This month, I am featuring Champion show jumper, Mackenzie McGehee. Mackenzie, another outstanding homeschooled teen, has just finished several months of national competitions with her horses and I’m excited to share part of her story here with you. Absolutely amazing! I’ve known Mackenzie for a couple of years and I notice that she always lights […]
Assigning Grades and a Free Grading Rubric
We are now halfway through the school year and I’d like to talk with you about assigning grades. One of the bad raps that homeschoolers get from the outside world is that our students all earn A’s because mom is assigning the grades. And while we know this isn’t always true (sometimes it actually is), […]
Bright Futures Scholarship
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Hello high school seniors in Florida! The Florida Student Financial Aid application is now opened, so you can begin the paperwork process to apply for your Bright Futures Scholarship. If you are registered as a homeschooler with your county, you can find the instructions for filing your Bright Futures application HERE. There are five basic steps […]
Homeschooling and College Acceptance
It doesn’t happen as often these days, but there used to be a great concern among homeschooling families that they would have a difficult time getting their student into college. As families, we still worry that we won’t be able to do everything required to get our student into their college of choice. We also […]
High School Scholarships – Nov. 13 Update
Eve’s Addiction Scholarship Remember me telling you that many organizations give away scholarships and they all come up with creative ways to do so? Well, this is a great example of this. According to their website, Eve’s Addiction deals with exquisite sterling silver jewelry and they have devised a $1,000 scholarship opportunity for high school […]
Working in High School – Pros and Cons
Once a student becomes high school age, they often want to get a job. There are pros and cons to working while a student is in high school. Today I’ll work on the pros! This is probably good news for high school students as they often like having their own money and as homeschoolers, they […]
Visiting Colleges – Why On-Site Is Best
As you prepare for college, one of the things that you will want to do is visit college campuses. You can learn a lot about a college from its website; some sites will even take you on a virtual tour – but before you start making decisions about where your student will spend much of […]
Giving Thanks!
The following is a guest post by Maryann Iffland, author of Healthy Home-Ec. Many of us tend to think that Abraham Lincoln was the first to set aside a day of thanksgiving, but that’s not exactly true. In 1 Chronicles chapter 16 verse 7 it says, “Then on that day David first appointed that thanksgiving […]
FLVS Concerns Addressed by HEF
In a recent post, I mentioned the importance of The Home Education Foundation in Tallahassee. Florida Virtual School recently began asking students to provide a social security or student ID number and Brenda Dickinson immediately dealt with the issue of releasing personal information. FLVS quickly responded and the problem has been resolved. See the details by […]
Homeschooling High Schoolers – A Class
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A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of meeting with some homeschooling families in St. Johns, FL. We got together for the evening and walked through the nuts and bolts of homeschooling a high school student. Throughout the year, I hold similar classes and go through many of the details of high […]
