Are
you homeschooling a high schooler?
Here are some resources to help you on your journey. |
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Note: Feel free to submit info for use on this page. Nothing beats the voice of experience!
Legal issues for homeschooling high schoolers:
State of Tennessee Requirements for high school graduation changed as of Fall 2009. See the current requirements here.
Good to know:
General Assembly Merit Scholarship (GAMS) (Application)
Award amount - $1,000 supplement to Tennessee HOPE Scholarship
Students graduating from a Tennessee public school or category 1, 2, 3 private school must have a minimum 3.75 weighted GPA AND 29 ACT (1280 SAT), exclusive of the essay and optional subject area battery tests
Students graduating from Homeschool programs (and non-category I, II, & III Schools), in addition to meeting the HOPE scholarship requirements, and during the course of a homeschool program, must be enrolled in at least four (4) college-level courses totaling at least twelve (12) semester hours and achieve a cumulative grade point average of 3.0. The student must achieve a 29 Composite score or above, on a national test date for the ACT test or a 1280 (math plus critical reading scores only) or above, on a national test date for the SAT test for GAMS consideration. For information on the Dual Enrollment program, please Click Here.
Lottery Scholarship at a Glance: Lottery Scholarship Eligibility Requirement Sheet
Websites with Links to Articles
• The HomeScholar: Dozens of articles to help
parents homeschool through high school:
http://www.thehomescholar.com/article_archive/archive.php
• HSLDA: Lots of great information (for college bound, military, and
vocational tracks) on homeschooling through high school, including
sample 4-year plans.
http://www.hslda.org/highschool/
• Tips for getting into college: http://www.ehow.com/how_7571_college-homeschool.html
• ACT: http://ACT.org
• Tons of information at College Board (home of the SAT): http://www.collegeboard.com/
Dual
Enrollment at Pellissippi State: http://www.pstcc.edu/admissions/dual.html
(recent article about Knoxville homeschooler who received her high school
diploma and associate’s degree in the same year here: http://www.pstcc.edu/blogs/marketing-comm/?p=339)
In short: To qualify for general education courses, you must:
* Be a junior or senior in high school
* Have a high school GPA of 3.0 or higher
* Have a minimum ACT score of 19 in English and Reading, if you wish to take
a course that does not involve math skills
* Have a minimum ACT score of 19 in Math and Reading, if you wish to take a
course that does involve math skills
To qualify for career technical courses, you must:
* Be a junior or senior in high school
* Have a high school GPA of 2.0 or higher
* Have taken the ACT
* Meet the minimum requirements for the course you wish to take
Yahoogroups
• Homeschool2College: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/homeschool2college/
• Homeschooling High Schoolers: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HomeschoolingHigh-Schoolers/
• HSing High School: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HSingHighSchool/
• On2College (local): http://groups.yahoo.com/group/On2college/?yguid=238704998
Books
• Homeschooling High School by Jeanne Gowen Dennis (ISBN 1932096116) Rev.
2004
• Homeschoolers’ College Admissions Handbook by Cafi Cohen (ISBN 0761527540)
2000
• Homeschooling the Teen Years by Cafi Cohen (ISBN 0761520937) 2000
• College-Prep Homeschooling: Your Complete Guide to Homeschooling Through
High School by David P Byers (ISBN 1600651003) 2008
• High School @ Home: You Can Do It! by Diana Johnson (ISBN 0805445455)
2007
Ebooks
Homeschooling the High Schooler: http://www.theoldschoolhousestore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=123