Attention Homeschoolers: Does anyone know what I need to do to homeschool my child this summer?

Question

I am wanting to homeschool her this summer to catch her up to the grade she is supposed to be in. She will be in 9th grade next year but she is supposed to be in 10th. We live in Arkansas. What courses do I have to teach her so that when she returns to school next year she will be in all 10th grade courses?

Answer 1

check out www.hslda.org for the legalities of homeschooling for Arkansas. It's different for each state, but I can give you a few general guidelines.
If you want her to return to the public school next year, then you will want to make sure that the course of study you choose is not only "accredited" but "accepted" by your local school district. Now, this is true for the particular area where I live, but it may not be as strict where you are.
The next thing you will want to do is find a listing of highschool credits required for graduation in your state. This is usually found on your state education agency website.
Also, make sure you find out which credits are required for promotion to the sophomore level.
For example, in Texas, you need 20-24 credit hours, and some are interchangeable, but there are 6 specific credit hours needed to go from 9th to 10th grade. If these specific credit hours are not on a transcript, then even though the student has 6 or 8 credits, they will not be promoted.
You may have to end up calling the district office for your school district and ask them what type of distance learning programs they accept credit for credit (don't say homeschooling, they may cop an attitude with you)
If you have a statewide homeschool group in your state, call them and explain what you want to do. They can tell you what credits are accepted in the Arkansas public school system credit for credit.
The last thing you want is to work your tail off and then find out your daughter will still be retained as a freshman next year due to "credit transfer" problems.

Having said all that, your laws may be lenient enough to follow any accredited program, and use those credits, but you may have to face entrance exams, which can be tough. Here in my district homeschool students are required to take different exams from everyone else. The discrimination behind this practice is just now getting attention.

So, to make sure you understand exactly what you need to do:
1) check the homeschool legal defense association
2) contact your state wide homeschool coalition for assistance
3) find out which credits are necessary for promotion to a sophomore level

best of luck to you.

PS: I want to stress the importance of making sure you understand exactly which credit hours are necessary for promotion from the freshman to the sophomore level in your district. This is pretty important information to have if you want your daughter to be promoted to the proper level.

Answer 2

Contact the school she will be attending in tenth grade to ask what she will need. I'd think it will be just a little bit hard to do a year of high school during the summer. Would it be possible to work with her for a little bit each night the rest of this school year, then maybe an hour or two on Saturday? If not, just MAKE SURE that you have everything you need and are absolutely READY TO GO when she is out of school.

Answer 3

Check with the Arkansas Board of Education. You can check their website too. They should have a syllabus available that will tell you what a child will learn by the end of the 9th grade.

Answer 4

There are numerous options for this situation:

1. You could contact your local school department and see if they have any information on this matter. (I would do this first)
2. Since your daughter is a high-school student, there is a home-school program called The American School of Correspondence. In which they send her text books, study guides, exams, ect. You don't have to home-school her she reads the books, and mails in the exams for grading. The website is http://www.americanschoolofcorr.com (It will explain it better there. The program she would most likely need to go into is the independent study program. It's a form of summer school (at home) for students that need catch up.

Good luck!

Answer 5

Only you can answer the question of what you need to teach her. What courses does she already have credit in? Does she have English I (9th grade level English) credit? Algebra I? Biology? World History?

STATE OF ARKANSAS
PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
21 units of credit must be earned by a student in grades 9-12 in order for that student to be entitled to graduate from an Arkansas public high school. These same standards apply to students who want to participate in the Home Ed graduation. Of the 21 units, 18 must be comprised of academic credit as stated by the following: (1 unit = 2 semesters)

English - 4 units to be taken in 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th grades

English Language Arts - 1/2 unit (English, Journalism, Grammar, or Communications)

Oral Communications - 1/2 unit

Social Studies - 3 units, including:
World History - 1 unit
US History - 1 unit
Civics or Government - 1/2 unit

Mathematics - 3 units, including:
Algebra - 1 unit
Geometry or its equivalent - 1 unit

All students must take a math course in grade 11 or 12 and complete Algebra 2.

1 unit from the following options (Transitions to College Math, Pre-Calculus, Trigonometry, Statistics, Computer Math, Algebra III or Advanced Placement Math).

Effective for the graduating class of 2009: 4 units of mathematics will be required.

Science - 3 units (4 units for special, more rigorous Smart Core), including:
Physical Science - 1 unit
Biology - 1 unit
Chemistry - 1 unit
Physics - 1 unit
Physical Education - 1/2 unit
Foreign Language - 2 units (2 consecutive years of same language recommended for college entrance)
Health and Safety - 1/2 unit
Fine Arts - 1/2 unit (art, dance, drama, music)
Technology - 1 unit
Career Focus - (homeschool students can do electives instead of career focus)
Electives - any additional units
It is important to note that high school graduation requirements and college entry requirements may not be the same. For college entry, the more academic and upper-level classes taken, the better. Those students who are interested in going to college would benefit from 4 units of social studies, science and math, and at least two consecutive years of foreign language. Only courses actually taken during grades 9-12 can be transcripted.

Answer 6

The American School of Correspondence offers an independent study course that is an alternative to summer school. I would definitely recommend them. They are accredited.
www.americanschoolofcorr.com
If you have any questions, feel free to email me at [e-mail].

Answer 7

you are probably annoyed by their spam well here is an answer that i know. i know a friend that does home schooling

the academy is called Zion. they are located in washington.

it is easy from what i heard. they mail you a box work, you mail it back when you are done. she'll get done fast if she works hard. goodluck

http://www.zionacademy.com

Answer 8

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