No one has addressed this that I can tell, but brain fog around age 12 is super common. That probably has nothing to do with the class you are asking about, but my oldest went through the exact same thing in 7th grade.

Here's the syllabus. With 3-5 hours a week outside of class, I probably would. https://data.artofproblemsolving.com/course-docs/syllabi/python1-syllabus.pdf ETA; actually, this is for the intro to python class, but intermediate syllabus says the same thing

is Covid Act Now pretty much useless now? It looks like they reworked their risk criteria so it's the same as the CDC community guidelines.

Posting this separately so it doesn't get lost. Is UC Scout asychronous but with deadlines and with the teacher ($399) worth it? Is that just high school credit? They have Intro to Java Intro to Robotic Engineering AP Computer Science A AP computer Science Principles

I'm struggling with the same thing as the OP. My youngest really needs a live class or I need to line up a coach for an asynchronous class and firm up a schedule. I am also looking into online design classes and web programming classes. AOPs python classes seem to be well-liked on here. FundaFunda has a self-paced Python class that is done in increments of five weeks. That won't work for us, but maybe for you? One option I am considering is Compuscholar with a separate hired coach.

You might want to follow @Susan C. spin off thread on computer programming.

out of curiosity, what company was it? There aren't that many out there that do live classes.

I agree with this also. All of my assignments for the whole semester were up at the beginning so if a student knew they were going on vacation they could work ahead and still meet the deadlines.

from my syllabus from 2 years ago for a co-op class that met once per week: PENALTIES FOR LATE WORK and REQUESTS FOR EXTENSIONS Extensions will only be granted in the event of extended illness (more than four days). Work that is received the day of class will be considered on-time. For each subsequent day that it is late, 10% of the grade will be deducted. Work that is turned in a week late will not be graded and will receive a zero. BTW, I found it really difficult because despite using Google Classroom I still had kids emailing me files and texting me files. If there had not been a pandemic going on, I would have been a lot less forgiving. Everything was supposed to be submitted via Google classroom.

From a logistical perspective, generally we did the IOWA over two days. When they were small and there were oral assessment sections, I think we did it over three. And we didn't do school the rest of the day those days other than me reading aloud. We did the CoGAT one year and that added an extra day. So three days that year. Each day about 3-4 hours.

Up until last year we had done IOWA testing every year since about 4th grade. In 9th grade, my kids did the CLT10. This year my sophomore did the ACT> I like the score reports from the IOWA. I heard Stanford is being phased out--you probably can't order it, but that's a good reason to avoid it. It is nice to stick with the same test year after year to do a comparison.

Ah yes, the box and whisker plots! Those showed up on IOWA testing too. I had to dig out a more recent resource because the text we were using at the time didn't cover them. My guess is that my Dolciani text won't either.

If you are looking for a live class, perhaps one of these? We have not done the summer classes but we have been happy with the TPS comp classes. I can't tell if they cover citations and such though. You could always ask. Note: this is a Christian provider. Writing for Upper High School and College (English 4/5/6 Writing Prep) https://www.pottersschool.org/course/list/#course-2861 Writing for Early High School https://www.pottersschool.org/course/list/#course-4013

A friend said there were "basic matrices" on the PSAT. I am googling and I cannot confirm this. If so, can anyone recommend a video instruction for the type of "matrix" that might be covered on the PSAT? I have the option to add a chapter from our Alg II/Trig book on Matrices, but I do plan to cover it in Precalc next year and I'm not sure I see the point to adding more instructional time to this year's course unless we really need it for the PSAT/ACT. We are already covering far more of this text than most do. The only chapters I intend to skip are Matrices and Statistics, and I am still debating on the Statistics.

I might be confused but I think your local police could handle the police report and help you with the restraining order. They might be able to come to your house to take your statement. I agree you need the documentation, even if it is a hassle.

I like chocolate chip cooky's response. This is what I thought maybe I would say. "Wow, that news must have been so hard for you to hear. What a heavy thing for you all to carry. I wish there was some way I could help you with this burden. I would like to come alongside you as you grieve this news and process it. Do you have time for a walk/coffee? My heart is so heavy at what you are facing. I will be pounding on God's door and asking Him to help you in this. You are not alone." Then make sure you really do check in on her. If there is anything I have seen consistently, it is that initially people get lots of encouragement and then as the months pass people just fall off the map. Be the one that perseveres for her. Even just a text that says, "hey friend. I am thinking of you today. How are you doing today?" gives her a chance to share (or not share) how she is doing. Bless you for caring for her.

You could try to dabble in logical fallacies? For example, you could look at this book https://bookofbadarguments.com/AIBOBA-white.pdf and try to see if you can find some of the logical fallacies that are being used. Generally I would say that skillset is older than your kids but you could still talk about it generally. I think this poster describes them well https://thethinkingshop.org/collections/products/products/logical-fallacies-wall-poster

So another one I have is that I regret that we spent so many years on primary level Latin. I know this one is controversial, but my kids were totally burned out on Latin by the time we got to the high school level Latin classes in 7th grade. It's a double edged sword really. The primary Latin really helped their high school Latin, but since we had done it for years (my youngest did both Song Schools plus Latin for Children A through C), they just were tired of seeing it just as we were entering the most challenging year. I'm not sure what the answer is for this. This is not something that "seemed to work" but when my youngest was identified with ADHD-Inattentive, I really should have pursued some additional testing. We didn't find out until about four years later that he is also gifted with a processing issue, etc. Also not something that "seemed to work" but we did co-op and CC our first year and that was way too much. Don't recommend!

Mine was like this--before the first year I started homeschooling I located and downloaded 1,000,000 resources and then I printed them. In color. Okay, I am exaggerating, but only a little. I had a whole shelf of binders with pages in those sleeves. My husband would ask me if I was printing the Internet again. I would like to apologize to the trees I killed that year. My lesson learned is don't print it until you are sure you will use it. Also, get a laser printer. LOL

Did you transcript it? It seems like most of the courses are shorter but some have multiple levels

Yes, we can get Lynda free, so the appeal is that he could skip around and try different teachers. The negative is no interaction with a teacher, which is also an issue with Udemy. I think we have art well covered with my dad. He is teaching them drawing with various mediums and I hope we will start marker rendering next year.

It looks like this tool shows you what transfers in, not what transfers out. Of course, we would need to have some idea of what other colleges we are looking at for that. LOL. It looks like I can put in the "new" class and check in Transferology.

I'm sort of confused about this very thing. I will have to wait until we talk to the coordinator for college credit plus at UC, but it appears that we would not test out of the Comp 101 but would go into their special more advanced comp class (123 or something like that--they added other elements to it like some sort of service project, etc.). What I am not clear on is if that class would transfer to another university as comp 101. I am not sure we will end up at UC, so it is important to me that it transfers. But I need to ask because this seems to be a new course and I don't know what they are doing with DE students.

Has anyone used Lynda? It looks like another version of the kind of stuff they have on Udemy?