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In 2015, I graduated my first child from homeschooling. I was very apprehensive whether I could homeschool through the high school years, but we made it. Since then I have graduated two more students, with our fourth daughter graduating this May. We tried some new things with my second child that I did not do with my first. All my children have taken dual enrollment classes during high school, one at a local community college and the other online at Christian colleges.
here are some great resources if you are looking for more information on homeschooling for High School. I recommend The HomeScholar. She has some great information on everything for high school. Below are some of her blog posts on specific high school topics.
Teaching Math to your High School Student
High School English Boundaries
Social Science for Dummies
Science Labs for High School
Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) is a great resource for families in regard to homeschool laws for your state, getting started homeschooling, homeschooling high school and so much more.
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Every year I try to attend a homeschool conference. While we were active duty we have made every effort to attend Teach Them Diligently. Our favorite location is Nashville TN (currently Pigeon Forge). A few years ago, one of the speakers , Christine Torre, had some great information on preparing your high school student for college. Check out her website and information from that session here
We opted to do the ACT for my daughters. I also made the decision to do it blind (not really blind but without any test prep). I wanted to gauge where my daughters stood and how they were progressing as students. Since we had lived in states that did not require testing as part of homeschooling, I was not quite sure where they stood. My initial plan was to work on the areas where they were weak to improve their test scores and retake the exam, but when the time came to register to retake the exam, neither daughter wanted to retake the ACT nor take a stab at the SAT. If I could do it over again, I would have had her take the PSAT first around 10th grade to see how she was progressing and then choose the ACT or SAT during 11th/12th grade. You may want to do some research on the SAT because this year (2015) they are coming out with a brand new test. I have heard some say not to take the SAT in it's first or second year after revamping but do your research and make that decision for your family.
My oldest daughter had no idea what she wanted to do with her life when she was in high school but I wanted to give her a strong college prep high school program. She applied to two different schools, Southeastern University and Lee University and was accepted to both of them. She received a scholarship to one of them on her ACT score alone. We also took advantage of as much dual enrollment as we could while the girls were still in high school. My oldest graduated high school with 12 college credits and my second child had 26 credits completed when she graduated. She would have had more but we moved in the middle of her senior year and took a break due to being homeless and living with family.
Online Schools / Classes – some of these classes are live, others are pre-recorded video classes while others are teacher led curriculum. All of those listed below are NOT free and are tuition based programs or classes. I have used and recommend North Star Academy while the other programs listed come personally recommended by other homeschool families that I know.
NorthStar Academy | Abeka Academy | Liberty Academy Online
The Potter’s School | Veritas Press | Bob Jones Online
There are many more online classes and schools available for homeschool families. I do not have any experience with them, so I cannot give a recommendation. If you have used one of these schools and can give a recommendation, please leave a comment below.
Apologia Online Academy | The Lukeion Project | Kolbe Academy | LandryAcademy Homeschool Connections | HSLDA Academy | PA Homeschoolers AP classes | Home2Teach Derek Owens | Freedom Project Academy | Memoria Press Online Academy
The Well Trained Mind Academy | IEW Online classes | Wilson Hill Academy | Art of Problem Solving | PhilFour | Classical Academics Press | La Clase Divertida High School Spanish
My Homeschool Math Class | Debra Bell's AIM Academy | Homeschool Spanish Academy
Lampstand Learning | Lone Pine Classical School | The Harvey Center | Circe Institute
Clover Creek Science | Classical Learning Resource Center | Live Online Math
Cornerstone Tutorials | Rolling Acres School | Coram Deo Tutorials | Roman Roads
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Most of these classes will be a great supplement to your child's education and not enough work for a credit, but you the parent will have to make that decision.
Money Skills | HippoCampus | Impact virtual
Harvard Extension School | MIT Open Courseware
Free Video Lectures | BYU Independent Study Online Courses
Coursera | Open Education Database | Webcast Berkeley
JHSPH Open Courseware | CMU Opening Learning Initiative
Open Yale Courses| Saylor.org Academy
Utah State University Open Courseware| Virtual Homeschool Group
My oldest daughter did dual enrollment online through The University of Valley Forge. We were also considering Regent University and Liberty University. Each of these schools gives a discount off their tuition for early start students (dual enrollment), meaning that it costs between $99 and $150 per credit. They also limit the number of classes/credits a student can take per semester. We could have started dual enrollment in 11th grade but she was afraid that she could not handle the workload so we started with one class. She got an A and was encouraged.
My second daughter attended community college in 10th grade. The courses were only $75 per credit hour, better than paying for an online high school. She transferred to Liberty University for her junior year where the cost was about $550 per 3 credit course. She earned 26 college credits while still in high school.
My third and fourth daughters took dual enrollment classes at Evangel University. These classes were online and offered at under $75 per credit hour.
I put together this list of Christian Colleges offering dual enrollment. There may be some that I have missed, so let me know if you find something not on the list.
If you are looking for examples or templates for a gradebook or transcript, there are many examples on the internet.
Regent University has a transcript template.
Covenant College gives guidelines and sample transcripts on their site also.
You can find more samples at HSLDA and Baylor has a sample too.
To keep track of your child's grades, you can go the old fashioned way (pencil and paper) and use a Teacher's Planner or you can go digital. The digital method comes in the form of a spreadsheet or an online program created for grading. I have done both and found that I like this grade book from FiveJs. Donna Young has grading forms and spreadsheets too.
There are lots of programs out for an online grade book. Some are free, others require a yearly subscription and then there are even some that you pay once price and it's yours to use forever. While I tried the Teach Them Diligently grade book and transcript keeper and I really liked it, I am cheapskate and did not pay for a subscription after the free trial.
Here is a list of online gradebooks/planners.
Regent University has put out a handbook for homeschool parents.
You can find it here
Gateway Christian School (umbrella school we used in TN)
9th Grade
(all classes done at NorthStar Academy)
Algebra 1 (1)
Ancient History (1)
English 1 (1)
Physical Science (1)
Health (.5)
Spanish 2A (.5) PowerGlide
Took Spanish 1 in 8th Grade PS (1)
10th Grade
Biology 1 with labs (1) Apologia
US History (1) Bob Jones
Geometry (1) Chalkdust
English 2 (1) IEW coop class
Physical Education (.5) Exercise plan
Instrumental Music (.5) Piano
Vocal Music (.5)
Bible (.5) Trip to Israel, wrote a paper
Digital Photography (.5) NorthStar
College and Life Prep Skills (1) NorthStar
11th Grade
Chemistry 1 (1) NorthStar, Apologia, Model Chem Lab for virtual labs
Algebra 2 (1) Teaching Textbooks
U.S Government (.5) Notgrass
Economics (.5) Penny Candy, supplemental reading
English 3 (1) LLATL
Physical Education (.5) Exercise plan
Spanish 2B (.5) SOS
Driver’s Ed (.5) attended a local driving school
Personal Finance (.5) Dave Ramsey
12th Grade
English 4 (1) DE UVF – College Writing and Research
Business Math (1) North Star, Mary Hansen
Home Economics (1) mixed curriculum
New Testament (1) DE UVF
Ecology (1) DE UVF (University of Valley Forge)
9th Grade
(two classes were taken in middle school as allowed by TN *)
English (1)
Algebra 1 (1) Teaching Textbooks*
U.S. History (1) Coop Class
Performing Arts (.5) Coop class
Home Economics(.5)
Instrumental Music (.5)
Physical Science (1) Apologia*
Spanish 1A (.5) SOS
Personal Fitness (.5)
10th Grade
Intermediate Writing (1) Cochise College
General Biology (1) Cochise College
Voice (.5) Cochise College
Personal Fitness (.5)
Spanish 1B (.5) SOS
Instrumental Music (.5) Piano
Foods 1 (1)
Driver's Education (.5)
Child Care 1 (.5)
11th Grade
English 101 (1) Liberty University
American Government (1) Liberty University
Old Testament (1) Liberty University
Speech Communication (1) Liberty University
New Testament (1) Liberty University
English 102 (1) Liberty University
Instrumental Music (.5)
Foods II (.5)
Child Care II (.5)
12th Grade
The Human Body (1) Apologia
Work Study (.5)
World History (1) Notgrass
Geometry (.5) Teaching Textbooks
Algebra II (.5) Teaching Textbooks
Personal Finance (1) Dave Ramsey
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