I personally would not attempt to homeschool a high school student that did not want to be homeschooled. I would be very fearful of how that might jeopardize my future relationship with my child. Though I agree you could try and convince them if you want them back home again. I had one that chose to go to high school for 9th and 10th grade and has now chosen to homeschool for 11th and 12th grade. But that is only because we have the option of dual enrollment here. She would never have come home again to be schooled by me or to take online classes. Due to these choices her grades are not as good as her three siblings, but our relationship is better without me trying to instruct her. She is just as ambitious as her siblings and she has other qualities and skills that will offset her grades when she applies to colleges. I feel confident she will find her way.

She's not applying to any top tier or private schools, just state universities. Honestly, I had to laugh trying to picture my daughter's face if I suggested she apply to 20+ colleges. We would definitely be using the common application! One of my daughter's friends was pushed to apply to eleven colleges last year and her friend group was shocked and showered her with sympathy for such torture. 😂 Most kids here apply to the state flagship (which is local) and one or two other universities. She only wants to apply to two herself, but even state universities are not a guarantee anymore. All three that she will be applying to now have acceptance rates under 50%.

I never did the common application for my first two girls. My third is getting ready to start college applications. She is planning to apply to three universities. If all three accept either the common application or their own application should she just do the common application? I have heard so many negative things about it and we haven't found the state university applications to be too difficult, but it has been a few years and two of the three universities are schools neither of her sisters applied to anyway. Has the common application gotten easier since it was first introduced? And it looks like she could start the common application now? I don't want to have her create an account if she isn't going to use it. I'm guessing it opens her email up to quite a bit of spam.

Ours is the same. She could have graduated with her bachelor's in one semester if she wanted an English degree. However, as she had a full tuition scholarship she chose to go into advertising instead. ETA: Actually ours are a little less. Most four and five credit hour DE classes equate to one high school credit, but many of our three credit hour DE classes are only given a half credit of high school credit - nearly all humanities/social studies/history classes are only given a half credit. ACCAgenda02142020-AppB.pdf

Looking at my children, it is the public schools that are padding the transcripts. Lol DD1 - 24.5 high school credits (117 college credits through DE) homeschooled DD2 - 29.5 high school credits (70 college credits through DE) homeschooled DD3 - 36 high school credits (75 college credits through DE) public schooled 9th & 10th, homeschooled 11th & 12th DS1 - 30 high school credits (60 college credits through DE) homeschooled (planned only, as he is entering 10th)

If he had actually taken the class DE or if we had even worked through a college algebra text for 100+ hours at home I would have awarded him a full credit. For myself, I'm not comfortable giving credits for testing out of a subject. The modern states class is a four week review. We will do enough additional study on top of that for me to be comfortable giving him a half credit only because he needs these credits to apply to university. If he didn't I would leave them off. Hopefully he will also test out of College Comp I and II using CLEP simply based on his skills without taking any classes specifically labelled as college level English classes. That will not show up anywhere in his high school transcript as he will already have enough English credits. I know in the link it says that each college class equals a high school credit, but in Florida the state has put out an equivalency list and most classes are actually a half credit (though College Algebra is one that equates to a full college credit when taken DE). All of his classes next year are outsourced. I am just listing them on his transcript the same as they are listed on the websites. Some are presented as honors classes and others are not. I'm not going to raise a class to honors status for passing the CLEP. However, if I were teaching it at home I would be comfortable naming it as honors if he passed the CLEP. ☺️

I was just thinking about this myself. My son is going to be the first of my children to take CLEP exams. I am planning to give him a half credit each for the two math CLEPs because otherwise he will not have the four math credits needed to apply to our state universities. He will do the Modern States prep classes and he will do additional prep at home with me to justify the credits. So his transcript will have a half credit of College Algebra and a half credit of College Mathematics. The other CLEPs I will not give credit for because he will have had a class beforehand - government, American history, etc. and he does not need any additional credits in those subjects.

I have nothing really to plan for my senior. She is a full time dual enrollment student. For fall she will finish up her requirements for her AA. DE Statistics DE Microeconomics DE Anatomy & Physiology I w/Lab DE Earth/Space science - not happy about this class, she wanted Chemistry but it will not fit into her schedule In the spring she will take the one semester EMT program at the college. Her goal is to work in the emergency room as an EMT while she completes her bachelor's degree.

My dd is planning on majoring in Physiology & Kinesiology. Though I don't think she has to declare her major until next summer.

I am not listing CLEP scores on my son's transcript. If we use the scores it will be for college credit and no other purpose.

I knew it was too early to respond. 😀 Most of our changes have come due to a potential change in our state college scholarship program. We will not be utilizing the local college or university next year as there is legislation currently being debated that would subtract one year of our four year state funded undergraduate scholarship for each year of dual enrollment. We are not willing to take that risk, so we will be schooling at home next year. Thanks to the discussion currently on this board, we will be taking advantage of the opportunity to CLEP many of his classes. It is something to hold in a back pocket and potentially use for college credit depending on the exact wording of any new scholarship legislation. For this school year, he will take CLEP exams in Western Civilization I, Western Civilization II, and US Government as well as the AP test in Human Geography. After a summer of study, he will also CLEP College Algebra and College Mathematics. BT Honors Algebra II BT Marine Biology & Oceanography CLRC Government CLRC Western Civilization CLRC Photography (fall) / CLRC Advanced Digital Art (spring) OS Geometry - for a full credit using MUS (fall) / MS AP Human Geography (spring)

My dd has two jobs that fit those qualifications, though I would still consider them rather low paying. 1. She works at a pet rescue. She has almost no interaction with anyone. She works in the building that houses the dogs that are not ready to be put up for adoption. They are either a mom with a new litter of puppies, a newly acquired dog that has not passed the vet's examination yet or a dog with an injury or illness that needs treating before being ready for adoption. She normally works with about eight dogs on a given day. 2. She also works at a pet boarding facility. She is their social media person. She has a bit of interaction with other workers, but mostly she is alone or photographing the dogs. The play-yard attendants also have very little contact with people but quite a bit of contact with the dogs. Social media pays better than play-yard attendant though. 🙂

I did calls for our Department of Health over the summer. I was considered a contact tracer, but the information I was gathering was pertaining to what symptoms, their duration, their sequence, their severity, whether there were any reoccurrences, how many other family members were exposed and how many of those actually tested positive for COVID, etc. All of the information remained confidential and went into a larger database. It was for medical/ academic purposes - not specifically to notify others of exposure.

employer/ tax forms car insurance post office

What state? In Florida, you apply as a freshman (first year).

We do everything in person. As no one in the household ever stopped going out to work, we just started doing things as they were reopened. All of my kids and I work outside the house. School is in person. Athletics are in person. So our days are no different than pre-covid. We always follow all mask and social distancing regulations.

I would talk to an advisor in her first and second choice college/university. Preferably the advisor for her intended major/field, not the freshman advisor! We chose to drop all high school classes from the transcript. My dd took high school classes in 7th, 8th and 9th. In our state we don't have to declare those classes as long as she wasn't in a brick and mortar classroom. They really just muddied the transcript and weren't of any particular use. And she chose to take classes at both a university and community college at the same time in order to get around the limit (so option 3). She also had summer credits from another college. No one seemed to bat an eye at multiple transcripts. They just do a transcript review and plug in classes they will accept. She was accepted everywhere she applied. All of the colleges did require and look at her volunteer/employment documentation. And she had joined a couple of university clubs in the area of her major. I think the volunteer work and participation in those clubs was important. Of course, we needed to maintain freshman status for scholarship purposes.

Well, it is early so things can change. ☺️ Definitely planning on Blue Tent for math and English. BT Algebra II BT H English II American History I want an online class with live meetings each week. I have not found what I am looking for. Hoping something new/different will be offered. Currently learning toward Florida Virtual school for science - though wouldn't mind something else if we can find it. FLVS H Meteorology: Segment II (fall) / FLVS Chemistry: Segment I (spring) Ds is hoping to take two art electives through dual enrollment, but we won't know whether or not he is accepted until April or so. DE 2D Art (fall) / DE Drawing I (spring) DE Still Photography (fall) / DE Advert. Design & Graphics (spring) High School cross country & track teams City club - swimming, running, triathlon teams Working toward college scholarships in athletics and/or art

I've been very happy with my son's Algebra 1 class this year. It has two live classes per week and office hours on a third day. None of those are required, though I encourage him to get to all three each week. The two live lessons are also recorded and students can watch them on their own, or skip them all together. We had had previous experiences with the English classes as well and plan to do English and math through Blue Tent again next year.

The person who cooks chooses the meal (within reason). I'm not buying shrimp and steak as an everyday meal.

I think the reason you are not hearing back is that it is still registration/drop-add for most colleges. I would wait another week or two and then contact the schools again. Answers to those questions are so college and program specific.

My son has a Garmin Fenix 5 and an I-phone. He says that has never happened to him. It re-pairs automatically without any sort of code needed. He is part of a large city wide running club. Many of the them have Garmin watches and he has never heard anyone say anything like that or seen anyone need to re-pair their phone and watch (and they are always comparing splits, looking at previous times, etc on both their watches and their phones). I would assume some of them have Android phones paired to their watches.

All four of my kids take (or did take) the ACT or SAT each year to meet the Florida homeschool requirement. I've been doing this for ten years with four children and I've never had any issues. ETA: I start them all taking it in the 7th grade.

Red shouldered hawk. I heard it before I saw it. It woke me up yesterday morning so I sat up in bed and saw it out the bedroom window. ☺️

My dd was in a similar situation. She worked as a waitress at an assisted living home. They tend to need people regularly. There is no money exchanging hands and the pace is slower than a restaurant. The pay was pretty good. She enjoyed it and got to know the residents well.