Supporting Strong Connections... Nurturing Solid Development... Strengthening Steady Community...
The ROC (Resource and Opportunity Center) for Homeschoolers
Check out the Schedules Page for the current schedule!
(and more is being created as the term continues)
Check out the Class Descriptions Page for info about current and previously run classes!
Sign up on the Sign Up Page!
Thanks to everyone who participated in our Fall Fundraiser. Now is the time to get started using your discounts earned from contributing - so sign up and save! Donations are still welcome anytime, but more
donation-discount events will be coming up soon!
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Please join us November 26th-December 1st for the You're Welcome Fundraiser featuring ROCking Discounts for Donations!!!
And the best part of all is that even if you can't join us at the ENCHANTED GATHERINGS’ FALL HARVEST HOLIDAY GIFT FAIRE, you can still participate with one easy click from the comfort of your own (or holiday vacationing) home!
Donations of any amounts are welcome and much appreciated at anytime,
$50 or more will entitle you to 25% off of classes at The ROC for one full year!
And, as an added bonus, in honor of Enchanted Gathering's Fall Harvest Faire at The ROC, ONLY ON NOVEMBER 26th,
The ROC (Resource and Opportunity Center) for Homeschoolers is open to homeschooling families in the New York City area, and serves as a gathering/meeting place and informal resource center. Through the offering of programs of classes, workshops, free playtime and activities, families can enjoy socializing, and sharing/swapping - information, opinions, materials and/or meals, etc - while learning and playing together with other homeschooling families. Various classes, and activities are scheduled throughout the year at our home base in the East Village, as well as in various other locations including The Dana Discovery Center in Central Park, The Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew on the Upper West Side and the New York Riding Academy on Randall's Island, among others.
The ROC was designed to be a community effort and your constructive input and hands on help (especially hands on help!) is absolutely welcome. Please make an appointment to stop by, come and sit in on a class or two, or stay for the whole the day, and if adjustments to the schedule and/or offerings could make a difference for you signing up or getting involved, or if you see areas that can use your expert advice and/or practical assistance, please let us know about it.
Finally, A home for Homeschoolers in New York City!!!
As The ROC enters into its 5th year of existence, (Whoo hoo, Yay!) We are proud to be a part of something built and sustained entirely through community building within the New York City homeschooling community. A small group of homeschooling families have been able to acquire and maintain a space through a tightly coordinated cooperative effort. In other words, we threw all of our resources into one pot and secured the first space in New York City that is completely dedicated to homeschoolers -- 24 hours a day/6 days a week. It's 6000 square feet, with two full kitchens, and a wonderful piano! Located in the East Village, convenient to parks, libraries, NYU, Cooper Union, and public transportation - the F to 2nd Avenue, the 6 to Bleeker, or the B, D or M to Broadway/Lafeyette.
The ROC Home for Homeschoolers is where every homeschooling family can make it what they want it to be. How many other places provide homeschooling families with opportunities like that?
There are many ways to support The ROC:
A home for Homeschoolers in New York City!!!
If you'd like to see The ROC remain a Home for Homeschoolers, get involved! It can be as simple as sending a supportive comment, to donating an old printer you have outgrown (working please) (we'll even pick it up), or coming by to help clean, sign up for some classes, or simply sending a monetary donation - no amount is too small (and it's easy - via PayPal to TheROC93@gmail.com). And, there are a myriad of other ways to get involved - the most supportive things people have done have been things they have created for themselves to contribute. Individuals have custom made curtains, and room dividers, others have created and organized activities and classes, some have volunteered to teach classes, one family sponsored our membership into a community garden, and other families have spearheaded fundraisers, and etc! It's an awesome feeling of cooperativity permeating the space, and so awesome to see brought to life the vision for a Home for Homeschoolers...Supporting Strong Connections... Nurturing Solid Development... Strengthening Steady Community.
The ROC,
You can join us in this effort by:
- Signing up for classes, activities and events, or
- Joining a committee - help clean up, make repairs, or help catalog in the library, etc.
- Teaching a class, or leading an activity, or
- Renting the space for your own use, or
- Contributing something from our WISH LIST: carpentry services, color all-in-one printer, art paper, art supplies, foam flooring, and an unlimited supply of toilet paper, and paper towels...
- Creating your own special way to contribute, or
- Also, remembering monetary donations are always welcome (Send as a PayPal "Personal/Other" transaction to TheROC93@gmail.com) !
Contributing Members:
$500 for the year (about $45 per month) 
Supporting Members:
$1000 for the year (about $85 per month)
$5000 (about $400 per month)
Teaching Memberships:
Space Rental:
Parties, meetings, conferences, conventions, events, luncheons, rehearsals, playdates, tutoring sessions, photo/film shoots, etc., etc., etc!
Approximately 70 one hour slots available each week (M-F),
plus more on weekends:
At $50 per hour (negotiable)
The ROC: Resource and Opportunity Center for Homeschoolers
Supporting strong connections... Nurturing solid development... Strengthening steady community...
For several years The ROC has served as a meeting place for New York City's homeschoolers. We have hosted NYCHEA Events, and have provided the community with a wealth of learning opportunities and fun activities such as classes in Physics, Algebra, Drawing, Sewing, Knitting, Art History, Physical and Environmental Science, Chemistry, African Dance, Ballet, Hip Hop Dance, Mandarin, American Sign Language, Spanish, Magic as well as MET, CMOM, Hall of Science museum outreach programs.
In our own space we will continue offering such amazing learning opportunities, AND now everyone is so inspired and excited, activities and playgroups are being organized through parents being inspired to come together to design, create and implement them, and kids are excited about forming student run teams and clubs - Reading/Book Clubs. Some students have expressed interests in creating Book Clubs and Robotics Teams that will meet at The ROC. Our resident Robotics instructor, Teacher Tom, has been ranked #1 in Manhattan!
Homeschooling in New York City is truly awesome, and our community is richly filled with wonderful experts in a variety of diverse fields, many whom are eager to share their skills and knowledge with our children and families. Homeschooling ROC'S!!!