So, What Do We Mean By Cooperative?
Foxfire exists because families choose to invest in one another. By sharing our time, talents, and interests, we create learning experiences, support one another, and build a community that's shaped by the people who belong to it.
Open Membership
Foxfire is built on voluntary participation. Families join because they believe in what we are building & choose to invest their time, talents, and care in the community.
Shared Ownership
Foxfire isn't a program that's delivered to families. It's a community that's built by them. Together we shape its direction, traditions, and future.
Care & Accountability
We tell the truth with courage, receive it with humility, and believe accountability is an act of care that makes repair possible.
Tending the Future
We make decisions with tomorrow in mind, caring for our community so it continues to grow and thrive for the families who come after us.
IT TAKES
A VILLAGE
A VILLAGE
We're a family-run homeschool community where everyone has something to contribute.
Foxfire is built on a simple idea: children thrive when the adults around them know one another, support one another, and share the work of building something meaningful together.
GROUNDED
IN CURIOSITY
IN CURIOSITY
We believe children benefit from learning alongside people whose backgrounds, beliefs, experiences, and perspectives differ from their own.
While families may hold different religious beliefs and homeschool in different ways, we share a commitment to curiosity, critical thinking, kindness, respect, and evidence-based learning, with our classes taught independently of any particular religious worldview.
MUTUAL
RESPONSIBILITY
RESPONSIBILITY
Healthy communities don't happen by accident. They're built through commitment shared by the people who care for them.
Every family has different gifts, different capacities, and different seasons of life. A cooperative works best when people contribute where they can make the greatest impact.
No one is expected to do everything, but everyone plays a part in helping Foxfire thrive.
SHAPED BY OUR
COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY
No two semesters unfold in exactly the same way.
Every semester reflects the families, interests, talents, and ideas that make up our community. As children grow, parents discover new passions, and fresh ideas take root, so do new classes, traditions, and opportunities to learn together.
OUR PHILOSOPHY IS ONLY PART OF THE STORY
Take a closer look at the rhythms of a co-op day, the role families play, and what membership looks like in practice.