Join the Waitlist | Skip School

Parent

We’ll use this information only to follow up about Skip School.

First name *

Last name *

Email *

Phone number *

Street address *

City *

State *

ZIP code *

Children

To join Skip School, your family must have at least one child who is 4 to 7 years old. Younger siblings are welcome to attend the same pod through our Tinker Tots program, which allows them to participate in an age-appropriate way.

Child 1 *

Child’s First Name

Month and year of birth

Gender

Child 2

Child’s First Name

Month and year of birth

Gender

Child 3

Child’s First Name

Month and year of birth

Gender

Child 4

Child’s First Name

Month and year of birth

Gender

I confirm that at least one child in our family will be 4 to 7 years old when joining Skip School.

Tell Us About Your Family

How did you hear about us? *

1. When you imagine the best possible education and future for your child, what do you hope they will experience, learn, and become? *

2. What led your family to homeschool—or to consider homeschooling—and what are you hoping Skip School will provide that your child’s current or previous learning environment has not? *

3. Tell us about a recent time your child was corrected by an adult, had to follow a group rule they didn’t like, or became frustrated by something difficult. How did your child respond, and how did you respond as the parent?

If your child has ever been asked to leave or significantly modify their participation in a school, co-op, camp, class, team, pod, or other group because of behavioral or safety concerns, please tell us what happened. *

4. Does your child need any ongoing accommodation, individualized adult support, personal-care or medical assistance, dietary/environmental restriction, or other modification in order to participate safely and successfully in hands-on group Activity Days?

If yes, please describe what your child would need from Skip School, the pod, or other participating families. *

Bring Skip School to your community

Want a pod near you? Help bring one to life!

A waitlist doesn’t create a pod. A local pod leader does. Families can participate only where there is an approved pod leader and room in that pod. If the community you want for your child doesn’t exist yet, you may be the person who helps create it!

✓We make the program ready to lead. Skip School provides the curriculum, ready-to-run missions, materials guidance, training, and ongoing support.
✓You bring the leadership. Pod leaders gather families, lead Activity Days, communicate with parents, and help protect a safe, connected group culture.
✓It can fit your community. Leaders do not have to run all three weekly Activity Days, and pods can meet in parks and other community spaces—you do not have to host at home.
✓Your family participates at no cost. Approved pod leaders receive complimentary family membership while actively leading a pod.

This is meaningful volunteer leadership. The commitment will vary by pod, but it requires initiative, reliability, and a genuine desire to build something worthwhile for your child and other local families. In return, you help create an extraordinary education, a deeply connected community, and the kind of friendships and shared memories that can shape your family’s life for years to come.

Would you consider leading a Skip School pod in your community? *

Yes—I’m interested in exploring becoming a pod leader.

Maybe—I’d like to learn more about what leading a pod involves.

Not at this time.

Skip School is a high-challenge, hands-on learning community. Kids are expected to do hard things, work alongside other children, follow essential safety and group expectations, accept appropriate guidance from adults, and learn to work through frustration and disagreement.

Skip School is not a therapeutic, medical, special-education, behavioral-support, or dedicated one-to-one care program. We consider reasonable accommodations individually, but we may not be able to support requests that fundamentally change the nature of the program or interfere with the group’s ability to learn, participate, and operate safely.

I give Skip School permission to contact me about my interest form, pod availability, and related program updates.