Thank you! And yes, she will be fine...not so sure about me yet! lol

For high school one credit of English per year is standard for our area. (I know some states do it differently but most are a standard one credit per course). I remember when my dd took the course, it had less paper writing than I anticipated for an English course for 10th grade. I added some papers from history and had her complete a couple of Lantern writing courses to round out the credit. I could have given an additional .5 credit for composition but I didn't feel it was necessary as one credit for English per year is sufficient for the transcript. It was a thorough American Literature course-- not too many books, not too few. My ds didn't get to take it because of scheduling, but I imagine my younger dd will take it. The more online courses we take, the more I go back to Schole as our favorites.

After the chaos of the year of getting everything filled out and submitted, decisions made...there is always a tiny niggling in the back of my head wondering if this is all going to work out and if dd being sooooo many hours away is going to be ok with both of us....and then last night dd came and excitedly told me that the coach at the college had shared her state weightlifting video (she won states yesterday) from IG on their story celebrating her win and the college team facetimed her from a competition to congratulate her. ugh my mama's heart felt a bit of peace last night. Deep breath . . . it is going to be ok!

I don't think I have ever looked at Destinos, but I will check it out. Since my dd even likes the SALSA videos lol she will probably like anything. I do have Avancemos-- currently in Spanish 2 with my ds. I could for sure use Avancemos as a jumping off point and just not go through it exercise after exercise which is currently killing all of us at the moment ...but ds is a different kid and his processing issues have made language learning a bit of a nightmare. At first I wanted to take a year off before starting high school spanish with dd2 because teaching ds has been so rough but I know it won't be the same and dd2 is begging. I am a bit burned out with it and even considered allowing dd2 to do an online class but it seems wasteful. I will probably teach dd2 as a part of a class next year which is what I have done for all of my kids -- have them pick a friend or 2 to join us and I teach them all. Spanish shows are a good idea. I will check those out, thanks!

This will be my 3rd time teaching high school Spanish to my own children and I have several years experience of teaching Spanish in a high school classroom. But...I think I want to go a nonconventional route with my next child. She is highly motivated, as in has been begging to join my son in his Spanish 2 class. She has not had formal Spanish but has participated in my Spanish Clubs which are basic language games and conversations. She knows some basics and can converse about them-- good bit of vocabulary but not grammar. She is thriving in this immersion approach and I don't want to lose the ground we have made -- she loves it and wants to learn more. I want to nurture that and I feel if I switch her to a text all the joy will be gone. However, I do want to count this for high school Spanish-- so what are my options? I am looking at ULAT and i think we will go through a few of the free lessons together and see how she does, but what else is out there "outside the box"? I speak the language and will be directly teaching, but I don't want to reinvent the wheel and would like a curriculum to be a base for us and also let her keep going if I have a busy day or week.

You have received some great suggestions...as a mom of a perfectionist, we often have to have the conversation that "Perfection is the enemy of progress." As life gets more challenging the older you get, if you expect only perfection, you will eventually quit. So make mistakes, get dirty, and try again. There is fun to be had in the process.

My dd picked a super small less rigorous academic school. I wrestled at first with the choice but in the end, an accredited degree is a degree. For most kids it won't matter where the degree comes from. DD is planning on graduate school so we talked about buffing up the prerequisites, the major at the chosen school doesn't have all included she would need so she is planning on a hefty science minor to cover the prerequisites. The grad school will care more about her grades, transcripts, and resume than about the school unless it is a super well known one. . . But it appears to be a great fit. There is so much to navigate during the college years on top of academics.

Yes, I think the class adds to the experience, but for sure the content can be taught on your own.

It absolutely can be done on your own.

I actually taught Art of Argument in a co-op setting with my oldest. The other students were not invested and neither were the parents -- they didn't understand the importance and thought it was too hard. We highly prioritize the learning of logic and it was an important class for us. Since we didn't get the experience we wanted that year at co-op, and I felt the group experience would definitely enrich the class, I had my dd repeat AoA at Schole the following year. I am so glad we did. The two Schole logic classes remain some of the best investments we have made in our homeschool journey.

My dd took it a few years ago. It was a good class. As with all Schole classes we found the work thoughtful and enough but not overwhelming. My kids are average students and slow readers...my dd worked but didn't hate the class.

I counted it as logic and we did one in 8th grade and one in 9th so only counted one. There was some writing but not a significant amount. CAP has them each done in a semester but Schole adds some assignments and spends a year on each. My kids really thrived in the Schole classes.

I would think any of the advanced writer courses would be good. I would probably start with Expository writing 1 (which usually does a rough draft one week and edits the next) or if you want to move faster the expository essay fast track which does all of it in one week.

Finding a truly grounded Christian University is a tall order these days. They exist but are far and few between. A few on our short lists: Blue Mountain Christian University (MS), Union University (TN), Grove City (PA), Cedarville (OH), Southeastern (FL)

Homework over the weekend would annoy me...hmmm

I am interested in this for my ds, but curious what the structure of the class is-- how much work is there outside of class...how much executive functioning is required lol. Normally I would steer away from a 3 day a week class, but this kids could potentially be benefitted by it. However, its "honors" and he isn't necessarily an honors chemistry kid...so how challenging it it? An alternative I am considering is Masterbooks Chemistry with videos with group labs and a tutor.

I have considered a super senior year. A few concerns-- he is looking to play college tennis and is in his second season of high school tennis. And then there is the fact that he is my most difficult child and I am kind of looking forward to him graduating <hide>

Thank you! I definitely plan to take his lead. We will start the brain training hopefully in July so it will be done October/November. IF we had to delay most subjects we could potentially start late and go through next summer...he won't like that but it is an option.

We are planning on doing some intense online therapy for ds for memory/APD for ds in summer/fall. It will be an hour a day on Zoom with a therapist 5 days a week for around 4-5 months. It will be intense and I hope helpful. As I am planning his fall and spring semesters for next year am wondering how to plan -- how much brain power will ds have left for normal 11th grade academic pursuits. I am thinking Bible, math and science as full year and then maybe do history in the spring when brain training is done? I want to find some sort of balance between giving his brain the ability to fully commit and yet not losing time achieving the credits he needs junior year. Just wondering if anyone has had any experience in this area that could shed some light...

I have a similar situation with my ds -- he does not receive my feedback well so we outsource. DE Composition classes definitely are not up to my expectations. I often wonder if my expectations are too high. On another note, we have had great luck with Lantern English if your ds actually wants to improve his writing, the 8 week classes are great and offer solid feedback. If he doesn't and thinks he is ok, I would let it go and let his maturity grow on his own.

We haven't seen those rules...dd got a Keurig and mini fridge to take and will be getting a microwave if her roommate doesn't have one. She has tons of pics saved for ideas for decorating her dorm room. No major restrictive rules there. My dd's biggest complaint is she can't have candles (which is obvious) but she is a major candle girl lol

I have one big ? about next year . . . To continue more of what we are doing (which seems the definition of insanity) ... to just throw it up in the air and be unschooly .(not sure I have it in me) or full time online high school... nothing is ruled out at this point . . . <sigh> UPDATE: I think we have a plan... English: IEW Advanced US History Lessons and Lit selections/progeny press guides (Co-op) 1 credit History: Government (Notgrass) [co-op] and Economics (Economics for Everybody) 1 credit Science: Chemistry (undecided but maybe ChemExplained, MB, or Berean Builders) 1 credit Math: Mr D Math Precalculus (if this doesn't work we will do some review with a tutor and College Algebra) 1 credit Bible: Understanding the Times (co-op) 1 credit Everyday Debate (Spring) .5 credit Advanced Study Skills: Brain Training (Fall) and ACT/SAT prep (Spring) 1 credit It's only 6.5 credits but he plays tennis 6 days a week and coaches so I think it will be full enough . . .we will hold everything loosely and if anything isn't working, we will adjust . . .

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I am not really sure how to help him. Any ideas are welcome! More spiral practice would be helpful. Mr D allows full use of notes and he is able to take every quiz and test twice. With this set up and a tutors help, he is being "successful" in that as long as he has help from a tutor occasionally he seems to get it and has an A. However, I see it becoming more of a struggle as time goes on and as things get more complicated. I just want to make sure he is solid on the math he needs for SAT/ACT and to be able to go on in college to whatever he decides. I know I can do what I want for graduation/transcript but this is also a kid who is likely to play NCAA sports and so I have to keep that in mind as well. He has always been a pretty strong math student. But multi step processing and executive functioning issues are challenging as the math gets tougher and those skills are more required. He was supposed to start a brain training program for memory this year but because he was waitlisted for the state scholarship, we have to wait until summer to begin. I am hoping that helps.

He is using Mr D now. We could drop the live class and just take longer to go through it. But he gets the concepts when they are explained to him. Maybe taking longer with it would be helpful...I will talk to his tutor about this option.