athena1277 Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 For those of you who count how many days of school you have each year, how far are you right now? How many are you required total for the year? I'm just wondering how we compare to others. We are on day 118 today, 165 required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 We are required 175. I have no idea how many days we've done. I've marked all of them present for attendance though. I did that the first week of school. The little bit of unschooler in me says every day is a learning day even though no formal lessons are done. As long as we mostly finish our books and are ready to move up, I'm satisfied with our progress without worrying about the actual days it is done on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 My middle two haven't reached compulsory age yet. DD#1 will next year (the school year in which she will turn 8), and we'll have to mark 180 days. DS#1 is in a cyber charter, which requires 180. I have no idea what day he's on, but I should probably find out. The official last day is June 4th, but they give a few weeks leeway if needed. For the record, I hate homeschool "attendance". Regardless of whether or not I consider every day a learning day, public school kids are allowed multiple absences within the 180 day state requirement. Homeschoolers are not. At least, not here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamaof2andtwins Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 We are on day 122 of 180, but we start at the beginning of August. Jennie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 We're on day 108 of 172 required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofkhm Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Regardless of whether or not I consider every day a learning day, public school kids are allowed multiple absences within the 180 day state requirement. Homeschoolers are not. At least, not here. I had not thought of that! The PS kids can miss 16 days of school here. But we don't have to count days anyway. We are required to school for 9 months with reasonable breaks and holidays. We are also required to mark attendance. We're on day 128. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifera Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 We're on about day 90 here. We take our long break around Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paula in PA Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 We are on day 134 of the required 180. In reality, we'll end up having over 200 since we do a 42 week year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 We're on day 114. 180 required, but we will exceed that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I have no idea how many days we've done. I'm satisfied with our progress without worrying about the actual days it is done on. Me too! Just another indicator of how horribly unorganized I am.:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athena1277 Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 Wow, I didn't know so many were required to have 180 days. I would have to school almost year round if I had that many. I started in July and we have had lots of 4 day weeks for various reasons. If we stay on track, we will finish the last week of April. May and June will be "summer break" and we will start back in July again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love2read Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 We don't formally count, but 180 days are required and I sent in my second quarterly report a few weeks ago so that would put us around day 105. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 We've done 19 weeks so far (the autumn was bitty because of moving into this house). There's no specific requirement, but state schools do 39 weeks, so we do about the same. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryl in NM Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Today is 95 and we have to school 180 days. We've had hunting season and a family reunion last fall, planned, but then we had a death in the family and missed quite a bit of school. We are about a month behind my original schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Me too! Just another indicator of how horribly unorganized I am.:tongue_smilie: :D I'm not so much unorganized, just lazy. I don't want to have to open the homeschooling program every day just to mark the attendance record. So they all get marked present the first week of school. Any sick days I can change to sick if/when they occur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjzimmer1 Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 We are required to have 875 hours. If you did 180 days that comes to a little less than 5 hours a day. I don't technically keep track of day or hours but since I have a database of all their homework assignments, I went back and counted for curiosity's sake. We are at day 130. I would say a normal day around here is about 6 hours (oldest student is very advanced and doing challenging work, younger student is just slow as molasses). We finish our school year in April. Our new school year start in June but we are gone alot in July and sometimes Aug so it ends up being a week on and and week off most of the summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 We are on day 110 of 180. We are required to do the 180. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in Central TX Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 We have no requirements for how many day we school, but I schedule 180, and today is number 115. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Day 93. We are required 900 hours. We are a little behind in hours, but I am not concerned. This is the first year that I feel good about our pace and schedule...whether it matches up to the state or not. Plus we are taking a D.C. trip with our homeschool co-op in June. That should easily finish up any hours we haven't completed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elm in NJ Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I don't know what day or week we are at. We work until the end of June or until we finish our books, whichever comes sooner. Heck, I can't even remember when school started. Thank goodness I live in a state where I don't have to keep track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda in TX Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 According to HST, we've done 99 days. I don't have state requirements, so I don't have to track it. It's just an automatic thing with HST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Frankweiler Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 We're required to have 180, and we're at 107 right now--and that includes a cross country (well...down the Eastern part of the country) move in November. We will keep working until we've finished all our work, but it will be nice when we're "legally" finished. -Mrs. F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 We're on Day 113, of the 181 days required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I count "school days", but I don't count them separately for each child like I used to. If one dc is sick, I still do school with the other, and count it as a "school day". I just count the sick child "absent". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blessedfamily Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 .... For the record, I hate homeschool "attendance". Regardless of whether or not I consider every day a learning day, public school kids are allowed multiple absences within the 180 day state requirement. Homeschoolers are not. At least, not here. True. We're required to do 180 days. We're doing year round, so I haven't really counted. I could go back and look at the calendar to figure it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patchfire Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 We're at 120 out of 180 required. Next year we're going to do more in the summer, though, so that we can enjoy those brilliant autumn days more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 The younger is on day 47, I believe and the older is all over the place. We started this curriculum late, had a tropical storm, had a surgery, had broken bones, had PT appts, had three sick animals, had weekly allergy shots with one anaphalatic reaction, moved right before Christmas, and are still having many medical problems. Both of them are learning and the younger has done more days then her curriculum shows because we had to do a number of days in two parts due to all of the above problems. We live in a state that requires testing or a review and they will pass. We just keep on working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline4kids Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I have 192!! We do school on Saturday and I started July 1st. Yeah!!! I'm only required 140 by my cover school, but we just keep going year round anyway. Basically, from now on I reduce the load a bit before jacking it up again in the middle of summer. :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Day 99 here - about 176 required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 We are on day 97 of 172 required, but I do 180 instead of 172. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristiana Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 We're on day 112 out of 180 required. We're supposed to have 5.5 hours x 180 days as well, but counting hours would drive me batty. We usually school 3 hours a day and then there's music classes and free reading and recess ;) and all that learning time outside of structured "school" time so I'm fairly sure we're actually ahead on that score! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenn- Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I am not really sure what day we are on. I know we hit 110 sometime in December (I counted at that point because everyone was talking about their 100 day projects). We are not required to do a certain number of days, but we are required to report attendance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenKitty Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 143 here, need 180. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb in NZ Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 (edited) & we have finished 10 days so far. We aren't required to count days or hours, just to teach " at least as regularly & as well as" the PS. Primary PS complete ~195 days / year & PS highschools complete 190 days / year. We aim for 200 days / year (or 50 days / term.) Most PS have school camps, sports days, etc. that count as school days, so I could count our week of camp last week ( I had my dc do 30" each daily in maths, writing, & reading) & that would put us at 15 days finished if I wanted, but I usually only count days where we finished a day's achedemic work. Blessings, Edited February 14, 2009 by Deb in NZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyNellen Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Day 100 here, although I have no requirement. We shoot for 180 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcjlkplus3 Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 we have 86 out of 174 required (maybe 172?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamommy Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 We're on day 116 out of 180. We started in the second week of Aug. I'm one week behind as I had unplanned gallbladder surgery this winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaik76 Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 We're on day 108 of 172 required. We're 108 too...but of 180. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 We just finished 118 of 180. My dh teaches school. He works 190 days a year so we start when he does. We get to take all his breaks (6 weeks during the year and 8 weeks in the summer) plus have 10 days to take off when we want to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 113 for my oldest and 124 for my youngest out of 180. We had P.E. today...all day long. LOL :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela H in Texas Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Originally Posted by Parrothead View PostI have no idea how many days we've done. I'm satisfied with our progress without worrying about the actual days it is done on. Me too! Just another indicator of how horribly unorganized I am. Silly! I don't have to know so don't know. Nor do I care. I worry about progress which is perfectly fine, maybe better :D I can make an educated guess. DS used a virtual academy for first semester. That would have been approximately 80 days. So plus January would have us just over 100. I couldn't tell you how many days we have done ANY year. And I just don't think it matters. And it doesn't say anything about my organization or the quality of our homeschool. And I think it's perfectly okay for anyone else to be in the same boat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesa Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 We are on day 114 of the 180 days required. I school year round so I'm not concerned about getting that quota in. It's just nice to keep tabs on it, so we can celebrate getting through the 180 day requirement. One bonus of homeschooling for me is to see all those extra days we do of school as giving my kids an advantage. They are spending far more time schooling than their friends and it shows. (In most areas anyways. Handwriting is still a struggle.) My son no longer forgets concepts he's learned from long summer breaks. The year round schedule we do now is really working out well for my family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 we have been homeschooling for 3 weeks . but only 17 days. we took a break off for extreme heat last week. the school year started at the end of january here in Australia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraceyS/FL Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Hmm, no clue.... i need to catch that up! LOL!! We need to 180, but that is never a problem as we go mostly year round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 We have just finished 115 days out of 180 required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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