The closest Frankenstien Movie I have seen is the one with Robert DeNiro, Kenneth Branagh, & Helena Bonham Carter. Can't remember if it also contains objectionable material, so preview before watching.

Eragon Books CS Lewis Sci Fi Trilogy Steven Lawhead

17 yo Boy: Tha Call - Os Guiness Pride & Prejudice Eusebius' Church History City of God Augustine 13 YO Boy: Mere Christianity Picturesque Tale of Progress Beowulf - Ian Serralliar

You don't necessarly have to have a chronological transcript with dates. Perfectly acceptable is a topic specific transcript. To see what I mean you can go to the HSLDA site at http://www.hslda.org and scroll to transcripts section. You can click on transcript by subject and download a pdf sample transcript. You do put in the dates attended, but you just go ahead and include all 5 years. You are allowed to count high school level coursework taken in 7th or 8 th grade toward graduation, so colleges don't even care about those dates. I am not authoritative enough to really explain the whole reason why a year after college puts you at a disadvantage for scholarships. I have been told that info from a couple of kids who made that mistake. They were very capable kids who did actually end up getting scholarships anyway, but they found it difficult and were disqualified from several scholarship opportunities because of it. One great young man I know actually had to limit the colleges he could select because of the financial picture. He had to go where they would offer him the scholarship money. It's really simple to avoid that. Just delay actual graduation until after the gap year. Kimberly

Most kids that I know take a gap year. It is not necessarily a non academic year, but it eases the schedule for kids who are involved in debate, speech, extensive volunteerism, etc... and allows them to not be rushed. In addition, it is good to be able to take time in the late Jr. year and early Sr. year for pursuing scholarships and college applications. Scholarship apps are time consuming and are difficult if the child also has a heavy academic load. In addition, it allows kids to grow up a little more before they head off to college. Boys seem to need this more, and somewhat depends on when their birthday is. I now kids who have taken a gap year to travel with Communicator's for Christ as Interns, take a whole semester for career exploration, and many other activities. All worth it! I don't know a single person who regrets the extra year. One caveat however, is that if you graduate and then take a gap year, you jeopardize numerous scholarships. I am not sure why, but I know 2 students who learned this the hard way. I assume it puts you in the category of a returning student. Since we homeschool, it is easy tomjust not graduate them until after the gap. Whatever they plan to do with the extra time should be formulated as course work for the transcript. Just my two cents. Kimberly

The Little Dutch Boy who put his finger in the dyke. Jean Valjean in Les Miserables Lucy in Chromicles of Narnia

What have you used for H.S. Physics? What did you think? Apologia? Saxon? Bob Jones? Looking for any and all info~ Thanks!