Home Schooling for Senior Year-How?

POTO_Mom
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:37:43 +0000

My D is an aspiring opera singer and wants to go to conservatory. She asked to be homeschooled so she could concentrate on her career goals so here is what we did. I joined a homeschool organization that allows you to attend a school as well as be homeschooled. THIS IS AN IMPT QUESTION FOR YOUR HOMESCHOOL ASSN. Some make you do all your schooling at home. My daughter attends a Fine Arts School for voice, music theory, theatre and also takes US History there. She is tutored in German III by a certified teacher and then I teach the World Lit class, which is a “boxed set” from Modern Scholar; the vocabulary which is a program thru Sadlier, and we also do essay and SAT preparation. I had a high school English teacher help me design the curriculum. My daughter doesn’t like to stare at the computer all night so we elected not to take the online courses. But there are tons of them out there to take advantage of. That is actually the easy route to take. In fact, your school district may have everything you’re looking for online and could still provide a diploma that way. We have been visiting schools and asking about homeschool “disclaimers.” There are various answers. Some say you have to take the GED. Some don’t. Expecially if you are only having one year of homeschooling, they differ in their answers. We are planning to take the SAT as well as two subject tests also. The diploma is the real issue I struggled over, but my daughter loves being homeschooled and is progressing so much faster this way. Her German teacher has covered a (high school) year’s worth of material with her in two months. Nuff said. It is worth your time and peace of mind to contact the colleges your child is interested in and ask questions. Most of them have something about homeschool requirements on their websites, too.