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.

I agree he needs more hands on help but I don't think I can help him every day and I certainly can't afford a tutor every day. I think if we do weekly tutor that would probably be enough for him to keep up in algebra 2...I have not done that because of the cost but we may just need to figure it out. It is a strange situation because he gets the concepts, his memory issues just really play a factor here.

We can definitely do what we want for the transcript-- our state has no requirements...I am more concerned what it would look like to college admission departments. The safe bet may be to do some remediation in the fall and then college algebra in the spring, then statistics fall of senior year and be done... but I feel like any kind of math/business/economics major would need him to do precalculus but he can take it at college I guess...

He breezed through Algebra 1 (8th) but struggled with Geometry (9th). Looking back, I imagine we should have done an extra year of prealgebra to give him more time. I don't want to just push through because we have thus far though...I want to help him succeed. What could we use for fall to help him prepare for college algebra in spring? I thought about maybe something like Saxon Advanced math? I want him to review a lot of what he has done and be confident for ACT/SAT so lots of review of algebra 1, 2, and geometry but that won't look sketchy as if we are going backwards. Also, once we do DE college algebra, maybe it would be best to just do statistics or would it be better to come back to high school math sequence and do precalc? I know a lot depends on what he wants to do...but what if he doesn't know?

no. They can only do DE fall and spring.

My ds is 15, currently taking Algebra 2. He is struggling and he is having to see a tutor about every other week to help him. Honestly, this seems reasonable as he has one live math class a week and I really don't have time to help as math is not my strength. He has memory issues, auditory processing, and maybe more. He has always been a relatively strong math student but as math has gotten more challenging, it is getting really tough for him-- mostly due to executive functioning and memory issues. He struggles in taking notes and remembering steps. With a tutor, he is doing well but I am very hesitant to move on to precalculus for him next year. However, I have no idea what he will eventually study in college and I want to keep doors open for him. He has mentioned math fields and even engineering (though I seriously doubt that will happen). I was considering a year in between Algebra 2 and Precalc. Would this be a huge red flag on a transcript? I was thinking a kind of advanced math/alegbra 2 refresher/SAT/ACT math prep for fall and then maybe a College Algebra for spring. Then senior year he can either attempt high school precalculus or even DE statistics. I think a semester to help him solidify math concepts for SAT/ACT would be helpful and DE College Algebra was also a helpful refresher for dd, but I don't want to close any doors for his future either . . . but pushing ahead when he isn't ready doesn't seem like a good plan either.

The school finally posted on their social media so we are finally allowed to announce it! My dd has been accepted into the school and signed for an athletic scholarship from Blue Mountain Christian University. She applied to one school. Done. Thankful that worked out! lol

I have been avoiding the FAFSA like the plague and I can't ignore it anymore...we have to do it this week. I am so scared. I think our EFC will be ridiculously high. I feel like it doesn't take some very real things into consideration-- 2021 was a tough year, we had an extra dependent the whole year that just moved back home last month, and I had heart surgery so dh worked two jobs to pay for medical expenses...we currently have some money in our bank account allotted for damages to our roof after Hurricane Ian. It will be gone next month. Ugh. Not fun. My dd has some money in her account --some from my mom that just passed away that she will be using to buy a car this summer so she can go away to college 15 hours away. But there it is looking like an asset. Just ugh.

Both of my high schoolers did Art of Argument and Discovery of Deduction with Schole Academy. My husband and I are convinced it was some of the best money we have spent in homeschooling. The classes were excellent and years later my kids are regularly using and talking about what they learned. My dd17 came home from a college science DE class talking about how her professor was praising her logic and critical thinking skills . . . My youngest will take Art of Argument next year and I am very much looking forward to it!

My dd narrowed it down to Union and Blue Mountain. I went to Union so was silently hoping for that direction . . . The campus is beautiful and so many years later it would still be my pick if I were choosing again!

I keep trying not to panic...for awhile dd had it narrowed down to 2 schools -- one home and one away. After visiting the away school she decided she definitely wanted to go there so she applied. She was accepted. Done. But now I can't help but panic because she didn't apply to the one close to home there is no back up...no fall back (why hello...she doesn't need as she has been accepted to the school of choice) but I can't help but lose my mind anyway...and now to think through what I want to do for a part time job to finance this choice of hers....

I think DE for homeschool moms is harder than for the kids lol We are so used to having the control and for things to be fair. My dd has a situation this semester where all classes went online for awhile due to a hurricane. Her DE precalc and trig class was a hybrid so they had 2 zoom meetings a week, for some reason the professor stopped doing zoom and moved the class fully "online" so no instruction at all and completely stopped emailing as well. My dd has had to teach the entire class to herself. So utterly frustrating. She has emailed so many times to no response. She has outmathed all of our go to tutors (high school math teachers) and have no one to help. She is doing ok but will probably end up with a B (probably an 88 or 89 ugh) and could have been such a different experience with a teacher.

I totally get this. When I printed everything and handed off the documents to dh to mail, he was like, "Why are you so nervous?" Because as a homeschool mom, if anything is wrong it is all on me. Typo on the transcript? no one can say oh office error...no, they think "oohhhh so I wonder what kind of education this person actually provided." That may be a bit dramatic but the stress is so real!

This thread makes me so thankful dd wanted a not selective school lol. She filled out the application, I sent everything in and she received her acceptance this week. Super easy. I'm sure my next one won't be so, lol. Now to attack the FAFSA....ugh.

Thank you all so much for the responses. They are so helpful and encouraging. A couple of thoughts. . . My goal is definitely long term functioning . . . I am hopeful we can do that without sacrificing a college prep/college plan. I also know college looks very different across the board and ideally ds will end up at a small Christian private university where he can have decent academics that will prepare him for the future and play tennis . . . he won't be studying anything highly intense . . . we are trying to help him do some career exploration, research, whatever we can to encourage him to dig around into options and opportunity. Because he is so incredibly intelligent and doesn't have a specific skill or vocation he wants to hone in on, I feel like college prep is the best course of action at this time. If he were passionate about something that he could use as a job/life plan -- I would be all about channeling that. But no, he is not going to be a tennis pro and while perhaps club management sports management could be a career . . . college certainly seems like the next best step. But above all else (other than his spiritual condition) I want, no I need him to be happy again. My heart aches for the little boy who used to smile and laugh. I miss him My mama heart hurts and I just want to do everything I can to help him lose this anxiety and heal. Academically, I will do whatever I have to do to make that happen. Currently, we have a mix of modes. I teach Spanish in a group with 2 of his best friends. It is absolutely pulling teeth. He hates it. I have lowered expectation so as low as I absolutely can, acknowledging that with his APD and other issues, he is not going to "learn Spanish." We are checking a box and while I am trying to make it as engaging as I can....he is not engaged. But he will finish Spanish 2 this year and shouldn't have to take any more. Bible (Apologetics), US History, and Writing/lit are at co-op. He says he hates it. This is only our second attempt at a co-op ever, and honestly it is good. He just doesn't like that it is a long day. Does not understand Lost Tools of Writing and says he doesn't understand anything in lit. .My tentative plan for the rest of this year is to drop the writing/lit class for the spring and probably replace it with just reading books and Lantern English for writing. He has done it before and asked to go back to it. Or maybe just let him research and write about tennis . . . Output for history is light . . . dropping the history co-op class wouldn't really help as I wouldn't be comfortable asking him to do any less there-- it is already lighter than I would like. Physics-- So, I chose this because he had expressed an interest in engineering. Well, he has determined that he hates geometry and physics so that career plan is out, lol. He is taking it with Clover Creek and the teacher is amazing and the class is fantastic . . . but ds hates it. He says all the kids in the class are going to be neurosurgeons and he feels dumb. ugh. I am trying to help him and feel like we we celebrate to no end if he can just finish the class and get a B. I feel like he should finish this but it is stressing him out. Algebra 2 with Mr. D is fine. He is behind from the hurricane and it is a huge stress right now but that will be done soon and has consistently worked for him. I know I have options for next year but I don't want to wait until then either . . . we can't keep going the way we are. I am praying for this scholarship to come through so we can get him some help. If it comes through and we can start therapy, I will happily drop everything to focus on that. I have considered DE for next year. I don't want more pressure on him though and our local DE wouldn't work for him. Too many moving pieces and inconsistent professors . . . it would push him over the edge. We could do a few classes with Liberty DE though. He actually might like the nature of 8 week classes and just do one at a time? So that is an option-- He (needs) chemistry next year. Ugh I mean, he does, but that thought overwhelms me. DD took it with Dr Wile and it was an excellent college prep class. He could probably do it with a tutor... that's on option. But would this leave us in basically the same stressful place we are now? Pre calculus with Mr. D, Bible at home, Chemistry with Dr. Wile, and then a couple of DE classes at Liberty: Comp 1 and Comp 2, government, and economics . . . One main difference is that Liberty courses would be 1 at a time.... Or let him take some Ignitia courses: English 3, precalculus, government and economics, Bible, and chemistry I just know I need academics to take a back seat for him right now . . . without sacrificing everything. But it is one year. A backseat of classes for one year where he can breathe and work on life skills sounds kind of delightful actually. . . So precalc, chemistry and then life skills . . . what would that look like? Could we keep just two classes and then (shutter) 😉 "unschool" government, economics, English? So many thoughts and I don't know if any of them make sense. But I appreciate all the feedback!

He doesn't know what he wants to do career wise yet . . . he only knows he wants to play college tennis . . .

Please be gentle...it's been a rough year... (and please don't quote as I will probably delete this) ds is 15, APD, SPD, memory issues, executive functioning issues. He doesn't like school. Complains regularly. Bright kid but very defeated. He has become moody and miserable. We all need a change. He is tennis obsessed. Plays 6 days a week, coaches young kids-- is great in that one area... not so much in academics. Partly, we are overwhelmed because we just had a major hurricane, missed over 2 weeks of school and are playing a massive game of catch up which is super overwhelming. But even beyond that, what we are doing is not working. I think he needs to streamline. A curriculum that is just "do the next thing." Something to build his self of confidence a bit as well. I am considering something like Ignitia for next year. It is NCAA accredited which while not necessary, would help. It seems organized and he could just go in and "do the next thing." Part of me keeps going back to my early homeschool days and the idea of a "fantasy homeschool" and this feels like homeschool failure . . . but we can't keep doing what we are doing. I need to like my kid again. We considered b&m school but I think it would be stressful for him and I don't think he would be successful, I think he would come home with a bunch of schoolwork he didn't get done in class and we would be right back where we started. He wants to play college sports so we kind of have to play the high school game... (and actually get him ready for college) Also, with my oldest going to college next year I will have to go back to work part time next year to fund that so I won't be super available for him . . . and honestly, we need a bit of a break from each other. What am I missing? Is this a terrible idea? What else should I be considering? (I am currently waiting on scholarship funds that should be coming available and when they do I intend to do an intensive 5-6 month brain training/memory program that I am hoping helps)

Thank you for the great ideas! I know I am overthinking this...

I am planning to order a diploma from Home School Diploma.com and having a hard time determining what I want for the titles of the signatures. It feels cheapening to my role in this to list my husband as the admin and me as the instructor. I was definitely the admin lol. Yet, I want my husbands signature on there . . . Maybe co-administrator? What did you all use or suggest?

It is blowing my mind what some schools are asking for. My dd's top choice is so far not asking for anything. I am mailing in the transcript today...that is it. That and DE transcripts which I had sent. It is stressing me out to no end that this is the only school she is applying to...I mean I don't think there is any chance she won't get in (small Christian college) and it is still early but . . . still super stressful for me!

Senior year-- I know to list courses and put IP for grades, but what about spring classes? She DE's so we aren't sure exactly what spring will look like. Do we just list fall courses IP and then add the others in spring? It won't look strange for the transcript I send now and the final one at graduation to have additional classes? Also, dd just applied to a college -- I sent the ACT scores, but where do I send the official transcript? Thanks!

We have had a mix. The Classes my kids have taken at Schole Academy have been the most interactive and they have been our favorites.

Most would cringe at our schedule...my dh often tells my kids to be thankful its not him who has to do the running because then they would all stay home! My oldest is a competitive powerlifter so she does crossfit/weight training 5 days a week, she takes piano lessons, is very involved in church and student ministry band, as well as works a part time job, and takes one class a week at co-op. ds plays competitive tennis and plays 6 days a week, coaches tennis 2 days, church, co-op one day a week. dd - plays soccer and volleyball (school and club) (Sports are 5-6 days a week) and stays VERY busy. She also is in a homeschool theater group for fall, take piano lessons, and is very involved in church as well. Co-op once a week. We also plan for one field trip a month.

My dh is an adjunct prof at a uni-- he just failed a student on an assignment for this. It is in the handbook as plagiarism. Apparently, you can plagiarize yourself... I thought it was crazy but it's true.

My dd has enough to be a credit each year and extra curricular. She plays piano, takes lessons, plays lead keys in the student ministry band and is a praise and worship leader for the kids ministry as well as helping lead in their 4th and 5th grade worship discipleship ministry. I put Piano and Performance 1-4.