They usually have two or three sales each year.

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Despite being old for his grade, my ds who's going into 5th does not work well alone. However, I work part time an have two other children to work with, so I do have a list of work he needs to get done each day on his own. CNN student news - online VP self paced history - online VP Omnibus secondary lit - online Pentime Vocabu-Lit Saxon math lesson - after we have gone over the lesson and practice problems together If he finishes that and I am still unavailable he works on his typing skills or watches documentaries I have provided for the purpose.

Checked Realtor.com. Our town has 36 matches ranging from $300,000 to around $1.5 million depending on location.

I generally give my teens a ride in the morning if I have the time. That way they can sleep in and/or not worry about being late, as public transit times can vary. They are usually expected to find their own ways home - either walking, finding a ride or taking the bus.

Does printer ink go on sale anywhere during the school supply sales?

These came out today at Walmart. I hadn't seen them before but, they look great. I bought six, but might pick up a few more to stock up. I also bought five pencil sharpeners. Four personal and one to stay with the school supplies. We don't need too much this year.

Our current school year will end August 5th and the new school year will begin August 22nd. We are currently wrapping up subjects that we couldn't finish over the school year. We are down to about 3 hours per day of school. On August 5th we just put everything away, finished or not.

I do final transcripts by subject not by year! :) 9th grade MUS Prealgebra (1) (may or may not include on final transcript) FLVS Physical Science (1) FLVS H English 10 (.5) Kolbe Modern Lit (.5) FLVS Psychology (.5) BHS Acting I (.5) (local high school class) FLVS Driver Education (.5) (likely will not include on final transcript) FLVS Theater, Cinema and Film (1) 10th grade (last year) MUS Algebra I / Keys to Algebra (1) FLVS Biology (1) FLVS Intensive Reading (.5) Composition I (DE) (1) Psychology (DE) (.5) Intro to Japanese (.5) Intro to Chinese (.5) BHS Adv. Acting (.5) BHS Technical Theater (1) Due mostly to dual enrollment, in 11th grade dd will earn: Foreign Language - 4 credits Math - 1 credit Science - 1 credit English - 1 credit History - 1 credit Theater Electives - 2.5 credits

My 7th grade dd prefers having a set schedule. She will start school each day at 7 am. The order was determined based on her three online class times and the times I am available to work with her. Anything not finished by 3:30 she must work into her free time after dinner or on weekends. English US History Latin Writing Lunch Math Science Geography Literature

I think there is more of a stigma now. Most states have now raised the age allowed for the GED to 18. It used to be that kids (mostly boys around us) would already have good jobs or plan to work for their families and would take the GED at 16 so they could work full time. It wasn't unusual. My dh took the GED and it hasn't hurt him any. He definitely makes more money than many of the degree holding men and women we know. He was able to move up in his company without it being an issue. But now, with the older age requirement in place, it takes away the option to enter the work force earlier, once a primary purpose of the GED.

I would do whatever your local high schools do. My dd received one credit for each science with lab and no credit (NC) for her only 1 credit hour university class.

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My dd has rented quite a few. It has been painless. It has always been cheaper than buying used. I don't know when fall rentals start. As a prime member she gets them shipped free in about 2 days, so she doesn't order very early. One nice feature is that you can return the book within four weeks for a full refund. That way if the book wasn't all you were hoping, you drop a class or a friend gives you her old book, etc. you can just ship it back (no charge) and get a refund.

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My father improved his freestyle for triathlons. He would try to get to the local pool at lunch for practice. It took him some time. In the first few triathlons he fell back on his sidestroke or breaststroke as necessary. They used to start everyone at once and he would let most of the athletes into the water before him to give himself some breathing room. He would catch up on the bike and run. Now many triathlons use chips and a staggered start. That does make it easier.

My ds will spend 6.5 hours daily. Approximate breakdown: Math - 1hr Science - 1hr Latin & Art - 1hr History - 1.5 hrs Literature/English - 2 hrs ETA: That is four days a week. He will have one 3 hr school day when he will spend the other half day at co-op.

My dd chose to do this with success. She wasn't interested in a degree in science or math, wasn't at all interested in an elite school and didn't see any point in taking twice as many classes, even if they were at a higher level the second time through. Her 8th grade year she took low level high school courses; Honors freshman English I, Honors physical science, Honors Latin I and algebra I. In 9th she jumped right into university classes. However, the only class she struggled with was chemistry (taken at the local CC, not the university.) She has strongly advised all of her siblings to first take a high school level chemistry class. For her, it was too much information at too fast a pace with the rest of the students having a better background in chemistry. That said, you have to know your child. This plan would never, ever work for any of my other children. ETA: My dd did this as a DE student. We did not graduate her as DE classes here are free. She earned 117 college credits while in high school but, maintained her college freshman status for scholarships. She could graduate with her BA next year. Instead, she plans to spend three to four years at the university pursuing multiple degrees.

Wow. Thanks for this. We weren't even going to check until the beginning of July. Very happy with my dd's score.

I was completely delusional when I started to homeschool. My eldest was in kindergarten. I seriously thought all of my kids would learn Latin and Greek and study a slew of "great books." Then they would all go to St. John's or some other Great Books College. I love planning and had a twelve year plan in place. :smilielol5: :smilielol5: I started strong and by the time my eldest was in 8th grade she was beyond what I could teach in Latin and English. So I sent her to the university, planning to take advantage of their Latin, Greek and English classes. Greek never happened. She did take three Latin classes. And as soon as she had enough credits to satisfy both a high school transcript and any state college requirements she dropped the language without a glance back. After 9th grade I never taught her any classes at home. All of her classes were then DE. And the English quickly morphed into Poetry. She took every photography and poetry class open to underclassmen and some poetry classes that were by invitation only. She is now officially in college working toward degrees in photography, poetry (English), sustainability and possibly advertising. I'm not sure she has ever read a "great book." Second dd asked to take an acting class a few years ago. I was shocked. No one in our family did any sort of acting and she never struck me as a child that would want to be up on stage. Surprise! She loved it and nearly every spare minute from then to now has been devoted to theater. She has mild LDs which caused us to drop Latin and readjust the rest of her schedule. She doesn't enjoy anything academic unless it is a foreign language (that is not Latin or Greek.) She registered for DE classes last week and true to form she signed up for two academic classes Summer B (six week classes) so that she could get those credits out of the way and for fall (16 week classes) she is taking Chinese, Sign Language, theater elective, theater elective, theater elective. She is disappointed that they don't offer Japanese. She has been studying with a tutor, but will drop that language for now once her college classes start. I am pushing hard for an AA (in theater) before high school graduation as she plans to travel the world and I fear she may not complete any additional formal education. Third daughter is quite the academic and even studies Latin. However, she doesn't enjoy homeschooling and as a compromise, she will homeschool two more years and then attend high school. She is very science minded and is considering chemistry or chemical engineering as potential fields. And there is my son. He loves to read! But, he hates school. He wants a full time job - today. He is leaning toward landscape architecture. Due to our location I am sure he will find a part time job either in a garden center or with a lawn care business within the next two or three years. And then we will be going back and forth with him wanting to devote more time to work and me wanting him to devote more time to school. We already struggle with him devoting so much time to his backyard garden and landscaping projects. So there it is, not a great books college candidate among them. Though I have to admit, they are a fascinating bunch. Not one at all like another. It has been great fun watching them develop passions I would never have considered and growing into such unique young adults. And now I get to come up with all sorts of different school plans and then redo them each year as the children grow and plans change. :thumbup:

My dd12 does Alcumus through the summer.

Thank you! I thought it seemed strange to take 2-3 years of algebra based physics. I wasn't sure whether I was missing something.

Is it worthwhile to take AP Physics 1 and/or AP Physics 2 before AP Physics C? I know that the 1 and 2 are algebra based and C is calculus based. Couldn't a student take a solid physics class (not AP) and then follow it up with AP Physics C, assuming the student has had calculus?

How many did they graduate? I do think that is odd for an IB program. I just checked our local program. Yes, most of the students are going to state universities - but not all. Ours graduated 100+ students. 2/3 are going to the local state flagship and a handful are going to other state schools, but 30+ others are going to prestigious colleges all over the country including two going to Ivies and one to the US Naval Academy. Maybe the graduating class was smaller than usual?