements.

Yes, we offer a Nursery, 2/3-year-old preschool, and 4/5-year-old preschool for younger siblings of registered school-aged children.

Please see our Enrollment Fee link under Enrollment Policies

For our grade school classes we choose classes that fall in one of these areas:

1. Hard or less effective to do at home with 1 or 2 kids such as P.E., Choir, and Drama.
2. Take special knowledge or skills such as Spanish, Sign Language, and Art.
3. Can benefit from a large group and organized as a school-wide unit study which lets us dive deeply into the subject, have guest speakers, do activities that might be cost intensive for a few students but attainable as a group. Examples of topics we have done in the past Election Watch, Government, Lewis & Clark, Science Experiments, Anatomy, Money Management, Dinosaurs, US Presidents, Geography, & Culture.

JH Has mostly classes similar to the Elementary, but have a few options more similar to High School options. In some cases and courses, it is appropriate for an 8th grader to take HS class & get HS credit.

For High School we offer classes that are designed to help students gain credits. We also try to have at least one more enrichment type class every hour. Most of the core classes for this program rotate every other year. Some are offered every year and a few are offered on an as-there-is-interest basis.

We recommend that each student brings a backpack with writing utensils, notebooks, and folders. Individual teachers may have additional supplies needed for their students due to the nature of the class they are teaching. That information will be announced to you before the class is required to have them.

Lunch is from 12:00 p.m.-1:00 pm. Families may choose to bring their lunch or go out for lunch. The sanctuary serves as the lunch location along with the picnic tables by the playground. We also encourage families to bring blankets or lawn chairs as well. The more we can enjoy eating outdoors, the less clean up we have to do.

Typically we go by the grade they would be in, by birthday, or the grade the parent has the student working. We realize that one of the beautiful things about homeschool is that our students can work in different levels in different areas. So, as you look at the class schedule, and if you believe there is a situation where your student might be better served during certain hours to move up or down a grade level, talk with the Director team prior to Registration Day.