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  1. Dress Barn and then Kohls and JcPenney are good too. They have a wider variety of dresses online but just wait for a sale. Lord&Taylor has some surprisingly good buys as well if you check out their sale section.
  2. Similar situation here. Over $20,000 a year to cover 5 of us with $7.500 deductible per person. Earlier this year, went to the ER for a kidney stone, stayed there about 2 hours for pain killers and MRI and it cost us $6,000 out of pocket out of $10,000 bill. These costs are ridiculous. I think we probably would have paid less by saying we had no insurance and paying cash directly. We're going to look into short term health care plans now. I looked at them last year and they seemed cheaper but they were just about to implement a new rule to cap the number of times you could renew the plan. I believe they have or are considering getting rid of the cap so that might be viable. Are there Christian Health care plans or equivalent plans that welcome non-Christians or agnostics or do they all require a statement of faith?
  3. Assuming you're in the Bay Area and looking for AP Latin, have you tried St. Ignatius. They offer AP Latin.
  4. Have you looked at Southwestern (Georgetown, TX) or Trinity University (San Antonio)? They are both small liberal arts school, fairly selective, and offer merit.
  5. I appreciate all the responses. This is only our second foray into outside courses so I wasn't sure what typical expectations are these days. This was the first long paper he had to do, so definitely he needs some guidance. It's an online class with a small number of students and the papers/grades/feedback are posted on the class portal so I don't think we've missed anything. I'll have him contact the instructor.
  6. DS is taking a writing course and it's been about 3 weeks since he submitted a paper and no grade or feedback yet. Would you consider that reasonable? The instructor said they would have it graded last week but nothing so far. The issue I have is he has to write another long paper shortly and has no feedback on the first one so it's difficult to know if he's going in the right direction. Should he bother contacting the instructor or is that not appropriate?
  7. Hmmm. I'm not sure how she was legally working full-time from 13/14 unless she was doing so under the table or through some online job. Not to take away from her accomplishments, but I do think there may be some revisionist history/hyperbole going on in her background.
  8. Profrobbob says on his website he uses AP Statistics: The Practice of Statistics by Yates, Moore and Starnes.
  9. I have some suggestions from my research for AP Stats. There are loads of courses out there but I found these to be some of the most accessible for a high school student. I think these should work even if you don't want to take the AP exam. These are all free or very inexpensive($10). Udacity has two free courses Intro to Descriptive Statistics and Introduction to Inferential Statistics. These were once used by San Jose State for their intro. stat course. Personally, I'm not crazy about the way they split up the videos into tiny mini-clips but the content is good and it comes with quizzes.On Udemy, there is a very good course called Ace the AP Statistics and Master Elementary Statistics. It consists of many 10-15 minute lectures. It's only $10 if you use the coupon here.On youtube, Profrobbob has videos for most math classes including AP Statistics.On edx, I Heart Stats: Learning to Love Statistics. This is an archived class but you should be able to still access the videos etc.
  10. For world history at the early high school level, I might suggest World History: Our Human Story. It is a somewhat condensed, single volume version of the 3 K12 Human Odyssey books. It is secular and has a very similar feel to the CLE American textbook. Unfortunately, it doesn't come with any workbooks etc. but maybe you could use it in conjunction with Oak Meadow's course which is textbook independent or pair it with something like World History Detective. Oak Meadow suggests the Glencoe text but Holt and Pearson are also options. Paradigm Accelerated does have a world history course as well. Definitely not as substantial as CLE or K12 though.
  11. As mentioned, those courses are still the old format. CLE does have a great course on Latin American history and geography that is very similar to the American History textbook but it's only Latin America. It's designed for 6th grade but very in-depth and would work for any middle school grade. If you're looking for something somewhat similar (work text approach) at a high school level, there is Paradigm Accelerated. They have a secular World Geography course and some other courses that might work for civics. Not quite as rigorous as CLE but would work well especially for a younger student. Holt might be an option. They package their standard World Geography text for homeschool use. Another option, although not secular, is BJU's Cultural Geography and Government textbooks. It comes with a workbook and the text is appealing and rigorous. I have a copy of the text and can check if you wish to see if it might work for a secular user.
  12. No experience with any of these but they seem to meet your criteria: CLRC, Scholars Online, Potters School, Big River Academy, Aim Academy
  13. Here's a thread that discusses some textbook and online options
  14. I have not actually booked through Costco but my bil uses it quite a bit and has been happy with it. I use Cruisecompete and have gotten some deals at lower prices than Costco. You enter details on the specific cruise you are interested in and then travel agents submit bids with their best price. Usually they simply offer better onboard credit but sometimes they also offer discounted prices due to a group buy or other special offer (e.g. nonrefundable rates etc.). Of course, you should do your research on the individual agency and any reviews to see if they have good customer service in the event of a problem. I used one agency for the first time, had a major problem when I got sick the day of the cruise and could not board and they were very helpful even though I had no established relationship with them.
  15. A few more options: Elegant alternatives with flowing jackets: Navy Lace, Burgundy Dress (only in 14+). More fitted but with flattering ruching. illusion waist, or little black dress On the sexier side but still flattering: Ruched dress. high low dress , cold shoulder (watch videos below pictures) More florals: Blue floral, popover floral, floral jacket, jazzy floral (scroll down to see actual customer in dress)
  16. What about something like a shift dress that glides over the midsection. These floral ones would be appropriate and the pattern helps to reduce the focus on any one area of your body; floral short sleeve, long sleeve, with jacket. If this is too much pattern, you could also go with a black dress and some jewelry.
  17. Ridiculous! Once again confusing correlation with causation. Those who commit early to APs are probably the ones who know they are capable of doing well in the exam or already academically motivated. This is only going to penalize or discourage those who aren't sure if they want to take a course or will do well at it. I think this is a self serving move by the College Board to make more money in fees and to force more students to sign up for APs so they can then tout what a wonderful job they are doing in increasing AP enrollment while disregarding the fact that almost 50% of these new enrollees will fail the exam. (From 2012- 2017, Total Enrollment increased by 1,259,524, while the no. of add'l students getting a 3+ increased by 686,317, and 4+ by 310,224). And no refunds unless you move out of the district. Now, I'll have to check if my school district will be part of this trial run.
  18. The Bozeman video recommendation above is very good. Here are some other options. Good to sample each as some students prefer one over the other. Getafive (free) Crash Course Biology (free - works best as quick intro or review) Khan Academy AP Biology (free) Edx AP Biology from Rice University (free - 5 modules, not offered currently but videos etc. are archived and available now) Thinkwell AP Biology ($150 but avail for discount periodically at HSBC or can purchase used DVDs on ebay/amazon). This is a personal favorite for it's engaging presentation and completeness.
  19. A few suggestions on free alternatives: AP Statistics Udacity has two free courses Intro to Descriptive Statistics and Introduction to Inferential Statistics which together cover the AP material. These were once used by San Jose State for their intro. stat course AP Comp Sci A Edhesive (free abridged course from 2015-16) including video links on youtube. Building Java Programs. (pdf older version). This text was written by two Univ of Washington instructors for the the introductory programming courses at UW. The text is good but my favorite feature is the extensive array of practice problems and exercises. Almost all of these have been built into a website called Practice-it which automatically checks your solutions. The exercises are set up in a very logical and incremental fashion. Here is the website for the Summer class featuring a Syllabus, recorded lectures, readings, and homework. There are also links to Power points and videos designed to accompany the text embedded in the calendar. Recorded lectures from the current and other previous UWs classes are here. Solutions for the practice problems and exercises can be found on the textbook's website. Edx's Learn to Program in Java class is not what I would call a full blown class but the videos are very good and serve as a good source for concise and clear intros to many topics in Java. Udemy's Decoding AP Computer Science A was developed by a teen for other high school students taking AP.
  20. Here is a syllabus for a distance course that was offered using French in Action. It covers the first volume (Lessons 1-26) over two semesters and provides some details of what to do each day. I'm trying to use French in Action with my two sons but find this an ambitious schedule for all the activities.
  21. Just got an email from CLRC that they are adding a new American History high school class with a late start of Sept 26. So if you're still looking for an American History option this might be worth checking out.
  22. The Instructor’s Resource Manual offers both experienced and first-time teachers tools for preparing lectures and running discussions. It includes chapter review material, teaching strategies and a guide to chapter-specific supplements available for the book, plus suggestions on how to get the most out of LearningCurve and a survival guide for first-time teaching assistants. (from this webpage ). Instructor's Resource Manual contains chapter learning objectives, part and chapter outlines, lecture strategies, suggested classroom activities, suggested discussion topics, and answer guidelines for the Big Picture Questions, Seeking the Main Point Question, Margin Review Questions, Portrait Question, and Documents and Visual Sources Feature Questions in every chapter.
  23. Pinkelement or others - Just in case you are having trouble finding a site, here are some suggestions: Contact your local high school's AP coordinator directly - some high schools will kindly proctor tests for courses they do not offer at the school. Check AP Ledger for all schools in your state (select state and exam code only) who offer the specific exam or enter the names of specific high schools. Check Total Registration - they are a third party company that handles AP registrations for high schools. Check other private or public schools nearby who might be willing to proctor the exam even if they don't offer it. Check nearby college testing centers to see if they might be willing to proctor the exam. Try posting for suggestions as in last year's AP Annual Commiseration Thread.
  24. I posted a similar query a year or two ago and unfortunately got no replies. It seems like 6-8 years ago, Scholars Online was a more popular option but now with several new online academies (like WTM and Wilson Hill etc.), it's not mentioned much. From the old reviews, it seemed to get high praise for the literature and Latin/Greek classes and decidedly mixed reviews for the science classes. They used to use a text-only classroom for some their courses back then. I'm not sure if that's still true.
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