ilovemy4kids Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Long story short. Our 17 year old daughter, (CAPD, Dyslexia, and partial hearing loss) up and ran away from home!?! Don't get it, but she made a couple of "interesting" friends and the next thing we know, she left. Anyway, she will not be coming home and we are not forcing her. After contacting an attorney, we found out where she went. She will be staying with a family in a town near us, with our consent. We had the option to "make" her return, but what's the point. So, she will be enrolling in public highschool. She is our child who was the totally least academically inclined or able. In Kansas, as a homeschool she didn't have to do what the guidelines are. Just for the record, our other children are doing ALOT more and test fine on the standardized. Just didn't want you to think the following is our "standard". Here is what she has taken: 2006-2007 - Essay workshop and Reasearch Paper Workshop from Writeathome.com World History to the 1800's (We used the first have of TOG year 2) Rainbow Science 2007-2008 - Composition 1 from Writeathome.com Pre-Algebra US History (BJU with the book, questions and our own tests) Rainbow Science (still) 2009-2010- Easy Grammar Plus 1/2 credit Word Geography 18 weeks of History and Literature and composition from My Father's World Ancient History and Literature program. 1/2 of Switched on Schoolhouse Government and Economics (basically finished the Government portion 1/2 of Switched on Schoolhouse Physical Science Algebra 1 ELECTIVES: Early Childhood Development Home Management Bible Intro to Culinary Arts Introductory Sewing for clothing and the home How would you give credits for these? Keep in mind, she will not be going to college, she will go to cosmetology school. Blessings and thanks, Sandra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tullia Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 (edited) One suggestion I'd offer is that you use subjects (math, science, language arts, history, electives) instead of school years to organize the subjects. I'm not familiar enough with some of the curricula you list to offer advice on how much credit is reasonable for the work she's done in any particular area. You might want to do something different for a final, official transcript, but just for working purposes I created a form in Open Office using a "landscape" orientation and a table with general subjects as column headers, but the rows were done by date. Something like this: ******* Math**** Science***** Language Arts***** History***** Electives 2000-1 2001-2 2002-3 I put specific names of classes of classes and credit earned under the column headers, and also had untitled columns to the right of each subject column for entering a numerical grade and points earned for calculating gpa. I also put a row along the bottom with number of credits and gpa for each category. Personal and homeschool information was put in a separate table above that for grades. There was a final table at the very bottom of the page with additional information on test scores, extracurricular activities and community service. My explanation here is sketchy and may not be terribly useful; if you think it would be helpful, pm me and I'll send you a streamlined version of my son's transcript. I liked this method because it gives a clear idea of the relative strengths and weaknesses of the transcript. The information on years is there for those who think in those terms, but IMO this form puts the focus on how many credits of what type you've listed. Along with the transcript...I would also suggest you include additional information about any formal diagnoses she's had and a general outline of the strategies you've used to help your daughter with her learning challenges. I'd also find a way to mention that she does, indeed, have career aspirations and outline what your plans are/were to achieve her goals. In my experience, schools look with favor on documentation and individual school employees get nervous if there's nothing in the file. A transcript that highlights her strengths will help the ps create a plan that well help her prepare to apply to cosmetology school. HTH, Martha PS I know a lady who is a successful business owner today whose high school years were similar. My best wishes to your family. Edited July 29, 2010 by Martha in NM clean up formatting issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Long story short. Our 17 year old daughter, (CAPD, Dyslexia, and partial hearing loss) up and ran away from home!?! Don't get it, but she made a couple of "interesting" friends and the next thing we know, she left. Anyway, she will not be coming home and we are not forcing her. After contacting an attorney, we found out where she went. She will be staying with a family in a town near us, with our consent. We had the option to "make" her return, but what's the point. :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: 2006-2007 -Essay workshop and Reasearch Paper Workshop from Writeathome.com World History to the 1800's (We used the first have of TOG year 2) Rainbow Science English-1 credit World History-1 credit General science-1 credit 2007-2008 -Composition 1 from Writeathome.com Pre-Algebra US History (BJU with the book, questions and our own tests) Rainbow Science (still) English--1 credit Pre-algebra-1 credit U.S. History--1 credit Genearl Science-1 credit 2009-2010- Easy Grammar Plus 1/2 credit Word Geography 18 weeks of History and Literature and composition from My Father's World Ancient History and Literature program. 1/2 of Switched on Schoolhouse Government and Economics (basically finished the Government portion 1/2 of Switched on Schoolhouse Physical Science Algebra 1 English-1 credit World History & Geography-1 credit U.S. Government-.5 credit Physical Science-.5 credit ELECTIVES:Early Childhood Development Home Management Bible Intro to Culinary Arts Introductory Sewing for clothing and the home Whether you give these each 1 credit or .5 credit would depend on how much time she spent on each one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teachin'Mine Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 I'd be inclined to look at the graduation requirements for the school she'll be attending, and then apply the credits accordingly. Like English 9, Algebra 1, etc.. I agree with listing them by subject instead of by year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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