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Contents Foreword 9 by Michael Farris Preface to the Second Edition 11 Introduction 13 Chapter 1: Is Home High Schooling for You? 15 Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of completing high school at home. Learn how enlisting outside help can minimize the drawbacks. Chapter 2: Blueprint for Success 27 Follow this blueprint for helping your students build a firm moral and spiritual foundation, good character, and strong academic, social, and practical skills that will prepare them for college and adult life. Chapter 3: Planning and Priorities 39 Plan and set priorities based on your family's decisions about the purpose for education and the right balance of autonomy and accountability. Sample list of potential high school goals included. Chapter 4: A Tour of Homeschool High 51 Take a tour of the facilities at Homeschool High and pick up free literature to help you get started in your roles as administrators, faculty, and staff. Chapter 5: High School Course Work 65 Discover insights from college professionals and homeschool leaders for teaching high school subjects. Planning checklist and forms included. Chapter 6: The Home Guidance Office 97 Using tips from professional guidance counselors, help students prepare for future careers, testing, college application, and scholarship/financial aid searches. Chapter 7: The "Perfect College" Pursuit 113 Learn how to evaluate colleges with your students through published information and informed college visits. College search and evaluation forms will simplify the process. Chapter 8: Making the Grade 135 Read the results of a survey of over 250 colleges and find out how to avoid the ten most common mistakes homeschoolers make in planning high school and applying to college. Chapter 9: Vital Statistics 151 Keeping accurate records is essential during high school. Follow detailed instructions for documenting high school studies by using the record- keeping forms provided. Chapter 10: Professional Packaging 197 Present a professional image to colleges through your correspondence and transcripts. Prepare students for completing applications, writing essays, and attending interviews. Includes college application checklist and transcript forms. Appendix A: College Homeschool Requirements 229 Discover what colleges want from homeschoolers; compiled from an exclusive national survey. Appendix B: Resources for the Home High School 253 Curriculum providers, correspondence programs, and other resources for the home high school. Appendix C: Just for Students 281 Time management, writing, interviewing, and public speaking tips for students. Appendix D: Recommended Reading 287 A literature list compiled over the course of forty years by an English professor, books used by a homeschool family for a literature-based curriculum, and our favorites not included in the other lists. Appendix E: Sample Essays 301 Read sample admissions and scholarship essays written by high school homeschoolers who were accepted into college. Index of Forms and Tables 307 Index of Colleges 308 General Index 312
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Home schooling United States, Education, Secondary United States, Universities and colleges United States Admission