Tag Archives: High School

Revising Course Requirements: 11th Grade

I know I haven’t written much lately. Part of my time has been spent  reading more about various aspects of Charlotte Mason homeschooling, Teaching from Rest – a VALUABLE book by Sarah Mackenzie – if you homeschool and you haven’t … Continue reading

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The Many Hats of an Orthodox Homeschool 2015

I wear a lot of hats with homeschool these days as the homeschool mom of a college student (she still asks my opinion on some things), a high school student and a kindergartener! And there’s so much going on in … Continue reading

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Homeschool Day #116

Today marks day #116 of the 2013-2014 school year for my older son’s freshman year of high school.        We are well over halfway through with just 64 days to go. He has fallen a bit behind academically due to days … Continue reading

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His 9th Grade Year: Day 60

Today marks day 64 of the school year for my oldest boy.  This is his 9th grade year, his first year of high school and his first year of keeping grades for a transcript. Some parts of planning for this … Continue reading

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Why We Homeschool

Our story is a personal story.  Why anyone chooses to homeschool always is.  There could be a single or mixture of reasons given:  religion, health, curriculum choice, academic failure in the public schools, and school violence just to name a … Continue reading

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Warning: May be really long….

It has been forever since I have written here. So this may be long, seeing as a certain little man is not here to interrupt, nor are the other men in my life, nor my daughter…. I have taken advantage … Continue reading

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Homeschooling and English

There’s lots of things swirling around in my mind again today but for this post I’m going to briefly talk about one. English. English is a very general term. It covers a variety of subtopics: Literature (my favorite), Writing (my … Continue reading

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Thomas, History & Enlgish and Lent

Those are the four things taking up space in my brain today: Thomas, History, English & Lent Thomas is the train. I am going to attempt (with the help of a wonderful neighbor) to make a queen size quilt for … Continue reading

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