Parents and students work tirelessly year after year toward the goal of turning the tassel. High school is not a one-size-fits-all experience. High school is a time to dig deeper into areas of interest, refine the skills, and polish a student’s God-given gifts and talents.

  Cheryl says:

"Our high school home school experiences (two graduated and another in process) have been like sieving sand. Our adventures were unique to each child, not like the high school I experienced. I sieved through hundreds of hours of reading, research, seminars, and notes from tea-time-chats with older, wiser parents who had walked the high school journey, looking for ways to document what we had accomplished. When we had to document all the wonderful learning opportunities we discovered, many out-of-the-box from traditional educational philosophy, I struggled with how to put our experiences into the paperwork entities requested. The grains left in my sieve were the “essentials” we found beneficial when our students applied for discounted good student insurance rates, employment, and college entrance.This booklet contains the essential grains left in my sieve, the grains I would love to share with you as we sip tea.  Grab a cup and we’ll talk."

But what does that look like on paper?

 Celebrate High School highlights the answers to common questions asked by parents and students. The booklet is not an exhaustive wade-through-all-the chapters-to-find-what-I-need resource, but rather a quick, easy-to-read reference, a springboard toward more personalized research.

Whether fresh out of the blocks on the first leg of the high school adventure or heading toward the finish line, high school is a time to be celebrated.

Whether you have purchased 

Celebrate High School: Finish with Excellence

or not, 

Cheryl hopes the links below will be a helpful resource. Remember, no resource is right for every student. 

Cheryl wants every family to

Celebrate High School!

High School Links:

High Schooling at Home

Article: Answers: High School Home Schooling  http://www.crosswalk.com/homeschool/1247088/

Planning Ahead  

College Admissions Timeline http://www.admissionsconsultants.com/college/timeline.asp

Record Keeping 

Digital                           

 http://www.tghomesoft.com/

http://www.dataplus.biz/HER/

http://www.contechsolutions.net/products/eths_pc/index.htm

Forms and Spreadsheets

http://donnayoung.org/forms/help/high-school-list.htm

Grades                                              www.hslda.org/highschool/docs/GradingGuidelines.asp

Donna Young's Co-op Schedules for Apologia Science                                             http://donnayoung.org/apologia/schedule.htm#physical-2nd 

Transcripts

Article: High School Transcripts: A Simple Checklist                            www.crosswalk.com/homeschool/1453012/ 

Florida Course Descriptions                     http://data.fldoe.org/crsCode/default.cfm?level=912

Literature and Reading Lists    

101 Great Books                                   http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/boost-your-skills/23628.html 

Poetry, Cultural and Historical     http://www.collegeboard.com/parents/plan/hs-steps/21281.html 

British Literature                                                 http://www.ouhsd.k12.ca.us/lmc/ohs/read/Engl4.htm

National Home School Honor Society  http://esa.homeeducationpartnership.com/

Article: The Homeschooled Student and National Honor Societies                                                                                   http://www.crosswalk.com/homeschool/1246328/

Dual Enrollment in Florida

Dual Enrollment Course Equivalency for High School Courses 

Brevard Community College           http://www.brevardcc.edu/index.cfm?mainframe=/admissions/content/highschoolinfopage.htm&subnavframe=/admissions/content/sub_nav.html

Broward College                          http://www.broward.edu/locations/dtc/aa/accel/dualenrole.jsp

Daytona State College                         http://www.dbcc.cc.fl.us/admissions/dualenroll.html

Edison State College                       http://www.edison.edu/admissions/dualenrollment/

Hillsborough Community College          https://www.hccfl.edu/ssem/hs-articulation/dual-enrollment.aspx

Florida State College  http://floridastatecollegecatalog.fscj.edu/content.php?catoid=11&navoid=651#high_school

Lake-Sumter Community College               http://www.lscc.edu/admissions/dualenrollment.aspx

Palm Beach Community College                http://www.pbcc.edu/x1267.xml

Pensacola Junior College                       http://www.pjc.edu/students/gstart/students_GSDualEnrollText.asp

Polk State College                                     http://www.polk.edu/futurestudents/admission/Pages/DualEnrollmentearlyAdmission.aspx

Seminole State College      http://www.seminolestate.edu/futurestudents/admissions/dualenrollment.htm                                             

Santa Fe Community College              http://dept.sfcollege.edu/hsde/

Tallahassee Community College            http://www.tcc.fl.edu/about_tcc/student_affairs/departments/enrollment_services_and_testing/i_am_a/dual_enrolled_high_school_student/home_school_dual_enrollment_program

Valencia Community College      http://www.valenciacc.edu/dual/

College Admission Testing

Articles About Testing                                              http://www.crosswalk.com/homeschool/11579364/page2/

http://www.hslda.org/highschool/testing.asp

SAT                                           http://www.collegeboard.com/ 

ACT                                                http://www.act.org/aap/

CLEP Testing                                                             http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testin/clep/about.html

http://clepprep.tripod.com/cleplessonplans/index.htm 

AP Exam                                                              http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/reg.html  

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/subjects.html

http://www.pahomeschoolers.com/courses/  (on-line AP)

College Admission Process

Early Action -vs- Early Decision http://www.collegeboard.com/parents/apply/college-applications/21342.html

College Majors/Finding a College

http://www.mymajors.com/#

The Common Application    https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/default.aspx

The Common Application- Home Education Supplement                                                              https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/docs/downloadforms/HomeSchool_Supplement.pdf

Is the Common Application Right for You? http://www.admissionsconsultants.com/college/sm_common_app.asp

Accelerated Distance Learning www.globallearningstrategies.org/default.php

Thomas Edison State College                                    http://www.tesc.edu/

Interview with Brad Voeller                                                   http://www.home-school.com/Articles/phs46-bradvoeller.html

Article: Unconventional College Credit   www.crosswalk.com/homeschool/1402531/