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  1. Ugh. I'm sure they do the best they can, but I think they don't realize that many of us pick classes based on the teacher & the text. For us, being able to pick and choose teachers and, to a lesser degree but still importantly texts, was one of the big advantages of homeschooling over using an all-in-one brick & mortar high school where it's luck of the draw. Do let them know. Just went to see who's teaching at WHA. Good news is that it looks like Leslie Smith will be teaching PreCalc. We've been very happy with her. Bad news is that it looks like Anne Stublen is not teaching math at WHA next year. ?
  2. Does anyone have a nice book log template for 2nd-6th graders to record the books they've read? I'm not a graphics person, so I just have a plain, b&w, no graphics list they can fill in. I'd love to have something that was visually appealing. Thanks!
  3. Yep! Learned that lesson the hard way.... Sent AP scores to two schools when we first did college apps because I didn't realize that self-reported AP scores were sufficient until after acceptance. ETA: I should say... For the colleges that my kids applied to, self-reported AP scores were sufficient & I didn't need to send official AP score reports. I'm not sure if that's the case for all colleges out there.
  4. I hate it when this happens!!!! I have had the exact same problem with two other online providers. Signed up for a class specifically to get the instructor and/or the text. A few weeks later, just happened to be checking on what specific edition of the textbook to purchase and discovered that there was a different instructor. Panicked that I'd signed up for the wrong section, contacted the provider, found out that they'd changed the instructor! No email, no notification at all. And, it was too late for me to change to my second choice provider of that subject because the second choice was already full. THEN, they had the nerve to tell me that they would CHARGE me to change sections! The other issue I've had is when an online provider changed a textbook on me. Again...no email, no notification whatsoever. I was pretty livid bec I'd already purchased the $ text, but mostly because I'd chosen the course (a science course) BECAUSE of 1) the instructor and 2) the text. Please call the provider. Even if there isn't another section or another instructor you want to switch to, and even though it's too late to go to your second choice provider, please, please, please let WTMA (or any other provider where this comes up) know that it's created a problem for you. I love WTMA & the providers we've used where I had this issue, but I think it is unprofessional to make a switch to an advertised class after a student has already registered without notifying the family and without offering a full refund if the class is no longer as advertised. I think they truly do the best they can to ensure that the class will go with the advertised teacher and the advertised text/s. I don't think they realize that many of us are not choosing classes based on the provider; we are choosing based on the specific instructor and/or text/s.
  5. That's correct. For example, if your student has taken 4 APs, you don't pay $60 to send the scores to a college. You pay $15 for a "score report" which will include all the scores to any APs your student has taken. It's $15 per college/university, though. So, if you send AP scores to 2 colleges/universities, it will cost you $30. Sending to 3 colleges will cost you $45.....
  6. Oops! Should have poked around more on the CB site. Looks like the score report is cumulative. That'll save some money! Will my previous scores be included in my score report? All score reports are cumulative. Your entire score history will be sent to your designated college, university, or scholarship program unless you choose to withhold or cancel any of your scores (see Help topic “How do I withhold my score?”). Note: When viewing scores online, check to make sure that your score report is complete. If you do not see all your exam scores online, please contact us at apstudents@info.collegeboard.org or 888-225-5427 (toll free) or 212-632-1780. Missing scores may be a result of inconsistent or incomplete student information between your online account and exam registration answer sheet (i.e. missing date of birth, incorrect name, etc.) or archiving, and may delay your entire score history being sent.
  7. On this year's AP Answer Sheets, my sons indicated that they wanted their AP scores sent to the college they'll be attending in the fall. Could anyone clarify.... Will ALL their AP scores, even from previous years, be sent? Or do we have to send prior years' scores in separately? Below is what the CB site states, but I'm not sure if "one free score report" means just that one exam's score report or one report that compiles all AP scores to date. Thanks! From the CB site: Sending Scores Using Your AP Answer Sheet Each year that you take AP Exams, you have the opportunity to send one free score report. You do this by entering the four-digit code of the college, university, or scholarship program on your first or "registration" AP answer sheet. If you didn't indicate a college on your answer sheet, or if you need to send score reports to additional colleges, you can order additional score reports online, or by mail or fax for a fee.
  8. It isn't that hard to calculate on your own, but here are a couple of the gpa calculator sites I found & used, in case they're useful to anyone else. Weighted High School GPA Calculator 1 Weighted High School GPA Calculator 2
  9. Thank you, Kathy! It doesn't seem like it would matter much, but I don't know if there's any reason down the line that it could. I'll probably just go with the one credit for the combination.
  10. If your student took the exams for both AP Physics C - Electricity and Magnetism and AP Physics C - Mechanics, did you give 2.0 credits for them, or did you just give 1.0 credits total for them? Thanks!
  11. Thanks, Julie. I'll probably do that. I'll call first & ask, though. They have been accepted & it is more of a formality to say they've finished and not failed anything, but I hate to either remove the AP exams I've listed w/ a TBD score (because they might think they did not take the exams after all) or to send it in w/ the "TBD" still listed. ETA: Called the college. They said to send the transcript as-is now and then send an updated/Final version July 5th when the AP grades come out.
  12. 1) If your student took APs as a senior, and you include previous AP scores on his/her transcript, did you wait for those scores (July 5, this year) before sending the final transcript to colleges? Right now, I have previous scores on the transcript I sent when my sons applied to colleges and I just put "TBD" in place of the score for AP courses they were taking senior year. July 5 is only two weeks away, so I'd like to wait. Hm. I guess maybe this is a "call the college and ask situation", huh? ? 2) If your student was a NMF & received a scholarship, did you list him as a "National Merit Scholar" or "National Merit Finalist"? I agree--totally trivial, but I when I hit send on this, I really do want it to be an accurate, FINAL transcript. Anything else to keep in mind when submitting the final transcript? Thank you!
  13. We’ve used and been happy with WHA’s Great Conversations (Omni) courses and an Escondido Tutorials’ Great Book course. My daughter will be trying a CLRC Great Books course this coming year. We’ve heard good things about it.
  14. Don't you think, though, that the status conferred by earning a 4 or 5 on an AP exam will continue to hold weight? I think the status of AP-approved courses has decreased because so many schools tout the fact that x% of their students take AP courses, rather than that y% of their students receive 4's or 5's on the actual exams. We were fortunate, also, in the AP classes we used. I do wish there were solid, college-prep level English courses out there for home schoolers that were not necessarily "AP approved" so that they could have focused on American Lit or Brit Lit or....
  15. Exactly. And because those particular schools have been so successful with the courses they offer, they've established a very strong reputation with the more academically "elite" colleges. I would bet that their curriculum is at a high enough level that their students will still take the AP exams and will still do just as well on those exams. There's nothing magical about an AP-approved course, as evidenced by the vast numbers of students who receive a 1 or 2 when they take the exam and, on the flip side, by the students who self-study for AP exams, without an officially AP-approved course, and receive a 4 or 5 on the exam. I'm all for solid, true college-prep level English, foreign language, history, and other courses, regardless of whether they have an "AP-approved" label or not. In fact, I'd prefer a non-AP courses in those subjects because they aren't limited to the College Board's restrictions on what content is included. People see what they want in these headlines. Some will see schools with such strong academic programs and diligent students that they can drop AP-approved courses and still do well on the AP exams. Others will jump on it as a rationale for why their school/students don't need AP courses, why their school & classes are just as good as any AP course, ignoring (or covering) the fact that their courses are not nearly at the same level as the courses at some of these elite, private schools.
  16. Have a friend looking at CC F&Essentials next year for her 6th grader and then Challenge A&B in 7th & 8th. (They expect to go to the public high school for 9th-12th.) Would anyone be willing to share why you're moving from Challenge to Omni or Great Conversations? Please PM, if that's easier. Thank you so much!
  17. Looking for fun summer reads for rising 5th and 6th grade boys. 6th grader is a voracious reader of both fiction and non-fiction. 5th grader isn't big on reading, loves animals. Some my own kids and the rising 6th grader have liked: Summer of the Monkeys, Wilson Rawls Mysterious Benedict Society series Artemis Fowl series Septimus Heap series Inkheart series by Cornelia Funke Other suggestions? Thank you!
  18. One had through Lukeion Greek 4, Latin AP, and French 4. One had through Lukeion AP Latin and French 4. My dd has through Lukeion AP Latin.
  19. I don't think any of my kids used the Wacom tablet we got for WHA's math. My dd did start using it for doing her own drawing stuff.
  20. Number of courses/credits per year also depends on the type and level of courses are being taken. A top, private, college prep high school in the SF Bay Area has a typical load of 5 courses. "The minimum load a student may carry is four academic courses; a typical load includes five academic courses. A program with six academic courses is very heavy and almost never advisable. Freshmen are not allowed a six solid load." The local public school allows a load of 7 courses, but, iirc from when we looked at it for our sons, a student could only take one math, one science, one Eng course each year, so not all of those 7 courses are academic courses. We tried to align with the private, college prep schools rather than the public schools and went for 5 solid, college prep courses/year, including 1 math, 1 English, 1 lab science, 1 history/gov/econ/Great Books, and 1 foreign language every year plus two or three elective courses over the four years. Worked well for us.
  21. We are done!!! DD just finished Latin! After all the angst, she came out smiling.
  22. My dd really enjoyed WTMAs Creative Writing class, too! Wished she could have continued it 2nd sem but the time for 2nd sem didn’t work for her. ETA: I should have included the teacher’s name since the teacher really makes or breaks any class. My dd had Mr. Hummel. I think he definitely “made” the class.
  23. If you know where you want her to take Latin with Wheelock's, I would ask that provider. They'll probably have had experience with students transitioning from Henle and have some idea what the best way to transition is. Ideally, they'll have some sort of placement test. If you know she will be transitioning to Wheelock's at some point, and if the provider she'll be transitioning to uses Wheelock's over two years, I would just move to Wheelock's 1 in the fall rather than spending any more time on Henle. Actually, I guess I would just go directly to Latin 1 with Wheelock's in the fall. There's a lot to be said for the continuity she'll have by doing all of the Wheelock's text. Much grammar & maybe most of the vocab. will be review for the first few chapters of W's, which will give her a solid but gradual start. Undoubtedly, the pace will pick up as she moves into new material after the first few chapters.
  24. I would not let a non-academic class impact the student's gpa, but I wouldn't record it as an A if it really wasn't. If a student got less than an A in a PE/wellness or other EC sort of class, and s/he had to have that class on the transcript for some reason, I would go with "Pass" instead of a letter grade. Or, like teachermom, I'd give them a chance to bring the grade up to an A. Or, if the student did not need the class on the transcript & didn't want to put time into raising the grade, I'd probably just drop it completely from the transcript & maybe put it in the EC list where a grade wouldn't be needed.
  25. I did this, too. Started out w/ "Pass" for PE (only even included it bec. it's req'd for CA schools) and a "Pass" for a quarter credit Public Speaking class, but switched from "Pass" to "A" because I didn't know if it could possibly affect any gpa recalculation at any of the colleges/universities to which my students applied. Whatever.
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