Homeschooling a high schooler

[luvflorida]

Has anyone here ever homeschooled their teen for the last few years of high school? I'm talking about a child who has been in public school since Kindergarten, but then was homeschooled for their Junior and/or Senior year of high school?

Did you work with the local high school, or did you choose a different route?

Anyone with ANY experience with this, I'd LOVE to hear about it! Thanks!

 

[noodleknitter]

I've HSed thru High school, but not a student who had been PSed! I just thought Iwould throw out the idea of the Cyber Schools. They might be a happy medium. I know some people love them, and some hate them.

 

[noodleknitter]

Argh! I don't know how I keep DPing! Sorry!

 

[SeeDisney]

There's a big HS'ing thread over at the Disney for Families board. You can check that one out.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Anything is doable....Here is the College Board site with homeschooling to help.
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/forumdisplay.php?f=17

If student wants to go to college you need to gear studies, AP tests and SAT Subject Tests in the curriculum.
Some colleges require a SAT Subject test for EVERY subject and the student has to hit the mark.

Some Christian colleges don't require any of that. If college is a consideration then make sure you work at it or certainly find out requirements now.

 

[noodleknitter]

Another option for a Jr./Sr. is an early entry college program. In OH this can be done for free.

 

[Hedy]

I might suggest looking into early entry or dual enrollment programs, or Simon;s Rock College, rather than HS at this point in the game.

 

[luvflorida]

Anything is doable....Here is the College Board site with homeschooling to help.
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/forumdisplay.php?f=17

Thanks so much for the link! I've just started researching sites on homeschooling for high schoolers. I'm actually very excited about all that I've read. So far, I'm only seeing the advantages.

 

[Hedy]

Thanks so much for the link! I've just started researching sites on homeschooling for high schoolers. I'm actually very excited about all that I've read. So far, I'm only seeing the advantages.

I'm very prone to cautioning people to take college confidential with a grain of salt, but I might also suggest looking into what those opposed to it are saying. It may not wind up applying to your child, but it's worth consideration.

 

[DisneyAddict_M]

My ex-husband was public schooled until H.S. He was then homeschooled for all of H.S. He was a H.S. graduate at 16 (finished the course in 2 years) and it worked well for him.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

My friend did--pulled her oldest out in 10th grade. She used Mother of Divine Grace School I think. They sell curriculums for homeschool K-12th and you needn't be actually enrolled with them. Her daughter has since graduated and is going to the local community college on scholarship. I think she was in Catholic school until 8th grade and maybe did public school in 9th grade. (she was an on-time graduate).

Check your state laws for graduaton requirements. Also--for any colleges your child is interested, be aware of their admissions requirements.

 

[mamacatnv]

A friend of mine puller her son his Sophomore & Jr. year as he was not performing and was nowhere near where he needed to be to graduate. He had been in public school his whole life.

It was a major battle at first, but eventually smoothed out. Kid caught up and returned to the public school for his Sr. year. Graduated with the rest of his class.

She had to purchase some kind of "approved" curriculum and coordinate with the high school.

 

[LiteBrite]

I graduated my daughter from home school last year, but she'd been homeschooled all the way through. I would also recommend the idea of dual enrollment at a community college, if that's available where you live. We did that the last couple of years, but not full time - with 4 semesters of dual enrollment she ended up with about 30 credits. She would not have been ready for a full load those years, although lots of kids do it, and graduate high school with their AA degree complete!

For us, it just worked better to ease her into it with 2 classes or so each semester. She did well on the SAT at the end of that time, and earned a 75% state scholarship based on her high school GPA and her SAT score. Accepted to a state university with no problem, including a partial scholarship from the music department (she's a violin major) that covered the rest of her tuition.

Feel free to PM me with any questions, and have fun homeschooling! Depending on your child's attitude towards it, it could be an uphill climb at first, or else you could both enjoy it from the start. Just don't sweat the small stuff - homeschooling is about relaxing and working whatever way suits your chld the best.

 

[horseshowmom]

We HSed pretty much all of the way through (DD did private school the first 4 years).

I have a friend who just pulled her 3 kids out of PS. The oldest is a senior. She had enough credits to actually just take the State Dept. of Ed. online courses (only needed 3 more credits, and the girl is an A student) to finish.

Unfortunately, some of the "powers that be" in the school system kept hassling her so much about her daughter's desire to do that that she finally dropped that plan and just enrolled her in A Beka to finish the year. Now, she's having to take additional credits to meet A Beka's criteria.

Check with your State Dept. of Education to see what online options may be available to you. I just got back from a Nat'l School Board Technology Conference in Dallas. One of the workshops talked about all of the opportunities that are out there now, but the NE area of the country wasn't as far along with this as the SE. Florida has a K-12 online option available now that is funded as being it's own school district. Some kids are enrolled full-time, some are PS kids who just take a course or two.

 

[luvflorida]

There's a big HS'ing thread over at the Disney for Families board. You can check that one out.

I've checked it out, but most of what I read pertains to younger kids.

Just a bump for anyone else who may have experience with homeschooling a high schooler. Thanks!!

 

[Claudia1]

We used Indiana University High School to complete DD's high school. They are state accredited and it meshed very well with her high school curriculum. Many colleges and universities have similar programs and they also work with special ed students, maintaining their IEPs.

Good Luck!

 

[SamRoc]

Has anyone here ever homeschooled their teen for the last few years of high school? I'm talking about a child who has been in public school since Kindergarten, but then was homeschooled for their Junior and/or Senior year of high school?

Did you work with the local high school, or did you choose a different route?

Anyone with ANY experience with this, I'd LOVE to hear about it! Thanks!

I have alot of friends here in NYC that homeschool their kids in high school (they are in show business) Alot of them love the Laurel Springs program and their kids are doing great. They dont work with the local high schools, just the board of ed in the district they are zoned in.

 

[luvflorida]

I have alot of friends here in NYC that homeschool their kids in high school (they are in show business) Alot of them love the Laurel Springs program and their kids are doing great. They dont work with the local high schools, just the board of ed in the district they are zoned in.

Thanks! I'll check out the Laurel Springs program. My daughter is heavily into dance, and we usually take three or four trips a year to NYC where she has taken classes at the Broadway Dance Center.

I'm really looking into this for the next semester, (mid-January), and for her Senior year. I have a ton of questions about how to proceed with homeschooling, how closely, (maybe not at all), that we would work with the local high school, how colleges handle homeschoolers, etc., etc.

I'm finding a lot of information out there, but I need to find out where to direct my questions.

 

[SamRoc]

Hi luvFlorida, if your daughter is into dance, and wants to go to school in New York, New York University makes it really easy for home schooling parents. My dd is applying there for fall 2007. She isnt home schooled this year, but has been in the past and its worked out really well.

 

[CapeCodTenor]

I don't have any kids, yet, but I do have a question regarding homeschooling high school kids. When it comes to sports, dances, proms, chorus, drama and so forth, how does that work? Do you align your kid(s) with a local high school for that, or do all the other homeschooling parents get together for something each year with their kids? Just wondering.