Smoky Mountain Region Cooperatives &
Support Groups

Alcoa Maryville Church of God

Classes are offered from 9:30am to 4:00pm. You may choose to take as few or as many classes as desired. The classes range from art to dance to Spanish and more.

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Adventure Homeschoolers of East Tennessee

Adventure Homeschoolers of East Tennessee meets twice a month (one Tuesday, one Thursday) from 10:00am to 3:00pm. They also take several fun field trips.

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Arrowwood Adventure Academy

Arrowwood Adventure Academy offers Fall and Spring Semesters 1 day enrichment days for your child two Wednesdays of each month, 10 am – 3 pm! We are open to children 8-15. Activities Included: Farm and Animal Experiences, Teambuilding and Ropes Course, Guided Nature Activities (We border GSMNP!), Archery, Woodturning, Music, and Outdoor Living.

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Axis Academy

Axis Academy Online offers full curriculum that you can use from the comfort of your own home! Powered by Ignitia, this curriculum has everything you need to provide a learning environment that offers a Christ-centered worldview to ensure that your child gets a full, well-balanced education.

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Bezalel Fine Arts Co-op–Grades K-12

Bezalel is an arts focused co-op in Louisville, TN. Classes include various dance styles, pageantry, musical instruments, art, theater, film and world languages.

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Blount Home Education Assocation (BHEA)

The mission is to provide support, information and encouragement to homeschooling families in Blount and surrounding counties. In addition to enrichment programs, BHEA also sponsors various clubs, field trips, high school awards and honors, and other activities throughout the school year. A wide variety of social events are also held.

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Cedar Springs Homeschool Group

The Cedar Springs Homeschool Group provides monthly meetings and activities for homeschool families. The group meets regularly at Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church.

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Christian Education Enrichment Cooperative (CEEC)

The Christian Education Enrichment Cooperative (CEEC) is a homeschool cooperative in Knoxville, TN. We are an association of Christian families established as a cooperative to encourage the development of Christian character and to provide supplemental support and enrichment to the home in academic studies and fine arts. Our co-op was established over twenty-five years ago. We have high quality, excellent teachers and a variety of classes. We offer classes that will help to fulfill high school requirements and prepare students for college. We are a cooperative for high school students only (8th grade for choir, physical science and algebra 1 ONLY). We meet in the Fountain City area.

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Classical Conversations

Classical Conversations focuses on Christianity, community, and classical education. There are several Classical Conversations Co-ops in the area that meet on different days and times.

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Cornerstone Cooperative 

This volunteer-run homeschooling group that offers a tiered membership structure to the greater East Tennessee homeschool community. Cornerstone Cooperative provides opportunities for homeschoolers in the area to participate in a way that best fits their family. The Social Membership provides opportunity for participation in activities and events, as well as online support and connection, and the Full Membership provides all of the above as well as a weekly in-person co-op day to participate in classes in Maryville, TN. Cornerstone is designed to enrich your homeschooling, not replace your homeschooling at home.

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Covenant Christian School

CCS Traditional School runs from 9:30am to 1:30pm Tuesday through Thursday with morning and afternoon programs available. Mondays and Fridays are reserved for Co-Op days and special event days. CCS Knoxville is unique in its approach to education by offering Learning Style Pathways where the family can choose which learning environment is best for their student.

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Crossroads Christian Academy

Crossroads Christian Academy meets three days a week, with lesson plans to complete at home two days a week. It is located in Lenoir City, PreK-12th grade.

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Discovery Co-op

Discovery Co-op offers classes for students in grades kindergarten through eighth grade. They meet on Wednesdays from 9:30am to 2:00pm at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

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EDGE Co-op

Edge is a Christian homeschool cooperative that meets on Tuesdays at Seymour Heights Christian Church.

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Forever Family Homeschoolers

Classes at all grade levels, infant through 12th grade, are offered. Weekly meetings on Fridays. Cost is $135.00 per family for the year. FFH offers social events, mom’s night out, field day, and field trips for our students, and hosts a monthly 4H club that is open to the public.

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Freedom Home Educators Co-op

Freedom Home Educators meets on Mondays from 8:30am to 3:00pm at the Farragut Church of Christ. Classes are offered for preschool to 12th grade.

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Friday U

Friday U at Oak Grove offers a variety of enrichment courses on Friday afternoons.

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Greenback Co-op

The mission of this co-op is to provide an enjoyable and relaxed atmosphere for like-minded mothers to assist and encourage one another in our homeschooling endeavor.  It is our goal to come together for the training and equipping of our children with a Christian worldview, to live for the glory of Jesus Christ, and to excel academically. We meet at The First Presbyterian Church in Greenback on Tuesdays.  Our classes are chosen based on our students’ needs and teachers’ gifts/interests.  Each year offers something new and exciting.  Some of our favorite curricula includes Apologia, IEW, Beautiful Feet Books, Simply Charlotte Mason.  We are not a drop-off co-op.  All moms teach or assist in some way.  Classes are essentially free.  We are a Christian group with a statement to faith, rules, and a mission statement.  Contact Nikki Ramsey (865) 748-1100.

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Holston Homeschool Co-op

Holston Co-op meets on Wednesdays from 10:00am to 4:00pm for preschool through 12th grade.

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Master’s Mondays Homeschool Co-op

Master’s Monday offers classes for middle and high school students on Mondays at West Park Baptist Church.

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Oak Grove Cooperative

Students in grades TK-8 attend Oak Grove co-op every other day (Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday) with the option of Friday mornings and Friday U afternoon enrichment. All students follow a syllabus at school and at home with flexibility for further enrichment.

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Paideia Academy

In addition to offering an umbrella program, Paideia Academy offers students in grades kindergarten through third grade a “university schedule” option in which they attend school three days per week and complete work at home on the other days.

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Quest Academy

Quest Academy strives to offer “the best from traditional public school educational experience and combine it with the advantages of home educating.” They meet on Tuesdays in Lenoir City.

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River’s Edge Christian Academy

At River’s Edge Christian Academy, students receive classroom instruction three days a week, and home education two days a week. There are three Knoxville area locations.

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SailAway Homeschool

A wide range of home school services are offered including micro school, homeschool umbrella, academic assessments and curriculum information.

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Symbiosis Arts Interactive Learning

SAIL is a unique Christian arts school cooperative that provides artistic and collaborative experiences
which presents students with the opportunities to build the viable fundamental skills necessary to
navigate through the creative process in their personal and professional futures.

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Trinity Christian Academy 

Trinity Christian academy offers classes for preschool to 12th grade on Mondays in North Knoxville.

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Truth Trekkers

Truth Trekkers offers a variety of academic and enrichment electives. They meet on Mondays from 9:00am to 4:00pm in Fountain City.