Membership Info
Annual Membership Fee
To participate in Firmly Planted Hillsboro, families are required to pay an annual membership fee of $150. This fee helps cover general operating costs and supports the overall structure and coordination of our co-op.
Please note that class costs are separate and will vary depending on the materials required and the individual teacher’s fees. Each class is priced fairly to reflect the quality of instruction and to ensure accessibility for all participating families.
We are committed to keeping our programs affordable and welcoming for homeschooling families in the Hillsboro community.
***Before purchasing the annual membership fee, please make sure you have been accepted as a MEMBER into the Firmly Planted Co-op.***
After submitting the form below, you will be notified whether you have been approved or placed on the waitlist, depending on availability.
We charge an additional $10 for online payments, we accept cash or check at $150 plus a $40 Background Check for each parent/guardian.
Thank you!
Once your membership has been approved, payment is required to secure your spot for the upcoming year.
Membership fees may be paid online through our payment portal, or by submitting cash or check. Full payment instructions will be provided in your approval confirmation.
Our Mission
Our mission is to provide a safe haven for children and their families to learn, grow, and flourish through Christ-centered education and fellowship.
What is Firmly Planted Hillsboro?
Firmly Planted Hillsboro was founded by the Meaney, Russell, and Tomlinson families and greatly inspired by Firmly Planted Homeschool Resource Center in Vancouver, Wa.
We seek to:
- Support homeschooling families by encouraging each other in our walks with Christ through Education, Fellowship, and Worship.
Enrich homeschooling through elective classes, activities, and socialization opportunities
Role of New Life Baptist Church as Host
FPH is not directly affiliated with New Life Baptist, but its founding families are members there.
New Life Baptist graciously accepted FPH’s request to meet at wonderful and spacious building.
FPH rent space here and our leadership team/board will work closely and cooperatively with NLBC’s leadership.
Family Membership
Membership is required to participate.
$150/year for whole family
$35 Background fee for EACH participating adult (every 2 yrs)
- Eldest child must be at least 6 yrs by Sept. 1 (entering 1st grade) *Early Childhood Program (5yrs and under) is open only to siblings of children meeting that age requirement.
- Age groups:
- Infant care
- Toddlers
- Preschoolers-Kinders
- 1st-3rd grade
- 4th-7th grade
- 8th-12th
Member/Volunteer Commitment
- At least 1 adult must attend each week and be an active volunteer on the premises for each 10 week semester
- Some examples of volunteer positions: Teacher/Aide; Nursery; Preschool; Hospitality/Floater
- Some volunteer roles will require prep time or hours outside of co-op hours: ex) teacher/teacher aide; membership coordinator; volunteer coordinator
How does Firmly Planted work?
- Firmly Planted students (1st – 12th grade) take 3 classes each Monday.
- As of now, classes are taught by members within the co-op.
- *In the future we may have freelance teachers to broaden our variety of classes
- Class Administrative Fee. Minimum is $5/class/term; however, the class fee is commensurate to facilities/maintenance on equipment required.
- Class Supplies Fee. The materials needed for any specific class. Ex) cooking class would have a higher fee for the teacher to purchase fresh ingredients throughout the semester.
- Early Childhood Program enrollment: (to help cover facilities fees, insurance, supplies, etc.)
- $10/infant/semester
- $30/Pre-schooler (2-5 yrs.)/semester
Calendar Year of Operation
We will meet for 2 terms, fall and spring, each having 10 Mondays .
2025-2026 dates:
FALL: September 8th-November 17th (excluding Mon. 10/13)
SPRING: March 2nd-May 18th (excluding Mon. 3/30 & 4/6)
Weekly Meeting Hours
MONDAYS 8:50 am-1:15 pm
9:00 – Chapel
9:30 – 1st class
10:25 – 2nd class
11:25 – Lunch
12:10 – 3rd class
1:00 – School is over
1-1:30 – Clean up & Close up
Class Samples
1st-3rd Grade
- Bible Study
- Art & Music
- Spanish
- ASL
- P.E/Team Sports
- Messy Art
4th-7th Grade
- Bible Study
- Art & Music
- Book Club
- Baking
- Soccer
- Spanish
- Outdoor Studies
- ASL
- P.E/Team Sports
8th-12th Grade
- Bible Study
- Baking
- Cooking
- Car Repair/Automotive
- P.E/ Team Sports
**Plus your wonderful skills and ideas for other classes!
Deuteronomy 6:6–7 (ESV)
“And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.”
Proverbs 22:6 (ESV)
“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.”
Ephesians 6:4 (ESV)
“Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”
Psalm 78:4 (ESV)
“We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done.”