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  1. Having just graduated my oldest son from homeschooling, I wanted to send a thanks to everyone and have a reflective moment of appreciation for how this board, and all you wonderful women have shaped my homeschool education and out family. Just a short walk down memory lane: When my DS was at the end of 2nd grade (2002), I was lamenting at a church picnic (Memorial Day incidently) to some women about dreams fulfilled and unfilled about the education of my oldest in public school. My mother and mother-in-law were both retired teachers, so I had plenty of ideas from them about the strengths and weaknesses of the public educational experience. An aquaintance asked what I thought a good education should look like and when I was done rattling off my bullet points, she confidently stated that I needed to be classical homeschooling. I knew of homeschooling, but frankly, never knew a family who homeschooled (except her, but did not know her well). She talked with me a little about it at the picnic and recommended I check out from the library, or purchase Susan Wise Bauer's book - TWTM. I came home that Memorial Day Monday, looked it up on the internet, found the website and boards, ordered my book from the library and then stayed up the entire rest of the night reading here and other websites, about homeschooling in general and particularly classical homeschooling. It was everything I was looking for and never knew was out there. I spent countless hours into the wee hours of the morning the next several weeks, reading and reading and taking many notes (and sad I had missed our May curriculum fair to "see" things first hand). Ten years later - here we are with a homeschool graduate! Sure, we had a year of private school and a year of public school thrown in there to mix it up a bit....but we did it! I can clearly say I would never had done it without many of you on this board (who probably have never heard of me, but I have scrubbed the boards clean looking for bits of advice and information as you all have shared your own homeschooling journeys and curriculum reviews which has always been VERY valuable to me!). You all have helped me to educate myself in "what is a quality education" and how does this fit into real life. I have another son who has special needs and for a variety of reasons, we have chosen to keep him in public school because of services they can provide well that we cannot. Although, it is not a perfect situation, we do "after school" him and summer school him in the things that matter to us for him that we can do welll and the school can not (hats off to Veritas Press Self Paced History courses, Saxon Math and Rod and Staff English). Although our educational journey is quite different for my younger child, he is reaping the benefits of a community of home educators that walked with me (mostly unknowlingly) with my oldest child. Although, we are "done" on the homeschool front, I wanted to take this "10th anniversary" and graduation moment to thank you all! Thank you for the countlesss hours of time those of you "ahead" of me spent giving opinions about things with such a wide range of ideals represented on these boards. Hours of reviews, encouraging others, and opening up your lives and experiences for the benefit of others. The resources here are unmatched to anywhere on the internet and the beauty of it - available 24/7 :001_smile:. Love and Thanks!!!!!! Debbie in Nashville, TN
  2. Having just graduated my oldest son from homeschooling, I wanted to send a thanks to everyone and have a reflective moment of appreciation for how this board, and all you wonderful women have shaped my homeschool education and out family. Just a short walk down memory lane: When my DS was at the end of 2nd grade (2002), I was lamenting at a church picnic (Memorial Day incidently) to some women about dreams fulfilled and unfilled about the education of my oldest in public school. My mother and mother-in-law were both retired teachers, so I had plenty of ideas from them about the strengths and weaknesses of the public educational experience. An aquaintance asked what I thought a good education should look like and when I was done rattling off my bullet points, she confidently stated that I needed to be classical homeschooling. I knew of homeschooling, but frankly, never knew a family who homeschooled (except her, but did not know her well). She talked with me a little about it at the picnic and recommended I check out from the library, or purchase Susan Wise Bauer's book - TWTM. I came home that Memorial Day Monday, looked it up on the internet, found the website and boards, ordered my book from the library and then stayed up the entire rest of the night reading here and other websites, about homeschooling in general and particularly classical homeschooling. It was everything I was looking for and never knew was out there. I spent countless hours into the wee hours of the morning the next several weeks, reading and reading and taking many notes (and sad I had missed our May curriculum fair to "see" things first hand). Ten years later - here we are with a homeschool graduate! Sure, we had a year of private school and a year of public school thrown in there to mix it up a bit....but we did it! I can clearly say I would never had done it without many of you on this board (who probably have never heard of me, but I have scrubbed the boards clean looking for bits of advice and information as you all have shared your own homeschooling journeys and curriculum reviews which has always been VERY valuable to me!). You all have helped me to educate myself in "what is a quality education" and how does this fit into real life. I have another son who has special needs and for a variety of reasons, we have chosen to keep him in public school because of services they can provide well that we cannot. Although, it is not a perfect situation, we do "after school" him and summer school him in the things that matter to us for him that we can do welll and the school can not (hats off to Veritas Press Self Paced History courses, Saxon Math and Rod and Staff English). Although our educational journey is quite different for my younger child, he is reaping the benefits of a community of home educators that walked with me (mostly unknowlingly) with my oldest child. Although, we are "done" on the homeschool front, I wanted to take this "10th anniversary" and graduation moment to thank you all! Thank you for the countlesss hours of time those of you "ahead" of me spent giving opinions about things with such a wide range of ideals represented on these boards. Hours of reviews, encouraging others, and opening up your lives and experiences for the benefit of others. The resources here are unmatched to anywhere on the internet and the beauty of it - available 24/7 :001_smile:. Love and Thanks!!!!!! Debbie in Nashville, TN
  3. Mynyel, This may be of no help but check these out: Physical Science (my student site) Module Educator Helps (mine as well for Apologia - check each module ).
  4. Haven't done it but are attending as well, along with some other kids we know in town.
  5. If two teens are really wanting to get married right out of high school and wanting to attend college, would you still financially help and treat them as a dependent as if they were not married to help them get through college? This is not actually happening (yet) but has been a "what if" discussion at my house with my teen. I really do not know what is reasonable here in this type situation. I know parents that have done things completng opposite: 1. "You are old enough to marry, you are old enough to figure it out on your own financially." 2. "Of course we will help you! That is what parents are for, no matter what age you are." Thoughts ~ ?
  6. I hope NMSF is impressive enough to get scholarship money at your school. 3 of the 4 schools my DS has been accepted for offer nothing for NMSF's :( and it weighs little to them (so they tell me).
  7. My son scored OK on the PSAT his 10th grade year. From looking at that score, he was not even close to the NAtional Merit State scores. However, that extra year of math, science, and english improved his score significantly to make semi-finalists. To me, it was really hard to judge due to that fact (that extra year of school). You probably know that it doesn't count their 10th grade year anyway for NM :)
  8. Go to this link to see the state scores cut-offs for the Class of 2011. That would make these two years old and they change year to year but generally in a similar range so it might give you some idea. If your score is riding the fence, then you will probably need to wait to find out.
  9. Berry College, Belmont University, UT-Chattanooga. We are just waiting on Honors Program acceptances now at each of the schools.
  10. Isn't that a relief to know the status and also be so close to the end :)
  11. Ditto ~ We called the College Board and got a list of schools. We had no problem taking the AP at a private school, they were very accomodating when I called the school.
  12. Didn't you guys get into Alabama too? They have that "certified" transcript language as well. I read that on the Alabama website and was thankful ds decided to pass (though the Honors College and scholarsihps were very tempting and we are closer than you are). From the AL website: " Creekland ~ did you guys get into Alabama? I noted this on their website: Home-Schooled Students The University of Alabama welcomes applications from students who are schooled in the home. Home-schooled applicants should meet the following requirements for admission: Home-schooled applicants should meet the ACT/SAT, including the writing essay section, and grade point average (GPA) requirements of general admission if they present certified transcripts at the completion of their programs. Refer to the “General Undergraduate Admission Requirements†section. Students who do not present certified transcripts must take the GED and meet the admission requirements as outlined in the University of Alabama GED Admission Policy. See “Non-graduates of high school†under “Special Programs†below." The "certified transcript" was something I wasn't clear about but thankfully, we just decided not to apply (too large a campus for ds). I thought your ds was already admitted and wondering how you handled that, not wanting to hijack your Pitt thread though. Being a large state school, it came to mind when I read about your Pitt concerns.
  13. "To support the admissions application, we need either: 1. a transcript from a third party organization or evaluator, or, 2. documentation showing the courses a student has studied, year by year, and all end-of-year evaluations of these courses completed by a home school evaluator or supervisor assigned to the student by the local school board or a state-approved home school organization, and, 3. the SAT I or ACT test results." "Either" meaning 1 of the 3 items ~ would not ACT score satisfy?
  14. Well, the two out of state schools (GA) took the home-school transcript and didn't bat an eye. And yes, we are part of an umbrella in TN and thus a "private school." I totally get that but one TN private school took the transcript with no questions, but one did not. After we talked to them the next day, they understood why I did that and they agreed that some umbrella transcipts are not done well at all. My umbrella still has not gotten test scores on there (SAT, ACT and AP scores) after multiple requests. At any rate, one school said although they still need one from the umbrella to meet the "school qualification" for homeschoolers, they like being able to see everything at a glance on the one I submitted as a reference and a "big picture" view of his high school years.
  15. Some colleges give you a log-in to view what documents they have/have not recieved once they receive your application. If not, call.
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