To register online, follow these steps:

1. Create a new account (if necessary)
2. Login to the site

Once you are logged in, follow the instructions on the registration site.

If you experience technical difficulties, please contact the GHPAC Webmaster.

If you have questions regarding registration, please contact the Registration Coordinator.

Please see Tuition and Fees for specific program costs. Comparable musical instruction would normally cost $1,000 to $1,700 for one school year per student.

The early registration deadline for the Spring 2009 semester is 11/15/2008. The final registration deadline for Spring 2009 is 12/22/2008.
 
A late fee of $50 will be added to any account not paid in full (or postmarked) by 12/22/2008. The account must be paid in full (or payment arrangements made) by the first day of classes or that family will not be allowed to participate in the Co-op that semester.

Registration is now offered online only. For more information, contact the Registration Coordinator.

 

(Counting the Costs before Committing)

1. Child Abuse Prevention: The GHPAC meeting facility requires a child abuse prevention workshop for all adults working with children on their properties. This workshop is about 3 hours long, is free, and is available at several locations in the area. You will be notified of the specific dates as they become available.
2. Criminal Background Check: The GHPAC meeting facility requires that every adult working or volunteering on their properties undergo a criminal background check. There is no cost to the participant for this check. The consent form should be turned into Jeannette Duke, who will give it to the facility representative.
3. Fund Raising Request: All families are encouraged to participate in fundraising to help with the costs of running the co-op. 50% of the fundraising profits raised by a particular family are applied directly to that family's tuition. See Tuition and Fees for more information.
4. Teacher Training Day: We try to provide a one-day workshop each summer to improve our ability to instruct our children in music.
5. Instruments: Parents are responsible for providing band instruments for their children. Help in locating used band instruments is available upon request. Rhythm band instruments and recorders are provided by the co-op.
6. Music Stand: Parents are responsible for obtaining a black, folding music stand for each student playing a band instrument, violin, or recorder.
7. Uniforms: Students in the music program need black pants or skirt and a white shirt (with buttons, long or short sleeves, and a collar). Black jackets or vests will be issued to all band and violin students. Dance and drama costumes will be decided by those teachers, but will be kept at a minimal cost.
8. Curriculum: Curriculum will be decided upon by the class teacher and may include Christian-themed material.
9. Attendance: Parents are required to attend the co-op days and will be assigned jobs to do. Exceptions to this rule are as follows:
   1. At Home Option: Upon request and with the approval of the Board of Directors, parents with babies under 6 months and parents with special needs siblings may have jobs assigned to them that they can do at home. Those parents will need to have an adult present at the co-op who will be responsible for their child.
   2. Illness: When the parent or a sibling is ill, the healthy student may attend without the parent. The parent will need to have another adult responsible for their child. The Volunteer Coordinator will need to be notified as soon as possible when the parent will be absent so that a replacement can be found for the parent?s co-op job.
10. Parent Meetings: We have a mandatory parents' meeting before the start of each semester to facilitate communication.
11. Concert Dates: One concert is held each fall and spring semester.
12. Drop-outs: Due to the amount of planning involved in making a co-op work and the hardship placed on remaining members when someone drops out, we ask that families commit for at least a full semester.
13. Refunds: Because the tuition pays for materials ordered in advance, and because of the amount of planning that begins as soon as someone registers, there are no refunds. Please carefully consider your commitment before registering.

Parents who register late (after the registration deadline) are responsible for the following:

1. Get permission from teachers to register late. Contact the Registration Coordinator for information.
2. Register online and pay tuition by the first day of classes.
3. Register for VIRTUS training (free child abuse prevention workshop required by the Catholic Church).
4. Obtain supplies/music already ordered by the teachers.
5. Obtain instruments and music stands for children, if needed.
6. Attend MANDATORY Parents' meeting. See schedule for specific information.
7. Pay the $50 late fee.