If you happen to do Homeschooling please tell me everything about what you do.
I am 16 and currently in highschoil but I'd like to switch to home school. I have a few questions such as what other teens do for course work, how you report your grades in a transcript to college, and how do you ensure that you're learning enough to test well on SAT? Thank you
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First learn and follow the homeschool laws of your state: http://hslda.org/laws/
As an independent homeschooler, You would keep track of your grades for all your subjects. There is software designed track attendance, record grades, calculate your GPA, and print Transcripts for homeschoolers.
Homeschool Tracker is Free. If you want transcript capabilities, you will want Homeschool Tracker Plus edition is $50: http://www.homeschooltracker.com/tracker_plus.aspx
I like Homeschool Reporting Online: https://www.homeschoolreporting.com. Subscription is $20/year. Easier to use; just list courses, record grades for each semester/quarter, and print transcript. You can also maintain attendance using homeschool tracker. Attendance will then become part of transcript.
You can also use Excel to track attendance and grades and create your own personal transcript from scratch. Here's some templates: http://www.hslda.org/highschool/academics.asp#transcripts
There are some great sites to prepare for the SAT. Just Google Free SAT Prep. Here's a few:
Satexamprep.com/
Proprofs.com/sat/
Testprepreview.com/sat_practice.htm
There are many curriculum options available for homeschoolers.
Here's a few options for whole curriculum packages and subject packages:
http://www.homeschoolcurriculumshop.com/store.html Offers a varitey of packages to meet your learning and budget needs
http://www.curriculumservices.com/ Offers computer and traditional textbook options to meet your needs.
http://www.successful-homeschooling.com/secular-homeschool-curriculum.html
http://www.pearsonschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PSZ13f
We have used Switched-On Schoolhouse for 12 years and really like it.
http://www.aophomeschooling.com/switched-on-schoolhouse/features.php
It's a Bible based multimedia computer program. You install program, program creates lesson plans, grade work for mom, maintains all records, and prints reports for you.
You can also purchase textbooks and curriculum packages a la carte from a variety of vendors:
LearningThings.com
RainbowResources.com
Timberdoodle.com
Math: Teaching Textbooks (http://teachingtextbooks.com/) Every lesson clearly presented on CD, complete assignment from companion text, parent grades from Teacher Key, every problem solution can be viewed on Solutions CD. Excellent Math program!
Math: Your Teacher.com. Online subscription offers access to all math from Pre-Algebra-College Algebra and SAT/ACT test prep courses. Great resource for all your high school math needs.
Other Great free online resources
KhanAcademy.com
SheppardSoftware.com
Some enroll in online public, private and charter schools. These options do not fall under the homeschool statue. Some may be free depending upon your state. Here are some popular cyber schools:
K12.com
Connectionsacademy.com
Pennfoster.edu
Flvs.net/Students/Pages/Homeschoolers.aspx
Hope this helps
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I suggest you do some more research. How kids are homeschooled varies widely from family to family. Some use religious curriculum, others use secular curriculum. Some mix in one or two independent online courses. Still others enroll in either public charter or private online schools. The requirements and laws vary from state to state. Without knowing more about you, it's probably pointless to make any recommendations. Here is a link that will give you state laws:
http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/directory/Legalities.htm
The main page will give you lots of links to topics.
http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/
A curriculum buyer's co-op
http://www.homeschoolbuyersco-op.org/?source=AZHomes
For transcripts here is a link to a google search. There are free sample templates available. How you keep track exactly is probably less important than that you really keep track.
http://www.google.com/search?q=homeschool+transcript+form&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
About the SAT, my personal recommendation is that any student consider signing up for a prep class. Our community college offered one for a very reasonable price that was taught by a college student who received a perfect score in all three areas. I think understanding what will be on it is very important. You could also buy a prep book and work by yourself. Your SAT scores are very important as a homeschooled student.
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It depends on where you live. For me i just send my transcripts into the public highschool. They will send the dates for the SAT test in the mail (as well as other required test like ACT). To make sure you are learning enough to do well on the SAT test is not too hard. Just make sure you are keeping up with all your classses and then buy and SAT prep book. you can buy then in like Barnes and Noble and other book place or even on amazon or ebay. Just make sure you are buying a legitimate one if you get it from ebay. If you talk to your school they may have a SAT prep book for you to borrow or some schools now have an SAT prep class.
ps: I'm homeschooled and I highly reccomend it! Just send your transcripts into the highschool and they will take care of it. Hope this helped :)
Anonymous
http://www.americanschoolofcorr.com/
That is the website for the best homeschool in the world. They have LOTS of distinguished graduates like Jessica Alba.
Pay no attention to what the government says. Home school is where the smartest people on Earth get educated.
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you can email me. Im home schooled. cbgharvard96@yahoo.com
cbgparis96@yahoo.com