There is a teacher's manual. I think I found it on abebooks or albris using the ISBN search. Ignore the Amazon pricing. I'm linking it so you can see the cover and the ISBN. https://www.amazon.com/Teachers-Guide-Mathematics-Human-Endeavor/dp/0716713276

I finally found the chart I came across awhile back. It shows what is covered in each SWI level side-by-side. https://iew.com/swi-topics

I would suggest you start with SWI-B. It's aimed at 6th to 8th graders and won't expect that they have mastered writing. It presumes students have no previous experience. It's like SWI-A but faster and covers a few more topics. After that, if she like the videos, then move on with SICC-B the following year. I do have the TWSS which is teaching to you. I find it useful myself. SWI guides will tell you which videos on the TWSS DVDs for you to watch at what point as you progress through. No need to do the whole thing first. I'm not a writing person either. We are pretty STEM heavy over here.

I should also add that he did finish Challenge Math as well post AOPS. There were a few interesting topics that were more challenging for him, but only the Einstein level problem sets required effort but not that challenging given that he worked through AOPS PA. The trig, calculus, probability, and physics topics were the "new" stuff for him. The contest problems in that book aren't as challenging if you are used to doing MOEMS middle school problems.

We finished AOPS pre-algebra a month ago. We are taking a break since I am not in a rush to keep moving ahead at his age. We are doing Jacobs: A Human Endeavor right now. He will probably finish it sometime this summer at the pace he is working through it. Plenty of interesting math topics in there. You could also consider doing Michael Serra's Patty Paper Geometry. Here is the TOC: Mathematics - A Human Endeavor Table of Contents 1. Mathematical Ways of Thinking - The Path of the Billiard Ball, More Billiard-Ball Mathematics, Inductive Reasoning: Finding and Extending Patterns, The Limitations of Inductive Reasoning, Deductive Reasoning: Mathematical Proof, Number Tricks and Deductive Reasoning 2. Number Sequences - Arithmetic Sequences, Geometric Sequences, The Binary Sequence, The Sequence of Squares, The Sequence of Cubes, Fibonacci Sequence 3. Functions and Their Graphs - The Idea of a Function, Descartes and the Coordinate Graph, Functions with Line Graphs, Functions with Parabolic Graphs, More Functions with Curved Graphs, Interpolation and Extrapolation: Guessing Between and Beyond 4. Large Numbers and Logarithms - Large Numbers, Scientific Notation, An Introduction to Logarithms, Decimal Logarithms, Logarithms and Scientific Notation, Exponential Functions 5. Symmetry and Regular Figures - Symmetry, Regular Polygons, Mathematical Mosaics, Regular Polyhedra, Pyramids and Prisms 6. Mathematical Curves - The Circle and the Ellipse, The Parabola, The Hyperbola, The Sine Curve, Spirals, The Cycloid 7. Methods of Counting - The Fundamental Counting Principle, Permutations, More on Permutations, Combinations 8. The Mathematics of Chance - Probability: The Measure of Chance, Dice Games and Probability, Probabilities of Successive Events, Binomial Probability, Pascal's Triangle, Independent and Dependent Events, The Birthday Problem: Complimentary Events 9. An Introduction to Statistics - Organizing Data: Frequency Distributions, The Breaking of Ciphers and Codes: An Application of Statistics, Measures of Central Tendency, Measures of Variability, Displaying Data: Statistical Graphs, Collecting Data: Sampling 10. Topics in Topology - The Mathematics of Distortion, The Seven Bridges of Konigsberg: An Introduction to Networks, Euler Paths, Trees, The Moebius Strip and Other Surfaces

I keep seeing Great Courses Plus lifetime $10/month deal right now. Can't make up my mind if this is worth it. Edited to add: I have decided that this is worthwhile based on what Farrar said. My son has always enjoyed the courses we borrow from the library. Currently he is obsessed with the Mental Math course. It will be great for our purposes to build home grown studies around or to supplement what we are already doing. I am sharing the link if anyone else wants to take advantage of this pricing. There's a 14 day free trial. https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/3-mo-plan-2019

Curious as to why she is choosing to graduate in Dec versus doing some sort of work/study program in there as well to beef up her CV? It looks like she has time in her schedule to do so.

Is the FLL team meeting year round or are they just meeting up through competition season? You could wait until it is over and then compact a science study over the spring since you will have 6 hours freed up by then.

There are some sample videos of classes here: https://www.williamsburgacademy.org/methods/what-classes-are-like/ And there is a video channel on vimeo here: https://vimeo.com/williamsburglearning

What textbooks is used in the French classes? I was curious because I could not find that anywhere on their website.

Farrar, I asked this question recently.

Just wanted to say that Schole is partnered with St. Raphael School. They are offering a 4 year Greek sequence with the MP Greek materials. The video about the Greek Courses is at the very bottom of this screen. https://www.scholeacademy.com/open-house/

@Arcadia I have been eyeing that one as well as Angelina Stanford's classes as well. However, the history compoenent has a lot of appeal for me.

I had the opposite reaction. I thought wow...they took a lot more of their own students than I would have imagined. 22% of the incoming class from their own school seems like a lot. My experience with B-schools is that they don't want students from their own schools in their MBA programs.

Well, for me, I had decided based on how my son is wired up that I really need to separate writing from Great Books or at least have it not be high amount of writing output. That took CLRC off the table because I am pretty sure they are churning out papers every week. I actually really appreciated what Adam Lockridge had to say about the approach at Schole for those courses. I watched the Open House video and had an email convo with him. I am far more concerned about my son learning to think critically, discuss, and process the Great Books and not have him drowning in too much volume as well. I thought the selections for Schole seems less overwhelming and more accessible. Unfortunately, the syllabus is not uploaded. The selections I saw where from last year before they put up the current year class descriptions. The writing output he was looking for middle school is more individual to the student's ability rather and the focus is more in helping students learn to think. That being said, Aerthyln (sp?) from Texas has really engaged my interest in Wes Callihan's Schola Tutorial classes as well, but that is high school focused.

Are you solidly sold on WHA's Great Conversation approach? It is only one approach out there for Great Books. You might find a different provider's approach would resonate better especially given the aspects you mentioned in other posts that you thought weren't a great fit for your son. I took your comments quite seriously and thought long and hard about my own son to find a better fit for him for Great Books exposure which is not WHA. I will pray for you in your decision. If you do not feel at peace with this and that the school is not responding in a way that indicates that they are open to dialogue and welcome your partnership as his parent in his educational path, those are very significant indicators to me that you need to find a path forward that brings you and your family peace.

Well, 3 of them actually have medical schools. So access (to hospital, volunteer work and internships, etc.) would be more plentiful at UCSD, UCI and UCD. UCSD/San Diego area is also a major hub for biotech which is another plus.

What is the ask?

If you are talking about possibily using a 10-key, then I should warn you ahead of time about them. Yes, they will produce a tape of your calculations, but since I use a 10-key (CPA here), then it has made me not able to use a regular calculator as well. I can use a 10-key and go super fast with calculations because I don't think about it when I do it.because a regular calculator does not work quite the same way. Regular calculator: For additon/subtaction: It's number function number equal. For 10 key: It's number function number function equal because it uses postfix notation. Division and Multiplcation are still like a regular calculator. If you had me a regular calculator and ask me to add things up, I invariably will not be as quick on a regular calculator because I am so used to postfix notation when adding and subtracting. That may or may not be an issue for you or your student. Also depending on how far you go with calculators, the functions of a 10 key is pretty basic. It's basically designed to be an adding/substracting machine.

Or EPS's Paragraphs series books? http://eps.schoolspecialty.com/EPS/media/Site-Resources/downloads/program-overviews/S-paragraph_book.pdf

Maybe one of the Kilgallon books for Middle School? http://sentencecomposing.com/

Well, if it helps at all. I know that the CK12 bio text is the one that has been used by Athena's Advanced Academy for their Bio 101 class for the past several years.

Is she trying to graduate early? Is the uni forcing her to graduate early? Is there anything she is interested in doing a minor in that uni? Maybe data science, statistics, math, accounting?

It was revised several years ago. If you search the forums for 3rd edition Apologia Chemistry, you will easily find it. 2nd edition was still written by Dr. Wile.

Agreed. Someone has to help foot the bill. In some way, it functions like a tax on education for families with means. I know that my son will be full pay. However, my dad put himself through school and was a immigrant who grew up in a village in the middle of nowhere with no electricity or running water and came to the US at 15. He was able to learn English, get into UCD and earn a B.S. and a M.S. in Engineering. My family benefited from that opportunity. I think these top tier schools are considering merit, but it is obvious the students they are trying to attract are merit PLUS full pay. You can't populate a school with all qualified students who need full rides. The economics of sustaining that university would never work. UC has specific target percentages for populating their admits with students who are first generation and students who are of lower economic status. UC also prioritizes admits from under represented schools in California as well. They look at the student relative to their peers from the same school. Edited to add: 42% UC's undergrads are first generation college students. This compared with 27% average at other selective public unis and 18% at selective privates. That's something to be commended.