FAQs
Registration FAQs
Terra is a community, and we want you to be the primary teacher for your children. We encourage you to teach your children to be self-governing individuals who can follow the rules, and we rely on you to enforce any necessary discipline for your students.
If your children are participating in our MY ART HISTORY EXPERIENCE class, you may leave campus. We will supervise your children. If students are in another class and are under 12, you may leave campus if the teacher has your current contact information. Please return on time. Students who are 12 years old or over and are enrolled in a series of classes may be left during the entire span of enrolled courses.
Students cannot be on the playground unsupervised. We reserve our playground for enrolled students and their siblings only, and only on the days of their enrollment.
The only exception to this is for those enrolled in “Thy ART HISTORY.” Our staff will supervise children in this program..
If your student has special needs or is not able to be self-governing when they’re left with us, in any of our classes, or our drop-off programme, you must stay with your child or provide an appropriate aid. Please inform us before the first day of class that your child may need more help than the average student. If you have not informed us of their unique requirements, we will call you to come back and get your student.
To be an approved vendor, a teacher must get a Department of Justice background check. We require ALL teachers and staff on this site to have a background check. All teachers, as well as the church staff, classroom assistants, and substitutes have a Department of Justice clearance.
We also have a security guard who keeps any strangers off campus during school hours.
The registration fee holds your spot in class. This fee cannot be covered by your instructional funds from your charter school. If you do not register and pay the registration fee, you will surprise the teacher on the first day of class, and the course may be sold out. The purchase order from your charter does not give us any contact information for you, tell us specifically which class you wanted, or include the signed Terms and Conditions document. The fee also causes potential students to consider which courses they need carefully, prevents spots from being held unnecessarily, and gives the teachers accurate information from which to plan their classes. The registration fee is not deductible from the tuition.
We are very firm in our requirement that children need to be five by the first day of class. If they are six by the first day, they will be too old to be included in the TK to Kindergarten program at Terra. As soon as they become five, they may be added to the program.
Terra Arts Foundation will not handle matters concerning obtaining purchase orders. You must ask your Education Specialist or Facilitator to provide a purchase order. Please register on our website and confirm your place on the roll sheet before you get a purchase order.
All of our teachers like to be paid monthly.
Yes! We are happy to help you in your homeschooling adventure. You can work out payment arrangements with invoicing@terraarts.org.
All courses are designed to go for two semesters. The information builds in each semester and is not repeated. You are automatically enrolled in Spring semester if you registered for the Fall, and do not need to re-register or pay the registration fee again.
First Register on our website to ensure your students spot in the class. You will receive an invoice and may pay through your charter school or in cash, credit card or Paypal.
A purchase order is not a payment, it is a promise to pay. The actual payments are the ones noted on the invoice you will receive from us monthly. A charter school typically runs late in payment, up to 45 days after instruction. That means that we are still owed the money even though we have a purchase order from you. The purchase order is not cash. We teach your student first. We bill your charter monthly after the instruction for each student.
If the charter does not keep their promise, then you will owe for the instruction your student has received.
Our bookkeeper will send you an invoice every month so you can see if your charter is paying or not. That way it will not be a surprise to anyone if their charter is not paying. This is our system.
We trust that the charter will keep their promise to us (a purchase order is only a promise) and so we pay for your student’s instruction in advance trusting that they will pay us back.
Yes! You guessed correctly. This is a lot of extra work and expense for us to use the charter school purchase order system. Our teachers typically do not get paid until November of the school year. We have to finance rent, insurance, art supplies and a lot of other things until they pay. We use your registration fees to pay our web developer so you can get the information you need to register for classes and to get homework assignments and other information. We are actually partnering with you and paying for your student’s education and trusting to get paid back.
We really need you to stay on top of getting us the purchase orders.
We desperately need and appreciate the volunteer efforts that so many contribute to TERRA which help to make homeschooling a successful adventure for your family, such as serving on the board, making a tax deductible donation or helping with our end of year GALA.
Thank you,
Kim Frassett & the Teachers and Staff of Terra Arts.
Please reach out to us via our contact page.
Thank you,
Kim Frassett & the Teachers and Staff of Terra Arts.
We're excited to have you join our community. Here's some vital information to get you prepared for success!
ASSIGNMENTS:
The Fall Materials List and Scope and Sequence links will be posted in August.
We have a homework portal at art4terra.org. All your assignments will be posted there. Please read the three articles published there.
SICKNESS POLICY:
We ask that you do not come to campus sick.
LUNCH INFORMATION:
We are a NUT/SEED FREE Campus. No sharing of food. No food or candy treats can be shared with other students.
DROP-OFF PROCEDURE:
School drop-off and pick-ups are at the WEST gate only.
REQUIRED FORMS:
Please print and sign ALL the required forms here and scan them back to invoicing@terraarts.org.
https://terraarts.org/about-us/required-forms/
MEDICAL EMERGENCY LIABILITY WAIVER: found on website. Please print, scan and forward to us.
CHARTER FUNDS:
Once your charter opens up, please submit your PO right away! We need your September PO before the first day of school.
MOVE DAYS & DROP POLICY:
We charge a $20 move your day fee per child.
Drop Policy
You may only drop the class if you have withdrawn from your charter and are no longer homeschooling. You are responsible for your student's balance whether or not they attend.
We will not hold a spot in any class for your student.
Hold your spot fee is not part of your class fee.
You can not hold a spot in any class for your student unless the non-refundable registration fee was paid during registration. We do not accept charter funds for the registration fee.
Hold your spot fee is not part of your class fee.
Contact invoicing@terraarts.org for more information.
SOCIAL MEDIA:
WE LOVE TO SEE YOUR STUDENTS TAGGED ON HERE!!
Terra Arts Instagram Account:
https://www.instagram.com/terraarts/?hl=en
@terraarts
Private FB Group-
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/terraarts.org/?multi_permalinks=4045768178820105¬if_id=1611955874598549¬if_t=feedback_reaction_generic&ref=notif
SCHOOL PHONE NUMBER:
(714) 620-9377
admin@terraarts.org
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE:
invoicing@terraarts.org
CONTACT INFORMATION:
CEO: Kim Frassett
kimfrassett@terraarts.org
Registration & Marketing: Jayme Frassett
jaymefrassett@terraarts.org
Thank you! We are looking forward to YOUR SUCCESS as a homeschool family!
Let us know if you have any questions or concerns!