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North Kitsap Homeschool Community is a nonprofit organization serving local homeschool families. Our mission is to help families build belonging, share hands-on learning, and support one another through parent-led Tuesday classes, Monday park and community days, field trips, events, and year-round connection.
Yes, kids are being socialized. No, they do not need a giant school to do it.
NKHC gives families a dependable place for hands-on learning, real friendships, and the kind of shared support that makes homeschooling feel sustainable.
What a week at NKHC feels like
NKHC is not a drop-off program or a rigid school. It is a community families build together, with enough structure to feel dependable and enough flexibility to still feel like homeschooling.
Monday: connection first
While the weather is nice, Mondays often mean park days with room for kids to play and parents to connect. Games, clubs, and other community activities carry that same easy rhythm through the rest of the year.
Tuesday: shared learning
Children move through parent-led class blocks while adults teach, assist, support transitions, and keep the day running as a team.
A community built on care
Secular describes how NKHC teaches and operates—not who is welcome. Our community includes families with no religion, LGBTQ+ families, and families deeply involved in their churches and faith communities.
We speak directly, listen carefully, and assume good intent while working through concerns.
Adults and children honor boundaries, different identities, different faiths, and one another’s dignity.
Families contribute time and follow through so the community does not rest on a small handful of people.
Mistakes happen. We focus on accountability, repair, and helping people return to the community well.
See what kids are learning
Class offerings change each term because they grow from family interests and the skills parents and teens bring to the community.
Physics / Engineering
Experiments, design challenges, and hands-on problem solving.
Life Science
Animals, plants, and the human body through active exploration.
Abstract artists & art creation
Art history, creative practice, and room to develop a personal voice.
Wild Explores
Wildlife, habitats, games, movement, and discussion.
What membership asks of families
NKHC works because families know what they are joining before they commit. Full Tuesday membership includes four clear expectations.
Tuesday is not drop-off care. A parent or approved guardian remains on site and contributes.
Families commit to the full co-op day so classes, friendships, and volunteer coverage stay dependable.
Teaching, assisting, setup, cleanup, community jobs, and required fundraising participation are shared across the membership. Fundraising helps cover our weekly facility and keeps the family fee low.
Families support a secular, LGBTQ+ friendly community that welcomes all faiths or none and treats differences with respect.
Simple, transparent pricing
NKHC is a nonprofit, parent-powered community. The annual family fee helps pay for the welcoming facility we use each week and the shared systems families rely on. Required fundraising participation helps offset those costs and keeps the family fee as low as possible.
- Full Tuesday class registration
- NKHC + Monday included
- Member site, calendar, groups, and family schedules
- 3–4 hours of family volunteer participation per co-op week
- Required family fundraising participation
- Frequent park days while the weather is nice
- Monday gatherings and community connection
- Community events and conversations
- No Tuesday class registration
- No Tuesday volunteer commitment
About class fees: Class fees are separate from the annual family fee. When a class has a materials fee, it is clearly displayed and included in the class-registration process.
How joining works
The goal is not to make families jump through hoops. It is to make sure NKHC and your family understand one another before the first co-op day.
Tell us about your family, your children, and what you hope to find in a homeschool community.
Visit, ask questions, and get a clear feel for the rhythm, expectations, and people.
After acceptance, set up your account, review the agreements, and complete the family forms.
Choose classes, see the whole family’s schedule, and arrive knowing exactly where to go.
Questions families ask first
The practical details matter. These are the questions families most often want answered before they apply.
What does secular and all-inclusive mean?
Our classes and shared activities are secular; they are not based in a religion. Religious families are fully welcome. We welcome families of all faiths or none, including nonreligious and LGBTQ+ families and families deeply involved in a church or faith community. Families do not have to share a curriculum or worldview; they do have to treat one another with respect.
When does NKHC meet?
NKHC + Monday includes frequent park days while the weather is nice, with indoor or other community activities as conditions and seasons change. Tuesday co-op classes run during the active terms. The public calendar shows community events, while members receive the exact dates and family schedules inside the site.
What kinds of classes are offered?
Classes are hands-on and change each term. Recent slates include science, engineering, art, sewing, mythology, nature studies, music history, and classes proposed or taught by teens.
What is my role as a parent?
Full Tuesday members remain on site and help the day work. Depending on the term, that may mean teaching, assisting, supporting transitions, supervising shared spaces, setting up, cleaning up, and taking part in required fundraising that helps pay for our weekly facility and keeps the family fee low.
Do we need to attend the whole day?
Tuesday families commit to the full scheduled co-op day. Consistency makes class rosters, volunteer coverage, and friendships reliable. Families can mark an absence in the member site when they need to miss a day.
You do not have to build your homeschool world alone
Come see whether NKHC feels like your people.
Apply to visit, meet the community, and get an honest look at how the week works before deciding whether to join.