Children’s Safety and Behaviour
Parents/Guardians are responsible for:
- Supervising their children during field trips and activities.
- Ensuring their children follow rules, instructions, and guidelines.
- Managing their children’s behaviour and addressing any issues that may arise.
- Ensuring their children’s safety and well-being.
By participating in our activities, parents/guardians acknowledge that they will:
- Stay with their children during events. WECHEC does not supervise children.
- Intervene promptly if their child’s behaviour becomes disruptive or unsafe.
- Cooperate with organizers and venue staff.
- Take sole responsibility for their child’s actions and safety.
Failure to adhere to this policy may result in removal from the activity without a refund and future participation restrictions.
Payment in advance
One of the difficulties with homeschool field trips is a higher rate of no-shows compared to traditional schools. This has resulted in financial losses for our hosts and missed opportunities for our community. To address this issue and make homeschool field trips more sustainable, WECHEC requires payment in advance. This approach ensures that our hosts are protected in case of absentees. This has done much to improve the local homeschool reputation!
Cancellations
If you must cancel attendance at a field trip, please notify the organizer as soon as possible. We usually have a waiting list or you may transfer your spot to a friend. Unfortunately refunds for last minute cancellations are not always possible, but please let us know just in case we are able to do that for you. Regardless, you must inform us if you are no longer attending so that we know when to begin.
Please do not wait until the day of the field trip to sign up.
It is unlikely we will see it on such short notice and often payment has already been made. This is fine for some events so please call the number in the monthly newsletter to inquire if there’s still time to join!
Try your very best to be on time and let us know if you are running late or not attending.
Do not share WECHEC events or programs unless they are open to all.
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