She's not a NMF; that would certainly help open some doors. I've heard that about Penn State. It's dh alma mater and her top choice (particularly the marching band), but she'll need to seek other sources for scholarships. I like Berry too! We are planning a visit soon. I think once she talks to some students and tours the campus, she's gonna love it. Thank you for the imput. :001_smile:

So far dd has been accepted to: Georgia Gwinnett College (attending as a dual enrolled student since Jr. Year and will become an advanced freshman) Oglethorpe U Roanoke College (so far offered 1/2 tuition, and invited back for Scholars Weekend) Drexel U Penn State Berry College Georgia Southern Waiting to hear from: Hampton U I'd appreciate any info about these colleges. She's visited a few, but not all. We'd like to hear about experiences, alumni or anything else someone may know about these schools. Thanks, Ava

Kim in SouthGA we are waiting for a decision from Berry also. It seems our local HS is taking it's time getting her transcripts sent (from before break!!!). Ava

Please pm or email me. Thanks, Ava

DD is currently taking College Algebra after having taken Algebra 2 in high school last year. She says it's not much more than Algebra 2; it starts off basic, but moves quickly. Ava

Beautiful Feet Geography is a wonderful basic US History curriculum using beautiful map work and the Holling C. Holling books. We are really enjoying this right now. Not sure how much mapping their actual US History curriculum incorporates, though. We've also used Sonlight, which focuses on history through lit, but includes instructions for following a map as you read through the books. Trail Guide to US Geography uses The Captain's Dog in the last weeks of the study. Winter Promise is much like Sonlight, except the map work we experienced was much more deliberate, they're in the 'Make Your Own History Pages'; we liked it better. It also includes lots of projects and movies as well as Adventure Reading, which are fewer books than Sonlight, but more developmentaly appropriate. Geogrpahy Matters has a lot of geogrpahy curriculum you can check out. These are among our favorite for lit and geography. Ava

My dd enjoyed Black Ships Before Troy and The Wandering of Odysseus, but if you get them, you'll want the ones illustrated by Alan Lee. The illustrations are really engaging and add so much to the story. They are long books, as mentioned above, but they kept dd's attention, which is huge. I've seen Black Ships as strictly a chapter book with little to no illustrations, if that helps. Rosemary Sutcliffe was a talented writer, to say the least. Ava

Yep, my number went up by one.

My number seems to reflect the number I had on my itrader page for sales. Is this how it works?

Do you have a schedule or anything written out as to which DWN books and lessons you used? I have all the books, but I'm not sure how to incorporate them the way you describe. Ava

This is going to be good. I'm a little nervous though. What do you do with 2 junk drawers (only counting the ones in the kitchen) and 5 cutlery drawers!!:confused: Ava

I thought the very same thing! I think that's why we like them so much. This movie is the same way, and we enjoy watching it a lot. Could it be the whole foreign martial arts vibe? Ava

I remember when I was in high school we also watched ShoGun, Platoon, and Amadeus.

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I don't know about our middle school, but when dd16 inquired at the high school she was told they were allowed and that they were surprised more kids don't use them. It has proven difficult for dd to carry all those books, so a rolling book bag was essential. But they never seemed to last. Of course, we also didn't invest much in them. Now we know better. It's definitely worth the price to pay for a good one. She has ultimately ended up with a rolling briefcase that has room for her laptop, the only downside is she can't put it on her back to carry it. It holds more, however, and I don't really want her carrying all that weight anyway. I do have a gf that's a chiropractor and she went with me to 'try some on'. She says the waist strap is important for stability. Ava