I am curious, which schools request every test score regardless of the grade it was taken? Thanks! Interesting thread.

I was under the impression that it wouldn't hurt you and that colleges take your highest score. I was part of a group of students who took the ACT in 8th grade and eAch year after. It was encouraged to take it multiple times for experience and to aim for a higher score. I am interested in the responses as I planned to have my dc do as I did. For those of you that say not to take it until later I am interested in your reasons.

Since there is so much flexibility and has such an emphasis on literary terms and writing assignments can it be used in conjunction with another program? Or would that be overkill?

Thank you, this is very helpful!

Since your some did Season 3 can you share the length of assignments and whether it is a full writing curriculum? Somehow I came under the impression that season 1 is literature projects and is not a full program.

We called it a sliding board. I am from NE Ohio.

Good morning, I am aware of how Outschool works. I am still hoping to get a few responses specifically about classes that have been taken.

Thanks for the response. To be more specific I would like to hear more personal stories from those who have taken classes with Outschool.

If your child has taken a class through Outschool, I would love to hear about it!

If you have experience with Beyond the Book Report Season 1 can you tell me your experience? Do you recommend it? Is it a full year program? How long does each lesson take? How many lessons are there? Thanks!

Following. I hope you get some good advice. No one should feel ashamed for responding. Not everyone here has children that are uber-smart, super successful, perfect at everything they do all the time. And that is ok. I am guessing most of us have children that are average and some of us have outliers.

My ILs have vaulted ceilings and the sound carries in a terrible way. When we spend the night we can hear everything from downstairs no matter how quiet they are trying to be.

It will definitely be worth it! I hope your family has a wonderful trip 😊

Thanks for this info. I prefer not to use a neutral science curriculum if I can help it. I do realize that there are not a lot of options so to ensure my children have a good understanding of evolution we are doing BYL's unit study on Darwin and evolution. Today's our first day and we are very excited!

For a while we have been mostly watching from Amazon Prime and Netflix. I just recently added Hulu and cut cable. For a TV antenna I bought something like this (though I thought it was closer in price to $20): https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00RFLXE0A/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1491799315&sr=1-3&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&dpPl=1&dpID=314dhEs72WL&ref=plSrch My dh was very skeptical about the antenna but we get every station and the antenna is on the floor behind the entertainment stand. No one has missed cable and everyone has plenty to watch. We are about 20 miles away from the broadcast antennas. Check out nocable.org to see how far you are.

On your road trip to white sands I highly recommend stopping at two places. The first is Valley of Fires Recreation Area. It is an area where a vent leaked lava for 30 years and you can view the volcanic rock that stretches for 40+ miles. There is a short path you can take and see the rocks that are pretty amazing. We stopped just for a few minutes and walked on some of the path to stretch our legs. If you look it up in satellite view on Google maps you can see the large black patch of volcanic rock. The other is Three Rivers Petroglyph Site. It is on the way as well and a quick stop. There are 20,000 Petroglyphs carved into the rocks and the remains of an ancient native American village. It was unbelievable to us that there are decorated potshards all over the place on the ground. Totally worth the quick stop.

Fun! We just did this! I highly recommend getting a few sleds from the visitors center at white sands on the way in and bringing a change of clothes that you don't mind getting a bit Sandy. The sand is cool and so soft, not to mention beautiful. Be sure to ask the best place to sled, go there, and don't be tempted to stop too soon as it keeps getting better the further in you go. As for the caverns, I highly recommend hiking down into the caverns at the natural entrance. It is a tremendous experience and really emphasizes how far beneath the ground you are going.

I recommend stopping at Pecos National Historic Site on your way to TX. There is a one mile hike through ancient Pueblo ruins and the remains of a Spanish mission. It is a beautiful area and a nice place to stretch your legs during a road trip. Bonus if your children like to collect (or would like to begin collecting) junior ranger badges from the national park service. https://www.nps.gov/peco/index.htm

We were there last week and the elevators are running. I highly recommend the caverns but it seems a bit out of your way, OP.

I will be honest, I never notice anyone's ankles. I vote not to worry about it and wear what is normal and comfortable for you.

If you were looking at Elemental Science Bio and RSO Bio 2 which did you choose and why? We're you happy with the choice? I am considering one of them for my children who will be in 7th and 5th grades. Thanks!

Mine have always done this, and still do at 12 and 11! I always joke that perhaps they will write and direct movies one day. ðŸ˜

Yep! Definitely! Haha!

I believe you are right. I found an old Sears advertisement for boy rompers and the outfits in the photo look similar to the coverall design on the left with a belting detail similar to the other rompers.

Here is the backstory of the picture: A cousin has this picture and the back of the picture says L., her sister , and her sister's children. L. only has one sister, E. Her three children are BoyG (1917), BoyW (1920), and GirlB (1922). E. and her family lived in Cleveland but E's family home was in the Ohio countryside, hence the farm photo. E. had a difficult life and lived in poverty in the city. i think it is plausible that the two children in the photo are boys, specifically BoyG and BoyW. Regarding the clothing - there is a seam down the center of the clothes of the child on the left, possible baggy pants or shorts? And the child on the right you cannot see whether the child is wearing pants, shorts, or a dress. The hair I think is just bad hair cuts. The hair of the child on the left looks disheveled, perhaps from a day of playing outside on the farm. Or perhaps the outfits were made by their immigrant grandmother (whose house I believe they are visiting) and very old fashioned even for the 1920s? My mother disagrees and insists they are girls. IMO there is no one else the children could be but the two boys. Thoughts? My mom sent me a few additional photos today. The child alone is BoyG and the other photo is both brothers.