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  1. Add Chancellor's Excellence Scholarship to Cedarville acceptance! Thanks.
  2. I agree that if you only want one class, the price becomes way over the top. Doesn't WTMA have something like a $75 registration fee every year? If so, you could pay three years of fees with WTMA and still be under the one-time WHA fee of $250. That is quite sobering! For us, it works as our fee will just be $100 and we could actually benefit from the career assessment software tool and also from the college advisor. I expect one of the things the college advisor will do is help students explain to colleges what is great and unique about getting their education at WHA (compared to other places; e.g. what makes Great Conversations so great in what it covers compared to the usual tract of history courses in high school). As long as WHA accepts the coursework we submitted as transfer credits for our dd's 9th grade year, we are 'in' for the diploma program. It was a huge chore to prepare our older dc's admission application to UCONN as the added requirements for homeschoolers to include is a long list (including the question asking how many of the courses were completed via an accredited program). We have to wait until after March 1st to find out if he is accepted or not, but I do not hold a whole lot of hope as none of his classes were from an accredited source. In contrast, we trust WHA to pave the way for a better experience for our upcoming junior to navigate the applying-to-college scene. It's just what gives us 'peace' on this journey. Although I will put in a plug for HSLDA Online Academy as our ds has really thrived with the courses he took there....it's just that our dd wanted to go a different direction.
  3. It seems to me it was closer to $750 and the other classes were around $650. But, yes, that was the biggest jump and it was a shocker for sure. Good thing they warned us in the Open House meeting recently about a tuition hike. I think they know that WHA is becoming more and more popular and they are needing to hire more teachers...all good things...plus they can probably charge more when accreditation happens.
  4. Yes, it is a big 'ouch', especially considering I just wrote a check for $375 to Sr. Gamache at La Clase Divertida for Spanish III next year ($50 off for getting it in before Feb. 15). However, when you compare to paying $1600 or whatever it costs nowadays for a parent-tutor and all associated other costs at Classical Conversations, I am thrilled to have my dd get such qualified master teachers that spend 90 minutes twice a week in live online instruction AND they do all the grading! :) Of course, there is always a trade-off, but WHA has been a big blessing to our family.
  5. Yes, WHA has been a 'candidate' for accreditation since last fall. They are expecting an announcement any day now regarding accreditation status. A new 'student services fee' has been added, which is a one-time fee of $250 for new enrollments with a 'transition discount' for those already attending WHA. Looks like we will pay a fee of $100 as my dd already attends WHA and is a rising 11th grader. But she wouldn't pay another fee as a senior as it is just once and done. A 'college advisor' was added to the academy just last week and she has already sent us a helpful link to a National College Fair database where we discovered a large venue to be held near us in March of this year.
  6. This would be her first stats course. That is okay to do, right? Way back when we did Saxon Math 8/7 (which was our first Saxon Math program), they had math activities every so often and I remember her making big, beautiful pie charts and bar graphs...just for fun with perfectly neat lines (and circles), lightly shaded color pencil markings, etc. Silly or not, it is one reason I think she might enjoy this course. I don't think she absolutely loved the probability part, though, but hoping the data analysis part will be exciting for her (my only real knowledge of this course is skimming the Table of Contents of the textbook, though, lol). Anyway, when my ds was a junior, he suddenly got a clue of what he wanted to do, and took three science courses in that one year (biology, chemistry, and a biological research into immunology course that our allergist offered him out of the blue one day). I think the junior year is particularly important to show colleges that you are 'stepping it up' and adding in something that is noteworthy for you. I am hoping that the double math courses this year will show that for my daughter, as this is a clear interest for her.
  7. Have you done Latin before? Do you have a separate math program or will you be using Saxon? If using Saxon, are you ahead, behind, or right on level? If you have already done Foundations, you may gain a few extra minutes as you've already been learning a bit of Latin, etc. We found that it really did take 6 hours per day and that we really could not do much else, except for our music extracurricular activities. But we were brand new to Latin, brand new to the Lost Tools of Writing, and brand new to Saxon Math with a struggling math student at the time. Drawing the world for geography and memorizing all the capitals of every country in the world basically took a full hour, too. If you have an excellent tutor and your dc has friends already in the program, it could be a very good fit for middle school. For us, it was a winner for Challenge A and probably even for Challenge B (but not. at. all. for high school).
  8. You know what? I think we are going to make a big change and have my dd take AP Statistics instead of Latin 3. Neither of us really like the Latin Alive series (although Mrs. Hensley is a sweetheart of a teacher). And, honestly, it is me that is really crazy about Latin, not my dd. She wants to take 4 years of Spanish and, at the end of this year, will have a solid 2 years of high school Latin as well. Her favorite subject is actually math, and she has had a rather boring year of sitting in geometry classes (minus learning the names of theorems and enjoying making her constructions of angles and such look pretty). So it just suddenly makes sense to do the following,which she is now quite happy about, for her junior year (all WHA except Spanish): Precalculus AP Statistics Honors Chemistry Great Conversations 5 Spanish 3 (with Sr G) Rhetoric 1 And then I would take Henle II-Caesar from Memoria Press on my own as an audit (if they allow that). Otherwise, it is more than a little selfish of me to tell my dd to take Latin so her mother can listen in, don't 'cha think?!! :smilielol5: :tongue_smilie: :w00t: Brenda
  9. What? She even teaches GC4? Who knew???? Yes, she is a very personable, fun teacher. I watch her Latin II archive recordings every week! :)
  10. Well, there is one teacher who has to do late afternoon classes since she lives in Australia! Her Latin classes start no early than 3:30 p.m. which I think is before dawn Australian time.
  11. Yea, I had asked my dd which times she preferred and she preferred 8 a.m. slots to late afternoon ones. She thinks it will help her get on a better schedule next year, but I think it's going to be rougher than she realizes to give a speech in rhetoric class at 8 a.m.! She also wanted to make sure she wasn't trying to do math in the afternoon. So, yes, those of us in WHA this year were given a survey last month asking when we were willing and able to do classes for next year. I wonder how they could expand that survey idea to those who were willing to sign the dotted line for next year if only there were better class times available for pacific time zones, etc. That would be rough to do, but maybe now that they are growing larger and employing more teachers, they will open up more time slots as others have suggested. We will see...
  12. Oh, and it appears that they have recently hired some new, highly qualified teachers, such as one who has a PhD from Cornell. They said that bios on these teachers should be added to the WHA website in about a week.
  13. I think she is going to stick with GC5. That way, she will have 'friends' that will move up with her to the next level. I think that'll be the best plan, but it was still nice to give her options.
  14. It appears that GC3 is particularly geared to 9th graders (but I still sent an email off to Mr. Etter to ask his opinion!...and I just got an answer, just that FAST!!!! Mr. Etter says, "she could easily do TGC 3. It is still very challenging material and we have a bit of a variety of age, maybe 14-16 yrs. old". So, I may give her the option... If anyone missed the event and wants to email the school, such as either Mr. Etter or Mr. Vierra or Mr. Donaldson, go for it. They are answering questions quickly right now. Mr. Vierra asked people to send him emails at: tvierra@wilsonhillacademy.com.
  15. You all got me thinking. I was in the mindset that GC3 was technically a middle school 'logic' stage course, but it is NOT. It is listed in the 'rhetoric' stage or high school level of courses. I verified this in several places: in the logic stage, GC1 and GC2 are options, but in the rhetoric stage for high school, it is indeed GC1&4 (for 9th and 10th graders), GC3, GC5 and GC6 that are presented as options. And for those that are trying to meet WHA graduation requirements to achieve a diploma, you are to have three GC courses (at least one ancient, one medieval, and one modern). It appears to me that GC3 and GC6 would both count as 'modern' options. Why this is key for us is because Mr. Etter teaches GC3 and my dd adores him as a teacher. Hmmm....should we go ahead with GC5 next year, or should we back up and do GC3 and then do GC5 for dd's senior year??? Do you think I could give her this option and let her decide? I was only thinking it would be GC5 for her junior year and then GC6 for senior year (along with maybe a .5 credit government class thrown in from somewhere. She has already had U.S. History as we did this with Sonlight Core 100 for her freshman year. Wow, we have more options than I thought! Thanks, hive! :) Brenda
  16. My dd is taking GC1+4 this year. It covers what you could think of as 'middle school ancients' (GC1) plus 'high school ancients' (GC4) into one course taken for one year. GC2 is comparable to GC5 except the books are easier...both cover the medieval period, I believe. Then GC3 is like GC6 in that they both cover the modern era. Since we just started this year, we did GC1+4 (you have to be either a 9th or a 10th grader to do this one) and then my dd will go on to GC5 next year in order to keep with the chronological order of history. I think someone may have chosen GC3 because they wanted to cover U.S. History at a fairly easy pace. You can look at the book lists for each of the Great Conversations classes to get a better feel of what is covered and what best fits in with your desired scope and sequence. Brenda
  17. Ha, ha about the acronym. I know nothing about Cary except that a church family recently relocated there from the northeast after doing considerable research as to best spots in NC to move to!
  18. One good thing that happened is while we were traipsing to CVS all month to get medicine, I discovered the area's smallish grocery store makes fantastic homemade soups and have started being a regular there! :) And I've been very proud of my senior who is working very hard to keep up with his online classes despite being down with pneumonia this entire month. Sometimes adversity can bring out strength of character that we never even knew we had, especially in our family when it is combined with faith that God will see us through! Here's hoping that next month will be brighter for all here (so what if we're talking February...that notoriously difficult to push through homeschooling month...maybe it's 'January' instead this year and February will go by like a breeze... :laugh:)! Brenda
  19. The whole family of 4 came down with pneumonia; two before Christmas and then I thought we were done. But...dh came down with 103 fever over the long weekend of New Year's and my ds woke up the next day (Jan. 2nd) announcing he had pneumonia, too...just like that, out of the blue. Now he is on a course of prednisone two weeks after the antibiotic as the pneumonia can still be heard in his lungs...and I've got to take everyone back for 6-week FU chest x-rays, so my dd's is sometime this week...
  20. My dh was diagnosed with this a couple of years ago. He had suffered for about 4 years prior to this and was continually misdiagnosed (including one dermatologist who kept doubling the amount of allergy meds from 4 to 8 to even 16 pills per day, in which my dh was falling asleep in the middle of conversations...it was bad). Finally, his mother sent him a Reader's Digest article about Dermatitis Herpetiformis and he knew right away this is what he had...but he had to practically beg a different dermatologist to conduct a punch biopsy next to an active lesion in order to get a confirmed diagnosis. Anyway, my dh is totally gluten-free, but he has to also take low dose Dapsone to be close to symptom-free, and he gets blood work done once a year to make sure his liver enzymes and RBC's do not get out of whack. So far, so good. I might mention that he does have to reside in a house where there is still a lot of gluten around, since my dc eat it and my dd loves to bake. She usually waits, though, until he is away on a business trip before she makes things out of homemade dough. I might add that I am sad for anyone that finds out they have this disease while they are still so young as I imagine your dd is. However, it is great that you found out a definitive diagnosis so soon!
  21. Actually, I was responding to your earlier question when I said orange was okay. It's one thing how we mix up paints in our art classes to make orange, but I do not think that is the way it works in the food industry. All I know is that the only counsel given in the G.I. office I worked for was to avoid red and purple popsicles, jello, etc. No problem with orange and lemon/lime. BTW, I prefer orange to lemon/lime as well, especially when it comes to jello, and I have eaten orange jello before my own colonoscopy before. You could always call and ask at your doctor's office if you still have any concerns. Blessings, Brenda
  22. First off, I must say that 'Golytely' does not make you 'go lightly'! :lol: Second, orange and lemon/lime products are your best choices to avoid the dyes that make it difficult for doctors to see inside your colon. So, orange jello, orange popsicles, orange gatorade are all fine choices as they are clear liquids (but of course no orange juice as that is NOT a clear liquid). I used to work in a G.I. office for about 6 years, except that was about 20 years ago, so many things have changed, but it appears that 'Golytely' is not one of them! But I can tell you that, even at that time, we had three doctors in the practice and they each had their own special prep, and certainly they would modify the prep if the individual was known to have a tougher time getting cleaned out. I do wish you and your dd well as you navigate all the pre-procedure instructions, knowing the results should give clear guidance as to the best plan going forward.
  23. There is a set of 2nd Declension er, ir Nouns, in which vir, viri m. 'man' is a member. Except for the nominative singular, these nouns have the same case endings as all 2nd Decl. masculine nouns. The er nouns (such as ager, agri 'field, ground'; puer, pueri 'boy, child'; vesper, vesperi 'evening' are all masculine. The nom. sg. of most declensions can vary, but the gen. sg. never varies, and that is the one that tells you what declension (or family) the noun belongs to. Since the gen. sg. of a noun like servus, servi and vir, viri both have the -i ending in the gen. sg., they are part of the same 2nd Declension family. Hope this helps! Brenda
  24. Ginger-Ale, 7-Up, Popsicles (no red or purple). Nothing with red or purple dyes that would detract the doctor from recognizing any blood in the colon, but juices that are naturally red like cranberry pomegranate juice is okay. I would not eat too heavy of meals prior to when she starts the clear liquid diet, so that she does not have as much to get rid of, if you know what I mean.
  25. Oh, that's too bad about Mr. Etter not teaching GC 1&4 next year. My dd has him this year for that course and it is FABULOUS. I started watching the recorded classes myself as they are that good! I believe Greg Lawrence was new to WHA last year (maybe, I think???) and is currently teaching this class, so at least you know he won't be brand new to teaching this class. Although I gotta say, Mr. Etter is a hoot with his 'action figures', I mean 'statues' of various Greek personalities that he brings on screen from time to time....
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