{"id":1217,"date":"2020-12-31T02:11:20","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T02:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masondixonhomeschoolers.org\/home\/?page_id=1217"},"modified":"2024-06-01T16:40:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-01T16:40:08","slug":"test-membership-registration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/masondixonhomeschoolers.org\/home\/test-membership-registration\/","title":{"rendered":"New or Renewing Memberships"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>We\u2019re so glad that you\u2019ve decided to join (or rejoin) MDHSA! We look forward to assisting you in your homeschooling journey. <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before you join, there are a few things you need to know (or review if you&#8217;re renewing your membership). Please take a moment to read our Policies in Step 1 and Organizational Statements in Step 2 (next page). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">If you are a two-parent family, we ask that <\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>both<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> spouses read through these before submitting your Membership Application.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><b><span style=\"color: #d96214;\">STEP 1 &#8211; Review Our Policies<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong> Membership dues are non-refundable. <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The membership year begins June 1 and runs through May 31 of the following year.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A<\/span><u><strong> Full Year Membership<\/strong> fee is $45<\/u> which includes a monthly newsletter via email. \u00a0If you wish to receive the newsletter by mail (in addition to receiving it by e-mail) <u>the membership fee is<\/u><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> $55<\/span> to cover the additional cost of paper, printing and postage.<br \/>\n\u2022<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A <strong>Partial Year Membership<\/strong>\u00a0fee is $30<\/span>. Prorated memberships apply to anyone joining between Dec. 1 and March 31. This membership includes a monthly newsletter via email only.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2022 Renewing members who are experiencing financial difficulties should contact <a href=\"mailto:office@masondixonhomeschoolers.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">office@masondixonhomeschoolers.org<\/span><\/a> to see if a payment plan is available.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Grandparents can apply for MDHSA membership under certain conditions<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>.<\/strong> If you are a custodial grandparent or a grandparent supplying full-time homeschooling support, please read our <\/span><i style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Grandparent Clause<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> policy <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/masondixonhomeschoolers.org\/home\/grandparent-clause\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">here<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to determine how to apply for membership.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0Children&#8217;s Photos<br \/>\n\u2022 <\/strong>No child may be identified in any photo posted on an MDHSA venue without the express written permission of the child&#8217;s parent.<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022<\/strong>You are responsible for the privacy of your children in regards to photos<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span>If you object to your child\u2019s photo being posted on an MDHSA venue, please do not allow your child to participate in any photo opportunities. Otherwise, it will be assumed that you are giving permission for your children\u2019s unidentified photos to be used publicly,\u00a0 and the photographers and MDHSA are released from any responsibility.<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">If you do see a photo of your child on an MDHSA\u00a0 that you want removed, <\/span>please contact the person who posted the photo.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Newsletters<\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"> and Co-op Registration Forms are for the exclusive use of MDHSA members\u00a0 and should not be shared with non-members. <\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Newsletters often contain members&#8217; personal contact information and, therefore, should not be shared with non-members. In addition, co-op participation is a benefit of MDHSA membership. To protect that membership privilege,\u00a0 registration forms should not be given to non-members.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>MDHSA&#8217;s policies were created to protect our organization and our members. Therefore, it is important that you agree to abide by our policies so that we can continue to offer these safeguards.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #db681a;\"><b>\u21d2\u00a0 <a style=\"color: #db681a;\" href=\"https:\/\/masondixonhomeschoolers.org\/home\/test-membership-registeration-step-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yes, I want to be an MDHSA member and agree to abide by the policies listed above.\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re so glad that you\u2019ve decided to join (or rejoin) MDHSA! We look forward to assisting you in your homeschooling journey. Before you join, there are a few things you need to know (or review if you&#8217;re renewing your membership). Please take a moment to read our Policies in Step 1 and Organizational Statements in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/masondixonhomeschoolers.org\/home\/test-membership-registration\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New or Renewing Memberships&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1217","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masondixonhomeschoolers.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/masondixonhomeschoolers.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/masondixonhomeschoolers.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masondixonhomeschoolers.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masondixonhomeschoolers.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1217"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/masondixonhomeschoolers.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3347,"href":"https:\/\/masondixonhomeschoolers.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1217\/revisions\/3347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masondixonhomeschoolers.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}