homeschooling through high school?

Question

Has anyone homeschooled thier child/children through high school? How did it go, and, any advice? What school if any did you go through? Any info would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Documentation, documentation, and more documentation
You need to come up with course syllabi for everything, including the books and resources you will use, page numbers, etc. You may wish to seek out the requirements for diploma in your state and make sure all of those requirements are covered.
If any class is outside of your skill set as a teacher, do it online, at a local community college, or through a co-op. This will require some fees, but not terribly high, certainly less than private school.
You can take AP tests at the closest testing location (usually a local high school) for a nominal fee. You can do the same for PSAT and SAT tests. These type of nationally normed tests are very valuable for "proof" of your child's skill level, because grading is difficult with home school.
There is an online database of tests, I forgot the name, but try google of "online test and quiz" and see what you come up with...this service is very inexpensive and can give you grades and scores online instantly.
Your choices for high school really depend a LOT on what future goals are. Colleges are snatching up homeschoolers. Kids from our group are interviewing at ivies. But remember, the most important thing to do is to organize and document so that you can prove what has been done, ie: make a detailed annual transcript.

Answer 2

I am homeschooling my daughter now who is in the 9th grade and am being helped by a mother of 8 who has successfully graduated at least 2 sons from High school and 1 from college. She didn't go through any particular school, as a matter a fact, she leads a co-op that my daughters attend now. In Florida, kids can take advantage of dual enrollment and attend college classes in 11th and 12th grades graduating HS with a 2 year degree possibly. I would encourage you to look into this in your state.

Answer 3

We are in the middle of High School right now (11th, 9th, 7th and 1st graders).

I love the info at http://www.homeschooloasis.com - I've posted that link here several times but it's because I feel her info, plans, forms, articles etc are right on when it comes to high schoolers.

We are not going through any school. I haven't for the last 10 years so why would I start now? There are all kinds of creative ways to get "requirements" done ( we have our own as well as the States)! This past year God gave us a wonderful friend who is a Chem/Physics teacher, as well as an English teacher so we have supplemented with them, things like that. You are still your child's best teacher and you can teach high school!

Answer 4

I am homeschooling. I am still 15, though, so I'm not quite finished with High School yet. It's going okay, I guess. It's better than it would be in a public school. Why do you ask?

Answer 5

I was homeschooled for the last two years of high school. My parents and I decided on the American School of Correspondence. I loved their curriculum.
I have friends who have gone through Penn Foster High School. I am going through one of their career classes right now.
These are correspondence courses, so it went quite well. I loved it. I got plenty of socialization. I wouldn't change a bit of it.
www.americanschoolofcorr.com
www.pennfoster.edu

Answer 6

All four of my children have home-schooled through high school.

The oldest finished at 17 and started working for a building contractor. He now works as a supervisor in vinyl graphics installation. Grade school work with him was a chore because he was very high in energy. High-school went very well because he used a self-teaching program that gave him the responsibility to study.

His closest sister continued to study through age 19 and went into college. She is studying for a BS in Animal Science. Self-teaching worked very well for her --- she has always been willing to study and do the necessary work.

The next girl studied through age 17 and moved out to become a live-in Nanny at age 18. She progressed just fine in her home-studies.

My youngest son is 16 and still home-schooling. It is going very well.

The *program* that we use is a very basic, classical approach to education. It requires the student to calculate equations, write essays and read every day. One lesson of math, one page of writing and 2+ hours of reading. When these basics are mastered every single day the student becomes a very capable scholar. They are able to think through any problem and become capable of learning anything they need to know.

Keeping it simple works the very best.

The Robinson Curriculum is the name of the method that we followed for the past 8+ years.

Answer 7

Our son homeschooled through 12th grade and is now in his 4th year into an engineering program at a University. When he was in high school yet...for his higher math courses we bought lessons on video...he also was dual enrolled in some courses at a community college....he got high school credit and college credit at the same time....since my son was in high school....I know there are a lot more things available via on line courses....just type in home school curriculum and see what comes up...our son tested well on his ACT's...that is one of the key things colleges look at....good luck.

Answer 8

my mom home schooled my two brothers through high school i am graduating next year and so far i have a 3.8 GPA we use A.C.E. which are a go at your own pace book

Answer 9

I have never done so but I have heard that some colleges do not except homeschoolers because of lack of certain credits. They then have to make up the credit at a jr college.