HomeSchooling
This is our fourth year homeschooling, and although I feel brave enough to "go it alone" and make my own curriculum for my son, he and my husband both prefer that he be responsible to someone else who grades his papers, especiallyhis Creative Writing assignments.
Curriculums
Seton Home Study School, Front Royal, VA. Catholic education at its best. Classic curriculum using as many Catholic textbooks as possible and will substitute an appropriate Protestant or secular text when needed. They're in the process of publishing their own Catholic texts. Grades k - 12, fully accredited, diploma program. Teachers available almost around the clock via phone, e-mail or snail mail. Counsellors available to help the student choose courses to meet their needs or college admission requirements. Yearly testing with CAT's available. Soon to come - college level classes and eventually a degree program.
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Kolbe is another Catholic program similar to Seton
Catholic Heritage Curriculum, and their email is: CHC@sonnet.com address:
CHC P.O. Box 125
Twain Harte, CA 95383
Phone order number 1-800-490-7713
Calvert School of Baltimore, Maryland. Good all around program, daily lesson plans, classical education, Advisory Teaching Service will grade papers and issue certificates when each grade is completed. Offers grades k-8 with eighth grade subjects available separately. Algebra I (Saxon) can be substituted for regular math but must be asked for. Changes for the 1998 - 1999 school year included some Advisory Teaching Service tests on cd-rom and grades available via email. Some supplementary programs available, ranging from early reading to King Arthur. Secular, not Catholic, but all texts treat Christianity with respect.
Keystone High School. Another secular program offering an accredited high school diploma. Starting with the 1998-1999 school year, Keystone offers Spanish I and II and has added about 5 more electives.
Our Lady of the Rosary another Catholic K-12 school
Catholic Homeschool Curriculum Providers
Covenant Home Curriculum
If you're more into Unschooling, try Clonlara's program. Teachers will assist in planning the curriculum and assisting the student in getting a high school diploma. Booklist available but books must be bought elsewhere. Each student is *required* to do 75 hours of volunteer work a year (mandatory volunteerism??). This is where Unschoolers go to get a diploma.
Abeka's Books
One of the biggest school-book providers in the homeschool market; very Christian in viewpoint, but some texts are anti-Catholic, so much so that when Seton uses one of thier books for sciences they include a reprint of Catholic works to conter it.
Learn OnLine
One of the many new programs offered on the Internet.
HS's Curriculum Swap
Many more schools and curriculum suppliers are out there but not listed here. You can try a web search at a site like Dogpile and look for them.
High School Years
Sounds scary, doesn't it? Well, aside from the courses being a bit harder to remember for us parent-teachers, it's not much different than homeschooling elementary school children. Sometimes, it's even easier, especially when the older child takes the initiative and works ahead in his books, does extra reading on a subject because he wants to, and can sometimes explain to *you* why a certain geometry proof is as it is! (grin)
A great starting point for any home school parent is Karl Bunday's School is Dead, Learn in Freedom
Another "must see" site belongs to Cafi Cohen, author of But What About College?, a book explaining the ins & outs of homeschoolers and college admissions. Check out all the links on these ywo sites and you should have no further questions or doubts about your ability to homeschool through the high school years.
Of Special Interest to Catholic Families
For The Spiritual Side of Your School Day
CROSSCAPE Virtual Stations of the Cross
How to Pray the Rosary
Catholic Online Prayers Menu Page
Catholic Prayers Page Coming soon
Magazines
Homeschool World
Articles from Practical Homeschooling Magazine
Home Education Magazine
Growing Without Schooling
Personal Home Pages and Support Sites
Heather's Homeschooling Page will give you a great deal of information on the "nuts & bolts" of homeschooling, as well as information on how to sign up for the Home-Ed Mailing List.
Cafi Cohen - author of "What About Highschool" , she's one pf Prodigy's resident homeschool guru's in homeschooling.
A List of IRC Chat Channels on Homeschooling
Home Schooling Daily
LilyDawn's Homeschool Pages (mostly NJ)
Quail Haven Academy's Homeschool Links Page
Home Education on Prodigy mailing list
Home School Legal Defense Association
Gwyn's Site
Peek-A-Boo
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
Jon's Home School Resource Page
HS Highschooler
Home Schooling Daily
New Jersey Homeschooling Links
T.O.R.C.H. - Traditions of Roman Catholic Homes
Enoch NJ Education Network of Christian Homeschoolers
Homeschoolers Support Network
Northwestern NJ Homeschool Group - HSFE
The Tutor - a former homeschool mom who is very familiar with what the state wants
New Jersey Homeschool Association
Heather Madrone's Page
NJHomeschool Organizations (support groups)
Homeschool Central
Study Web Teaching Resources
The "infamous" homeschool guidelines booklet sent by the state
LilyDawn's Warnings About the Booklet
LilyDawn's Homeschool Pages (mostly NJ)
The NJ State Statute That Allows Homeschooling
(info taken from the following site)
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/3009/legal.html#law1
© 1999 New Jersey Homeschool Association
18A:38-25. Attendance required of children between six and 16; exceptions
Every parent, guardian or other person having custody and control of a child
between the ages of six and 16 years shall cause such child regularly to
attend the public schools of the district or a day school in which there is
given instruction equivalent to that provided in the public schools for
children of similar grades and attainments or to receive equivalent
instruction elsewhere than at school.
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To summarize:
Compulsory school age : "between 6 and 16"
legal option: to establish and operate a home school
attendance: None specified. Public schools require 180 days
subjects required: U.S. and New Jersey history, citizenship, civics,
geography, sexual assault prevention*, health*, safety, and physical
education
*may opt out
teacher qualifications
notification
bookkeeping
testing--------------none
General Reference Sites
Net Home School
Webster's 1828 Dictionary On-Line
Sometimes it works, sometimes not. I have no control over this dictionary - this is only a link to the company's site.
Hypertext Webster Interface
Abraham Lincoln Timeline
Megaconverter - Java technology to convert standard measurements
Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Strunk's Elements of Style
The Viking Age
Roget's Thesaurus
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Christian Technologies, Inc. home of the cd-rom version of the 1828 Webster's Dictionary.
The Columbus Navigation Homepage
*History Links
Historic Williamsburg, Virginia
Statue of Liberty
Library of Congress
Ask a Historian
American Museum of Natural History, NYC
Project Guttenberg Welcome Page
Virtual University
Netscape's Guide on Programming in Javascript
The Glory that was Rome
Ask Eric Home Page (lesson plans)
Classroom Connect
The Discovery Channel
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Mapquest
Semantic Rhyming Dictionary
Department of Education Gopher site
Talented and Gifted Resources Home Page
Geographic Information Systems
Cool School Tools
U.S. Chess organization
A good children's chess site
Bolt College Planner
Busy Teachers Resources
New Jersey Colleges on the Internet
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
Cartographic Images
CIA's World Fact Book
Civil War Maps
World War II Maps
Online government textbook
Library of COngress Internet Resource Page
Tour the Legislative Branch
Innovations in American Government
Catholic Books
TAN Books
St. Gabriel's Gift & Book Nook
Ignatius Press
Bethlehem Books
Leaflet Missal Company
Other Books
Catholic Heritage Curricula
Saxon Home Study Menu
Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers for an excellent Latin program
Scholastic Books
Amazon.com Book Store
Barnes and Noble (of course, of course)
Bayonne, NJ Library On-Line via BCCLS system
Bayonne Library Home Page
Bookstacks Unlimited
Aristoplay (Educational Games)
Liberties Book Store
Lucky Dog - used book & music shop in Texas
Children's Literature Site
Dorling Kindersley
Library of Congress ftp Site
The Writer's BBS
Scholastic Books
A Guide to Literature on the Internet
Home page of rec.arts.books Usenet group
Nancy Friday
Children's Books
On Line Novels
Gopher site for Alex - catalog of text at Oxford University
Electronic Library
University of Virginia Electronic Text Center
University of Michigan Internet Public Library
University of Alberta LitLinks
WebSonar - finds the source of literary phrases that are lodged in your memory.
Usenet Groups on Homeschooling
misc.education.home-school-christian
misc.education.home-school
alt.education.home-school-christian
Of course, there's many more around on the Web and a Yahoo, Excite, or other search will turn up URL's in just about any subject you seek.
25-Jan-00
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