Policies

POLICIES

Christian Heritage Home Educators of Wilmington

1. Families shall not be considered active members until signed application, signed statement of faith, signed by-laws, signed policies, and signed liability form, and dues have all been received.
2. The current board must approve any expenses incurred for CHHEW.  All receipts must be signed and turned in to the treasurer.
3. All members are expected to homeschool according to state law.
4. The successes of each event depend on the participation of parents, such as in planning, executing, set-up and clean up.
5. Leadership in any support group activity is open only to active members.
6. Participation in any support group activity is open to members and guests.
7. Courtesy to activity organizers is expected by recognizing deadlines (for example, field trip sign-up, communicating changes and cancellations), age-grade limits, and financial arrangements.
8. The support group does not carry any insurance for participants. Parents are expected to carry their own insurance.    Parents will not hold the support group and/or organizers of activities liable in the event participants are injured.  (See liability form).
9. All monies shall be made payable to CHHEW.
10. Website/social media guidelines:
    1. The Website Administrator/Leadership of CHHEW reserves the right to edit or refuse publication of anything submitted/posted to the website/social media at their discretion.
    2. Social media will be regulated by the guidelines that are maintained on the app being used.
11. Email policies:
    1. CHHEW email addresses are to be used solely for official CHHEW announcements. Only leadership of CHHEW has authority to send a message using the CHHEW addresses. No email addresses will be shared with the public.
    2. Leadership of CHHEW reserves the right to edit or refuse forwarding of anything submitted to email at their discretion.
12. Field trip policies:
    1. The field trip coordinator will determine the reservation deadline. Form and payment, if applicable, must be made in person or through approved digital format.
    2. Cancellations will be refunded when possible, at the discretion of the board on a case by case basis,
    3. Children are expected to be polite, respectful, attentive, and courteous. Parents are responsible for their children’s behavior and actions. Remember, our children’s behavior will not only reflect on us as parents, but on home education as a whole. Therefore, try to keep your children grouped with you during tours to help uphold this policy. If there is a behavior problem during a field trip, the field trip leader has the authority to ask you to leave the tour. For teens, there will be no public display of affection between non-family members during CHHEW sponsored activities.
    4. Non-member participants will be charged a non-member stated fee for each CHHEW field trip they attend (even the free ones). The exception to this policy will be in the case of helpers, such as grandparents of member children, who can attend at no extra cost. Helpers may not bring non-members with them.
13. CHHEW Leadership team is not required to pay membership fees.

Updated as of March 16, 2026