A-G Requirements Lab Science

LKnomad
Sun, 10 May 2015 23:20:42 +0000

Good luck. Depending on your county (I am assuming you are in CA) you can find a lot of different charter options. Onine you have K12 and Connections with self contained programs. In So Cal there are independent study public charters like Sky Mountain, Excel, Summit (which I think give access to K12 Material), and a bunch more. I just turned in the paperwork for my son for Excel, Summit, and Sky Mountain and am waiting to hear bacK.

K12 and Connections are fully online but the others provide funding (for high school students about $2400 a year) for you to choose from what looks like several hundred vendors - not just academics but also ECs like sports, music, art, etc. They also give you an educational specialists (ES) to help. I know with Sky Mountain they have ES that are specific to high school. The ESs would help you with the a-g requirements. With the independent study charters you would have access to a variety of online courses but you would choose the online program that you want, Apex, Plato, EPGY, rather than use their own systems.

You may want to call and speak to someone from each school you are thinking of. This is what I did. Someone always seems available to answer questions. Ask them specifically about the science requirements and see what they typically do. Also ask them about transcripts and how that work.

If you find out anything interesting, I would be interested in what you learn. I am just starting the process with my 13 year old and actually did the paperwork on Thursday and Friday.