"I started homeschooling my kids six years ago, when one was entering 7th grade and the other was going into 5th grade. The task felt daunting, but I did lots of research and made the switch, mostly to lessen the pressures my kids were feeling in the public school classroom and increase the amount of learning we could do together through travel."
"Homeschooling my kids has paid dividends: My son started his senior year of high school dual-enrolled with a local college because, on our own, we were able to work through his lessons more quickly. My daughter, now a sophomore, uses most of her free time to work with elementary-aged kids in local theater programs and hopes to become a teacher."
"Homeschooling during high school is just different Still, homeschooling high schoolers requires more work than the middle and elementary years. There's record-keeping, transcript-making, SAT-taking, and more. And, without the support of a school system to successfully get my kids through high school and off to college, I've been learning right along with them. At the end of the day, homeschooling a high school student isn't hard, necessarily, it just requires extra work beyond simply following a homeschool curriculum."
Homeschooling began six years ago to reduce public school pressures and allow expanded learning through travel. The approach enabled accelerated progress, with a son entering dual-enrollment as a senior and a daughter engaging in theater and aspiring to teach. High school homeschooling requires additional responsibilities, including record-keeping, transcript creation, and SAT preparation. Lack of school-system support means parents often must learn procedures alongside students. State graduation rules matter; in Florida, homeschool students do not receive a standard state high school diploma. Successful homeschooling of high schoolers depends on thorough research and organized documentation.
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