Yes, if she doesn't invest the time in science in high school-she will pay during her Plebe year, should she be selected. Thank you for posting this. Her younger sisters do two Apologia books per year. I'm not really sure why Anne does not. I guess I just assumed they were full year courses? She's never really enjoyed science, to be quite honest. We used Calvert School until 7th grade, and then we went right to Apologia General Science. She's doing Physical Science now. I'll talk to her this evening and see if she thinks she could handle two per year. Thank you so much for the link to the Dive CDs. We used Dive for Saxon Alg 1/2, and she liked it. I've never seen them for Apologia, though. I was planning on purchasing this: http://www.christianbook.com/exploring-creation-biology-2nd-edition-version/pd/536403?event=BB&bookbag=1&item_code=WW Perhaps I should rethink that choice. Can you tell I'm not much of a science fan? And you are saying I should use Saxon's Physics instead of Apologia's?

Wow... could we be twins? Same name, similar children? :) There is only one JROTC program in our county. It's in a different district, and they don't admit homeschoolers. There are no young Navy groups. I am located between two young Marine groups, one is about 1 hours away, and one is 40 minutes away. However, both primarily meet on Saturday mornings-when we have swim meets and triathlons. She did serve as a leader last year at Awana. This year she is doing youth group, and she is looking for a new opportunity to serve. She serves others quite a bit "unofficially"...baking bread for friends, etc. You are correct though, we do need to find something official for our application.

Thank you. You read between the lines...you knew what I was really asking, through all that, was "How can I get her in??" :) She is a "B" swimmer. She does great at IM and longer distances, but she is NOT a sprinter. She did make it to all-stars (her seed time was 5th out of the whole county) her first season aging up to 13/14 in IM this past winter. She didn't join the team until she was 10, so she's had a lot of catching up to do. That being said, since she started running and doing Tris, she's dropped a lot of time...so maybe she'll surprise us? Hmmm....So Terri...would you recommend Navy Swim Camp to get in her in front of the coaches? We know two students who are/have attended the NA. One got in academically from a non-competitive state (CO). PA is quite competitive for appointments, since we are close to the USNA. The second student, who I only "know of", is a gifted swimmer. His mom told my friend to tell me (ha ha) to send Anne to swim camp there, that would improve her chances. She's a bit shy to go, especially alone. We could commute, but it's 1 hour and 40 minutes each way. But, if that's what it takes? Decisions, decisions.

My daughter is entering high school next year. I've gone back and forth between several options...College Plus (aka, me thinking:"let's just skip High School") SOS disks (aka, me telling myself: "there's NO WAY I can teach high school!!"). After about a year of prayerful consideration, I've decided to stick with what has been successful so far for my family. We've homeschooled since 1st grade...so yes, we know we are weird in liking some of the products we like. ;) Ha ha! My daughter has high goals. She'd like to be admitted to the Naval Academy. While we know her chances are slim to get selected for the NA, our philosophy is to aim high, and even if we fail we still will have achieved a lot. She currently is a straight A student who tests about 93rd percentile in Reading and 96th in Math. We test her annually and she is consistent, so I expect she will test well on the college entrance tests. She has not taken the SAT or PSAT. Ok, so here's the plan. I'd love your input. grade 9 Saxon Geometry (with CDrom)-she loves Saxon Apologia Biology Communication (Communicate! by Verderber & Verderber) Learning Adventures-Western and Onward (history and literature) Spanish 2 (Rosetta Stone) Greek 3 (Gatchell) Latina Christiana 2 Wordly Wise 3000 Spelling Power (should complete in 9th grade) SAT prep grade 10 Saxon Alg 2 Apologia Chemistry American Literature Civil War-1920 history PA State History Spanish 3 Greek 4 (Gatchell) Latin (unsure) Wordly Wise 3000 SAT prep grade 11 Saxon Advanced Mathematics Apologia Physics Modern History Modern Lit Spanish 4 Greek-??? (perhaps at college?) Latin (unsure) Wordly Wise 3000 SAT prep grade 12 Saxon Calculus College level Chemistry (PSU?) Civics Economics College Level Spanish Greek (college) year two Latin (unsure) My daughter is a year round competitive swimmer, and will likely compete at the Varsity level and swim on the summer club team. Last summer she completed 3 5ks, and would like to add 2 more each year of high school. Her passion is triathlons. She did 2 last year, her first season, and had 6 on schedule for this summer along with a tri camp. Her academic passion, as I am sure you guessed from above, are languages and history. Her career goal is to be in diplomacy, intelligence, or be a history teacher. Or, if God should lead her to not pursue a career, she would be quite happy as a homeschooling mom. :smile: Ok, so here are my specific questions: She does not play an instrument, she is just not artistic or musical. She is thinking of adding another language in order to make her really stand out to the Naval Academy. We considered Arabic, Russian, Korean...but I think in consideration of her existing load and the fact that the UN uses it, we have decided on French. Good idea or not? I'm unsure with what to do after she finished Latin. She does not want to be in the medical or science fields, so I lean towards dropping it entirely. It's fine (transcript wise, I mean) to take Chem twice, right? I've heard it's the class that kills midshipmen, so I want to make sure she REALLY knows it and has a college level lab course. When should she take her ACT, PSATs and SATs? As many times as possible? Her scores need to be HIGH! Should she take a dedicated Trig course? I see there is a SOS Trig disk. We could do that as an elective. Do you feel, considering her goal of attending the NA, I am on the right track? I have read 3 books about the requirements of the school, and feel pretty good about our choices...but can't shake the nagging feeling that so much is riding on the decisions we are making this spring for next year, and I could let her down. A question that is very NA specific---if anyone knows---She would actually qualify to enter the NA after her junior year, since her bday is 7/1. Would it be crazy to try a year early, so that if she doesn't make it, she could just proceed with 12th grade, as usual? I think she would have enough, if not-nearly enough, to "graduate" early. Perhaps a bit of juggling might be necessary in 10th grade should we be told this is a good idea. Am I overlooking anything? Thank you all for your wisdom.

I'm impressed!! ::::adds item to Sam's shopping list for tomorrow::::

I personally didn't find it to be possible. Around here, the coupons for non-processed foods are few and far between. Of course, my family is also gluten-free, so I am not excited by coupons for cake mixes and pasta, lol. :) Also, at this point in my life, admittedly, coupons are not something I can seem to keep up on. It's really hard for my perfectionist nature to admit that! The piles of coupons and "missed deals" were actually stressing me out, so I just quit trying. I have issues. Ha ha! I do love (correction-used to love, I haven't done it lately) going to CVS and getting great deals on health and beauty items. My favorite site is: http://www.iheartcvs.com

There's hardly any prep work. I think you'll be pleased!

We are in York County!

Mine is inspired by the 50+ days of 90 degree weather we've had here in PA. By the way, I LOVE summer and never want that snow again, lol! Well maybe...I just ran 3 miles in 90 degree heat.

Thank you for sharing!! We are going to redo our school room in October...so this has given me some GREAT ideas!

I haven't used Sonlight, but I am in my second year of Learning Adventures. There is a lot of teacher reading in LA, we found the lesson plans to be mini-lectures and my kids got a bit bored of that. Maybe it's because it was coupled with the oral literature readings, but it just felt like I was ALWAYS talking. That being said, we loved it and are using ANWOA this year...but I have purchased lots of the books we're reading on CD. ;) Your son is older than my youngest two, so he could just read them independently. Hope this helps!

Sorry to disappoint you-but my young teen daughter eats more than her dad right now!! She does burn a lot of calories each day. Maybe there's hope for some of us with just girlsl!

I am so sorry. :(

Hi there! I've used Calvert, all grades from Pre-K-6th grade. My girls are 11, 8, and 6 right now and in 6th, 2nd and 1st. I :heart: Calvert in theory. It's an excellent education-my oldest daughter is doing very well compared to her peers. We just submitted her test 140, and it included a 8 page research paper of her choice (China), with a bibliography and outline. But sigh, this is our last year. We have MEGA textbook burn-out. The tests take 4-5 days to complete, which a major issue we are having as well. It's 19 days of lessons, then the 20th day is testing (20, 40, 60, 80...etc...) My first and second graders can get their tests done in one day, but you can imagine how much material that is for an older child. To prepare for and complete a test takes a week. We are very disciplined/task oriented people-I can imagine this would be overwhelming to someone who was more laid back. We have found the textbooks and support to be excellent. No complaints-we are just tired out going in three separate directions and all the tests. Next year we will be starting the WTM philosophy with Learning Adventures, Saxon Alg 1/2, Christine Gatchell's Greek and Rod and Staff grammar. My girls are SOOO excited, our new books are starting to arrive!! I think we are going to start "next year" right away (in May)...so just in case it doesn't work out...we can go back to Calvert in September without falling behind. I'd be happy to answer any questions you have. I'm new here, I hope I was able to help you!! Rebecca

Thank you! This is my first post here. I'm so glad I joined and discovered this great deal within the first few minutes! Rebecca