When will you be starting your new school year?

[Audrey]

Just wondering when everyone is starting back to school. Do you go by the public school calendar, school by the seasons, school year-round, something else entirely?

[arcara]

We started July 13th, so we've finished 3 weeks!! However, we will only school through this Wednesday, and then take 3 weeks off while my husband's sister visits from Italy.

[Annabel Lee]

Just wondering when everyone is starting back to school. Do you go by the public school calendar, school by the seasons, school year-round, something else entirely?

 

We'll be starting most LA & math this week. Then I'll add a couple more subjects per week starting next week (week of the 10th) until we've got our full load going no later than 1st week of Sept. I thought it might be easier on the boys to ease into school, since we've been on break from everything but reading for a month.

 

I'm still deciding what I go by. Part of me wants to stick to a traditional schoolyear w/ the summer off, but I'm toying w/ the idea of a 4-day week year round w/ breaks for holidays & maybe a 1 - 3 week break now and then. I've got this year planned for 36 - 38 wks w/ Fridays being a "light" day, and if we actually accomplish that, I'll still have my boys do something during the summertime so they don't forget everything. I'm not going to stress if we get a couple weeks behind during the year since I'm ok w/ summer schooling though.

 

That's not much of a definite answer, is it? :D

[MicheleinMN]

Ds #1 is starting dual enrollment for a couple of classes on the 25th (T/Th classes only), so that week seemed like a good time for all of us to start back to school.

 

I'm NOT ready!

[Annabel Lee]

PBI w/ a hijack here, but Acara, I just looked at your REAL E&S Schedule. I've been working on a 2 day per week (with room for a book or project that spills over into the weekend) schedule for this. Thanks so much for sharing that! I just added it to my favorites. :)

[kckamy]

I go with the school calendar for my district but we finish 2 weeks early. I do not take calamity days (mostly snow days around here) and some of the holidays that they take off.

 

Amy

[Amy loves Bud]

Normally I wait until after Labor Day. But this year it's so late, and we did a fair amount of School Ultra Lite last year due to the kitchen remodel. So 8/24 it is. I wouldn't do it much earlier than that, though because my kids birthdays are 8/13 and 8/14, so I like to have time to get both parties in and let them enjoy their gifts before we start lessons.

 

ETA: We take the same days off as our PS, because we have so many PS friends in the neighborhood. It works a lot better that way.

[hsmamainva]

My boys have already started! We'll begin Week 3 on Monday.

 

My oldest daughter returns to the community college on August 25th.

 

My 7yo doesn't return to public school until September 8th.

 

They'll all finish at different times, too! My boys will be finished by the middle to the end of April...my daughter finishes her college classes the 2nd week of May...and my youngest doesn't get out of school until mid-June.

[SquirrellyMama]

We school year round but very lightly in the summer. So our new school year will start on Aug 24 or 31st.

 

Kelly

[jibaker103]

We started math and language arts in July but we go into full swing August 24th the same day ps goes back into session. It helps my son to still be able to hang with friends!

 

Jennifer

Mother to Noah Age 13

[snickelfritz]

we kind of did school through the summer.

 

We did enough to keep somewhat fresh with math/reading and to figure out a few things that weren't going to work for us.

 

August 3 marks a return to regular, somewhat scheduled, days.....

[nukeswife]

I voted other because we started this past monday

[DaisyMay]

We are starting Sept. 1st. I'd prefer to start a couple of weeks earlier, but my parents are coming to visit the last week of August.

 

We had been doing light school, but I was so burnt out that we've taken several weeks totally off. I don't want to start the new year exhausted!

 

Gayle

[Nestof3]

I have to start on a Monday, so we're starting on Aug 31.

 

I should start sooner, because my mom has surgery on the 19th of Aug, and I will be needed a lot. But, I really want to relax some during August and exercise a lot. So, relax it will be.

[2_girls_mommy]

We start when our local school does, which is a year round school. We generally finish when they do and do fun learning in the summer. They have shorter summer breaks than most schools too. This past year we finished 2 weeks before them, because they had a ton of snow days.. We don't line up our breaks w/them or anything though. It is just nice to start back when they neighbor girl is. It just seems natural.

 

All of that to say, we start on MONDAY! I am not ready.

[Matryoshka]

We have been doing school-work in the summer, but lighter and different stuff. We start back with the new year's material and a full schedule the week after Labor Day.

[MrsMe]

We were going to start this upcoming week on the 6th, but we now have company coming the following week for the entire :ack2: week! So now we've pushed it back the week of the 17th.:angry:

[Mesa]

I too school year round. Summers are usually lighter than fall and winter. for the sake of keeping our yearly reports for the school neat and orderly we always start our new school year around August 1st.

[Julie in CA]

Anyone else here remember when school started back in September? :confused:

[Pamela H in Texas]

I need TWO options.

 

DS starts Aug 3rd (writing starts on 10th, history in Sept).

 

Stonebridge Academy starts Aug 26th and will follow the exact schedule of a nearby school district (I live between 3).

[Mommy2BeautifulGirls]

We were going to start Sept. 1st, but I've moved it up to Aug. 24th. I think we are all getting ready to go back. We're going to be using the workbox idea, but I want to give it a trial run for a week or so with just 6 boxes each. That way if it doesn't work, we can reorganize and not feel like we're falling too far behind.

[Jolash]

We finished in early May, so we're ready for Monday, August 3!

[nov05mama]

We start back on Monday!! We did do some things during the summer, but we will start 'official' schooling again on August 3rd! I debated waiting, but DS has been begging me for school again, so I bit the bullet :D

[Tutor]

We started on July 20th.

[sleepymommy]

i just haven't decided yet..

[LoveBaby]

I think we'll start around the 10th. We have schooled year round in the past, but took most of this summer off. It's been really nice! Assuming I get the rest of my planning done next week, we'll be ready to go on the 10th. I think we'll start getting into a routine the first week with LA/Latin/Math, then add the rest of the content subjects the week after that. I'm hopeful to be in a solid routine by the time co-op starts after Labor Day!

[JoyfulMama_Karen]

I was originally planning to start the week of August 31st, but we will be away the weekend before and I want to take that last week to prepare before we dive in. So we'll start the week of Sept 7. This is our first year homeschooling! We plan to school year-round, with Dec-Jan, another week or two here and there, and August off.

[dangermom]

We generally start at the same time with the public school, so the kids can feel like they're doing the same thing as their friends. We just signed up with a charter ISP that actually starts a few days later, but who cares?

[Nakia]

We are starting this Monday! We do school for 6 weeks, then take a week off. At that rate, we will be completely done at the first of May. Then we go on vacation. We have done it this way for two years, and we love it!

[chaik76]

I voted we school year round. Technically, we begin on July 1st and end on June 30th of the the next year. This year we took June off, so last year ended on May 31 and we started this year on July 1. We already have 28 or 29 days of school in for this year.

[SLH in ND]

Year-round, with the year running July 1 - June 30. Summers are light schedule only, though....we need a break and in ND, we have to take advantage of the weather when we can!!

 

Sheri :)

[Ravin]

I let DD pick the date, and she chose Jul 28th as our start date, so we're almost to the end of our school week (we run Tues-Sun).

[bugs]

I put the week of Sep 7th but I don't even want to start then...I feel like October... We will start by the first week of Sep but I just finished up having a super busy July and we are having a FANTASTIC summer in the NW (okay 106+ temp is not that great) so I want to totally relax now.

[Ester Maria]

October 4th (our weeks start Sundays). Their summer has basically just begun.

[Melissa in Australia]

t school year in Australia starts at the end of January and finishes toward the end of December.

we school year round, but the kids go up to the next grade in January.

[Annabel Lee]

Anyone else here remember when school started back in September? :confused:

 

Yes! I've wondered about this too - it seems to begin earlier and earlier every year, and now it runs into June in alot of places. It used to be Sept. - May. I have a theory about this, much along the lines of Gatto's. :)

[Renee in NC]

We're going to follow the school schedule of the local schools, so Aug. 24th it is!

[mamato4girls]

It was going to be the 10th, and now I am not sure we will be ready, plus we have a ton of local activities to attend, then family coming so I will be re-evaluating today.

[Matryoshka]

Yes! I've wondered about this too - it seems to begin earlier and earlier every year, and now it runs into June in alot of places. It used to be Sept. - May. I have a theory about this, much along the lines of Gatto's. :)

 

Here the ps runs from Sept-June. This year it was the last week of June because of all the snow and ice storms. The summer is July and August - I can't even fathom starting back in August!

 

Starting the new school year before Labor Day is against nature! :D;)

 

Yes, we're doing "summer school", but that in my mind doesn't count. :tongue_smilie:

(which hasn't stopped my kids complaining about it)

[freeindeed]

August 10 for us--but I'm actually ready to start right now. We do have lots going on this upcoming week, though, so it's best that we wait.:tongue_smilie:

[nmoira]

We school year-round. I chose August 31 because Sept 1 is the date I chose for the beginning of the year in HST.

[Laura in STL]

I like to start the first week of August, and then be done by early May to enjoy the nicer weather for outdoor activities.

 

This year we move into our new house the first week of September, so mid-September at the earliest for us.

 

We always do a light schedule through the summer anyway, but the new school year is when we open up our new curriculum and officially start the next grade.

[Underdog]

We'll be starting back on Sep 1. We do school Tue-Fri with some review on Sat. We have 4-10wk quarters, with 2wk breaks betw 1st-3rd quarters, and 6wks vacation betw 4th quarter & the new school yr.

 

This summer has gone by so quickly. I couldn't believe it when the stores began moving out the gardening items and replacing them with school supplies.

[Hsmomto4]

We were going to start on August 24th, but we are going to the beach instead so...we will start a bit early so we aren't behind.

[Lisa in the UP of MI]

We're starting August 24th. We're getting back from a trip to the family cabin early the week before and I thought that this would give us a few days at home to get back in the swing of things before we started school. I'm considering schooling year-round in the future, but this will be our first year of more formal schooling.

[krisp]

This will be dd's first year in public school (special ed) and she starts the 12th, so we'll "start" the new year on the 17th. We've done light school (for the 7yo at least) all summer, so it won't be a huge change. I ordered most of this year's stuff from Rainbow Resource last week, so I hope it comes in time :)

 

I remember when school started in September and started on a Monday. Quite a few of the schools here start on Thursday.

[Jlynn]

We school year round, but will be starting our new Sonlight Core 5 this week and I base the rest on that.

[skaterbabs]

Even though we school year round, because this is Dot's first official year we're going to make a big deal about the "first day of school" on September 14.

[MsAlimar]

We are planning on starting the Wednesday after Labor Day, Sept. 9th. I like the old school year of starting after Labor Day and being done by the end of May or beginning of June. Of course, I only have a kindergartner so that may have to change as she gets older and has more work to cover. :)

[mycalling]

We started July 20th. It's going.:svengo: Still working out the kinks.