Homeschooling in High School: Planning the Transcript | Sharing Our ENTIRE High School Transcript

Today we are taking about homeschooling in high school and planning year year and documenting it on your transcript. I am walking you through Katie's high school homeschool plan year by year, including how we issued credits, how we put it on the transcript, and what curriculum we used from middle school (7th grade) through 12th grade. If this video is helpful to you, please give it a like and share it with a friend.
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MATH AND SCIENCE
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HISTORY
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Abeka World Geography/Government/Economics: www.Abeka.com
ELECTIVES
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French: www.Fluenz.com
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[@bw9284]

Thank you so much for taking the time to put this together! You’ve made homeschooling high school seem less intimidating…I really needed this! Congratulations on a job well done homeschooling mama! And I’m in awe at the education Katie has received, just seeing all those classes and credits, mind blown! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Thank you! ❤️

[@wychefamily3454]

I have learned so much from you. Thank you! My daughter just switched to Fluenz after “kill and drill” Bob Jones French. She is finally enjoying French :)

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Thank you! Yes Fluenz is a totally different approach to foreign language.

[@faithfullyinfertile]

This is a wealth of information! Thank you!

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Thanks! ❤️

[@mermaid2800]

Thank you for sharing this. Your advice is so helpful.

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Thank you!

[@LovingLifeinHim]

Thanks for sharing such a detailed video, and for the transcripts! 🥰👍

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

You’re welcome and thank you!

[@youngjl430]

This is incredibly helpful! Thank you for taking the time to compile all the information. I saw Katie's good news over on Instagram--congrats to her! And kudos to you, mama, for a job well done!

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Thank you so much!

[@meanderingtogether]

Thank you for making this video. It’s very helpful to see everything laid out and all the specifics.

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Thanks!

[@tcdowell]

I am so glad I found you over a year ago. Your channel has been so helpful for me and our family. God bless you and so happy for Katie!❤️

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Thank you so much! ❤️

[@minitip2357]

Thank for sharing I enjoy following along in this video👍 Keep up the great content and have a blessed day

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Thank you!

[@kristyplatt6233]

Y'all are so inspiring. Sending lots of love from up the road.

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Thank you! ❤️

[@sdtrekkiegirl]

Thanks for the detailed information. It was very helpful and informative. 😀

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Thanks!

[@MW11-3]

This was great, thanks!! I can’t wait for the writing video. My oldest doesn’t care for writing either so I want to help prepare him as best as I can.

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Thanks for watching! I'm planning for the writing video as part of a collaboration on 11/10.

[@sha-toinaswint2152]

Simply an incredible share, beautiful lady. Such important content. I thank you so much sweet lady. 💕😉

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Thank you! ❤️

[@MusicNiceEveryday]

Great job! Great video

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Thank you!

[@cassandracriswell4539]

Thank you for sharing this information as it is not readily available! I have a 6th grader this year so I am looking forward to the video on middle school writing as I look to prepare her well for high school. Thank you again! 💜

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Thank you!

[@lorimiller7261]

Thank you for breaking down each subject. This is so helpful, I love your high school choices. There isn’t a lot of high school HS advice out there. This is a great video and8 really appreciate it ❤

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Thank you! 💕

[@Pizzadio]

This is so helpful!!! Thank you so much. My oldest is in Challenge A and his twin brothers start next year.

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Glad it was helpful!

[@timvandermey4792]

Something I did was take a full college quarter (15 credits) in summers between junior and senior, then again right after graduating senior year. I did night classes. summer quarter here is condensed in time. that efficiently got me 30 credits total. It is $ out of pocket, not duel enrollment, but a great option I don’t think many think about. -Danya

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

That is a great way to do it! I did some summer classes as well to finish earlier.

[@NicoleCC21]

Thank you for putting this together!!! I am in my second year homeschooling my 2 girls who are in 8th grade and 5th grade. Homeschooling in high school scared me until I watched your videos and helped to reassure me that I could homeschool in high school. So we have started planning for freshman year that is coming fall 2022 I also have a 5ht grade daughter with autism. I love watching Sophie and Katie's journeys!

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Thanks so much! I’m glad you’ve found the videos helpful!

[@laurasimpson7650]

You have done a wonderful job prepping your daughter for college. Kudos, mama! 👏 I'm glad to be on the other side of homeschooling our four babes. But with all that's going on around us, wondering if I'll be back in the saddle & helping to h.s. our grandlittles.

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Thank you! It does feel strange to be done homeschooling with Katie! The years go by so fast!

[@SevenInAll]

Excellent information right here! Our family has graduated 6 from homeschool so far--it's doable, but it's worth doing the research and the planning ahead of time and staying on top of record-keeping as you go.

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Thanks!

[@randigoupil2872]

I won’t have a high schooler for 4 years but I feel like I need all this information for prep! Thanks!

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Thanks for watching! ❤️

[@yolacintia]

Of your middle schooler is ready you can advance in different areas. If my daughter went to public school she'll be in 7th grade. Instead we took a semester off to travel and now she is doing 9th grade Algebra (Saxon) and English (TGTB). Also doing Italian including grammar besides reading, writing, conversation, and culture. If the child is capable don't hold him/her back. Grades don't matter when you homeschool. (We kind of unscheduled for 5 years, just studied LA and Math, everything else was child led. Then we did some catch up and was easier for her because she was older)

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

Katie is definitely advanced!! Wow! That’s a lot of credits!!

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

I think she might be a little advanced but most of the extra credits were because of dance and not letting CC required work go without taking credits on those early on or because she had to do one thing when she really wanted to do another like French. Almost all of her electives were from CC.

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

@@simplejoyfilledliving I can see how you would make sure she gets credit. I wasn’t even thinking that in CH A. I didn’t know Henle could count as 2 credits either. Did you find that somewhere? My sis in law might be interested to know that since you teen did Ch A and B

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

How come you didn’t give her credit for lost tools? I read on their website it’s a high school level course. It said it’s good from 12+ but can also be used for high school.

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan we are not allowed to give high school credit for English before 9th grade in my state. They just need English 1-4 so all things English roll up into that credit. She did use it in 9th grade and I do have it listed in her course of study for English that year. I was also advised not to separate composition and literature into 2 credits-just 1 as English. That’s probably what colleges here in the south are looking for.

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan I missed the Henle question, sorry. We have to homeschool under an accountability group here in SC. Mine is really good and they have counselors that work with colleges on what they expect and require. They informed me that Henle 1 is the equivalent of 2 years of Latin with other programs. This did work out for us because we supplemented with Latin Alive books 1&2 to cover all of the material in Henle 1.

[@yvonnemurray6281]

I would love it if you put together a video with specific details about how you created honors literature courses.

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

I did! This video is an overview of what we did for every high school year of language arts including what we added for honors (except this year because she is doing dual enrollment for senior year): kzbin.info/www/bejne/enqkcpuGqsytp9U

[@elisabethquigley7399]

Hi Colleen! I am rewatching this video since my oldest is halfway through her 8th grade year in CC. I would love to hear your updated thoughts/ regrets/ insights about high school since we are currently planning that path. Thanks!❤

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

I have a huge high school playlist on my channel and you can find it there. kzbin.info/aero/PL_EMoO1tND15MbeCtgcwAPfFy-vxQsWaE

[@3LittleBearsMom]

Thank you so much for this video! I’m saving it. Please don’t ever take it down 🤣 my daughter is in 7th grade right now and I feel like what we choose now holds so much more importance and will help pave her path through college. I really needed something like this explained. I’ve been debating using TGATB for HS. If your daughter didn’t do dual enrollment for 12th grade English, what would you have used instead since TGATB only has three years of high school?

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Thank you! The plan was always dual enrollment for us in 12th. She was more than prepared using TG&TB high school year 1-3. And keep in mind, my daughter’s strength is math/science, not English, and she still did very well and was able to make A’s in her college English classes.

[@RockSimmer-gal4God]

I like the idea of doing a curriculum that links different subjects so that you get extra credits. I don’t want want to overwhelm my kids. I’m going to try to do this for my kids. My son loves the idea when we can. I’m sure my twins will as well. I’m going to look into creating basketball as a pe class for my oldest.

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

I love the basketball idea. PE is easier if they can do something they like!

[@mithapakistanv-log3476]

Nice video dear Love from Sargodha Pakistan 🇵🇰

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Thank you!

[@jessicaikiehn]

This is AMAZINGLY helpful. Thank you SO MUCH! When you say “we read”….do you mean literally you read the extra books together or you assigned it for her and she just read a certain number of chapters per week, for example? I am STRUGGLING balancing homeschooling 8th grader, 5th grader, and 2nd grader. Such vastly different academic needs and there’s only one mama! They did subjects together when they were little but their needs differ more now. Thanks for any info you can give on this!

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

In late middle school and early high school I read the books and we discussed but after that, I would read only one or 2.

[@susan825]

Can you show how fluenz works/if she feels comfortable with her French? Thank you for all the highschool videos! There is definitely a lack of videos about highschool homeschool and your videos fill that gap.

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Thanks! I did a video on Fluenz. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6moiqWIatFgb68

[@susan825]

Thank you! I missed that one!

[@LourdesLouMixChannel]

L48 new friend here watching from Hong Kong. Very informative video. Stay safe and connected guys. Done subscribed and thumbs up.😊

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Thanks!

[@sherrikmcintyre]

Thank you for this video as I will have 8th-grade twins next year. For your transcript, do you also provide descriptions? I feel lost. Lol

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Along with a transcript, you should also keep a separate document called a course of study for each year. It tells for each subject all materials used, who issues the grade, what the grade was compromised of (tests, quizzes, papers, etc.) and the level of the course (college prep, honors, etc.). List all books read for every class and list all labs for all science classes. You might not ever need this but sometimes during the college admission process they will want more details about a specific class and you might not remember otherwise.

[@homeschool.pray.repeat]

I’m referring to your older videos about highschool. I have a feeling these are really going to be helpful for me in the future. So thank you for producing these. How was the algebra made in to an honors credit?

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

I have a video on honors courses but in general a course had to be both harder and more work than a regular class to be considered honors. You can refer to your state board of education requirements for specifics. Here they want to see extra reading, writing, research/experiment/project, and presentation for honors. This can be several smaller assignments or one big assignment. Katie did a statistics project for algebra 2.

[@user-jr3xx9ec8m]

This is a wonderfully informative video - thank you! I have a few questions if you wouldn't mind answering them. How did you know how to make a certain class (e.g. the CC mapping class) count as a high school credit? Also, how do you know what is needed to make a class an honors level class? We are in middle school and I would love to go ahead and have my child accrue some high school credits before we enter HS. Thank you!

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

We added a high school geography class to it (Abeka World Geography). The mapping class was comprehensive but in my state geography also has to have the cultural component. I got the information on honors classes from our counselor at our accountability group (required by law to homeschool in my state). We use a more expensive accountability group but they have relationships with college admissions counselors and are well versed in what colleges expect from a high school honors class. And that is more work and harder work than the standard class, and generally includes 4 components:extra reading, writing, presentation, and project.

[@user-jr3xx9ec8m]

@@simplejoyfilledliving Thank you. I guess what I was specifically asking is where would you recommend I go to figure out how to make a middle school class count as HS credit? We don't have accountability groups in my state; it sounds like they provide a great help! Thank you for all you do to guide others in homeschooling!🙂

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

@@user-jr3xx9ec8m if they use high school course materials in middle school and your state allows taking high school credits in middle school, then you can count it. You can’t use middle school curriculum and take a high school credit. I hope this was a more helpful answer.

[@lisadeolalikar424]

👍

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

❤️

[@careyhernandez6310]

I am so thankful I found your videos, my daughter is entering 9th next year and all the information you shared is helping me tremendously ❤. I do have a question. I live in SC too. You mentioned your daughter had over 150 hours in ballet, did that fulfill her PE credit? My daughter plays competitive regional soccer and has those same hours invested. I was hoping her soccer would fulfill PE but wasn’t sure. Do you happen to know by chance or can you point me in the right direction to find out? Thank you again! 💕

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Yes-for PE in SC you just count hours to 150 and you can do it over more than 1 year if necessary.

[@careyhernandez6310]

Thank you!

[@anaf.848]

Thank you for this detailed video. I'm watching this 2 years later, so I'm not sure if you already answered this question, but I'm confused how classes from her 7th and 8th grade years counted toward her H.S. credits. Any clarification on this is greatly appreciated.

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

High school classes can be taken in middle school for high school credit in most states. Generally it is allowed in 7th and 8th grade, not 6th. However some states only allow it in 8th grade. The course must be high school level, using only high school curriculum.

[@letthespiritlive]

Did you use a specific year from TGTB for student explorers projects?

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

I used year 1&2 for American history and years 3&4 for world history. I picked 6 projects related to American or world history depending on what we were doing. If you don’t have all 4 years, just flip through the one you have and select projects related to the history you’re doing.

[@JuliaCantley]

I didn't check all the comments and I know this is an older video, but did you put that she actually took those HS credits in 7th and 8th grade on her HS transcript or did you not include it on the main part of make a note on the side? Thanks for being so informative!

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Yes I listed 7th grade and 8th grade on her transcript and just listed only the high school classes for those years.

[@perrygagliano9548]

Hi Colleen How did you make Algebra II an honors course?

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

We added a statistics project, paper, and presentation.

[@1964ghfan]

When enrolling for college, do you just send in the transcript like a student having graduated from a typical brick and mortar school or do you have to show a portfolio of work samples to someone in admissions as well? I am so impressed with Katie's coursework. Congratulations on her early admission and scholarship!

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Thank you! It depends on the school. In my state we have to homeschool under an accountability group by law. My group does my transcript for me, provides class rank, and offers a graduation ceremony with diploma. But not all accountability groups in my state do. So if I had to do it on my own, I would submit the transcript I had made and then be prepared to submit any additional information they asked for. Some colleges will be more picky than others. This is one way that I think dual enrollment helps because it legitimizes the work your child has done to an institution that doesn’t know you. In other words, if your child can succeed in DE classes, you’ve proved they can work at that level. Another bonus would be to take DE classes at the school they want to attend if possible (even online classes). Then the school knows your child can be successful there.

[@1964ghfan]

@@simplejoyfilledliving Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions. You explained everything I wanted to know!

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

@@1964ghfan great! Thanks for being here!

[@ChalkboardCreativeHomeschool]

How do you know if it’s a honors class? Do curriculums say that that’s Honors or CP? Do they list the units?

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Done do but you still need to check with your state. I have a separate video on this too.

[@danaking3568]

How do you know what to call college prep or honors?

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

I have videos on what is necessary for a class to be honors and you should also check with your state department of education rules.

[@user-kv8gl7qf8o]

Is she running start or how did she sign up for dual enrollment. I know some colleges you need to pay for dual.

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

We contacted the local college to apply and set it up. In my state, we had to pay.

[@AVega-rx4px]

May I ask which years you used LTOW?

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

We used it in 7-8th grade and first semester of 9th grade.

[@noramcnabb1361]

Colleges care more what subject each class is than what grade of school it was taken in. You should group them by subject and then write what year she took them in a separate column

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

This is standard practice here, and this transcript has already been accepted by colleges 3x. It was accepted b two universities dual enrollment and once for freshman admission.

[@SuperTopher01]

How do you know how many credits a class is?

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Check with your state department of education for hours required for 1 full credit or 1/2 credit and either use that or the publisher’s recommendation.

[@angelah2838]

What does CP mean?

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

College prep-just a regular high school class, not honors , AP, etc.

[@pinkorganichorse]

May I see a copy of her transcript please? Also which courses would you change for a kid who will pursue a trade career?

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

I have another video that gives a transcript example that you can use. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnPaoIOYm7-ejac as for the trade career, you need to check with your state to see what is required.

[@pinkorganichorse]

@@simplejoyfilledliving im here with you in sc. You'll laugh if I tell you how old my child is. So I won't. 😊

[@pinkorganichorse]

Thank you! I saw the template. I'd like to see which courses you at each grade level. If they can't have more than 4 years of high school, how can you really take hs classes in 7th grade but still graduate after 12th grade?

[@kayegenin123]

How did you decide which college to enroll in?

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

For dual enrollment, we selected one college near where we used to live that had many online options. We did this because a local college only allowed DE students to enroll in 2 classes per semester and they didn’t have enough openings in math to allow DE students to enroll in math. Since Katie had finished most of her high school classes, she needed more than 2 classes this semester. We wanted her to finish with a strong senior year. Katie selected the college where she wants to attend next year based on location and major.

[@kayegenin123]

@@simplejoyfilledliving that makes sense! Thank you!

[@butterflylady5477]

Hi,who's gave the credits for that's classes?

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

The teacher (either homeschool parent or co-op teacher, etc.).

[@butterflylady5477]

@@simplejoyfilledliving hi,thanks what is co-op teacher?

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

@@butterflylady5477 a homeschool teacher other than yourself that teaches a class and gives the grade to your student.

[@butterflylady5477]

@@simplejoyfilledliving ohh ok thanks!!

[@angelah2838]

College Preparatory?

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

A regular high school class for college bound kids that isn’t honors, AP, dual enrollment, etc.

[@Itsmeesandy1]

Did she take French twice? Fluenz and DE?

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Yes, she did I think 2 years if high school French (possibly 3, I’d have to look) and 2 semesters of college French.

[@Itsmeesandy1]

@@simplejoyfilledliving So the college French equaled French 3 and 4 for high-school credit?

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

@@Itsmeesandy1 yes that’s exactly how it worked for high school.

[@Itsmeesandy1]

@@simplejoyfilledliving Thank you for clarifying.

[@letthespiritlive]

Would you share your test?

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

What test are you referring to?

[@letthespiritlive]

For the So then how shall we live class

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

@@letthespiritlive yes, I’ll share it if I still have it. Can you email me at [e-mail] and I’ll find and send it.

[@letthespiritlive]

@@simplejoyfilledliving Thank you! I just sent an email.

[@letthespiritlive]

I'm wondering if you were able to find the tests?