OK... this high school thing has really been on my mind this week! :shock: I've found a sample transcript and filled in what I *think* ds will be taking next year and those classes that are required for the rest of hs. Here's what I have for 9th: Algebra 1 (Teaching Textbooks) Spanish 1 (possibly SOS, any AFFORDABLE suggestions?) American History (Notgrass) Literature (Notgrass) Bible (Notgrass)-elective, it's included with Notgrass history PE (swims for 1 hour 2-3 times per week) Health (suggestions?) Biology 1 (Apologia) Am I missing something? Do you record # of hours or just give them credit if they finish the course? I saw somewhere that 120 hours is 1 credit.
Unless your state asks you to record hours I would just count the credits. NYS calls 108 hours of instruction 1 unit (credit). I would just give them a credit for the course (as long as they complete it ) For Health we used Abeka but I think if I was to do it again I would use SOS or Lifepac. Sd also did a cpr class as part of health.
We give one credit for academic classes and 1/2 credit for electives. You don't really need "curriculum" for all of your electives. For instance, my son has learned welding during the summers with his grandpa, so that is call shop class. Helping mom in the kitchen with cooking and meal planning is called home economics. Unless the state requirements are very rigid, you don't need to parrot what the public school requires. We checked out the state requirements for college admissions and scholarship money and tried to stick to those guidelines for core curriculum. The colleges we applied to were very eager to accept our homeschooling transcript. I kept records, but didn't put together a transcript until we started applying to colleges. Don't let it bog you down and steal your joy. The high school years were my favorite homeschooling years. Enjoy!
Please explain more...I am having serious anxiety over high school. I know I don't need to worry about colleges accepting my homemade transcript and all..but I cannot help but worry over..what if they don't go to college? And...what if we don't do enough, do too much?
Karengstafford, bless your little pea-pickin' heart! I needed that today sooooooooooo desparately. I have one starting high school next year and it is so intimidating to me. Glad to know I have permission to relax!!! :lol:
Your schedule looks good. We only did health for half a year. My daughter used Totally Healthy Teen or something like that. It was a bit much. I am not planning on doing that with my son. If you go to hslda.org (Homeschool Legal Defense) and go to "About Homeschooling" and then click on "Homeschooling Thru High School" and now look under "Before High School", you will find a lot of information that should help. There are several books that give you a guide of what to cover. Also a book by Barbara Shelton called Senior High: A Home-Designed Form+U+la will answer some of your questions with humor. Her book also includes sample transcripts. When we used a textbook as in Apologia science or math, credit was given when the book was completed. My child never finished the work before the alloted time required for a credit. If she finished a year course in half a year, she would only get half a credit. If she finished a little early, she would receive full credit. We kept track of hours when the course was a unit study or something along those lines. Keeping track of high school credits stressed me out a lot. Hang in there. You can do it!
Alpha Omega (LifePac and SOS) has a high school health elective (1/2 credit). The rest looks great to me and although my oldest is 11, I'm already pondering those high school years.
My oldest graduated highschool last year and this is what her transcript looks like... she is now at a cosmetology school but took a few college courses this summer at our community college and it was accepted just fine. The Underwood Academy OFFICIAL HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT STUDENT INFORMATION HOME SCHOOL INFORMATION FULL NAME: ADDRESS: PHONE NUMBER: EMAIL ADDRESS: DATE OF BIRTH: PARENT/GUARDIAN: NAME: ADDRESS: PHONE NUMBER: EMAIL ADDRESS: ACADEMIC RECORD SCHOOL YEAR: 2005-2006 GRADE LEVEL: 9th SCHOOL YEAR: 2006-2007 GRADE LEVEL: 10th Course Title Credit Earned Final Grade Course Title Credit Earned Final Grade English 9 1 B English 10 1 B Consumer Math 1 A Algebra I 1 A Physical Science with Lab 1 B Biology with Lab 1 C Oklahoma History ½ A World History 1 B American Government ½ A French I 1 B Speech & Drama 1 A American Literature ½ A Creative Writing 1 A Computer Science 1 A Home Economics 1 B Art 1 A Total Credits: 7.0 GPA: 4.14 Cumulative GPA: 4.14 Total Credits: 7.5 GPA: 3.6 Cumulative GPA: 3.72 SCHOOL YEAR: 2007-2008 GRADE LEVEL: 11TH SCHOOL YEAR: 2008 - 2009 GRADE LEVEL: 12TH Course Title Credit Earned Final Grade Course Title Credit Earned Final Grade English 11 1 B English 12 1 C Geometry 1 B Algebra II 1 B Chemistry with Lab 1 A Poetry ½ A Library Science 1 A Physical Education 1 A American History 1 B ACT Prep ½ B French II 1 C Health ½ A Digital Photography ½ A Drivers Education ½ A Total Credits: 6.5 GPA: 3.53 Cumulative GPA: 3.67 Total Credits: 5.0 GPA: 4.8 Cumulative GPA: 3.88 ACADEMIC SUMMARY Cumulative GPA: 3.88 Credits Earned: 26 Diploma Earned: Yes Graduation Date: 5/23/2009 GRADING SCALE 90 – 100 = A 80 – 89 = B 70 – 79 = C 60 – 69 = D 59 – below = F I do hereby self-certify and affirm that this is the official transcript and record of Kara Ann Underwood in the academic studies of 2005 – 2009. Signature: Title: Principal Date: May 23, 2009 The formatting is off some but it wont let me attach the file to send to you all so you can actually see what it looks like in MSWord. IF you would like to see the actual transcript pm me with your email and I will email you the file. Lora
Health will only be 1/2 credit though we will probably spread it over the year without doing it every day.
