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I've had two kids take Advanced Composition at TPS, but it's been two years since they've taken it. At the time compositions had an extensive checklist. No "Be" verbs allowed at all. Other things I can remember: No sentences starting with A, An, or The, Each sentence in a paragraph must start with a different word, and no paragraph can start with the same word.
They wrote one composition every 1-2 weeks. The English sequence has been revamped quite a bit in the last couple of years, so the content might have changed. -
Just be aware that some colleges require fine arts to be a year-long study, not two separate courses. Here is the University of California requirement:
"Students are expected to complete a single yearlong VPA course to satisfy the “f†subject requirement, but they may also fulfill the requirement by completing two semesters of sequentially related and approved “f†courses within a single arts discipline."-
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Heard from the last one today.
My son was accepted at California State University, Long Beach.
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My son received another acceptance: Grand Canyon University, Honors College, Scholarship
Somehow I think this acceptance for my son was dropped off the list, unless I'm looking at it incorrectly.
Thanks!
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My son received another acceptance: Grand Canyon University, Honors College, Scholarship
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My son got his third acceptance: Biola University with scholarship. We won't hear from his last application for a few months, so this is it for awhile.
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My son got his second acceptance: Vanguard University with a Presidential Scholarship.
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Okay, littlemommy, Running the race, Colleen in NS, and Cleo, I have those adds to the list!
Congrats everyone! :party:
Thanks, FaithManor! If you have time, Azusa is spelled incorrectly in the list. It has one "z" and one "s."
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My son got his first acceptance: Azusa Pacific University.
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Our small school of around 20 families is trying TreeRing this year. We don't currently have students making the yearbook, but we have a committee of three moms. Once we figure it out, we may involve some of the older students.
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My husband was a member of Phi Mu Alpha. I was a member of Sigma Alpha Iota, the female equivalent. klmama described what I remember about it. He should investigate his individual chapter and see if he is interested.
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My second son will be a senior this year. He has no idea what he wants to study in college. I have been much more laid-back with this kid, or maybe I'm just in denial. He's done one overnight college visit at the university where my husband teaches. We get free tuition there. My husband commutes, but it would be a little far for a student to commute. He'd live there. My son will apply to a couple other local Christian universities just in case he can get a tuition exchange. He really prefers to live at home.
He took the ACT last year and declared himself done. His score is high enough to get him into all the places he's looking to attend. No SATII tests or AP tests. He has taken two CLEP tests and plans to take one or two more this coming year. He took one online Young Scholar's college class at a state university last spring. He is enrolled for another one this fall. He's excited to get college credit. Besides that, he will be filling out college applications, taking community college classes and most likely finding a job this coming year.
It will be interesting to see where he ends up at this time next year.
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:grouphug: You've been through such a difficult time. I hope you can find some joy in this accomplishment.
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Our group used one of the big name professional yearbook places for years. But it was expensive and they were a pain to deal with. This year we went with Tree Ring--love the results, especially love the price. It's not as fancy as the big name place, and there didn't seem to be as many editing options, but for a homeschool group what you get is perfect. I especially liked the option for each family to add their own personal pictures/pages to their books only--for no extra cost I got to do a two page spread with just family photos or memories specific to my kids. It only went in my book and I could make it whatever I wanted. You can add additional such pages for a few dollars more, but 2 was all we needed.
The whole book, including shipping, cost less than $12. In the past we paid $45 with the big names, so IMO Tree Ring is IT!
I've also seen some nice homeschool group books done via Shutterfly, and I have used SF for other types of books so I know they are great.
Glad to know you had a good experience with Tree Ring. We definitely want to keep costs down. Do you know if there's any way to preview the content of the additional personalized two pages in the book? I could just see the possibility of something objectionable ending up in our school yearbook, even though it would be that one copy only.
I've used Shutterfly for my personal books. I like it, but it would be too expensive.
Our homeschool charter uses Tree Ring. The quality was very good for the price. I liked that I could personalize 2 pages for my ds for free.
Nice to have a second person liking Tree Ring!
We have used Picaboo for the last couple of years. They do a nice quality book for a reasonable price and are very helpful with quick turn around time at the end. The one complaint our yearbook staff had was the limited amount of clip art to choose from. You can import clip art from outside sources but it is often hard to determine what is copywrite protected. I am currently looking into Tree Ring and The Memory Book Company for next year but haven't had a chance to dig to deep yet. I will be interested to hear others experiences. :bigear:
I've heard good things about Picaboo. For some reason, I figured they were about the same price as Shutterfly. I've never heard of The Memory Book Company. I'll have to check it out. I'm always interested in hearing about the experience of others.
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Our small school group of around 25 families has a yearbook. If your school has a yearbook, what software/website do you use? Are you happy with the quality? We are looking for a change. Any and all suggestions welcome.
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My son just applied to a CC on CCCApply. There used to be a question asking if the student had passed the CHSPE. I didn't notice it there this time. There is a question asking if student is enrolling while still in high school. I don't know how you will get around that question on the application.
I've found this issue confusing also. My son did pass the CHSPE sophomore year. He is going to be a senior in the fall.
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My son is going in about a week. You can message me after that if you want his feedback. He will be almost finished with the Apologia book by that point.
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Daughter 14yo in June
Apologia Physical ScienceLa Clase Divertida - Spanish 1
MUS Algebra
TPS English 3: Literature Survey
Precept Bible Study class
Sonlight, World History, part 2
PE: Parkour, Skateboarding
Plays drums and guitar in worship band at church
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We have been using languageconvo.com and Homeschool Spanish Academy.
Curious what you thought of homeschool Spanish Academy. Why aren't you continuing with it?
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Not relevant to the transfer discussion, buy my son is a freshman at Cal State Long Beach in Engineering with no A-G approved courses, no community college credits, and no AP courses. He did have a decent ACT score.
I doubt he would have been accepted at a UC school, though.
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California State University schools require a credit of fine arts.
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We found out that a lot of my son's issues with this are a documented disability, but last year I got so frustrated that I had him start working on a card table in my living room. I could see everything that he was doing. He went from taking all day and all night to finishing by dinner most days. I just wanted to get him graduated. Now he is in college. If he chooses to waste time, at least I'm not the teacher. It's been a rough transition, but he's going to have to figure things out. He doesn't want to hear my advice.
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I second looking into accommodations.
MUS Precalculus is almost all Trigonometry, if that is helpful. We are halfway through, and the only Algebra that has been used is in solving the Trig problems.
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My 18yo has a job. He pays for everything except tuition. That would include gas, his share of car insurance, and any money spent on food or entertainment. We provide room and board and car maintenance. If our entire family goes to a movie or restaurant, we pay. We ask him to be respectful as another adult living in the household and let us know when he'll be home at night and if he'll be eating dinner with us. He has food allergies, so his presence has a great impact on our menu items. He doesn't bring someone over without asking, but our house isn't that big. He hasn't had any girlfriends yet, so we haven't dealt with that issue. He also does a few chores.
DE at CC teen & smart phones?
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My three kids all have Republic Wireless. They have a selection of phones. The plans are super-cheap. You can get 1 GB data, talk, text for $25 per month.