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About the High School Classes

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Sample weekly assignment sheet
High school English/history class nuts and bolts
High School classes meet once per week for 32 weeks (16 weeks before Christmas, 16 weeks after).  The class is designed to complement the efforts of parents who are home schooling their high school children and are not in any way intended to replace the home schooling parent, who is, of course, the primary teacher of a home schooled child.  They are taught from a Biblical worldview, while making students aware of other worldviews.

Each week at the end of class, students receive an assignment sheet broken up into four days of subjects (see example on the left), which they complete and bring to class the next week with their notes and completed exercises.  We review the readings and exercises together, sometimes using PowerPoint slides, and sometimes in groups of 4-7 students at tables.  Each week there is also some type of group activity such as Jeopardy! or a crossword puzzle or another game to give students a chance to interact with each other and reinforce what we've been studying in class.

Each class set (1A, 1B, 2A, or 2B) includes the following:
  • English (Literature, Composition, Grammar/Vocabulary; see more below!)
  • Social Studies/History (see which ones below!)
  • Math Tips & Tricks or Logic (the 1A or 1B class has Math Tips or Logic during the 1st semester on Wednesdays)

Four years of high school, four different class sets
The Home School Partners high school classes operate on an "every-other-year" rotating basis.  Each year two class sets—one 9th/10th grade class set and one 11th/12th grade class set—are offered; the next year two different sets (one 9th/10th grade, one 11th/12th grade) are offered.  Thus, students may take four totally different high school class sets, four years in a row (see below for more details).

The class sets offered in 2021-2022 are "1A," generally for "9th/10th graders," and "2A," generally for "11th/12th graders."  (The 2022-2023 classes are "High School 1B," generally for "9th/10th graders," and "High School 2B," generally for "11th/12th graders."

But, hey, we're homeschoolers, so if your students aren't that "grade" or age, but you think they're ready...we can do it!

The 2023-24 classes revert to 1A and 2A, 2024-25 classes revert to 1B and 2B, and so on.

A student who takes all four Home School Partners high school class sets will study the equivalent of the following:
  • 4 English Units – Grammar, Vocabulary, and Composition (those three parts in both 9th/10th grade sets, and Composition in both 11th/12th grade sets), American Literature, Classic Literature, World Literature, and British Literature
  • 4 Social Studies/History Units – American Government, U. S. Government & Politics, Civics (1 semester), Economics (1 semester), World History, and American History
  • 1 Academic Elective Unit (Optional)  –  Math Tips & Tricks (1 semester), and Logic (1 semester)
Example 1:
A student who begins high school in 2021-22 would be able to take the following class sets:
  • 2021-22 – "1A" - American Government, English (American Literature, Grammar, Vocabulary, Composition), Math Tips & Tricks or Logic
  • 2022-23 – "1B" - Civics, Economics, English (Classic Literature, Grammar, Vocabulary, Composition), Math Tips & Tricks or Logic
  • 2023-24 – "2A" - World History, English (World Literature, Composition)
  • 2024-25 – "2B" - American History, English (British Literature, Composition)
Example 2:
A student who begins high school in 2022-23 would be able to take the following class sets:
  • 2022-23 – "1B" - Civics, Economics, English (Classic Literature, Grammar, Vocabulary, Composition), Math Tips & Tricks or Logic
  • 2023-24 – "1A" - American Gov't, English (American Literature, Grammar, Vocabulary, Composition), Math Tips & Tricks or Logic
  • 2024-25 – "2B" - American History, English (British Literature, Composition)
  • 2025-26 – "2A" - World History, English (World Literature, Composition)



Other benefits of high school classes:
  • Weekly Assignment Sheets:  Students receive an assignment sheet broken up into daily assignments for that week.
  • Testing, Test Grading:  Some tests are take-home, and some are taken in class.
  • Essay Corrections:  I correct and return student essays (eight per year) using my experience as a writer and editor.  If students carefully review and commit to making corrections on their future essays based upon my suggestions and comments, they will greatly improve and speed up their ability to write clearly and effectively!
  • Evaluation Reports:  These are updated and emailed throughout the year.  At the year's end, I provide parents with a report that can be updated and added to (it can be used as a high school transcript).
  • Weekly Synopses:  To assist in record keeping, each week I send parents a synopsis, with information on what was studied in every subject that week.
  • Games/Fun Stuff/Interaction With Other Students:  Our classes include group projects, activities, Jeopardy! games (and other games), discussions, films, educational field trips to study the effect of poultry consumption on the human body (Chick-fil-A outings), and more.
  • Home
  • Books
    • Literature for Christian Homeschoolers >
      • American Literature
      • Classic Literature
      • World Literature
      • British Literature
    • Civics for Christian Homeschoolers
    • American Government for Christian Homeschoolers
    • Homeschool Humor
  • Classes
    • English/History - About
    • English/History (9th/10th) - "1A"
    • English/History (9th/10th) - "2A"
    • Algebra
    • Elective - Logic
    • Elective - Math Tips/Tricks
  • Calendar/FAQ
    • Calendar/Class Days
    • What Is Home School Partners?
    • Who is Scott Clifton?
    • How Do the Classes Work?
    • Where Are the Classes Held?
    • How Much Do the Classes Cost?
    • Testimonials >
      • From parents
      • From students
  • Enroll/Handbook/Supplies/Pay
    • Pay Registration
    • Pay Tuition
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    • Statement Of Faith
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