We join you in the thick of it! Look at the homschool philosophy box and right below you will find the character limit. I think it is 500??? I am not at my computer so I can'tcheck for sure but the limit is there. We wrote it in a word doc and copy and pasted into the box. We did have some n/a's in the school report page. If you click on the question mark in the school report box for help you will get a sample school report. We decided to go ahead and write a profile of our school. I did reiterate some of what was in the philosophy but it was different too. I used their sample and combined the first two sections, I think they were about the school and curriculum. We did use that report to say that we have graduated one son already. I just think it adds another snapshot of our school in a little different way. ETA: now that I think about it, the philosophy limit may be 250...

Thanks for the responses:)

Those of you that uploaded their transcript to the common app....did you sign it? On the back of our transcript (transcript pro version) it has an area for the transcript preparer to sign and date to make it official. I obviously cannot do that. Maybe I should print it, sign it, then scan it back in? Scanned docs never look as good, as least with our equipment. Any ideas? Does it need to be signed or just leave all that blank? I am really trying to upload everything and avoid mailing in anything. Thanks

Anyone make this light hut? What kind of bulb did you get? I bought a spiral flourescent bulb that is 13 w but equals 60w regular lightbulb. Am I going to set our box on fire using this? thanks

Guacamole is a fresh topping you add after cooking or warming up. It does not keep well.

We are starting easy also! I too am waiting on the email confirming the VP class my ds is in. That is what he wanted to begin with this week. Other ds is starting his SL stuff, and older ds starts his two cc classes today. I have to ease into the whole school thing so its not such a shock to my lazy summer system :) But it will be good to be back into our regular routine.

Do you have a dollar store or one called 5below? You can get a cassette with a cord attached that plugs into you mic jack on the kindle. Very cheap and works great. My dss showed me this!

That I don't know about, sorry. We just did it at home as one student and really enjoyed it.

We bought the Trail Guide to Geography, the Ultimate geography and timeline guide, and the answer atlas. There are answers in the trail guide and you need that to do the course. A globe and atlas are pretty crucial too. If I remember right (we did this at home, no co-op for a ninth grade credit), there were extra mapping assignments in the trailguide that the student needed to go to the ultimate guide to do. These extra assignments were for mapping and more in depth detail of facts. We also bought the Uncle Josh cd of outline maps so we could just print off the ones we needed. I had my ds do all the mapping assignments in both books as well as some writing assignments listed in the trail guide. I would think you would definately need the TG book. There are answers in the back for the daily challenge questions. Does any of this help?

Thanks Faith! I am going to tell him to check it out right now. :)

Hey Creekland! We are starting round 2 also with next ds. He is focused on engineering of some kind - mechanical, computer or aerospace. His first choice school is UVA with Grove City as a back up. He is adamant that he does not want to go to VA Tech! Anything you could post that might help him reconsider? I think he is put off by the big school atmosphere. He sat in on some UVAclasses and liked that they were smaller (not freshman classes, as they will be huge too.) Ds #2 is also not the least interested in Covenant! Wants to get right into engineering and does not want the liberal arts degree. I have no peace about any of his choices for different reasons. Praying much already for guidance.

I have the student text, solutions manual, and the consumable book with the tests, extra activity sheets, and fact sheets. 3 books total in the homeschool kit.

:) I am so surprised at your post! I have a Nook tablet that I absolutely love. Nook offers apps for free as well as tons of books. They have Free Fridays on their blogs which lists 25+ books for free. My nook is filled with all sorts of books and apps that were free. I have never paid over $5 for a book and have gotten some epubs free from other book sharing sites. My boys are always downloading free games too. We have popcorn ninja not fruit ninja:) I also have lots of kids books that I downloaded free from b&n. Just wanted to let others know that b&n does offer lots of free material!

Another idea- http://www.studentdailynews.com It is a conservative news site for students with a weekly quiz and a political cartoon. They even have explanations for the cartoons if the student (or parent!) Doesn't get it.:) We have it as our home page so whenever our kids get online, headlines are what they see first.

oh sorry, I wasn't really serious! I could never burn any book, I don't think. Even though my dss want to burn their math books:001_smile: I can donate them here where I live also and will probably go that route.

Thank you all for the ideas! I did try bookscouter.com and was able to get rid of two texts and they pay right into my paypal account! I guess I may have to use the other three old math texts as kindling!:001_smile: Thanks!

Thank you frugalmama! That's what I will try.

I have some textbooks, like 3 Chicago Math Trig texts, a computer programming text and a Pearson Precal text. These are not selling on the For Sale forum (I've tried over the years) and most places I check say they are not buying back these texts at this time. I have checked over the summer for the past couple years, with Abebooks.com, and I get the same thing. What do you do with old textbooks??? One I bought through the Potters School bookstore and they won't even buy back the text they sold me:confused:

I surrender All and All For Jesus. Just the first two that popped into my mind.:)

We have a very sweet mannered lovable schnoodle! Part mini poodle, part mini schnauzer. He is all black, has hair, not fur and the most adorable eyes ever. He was easy to train and rarely barks. Everyone that has met him, says he is the sweetest thing ever. He has never shown any agressiveness at all. I know many people with schnoodles and they will tell you how great they are. Find a breeder near you and go check them out. Pick the quiet shy pup and you should be good. Watch out for the one who is jumping on the others and biting ears!

anyone?? I checked on the SL forums but no luck there either....

I am blown away that SL sells what looks to be a fantastic psych program with text, study guide, and workbook/diary exercises..BUT NO SL STYLE SCHEDULE???? AM I the only one who expected it to be included with the program?:glare: The author has objectives, but its quite confusing to match up the readings with the quizzes, with the workbook... Does anyone have a schedule of this program that they used that breaks up the work through out the week? I guess I am just so spoiled by SL and feel really disapointed in the lack of schedule with this program. If anyone can help, I would be grateful...really, really grateful:)

Our cc just went up to $124 per credit hr. Makes for a pricey high school course for us since ds is taking a 5 credit hr course!

Pm'd you! Thank you for your generousity.