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Homeschool Test Preparation for College Admission Tests
When your child is working hard on studying for college admission tests, like the SAT® or ACT®, you may be accumulating enough hours to make this a class, and put it on your child's transcript. Let me provide some simple do's and don'ts for using test prep and putting it on a homeschool transcript.
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Homeschool High School: Teaching Health
Homeschool health requirements vary by state. Check your state homeschool law, and see what your state may require for health.
Unless your state requires it, you don’t have to teach Health every year of high school. Some states want Health to be a requirement for graduation, but colleges generally don’t care about it much. Some colleges want to see students
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Why I Do Not Recommend Weighting Grades
I don't recommend weighting grades. It makes it harder for colleges, and colleges tend to like you more if you make their job easier. Here is the problem, every high school has a different policy on weighting grades.
For an "Honors" or AP class, some high schools will add 1.0 to the grade - so the highest grade possible is a 5.0… Read More -
The Purpose of Middle School
Purpose for Students
Middle school is the pause between elementary school and high school. Children learn at different rates –not just homeschoolers, ALL kids! The pause, middle school, gives slow or reluctant learners time to catch up before high school. At the same time, it gives quick and academically capable children a chance to continue learning at their level.
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