My daughter wants to homeschool through high school

[sapientia]

I think it's a great idea! basically I talked to her high school guidance counselor to discuss her schedule because she has already taken her entire freshman year courses online through virtual school. The counselor said 'so she is going to have nothing but electives' I asked if she could take the next years courses...nope...asked if she could skip a grade...nope...I told dd and she said she just wants to homeschool online and her own projects and go to college early!
For the record: I in NO WAY push her-she naturally self paces like this. She adores learning.
Any other high school homeschoolers?

[SagMom]

Good for her! So many interesting opportunities open up to the kids when they reach their teens. Was she always hsed or was this her first year?

[karika]

I don't understand why your daughter would not be permitted to skip a grade if she had completed the academics associated with that grade. I took a test upon entering HS coming from an alternative school and was put up a grade, then I took a class in summer school and the 11th grade one semester and the 12th grade the next semester. But anyway, yay for you doing High School at home ! I recently heard about a program called Jump Start where a junior level (can be any age, as long as they are classified as a junior in High School) can take classes at college and they apply to a college degree. In this way, your student can graduate college at the age of 19 or earlier. nak now. i tried to google info, but no luck yet heard about it in a homeschooling group

[zjande]

I know there are at least a few high school homeschoolers around here. My theory is that they don't post as often because by the time kids reach high school level, parents don't tend to have as many questions to post because they've already been homeschooling so long! lol That's just my theory anyway.

I homeschooled my DD through high school. She graduated at 16 so she could start taking college classes & get a job. She's nearly 19 now & doing fabulously.

There's a big forum for hs high schoolers over the The Well Trained Mind forum. You could Google that if interested.

YAY for your daughter!

[sapientia]

Originally Posted by karika

I don't understand why your daughter would not be permitted to skip a grade if she had completed the academics associated with that grade. I took a test upon entering HS coming from an alternative school and was put up a grade, then I took a class in summer school and the 11th grade one semester and the 12th grade the next semester. But anyway, yay for you doing High School at home ! I recently heard about a program called Jump Start where a junior level (can be any age, as long as they are classified as a junior in High School) can take classes at college and they apply to a college degree. In this way, your student can graduate college at the age of 19 or earlier. nak now. i tried to google info, but no luck yet heard about it in a homeschooling group

I asked them WHY they couldn't skip her and the guidance counselor told me that in the state of FL that they had to have 4 years of High school on campus(????) and that she could skip if she was in a private or 'special' school. So basically they'd rather have a student having a whole year of electives instead of actually helping achieve to their highest ability.

Sagmom-nope, we've homeschooled off and on since elementary school. She was in middle school and they had her in gifted but the pace was really slow and she was so tired of just learning how to pass the FCAT and not actually learn anything so she asked to homeschool again in 8th.

Zjande: when your daughter took college classes was it the free dual enrollment or did you have to pay?
Thanks for all the well wishes!

[Smithie]

That's awesome, sapienta!

If I were blessed with that child, I might look into year-abroad programs where she can be immersed in another language, etc. Maybe for junior year. It's clear that Algebra and Biology aren't going to be kicking her butt anytime soon, so maybe you could add to the breadth of her high school education in that way?

[SagMom]

Originally Posted by sapientia

Zjande: when your daughter took college classes was it the free dual enrollment or did you have to pay?

My 15 y/o is in community college now, and I know others in other counties as well as in the state university--all of us are paying for classes and the kids get regular college credits.

I know of some colleges that have a separate program whereby the student earns a high school diploma while simultaneously earning college credits. To me, that seems pointless as the college degree would superceed a hs diploma, but it must make sense to someone!

Enrollment rules vary here from county to county so you may want to contact your local college and see what their rules are.

There's also a college in MA that caters to high school-aged students, called "Simon's Rock." Students are eligible for admission after they've completed 10th grade.

[mom2ponygirl]

We're homeschooling high school. My daughter went half-time to a charter high school this year but we're hs'ing full-time as of next week. We'll be around to share stories!

[Lillian J]

My grown son and many other young adults we know homeschooled all the way through high school and have gone on to wonderful lives. Here's an article I wrote about that. And here's a wonderful newspaper article that was published back then about the kids in their teen group: Singing the Praises of Homeschooling.

Here are some other threads you might also want to take a look at:

reading the teenage liberation handbook... wow I wish I had read this 6 years ago in high school.
high school to college?
unschooling teens?
This post also has some links to good resources.
homeschooling a high schooler?
prepping for a High school Homeschooler?

Have fun! Lillian

[sapientia]

Thank you all so much for the helpful replies!

I looked into the local state college and found out that high school (and they stated homeschool) students are welcome to dual enroll from 10th grade onward, and it's free...yay!
Thank you for the links, LillianJ!