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My oldest is in 9th grade this year. I had toyed with the idea of doing a half credit of P.E. this year and then an additional half credit next year. But, I looked at the high school group P.E. that our homeschool support group is offering this year, and the planning of 4 six-week units to cover four different sports neatly corresponds with roughly a quarter credit. We would probably then put in a similar time commitment for her remaining three years, with a quarter credit each year.

 

Has anyone done this? Or does it just look weird on the transcript?

 

Erica in OR

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My DD covered several of her electives with a quarter credit per year, for one full cumulative credit over the course of high school. This worked fine for PE, music history, art history, and computer skills. I explained our approach in the homeschool profile, and nobody questioned my transcript.

 

Honestly, I highly doubt anybody will care how exactly you award the credit for PE

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We have spread out 1.0 credit over 2 or 3 years. Not a problem. :) Then on your transcript, just list your courses by subject rather than by grade/year, as it cleans up the "clutter" of lots of little partial credits every year, and makes it easier for the college admissions offices to figure out.

 

 

Example of transcript listed by subject:

 

MATH

course .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   . credit .   .   . grade

Algebra 1.   .   .   .   .   .   .   .  1.00 .   .  x

Geometry .   .   .   .   .   .   .   . 1.00 .   . x

Algebra 2   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .1.00 .   . x 

Pre-Calculus   .   .   .   .   .   .  1.00 .   . x 

TOTAL credits/GPA .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .    4.00 .   . x.xxxx

 

SOCIAL STUDIES

course .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   . credit .   .   . grade

World History .   .   .   .   .   .  1.00 .   .  x

American History .   .   .   .   . 1.00 .   . x

Government   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.50 .   . x 

Economics  .   .   .   .   .   .   .  0.50 .   . x

World Geography .   .   .   .   . 0.50 .   .  x 

TOTAL credits/GPA .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   3.50 .   . x.xxxx

 

 

ELECTIVES

course .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   . credit .   .   . grade

PE .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.00 .   .  x

Auto CAD* .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.50 .   . x

Home Ec .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .  1.00 .   . x

Logic   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .  1.00 .   . x 

TOTAL credits/GPA .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .  3.50  .   . x.xxxx

 

* = course taken at _____________ as dual enrollment

 

 

Example of transcript listed by grade/year:

 

9th GRADE

course .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   . credit .   .   . grade

English I.   .   .   .   .   .   .   .  1.00 .   .   . x

Algebra 1 .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .0.50 .   .   . x

Biology   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .  1.00 .   .   . x 

World Geography .   .   .   .   0.50 .   .   . x 

French I   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .1.00 .   .   . x 

Fine Arts: Piano I   .   .   .   .  1.00 .   .   . x 

Elective: Logic .   .   .   .   .   . 0.50 .   .   . x

Elective: Home Ec .   .   .   .  0.25 .   .   . x

Elective: PE .   .   .   .   .   .   .0.25 .   .   . x 

TOTAL credits/GPA .   .   .   .   .   .   .   . 6.00 .   . x.xxxx

 

10th GRADE

course .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   . credit .   .   . grade

English II   .   .   .   .   .   .   .  1.00 .   .   . x

Geometry .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.50 .   .   . x

Chemistry .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.00 .   .   . x 

World History .   .   .   .   .   .  1.00 .   .   . x 

French II  .   .   .   .   .   .   .    1.00 .   .   . x 

Fine Arts: Piano II  .   .   .   .  1.00 .   .   . x

Elective: Logic .   .   .   .   .   . 0.50 .   .   . x

Elective: Home Ec .   .   .   .  0.25 .   .   . x

Elective: PE .   .   .   .   .   .   .0.25 .   .   . x 

TOTAL credits/GPA .   .   .   .   .   .   .   . 6.50 .   . x.xxxx

 

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We have spread out 1.0 credit over 2 or 3 years. Not a problem. :) Then on your transcript, just list your courses by subject rather than by grade/year, as it cleans up the "clutter" of lots of little partial credits every year, and makes it easier for the college admissions offices to figure out.

 

 

Thanks for the detailed transcript examples, Lori. Great idea. We will have some other partial credits too over the years, like logic, so that would really streamline the listing.

 

Erica in OR

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