Homeschooling

Archive for September, 2007

Question: What Homeschooling Programs are there that let you have a highschool diploma and graduate from home?

I am in my freshmen year.I want to know if its possible to finish my last 3 years of high school at home in about 6 months to a year but getting a high school diploma not a GED.And if there is please notify me of any schools in miami,florida or kendall area i can look up.I really need this.

Answer: It might be *really* hard to do three years of work in 6-12 months. Even though there are online schools available, I doubt many would let you work that quickly. Most of them are teacher-led and you need to follow the schedule of the class.

I know many students on here that use Penn Foster and it seems like an inexpensive, open-book, individualized pacing way to get a diploma.

http://www.pennfoster.edu/diploma/

For reputable online high schools, here is a list:

Apex:

http://www.apexlearning.com/

K12 (uses some Apex courses and some of their own):

http://www.k12.com/hsc/flash/

Florida Virtual School:

http://www.flvs.net/

NorthStar Academy:

http://www.northstar-academy.org/......

UNL Independent Study High School:

http://nebraskahs.unl.edu/index.shtml......

Center for Distance and Independent Study:

http://cdis.missouri.edu/

Keystone High School:

http://www.keystonehighschool.com/

The Potter's School:

http://www.pottersschool.com/

Florida Home School - Preferred Learning Academy

Question: Organization? All homeschoolers and homeschool mom/dads!?

Hey. I am a 7th grade homeschool student. I work on my school at the kitchen table, but my school stuff [books,pencils,etc] has to stay in my bedroom, which is upstairs. My lesson plan sorta goes like this, 2 subjects, break, 2 subjects, break, and so on. I pick what subjects we do each time. My books stay in a 3 wheel cart, but I wanted to put some stuff on my desk. I have a small shelf avalible. What subjects or other stuff should I put on it?
Here are the options
2 subjects
reference matieral
note books.

So for example you could say
Math & Science or reference books or all your notebooks or spelling & geography, etc.

Get me?

Like I said I carry stuff downstairs and I pick what subject we do everytime!

Thanks!
XXX ♥

Answer: I would use the shelf for the texts; the desk for the reference materials, journals, and writing utensils; the cart for hauling only those materials for the subjects to be studied at that time.

A little more detail... I'm not clear on if you put all your subjects in the cart or not, but if you know what subjects you plan to study for the next two hours, put the books, notebooks, pens/pencils, reference materials, library books, etc... for ONLY those subjects in the cart to haul to the kitchen, or wherever you plan to do your work. Haul it back to your room for your break and change out the materials in the cart for the materials for the next set of subjects.

I hope that helps!

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