5/14/12 - So we tweeked our blog a little today; hopefully, more tomorrow. It's a HUGE learning process for both of us (which I think is sometimes the best learning - learning together).
I thought I'd outline a little of what Jane will be doing her freshman year in high school. So far, we know we are going back to year round school. That consists of 6 weeks on, 1 week off with 2 weeks at Christmas and the month of June off.
She is enrolled in two classes at The Pillar Foundation in Chesterfield. These classes are free and taught by certified teachers OR professionals. I want to start Jane slow, so we enrolled her in a class called Understanding Temperments. It's a semester class and she is currently wait-listed (they only accept 15 students in that class) so we cross our fingers and say a prayer. For second semester, she is enrolled in a sewing class that is taught by a 24 year old, self-taught, apprenticed (she made wedding dresses!) seamstress. Jane will be getting a sewing machine for Christmas this year!
She's also taking classes at the Catholic co-op. The teachers here are certified teachers and some parents (they usually are teaching the non-core offerings). You pay $100 per year and buy the books and pay whatever nominal fees are associated with the class. For instance, she's going to take biology (we were going to do this at home, but since they offer it and use the same apologia text, why not) and there are some lab fees. She's also taking a memory skills, organizational skills, study skills and speech class. They are each a semester long and I think they will serve her well throughout; give her a solid foundation of skills.
We are going to tackle history, literature, and algebra ourselves. Tune in later to hear more about that!
Jane, are you worried about missing out on the "social aspect" of going to high school?
-Mom
Musings on the daily trials and triumphs of a homeschool family.
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