New Ohio tax credit for home educators. $250? https://www.edchoice.org/school-choice/programs/k-12-home-education-tax-credit/ https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-5747.72 @kbutton

I joined a group on FB for parents of college students with Celiac. I am not sure if it has helped my worries or aggravated them. There are equal amounts of good stories and horrible ones. 😃

I know a couple of people who have had ablations and they said it's the best thing ever (if you have heavy bleeding, etc.). I also don't know that it would stop the migraines. I would think if those are just hormone driven the ablation wouldn't help?? But I am not a gyn. 😃

These are all excellent questions. Financially, right now, unless we get a large scholarship, he is probably going to our local college and commuting. The $1 to $2.5K rewards you mention are not going to bridge the gap for us. I know sometimes colleges will award scholarships based on NMF results. So a full tuition scholarship or full ride somewhere would be huge for us, and really worth pursuing, if it was attainable. That said, I know that room and board can be just as pricey as tuition (or more) so even full tuition might not be enough. Adding to the layers of complication, he has Celiac disease and a lot of schools just can't accommodate and some are not great about allowing access to a room with a kitchenette. So this is another reason we are looking at commute or living off campus (which is allowed here if you are local). At this point, we haven't even gone through the career exploration stuff to figure out what he wants to do major wise so I have no idea where we will land (I have career exploration slated for this spring/summer). At one point I started investigating colleges with a certain major but I think he has changed his interests and I will need to start over. Fortunately, it sounds like we have at least a few months to sort out his interests and he could conceptually begin in summer studying for PSAT. He is currently doing some prep for ACT and I hope that there might be a small percentage of carryover between the two.

He took both practice tests last summer and preferred the ACT. So we have not been focusing on the SAT at all. The only reason we would take PSAT is for a chance for a merit scholarship.

Right, but if you didn't plan to take the SAT, would you have done separate prep?

I looked in the motherlode thread and didn't see this. If it is there, please link for me. My DS16 (sophomore) tested about equal on practice ACT and SATs and decided to go for the ACT. He took that in December 2021 and got a 31 composite. He had not done any significant prep. He has since worked through some of an ACT prep book. It would be easier if he was more "average," but he's high achieving with good grades. I feel like this makes it more of a judgment call for us--it's not obvious that we should or should not. I don't know how to evaluate if it is worth it to take the PSAT. We are in Ohio, so we are one of the top states for population (#6 I think), so that means that the pool of competition will be large compared to some other states. I know we have had multiple students in Ohio with perfect scores before. If we are taking the PSAT we might need to change gears for a bit and work on SAT/PSAT prep before next fall. So how do you evaluate if it is worth spending time prepping for the PSAT and if you should go through the hassle of finding a seat for the test in one of the local schools?

Do you mind sharing what you have taken and liked? Also, what is MHMC.com? It's not coming up in a google search.

Thank you so much @Lori D. This is my kid with processing speed issues and ADHD so I TOTALLY know what you mean about taking away his free time. That's why I asked him what he would like to do. I guess I'm struggling with my own loss of time over the summer as I have learning ahead to do. You are right--I need to hold history more loosely. Actually this kid is my DS14 wo he is doing Jurgensen Geo, DO Physics, HHL Ancient Lit, TPS Eng 2 Comp, Trad Logic I, Avancemos II, VCR, art, Most Important Thing You'll Ever Study. For those familiar with our Algebra saga, he is doing FANTASTIC with geometry. He's so strong in visual-spatial. We are actually getting a lesson done in one day. YAY!!!!!!! So far he is getting "all" of his daily school done by 2:30 or so. So I think he is managing his time well. The Bible is only 15 minutes a day and art is once a week for an hour. Thanks again. It's hard because he is my super distracted kid, and I think that the reason he is so behind in history is because of that. So I am kicking myself that I was not after him more when I noticed he was slowing down.

I just commented on your other thread, BUT if you are interested in doing something that integrates history/lit and possibly theology, you could look at those lists. We have covered some books that some might consider faith-based as part of our history studies, but the focus was not theology. We covered important works that helped to understand that time period. For example, we covered Augustine's Confessions, parts of Calvin's Institutes, and selections from Summa Theologica (via Summa of the Summa). We also read accounts of the Crusades and Bede's History of the English People. We touched on the Old Testament as part of ancient history as well. Philosophy has played in pretty heavily in our Early Modern studies. That said, there are some integrated humanities programs, such as Wilson Hill's and Omnibus (Veritas Press) that lump in theology and so partial credit is given for theology. I spent a good amount of time evaluating options and figuring out what we wanted to do, so here is some unsolicited advice: 1. Most colleges will want to see government and economics. Unless you want to double up and do history and government/econ in one year, then you need to look at a three year program. Some of what is out there covers the government and econ as part of the great books study, but many do not. 2. You need to consider what you want to do about U.S. history. Most colleges require this also. Some programs include it in the Great Books coursework, but not all (like Old Western Culture, which doesn't go that modern). So you will want to look at if it is included in some way, or that is another box you will need to check in addition to the Great Books classes. 3. If you consider a video based curriculum (like Old Western Culture), watch a sample video with your kid and see what they think. My kids don't tend to like video-based curriculums, and if you do OWC, you are sort of setting yourself on a path that is hard to divert from. It would be tough to switch from that to another program. 4. It is possible to piecemeal this, but it is a lot of work. We are doing history at home and lit with House of Humane Letters. My youngest will not get the most ideal line up of history and lit because he didn't start history until 9th grade, so we are covering all of history in three years. My oldest took the Great Conversation I class in 8th so I didn't need to cover ancients with him. 5. If doing an integrated humanities class without composition, consider how much time comp will add. For my kids, composition is a necessity.

House of Humane Letters has lit and history as separate courses https://houseofhumaneletters.com/ The Potter's School has "Integrated Humanities" courses which are comp/lit and history https://at-tps.org/subjects/english/ Scroll down Veritas Press has classes based on the Omnibus series (note: I don't like Omnibus as a rule but the book lists are okay) Roman Roads Media has Old Western Culture and I believe there are now classes available through Kepler Education https://kepler.education/?subjectType=integrated_humanities Note: there is also an option to just do it at home using the videos and then have Roman Roads do the paper grading. The Well Trained Mind Academy has separate history and lit courses which are time-period specific. They do not include composition specifically but papers are required. These next two providers are Catholic and I know very little about the courses other than book lists: Kolbe Academy They have separate courses for history and lit but they are time aligned I think. https://legacy.kolbe.org/courses/online/courses/high-school/online-history-courses/wh10awh/ 9th--Ancient Greek 10th--Ancient Roman 11th Era of Christendom 12th United States and Modern History or Ancient Western History, etc. Angelicum Academy/Great Books Academy https://greatbooksacademy.org/great-books-program/ (we have used their study guides but have never taken a class with them)

I'm not sure how to word this. My youngest is many weeks behind in Physics. I am now sitting with him and helping and it is going much better, but we will definitely be going into the summer, possibly most of the summer. He is also four weeks behind in history, and so that will go into the summer. We always do math through the summer, and I planned for him to finish health this summer. I think he has seven weeks left of that. I don't like that we will have so much "summer" school to do. But I am conflicted on making him work some on the weekends. The flip side of this is whatever he does I will have to be involved, so it impacts me also. I will have to be there for all the physics, and there will be history discussion to do. Have you ever required weekend work in this sort of scenario? I asked him if he voluntarily wanted to do extra physics, like one lesson a weekend, and he said no. (ETA: so he knows we will be working in the summer) Thoughts?

Ooh! I didn't think of one for a pet!

It's so good to hear something about this provider. I keep seeing them mentioned but no one had used them yet.

I'm not artistic so it wouldn't work for me either. 😃

I had never seen this before, but my SIL received a paint by number by Paintly of her father. At first she thought there was no way she could do it, but now she says it has been therapeutic for her. Clearly not everyone would like this, but I thought I'd share because I never would have thought of this.

Yes, and it might make sense for him to go there from a financial perspective too. He could live off campus (or commute from our house).

Sorry ladies. I have been tired lately but wow was I brain dead for this one.

NM!! Oh My GOODNESS. I am so sorry. Messed up. Thank you!!

This is the problem. Well, one of them. The other he answered incorrectly anyway, so it wouldn't matter, although I think that one had the wrong answer also. They said the answer to this was J. My son said K. Oh My GOODNESS. I just noticed it says "equivalent to" UGH UGH>

NM. Shared it in next post. If I am wrong, let me know.

NM

It's a long shot, but it is worth running the blood test for Celiac. My son presented at first with sluggish growth. Then constipation, frequent ear infections/strep, and then the classic symptoms of stomach pain. That said, I have a friend whose child had no symptoms other than sluggish growth. I'm so sorry. I hope that it isn't autoimmune and resolves for you.

Wow, I am so very sorry. What you are feeling right now is so very normal. Going through this in a pandemic makes it so much harder. I hope and pray there is someone who will sit in the ashes with you as you grieve. The weather here stinks but even just going for a walk would be good if you can manage it where you live. I'm so, so sorry. Prayers for you.

My SIL has had that type of pain and it is because of benign cysts. I honestly can't imagine waiting until March to get those addressed--she usually has to have them drained to get relief (hers are fluid-filled). Maybe you could call and see if there is a way to get you in sooner since you are so uncomfortable? I guess with COVID there could be backups, but I agree that waiting until March seems unusual.