What is public school P.E. like these days? Does it meet 5 days a week? For other p.s. highschool classes, do they all meet 5 days a week or do some meet less often?

So if there is an unresolved dispute, in one course taken at the p.s., could one drop the course and not include that transcript? Again, we have only homeschooled exclusively, so it's not an actual situation and I hope it never is.

Sebastian you're on a roll tonight in helping me! Thanks. :-)

Thanks Lori! Very helpful.

This is a hypothetical, so bear with me. A while back I remember someone posting that she'd run into a dispute with a private school where her child was taking high school courses. I'm pretty sure it was part time/dual enrollment. The school wouldn't provide her with a transcript or there was a dispute about the grade earned. I don't remember how it turned out for this family. Here's my question. If you are taking classes at the local public high school and do run into such a problem, where they either won't provide the transcript or you dispute the grade or credits given in good faith, can you submit your homeschool transcript only, but still include those subjects covered at the public school and the accurate, adjusted credit or grade? Not trying to perpetuate a fraud. Just wondering if such a situation or dispute comes up, if we are required to submit the p.s. transcript.

Lori, are you saying for eligibility, he couldn't even play on a homeschool team that was not affiliated with the private school? That's rough if so, because usually the homeschool teams aren't subect to the state high school athletic associations. :-(

Sebastian, Thank you for all of your helpful input. We're considering this only because of sports. Our kids have played in the public school sports teams as high as they can in our system and coaches at the higher levels were really encouraging us and telling us certain kids would make Varsity and JV teams.

The community college option is also being considered. In our area, the local public school will pay for it, if they enroll through the high school, so that might be a possibility.

Lori D, I did mean extracurricular classes. So thanks for answering with that in mind also. :-)

Thanks, not Texas, thankfully I guess!

We're exploring the possibility of phasing our teens into public high school. For one of the kids, it would be half of junior year and senior year only. How do PSs do diplomas when the student hasn't been there all four years? Are they only "signing off" on when the student was attending? Does the incoming student need to show the entire homeschool record prior to entering PS? Lastly, what extra-curricular classes could a sophmore and junior take together? Thanks for your help. Obviously, I have lots of questions!

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Krissy thanks. If you don't mind me asking, are you mainline Presby or another Presby denomination? What led you to that choice for him? (Again if you don't mind. You many pm me too).

Anybody put your kids in Catholic school either temporarily or after homeschooling for many years when your family is not Catholic? How did that go? What is it like socially for high schoolers? We are Christian but not Catholic. Only considering this for the athletics, given a very low budget and low commitment local homeschool athletic program. Thanks.

I'd didn't see that. I'll check it out. Thanks for pointing it out!

She has been using Apologia.

My 11th grader would like to put together a Chemistry course that is non- traditional. This is an AP student in Literature and English (level 5), but she does not like science and wants to just "get it done" for chemistry. I was thinking something more literature based if there is such a thing for chemistry. This student will read and digest all the books necessary to get all the concepts, but is not great at the memorization of tables etc. Any recommendations are appreciated.

And there's nutritional yeast too. Still GF and no "active yeast" issues. It's very good for ya.

Katy, We just set her up on Cronmeter. Cool site. Thanks!

Katy, Thanks, but as I said in the OP, she does legumes, lots of them. Also, our farm raised eggs and lots of nuts. We even bake grain free, almond flour cookies. I will definitely check out the site you mentioned, but she is getting plenty of healthy fats, avocado, coconut oil, olive oil, hemp seed, nuts, chia seeds and she does hemp protein powder,healthy mayo, fruit or spinach smoothies in coconut and almond milk with added coconut oil. I know it's way harder being grain free, and that why I asked the original question. This may be a short lived thing if she doesn't see changes in her complexion. She's tried so many things with and without the derm, and if this helps her, I'm willing to give it a cautious try. If I see notable weight loss I'll be talking to her about reintroducing grains. That's assuming being vegetarian helps her skin.

So what are your fav veggies for dipping? What are your favorite vegetarian quick snacks for on the go? I just made hummus and used zucchini and artichoke hearts for dipping. It was pretty good, but I need an arsenal of snack ideas and go to plans, because of how busy basketball season gets.

Thanks ladies...and Red Squirrel, I do appreciate your concern. She loves food and is not in danger of an eating disorder. (And I know what to look for) She is really wanting to clear up her complexion and wants to eliminate meat because of the hormones. We've been dairy free for so long, the meat removal seems like it would be easy, but I just want to make sure she gets what she needs. If she sees no results, she can go back to meat fairly soon. I've encouraged her that she could go back on regular grains, but she swears she feels way better off them. Faster in running, less mental fog, no brick in her stomach feeling. She drinks almond and coconut milk which has about 45% of the daily allowance. Eta. We don't do soy.

This is a spin off of another thread. My daughter, who has been paleo for some time (only in the sense of grain free, dairy free and sugar free) is wanting to remove meat from her diet also. Because she is a varsity athlete, I want to make sure she gets the nutrition she needs. She will do psuedo grains like amaranth, quinoa and Minnesota wild rice (which is actually a seed). She will do farm raised eggs too. And she'll do legumes, so as you see not strict paleo, What would be the top things I need to make sure she gets food and vitamin wise to keep her strong and healthy? We will be running this by her doc soon, but since basketball season is already on now, I want to make sure she is getting what she needs now. Also, any recipe books and blogs that lean paleo vegetarian are welcome. I'm joining her in going meat free to support her efforts. I've also been paleo with her too. Many thanks!

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Thanks. We did the IgG panel and she avoids peanuts and soy. Eta. I did a search on vegetarian athletes and was happy to see there are some stud athletes in the top lists! I'm doing this with her to be her support. And I'm actually looking forward to it, bc I know we will be eating more veggies. We do raise our own farm animals which don't have added hormones and are of course free ranging, but I imagine the hormone issue is still present bc they are still animals. :-)