Membership

Training Ground membership is renewed annually.
Membership opens each year in JUNE, continuing through February of the following year. The Training Ground hosts an Open House in summer, featuring: Tours, TG logo items, Membership table (for new and renewing members), Student Art displays, and Refreshments.Join June 1st to June 30th, and receive $10 off! (Additional discount is available for the registration of a third child—see application.)

The Training Ground LLC Membership Benefits & Fee Information 2010-2011:

Your membership fee of $50.00* entitles you to one year of:

  1. Easy online access to enrichment class offerings and registration.  The courses usually include teamwork, life skill, public speaking, foreign language conversation, drama, chorus, and group discussion opportunities as well as arts, recreational sports, and academic enrichment.
  2. Weekly email TG Updates, including notices and activity calendar.
  3. Free student use of our main meeting room, studio, or Varsity room for club meetings or community service projects.
  4. Use of art supplies, hi-speed connection, and college/career library resources.
  5. Invitations to and priority reservations for special events, student performances, free guest lectures, etc.
  6. THE TRAINING GROUND logo promotional items, including a TG t-shirt your first year and free size upgrades in later years as needed.  Additionally, each year of membership you will receive a new TG logo item.
  7. Service project opportunities for local charities or our U.S. troops.
  8. Input into the organization and take on projects to improve the center or other leadership opportunities.
  9. Belonging to an ongoing group of fellow homeschool teens that seek to be career-minded, Christ-minded, and mindful of others.
  10. Opportunities to participate in various contests posted in email Updates.
  11. A venue for displaying your artwork, writing, or other achievements.
  12. Free refreshments and use of our TG kitchenette.

*June early bird membership fee is $40, and third children are free.

In addition to the annual membership fee, each student is required to spend at least $50 per year on courses offered through The Training Ground.

TG fall course registration begins in early August. Spring course registration begins in early December.

Members are prompted by email Updates as to when courses are posted for preview and when registration will begin.

Here are the links to all the required NEW MEMBER forms.  See further below for RENEWAL form for current members and also for INSTRUCTIONS for completion of all membership packets (new and renewal).

Student Medical Form (required)

NEW MEMBERS:  When you click the Join Now! Button you will be able to read and print the TG Membership Application.  Don’t forget to also click the Student Medical Form link.  You must first READ the Policy Manual completely (online), then complete and sign all four pages (two application plus two medical form), and send the completed application with payment of $50 per student (or $40 if joining in June).

CURRENT MEMBERS:  If you are a current Training Ground member, you need to first READ through our updated Policy Manual and then simply complete the one-page Renewal Application.  Remember to include your annual membership payment of $50 per student (or $40 if renewing in June).

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