Homeschool History Club

No, we do not allow parents to stay with their children. This program is not a field trip; our staff work very hard to craft engaging and age-appropriate lessons and activities for your children. Allowing parents to stay, even for a few minutes, is very distracting for all the children. Secondly, all adults working with History Club are employed by Belle Meade and have background checks on file.

For the safety of the minors on our site, we do not allow any other adults to remain with History Club. However, we do understand that a new environment may be a little nerve-wracking for some students. If your student(s) are uneasy about attending their first History Club, you may pull through the regular drop-off line, park and walk your student(s) in. Parents may only stay with their student(s) on the first History Club meeting until Drop-Off is over.

Once the club programming begins, parents are not allowed to stay. We ask that beginning in the second month of attendance, parents do not park, but stay in the car line, in order to minimize distraction.

Club members should always dress for fun! Closed-toe shoes are recommended. Students need to bring a lunch and a drink from home. We always encourage students to dress for the weather. We stay under cover during inclement weather, but occasionally we do have to walk outside to access bathrooms and other buildings.

History Club meets once a month on either Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. Check your History Club handbook and calendar that you received upon registration for each month’s dates.

Remember, your enrollment dues are not attendance fees; if you are paying monthly, you will still be charged, regardless of attendance, since the monthly payment is part of your club dues. If you have any questions about what you missed if you can’t be at a certain month, please contact your club leader.

When you register, you will have the choice to pay for one month or to pay for the year in full. If you choose to pay monthly, your card will be charged on your Club Meeting day, August – May.

When you register and pay online, there is a small fee. This fee does not come to the museum; it is collected by the third-party company that runs our reservation system. This company does not charge the museum anything and maintains its operating costs through small fees on online transactions.

Note, the fee is only charged when you pay online. If you pay monthly ($12), the fee will be $1. If you pay monthly, the fee will only be charged on the first month – subsequent month’s payments will not incur additional fees.