Both of her boys went off to college this year. One of them was just 16. They both received full tuition scholarships to their first choice college, and both skipped their freshmen year entirely through CLEPing several classes.
Impressive? Yes.
Unusual? Maybe.
Smart boys? Yep.
Impossible? No, in fact entirely possible.
When Lee's boys started college, instead of returning to her professional nursing career, she decided to continue doing what she knew, what she loved best--homeschooling. She started her own business to help other hs families successfully make the transition from home to college. She offers a wide variety of support services, including planning curriculum, creating transcripts, scholarship searches, and help with the college admissions process.
Check out her terrific website, The HomeScholar, and sign up for her free monthly newsletter. She's full of great advice and her recent topics include:
- tips for studying and passing CLEP exams;
- brilliant ideas such as planning a writing curriculum around scholarship essays
- how to keep skills sharp over the summer (like my post yesterday, although her newsletter didn't come out until today, lol)
I am so grateful for those truly courageous families who forged the hs path ahead of us, making possible the many wonderful options we have now, which continue to grow each year. (Homeschooling wasn't legal in every state until the mid-1990s.) Lee is one of those people who not only blessed her own sons by teaching them at home, but she's also blessed so many of us, making a difference in the lives of our children. It's amazing what you can do just by encouraging someone else.
4 comments:
Hi Kristine,
You're right. It's not too early to think about a few high school things. When our oldest dd entered high school I actually used it as a "practice" year for tracking credit hours and other things. I figured that would give me her 8th grade year to also get familiar with what I would need to do when she hit high school if I didn't figure it out while she was in 7th grade. It worked GREAT! By the time she hit high school I had already been "keeping track" for 2 years! I did make one mistake though and that is I should have started a transcript the very first year instead of waiting until the end of all 4 high school years. Lee made our transcript and it was GREAT! I had all of our records so I don't think it took her too long and it sure didn't take me long to gather the info since I had it all on forms from the High School Form+U+La book!
Amen and Amen! She has been wonderful for us. I can't recommend her enough!
Yikes, Cindy, I wonder if I should consider this coming year a "practice" for me?
Lee's website and newsletter ARE very helpful. I recently was privileged to review her new dvd set and it is wonderful. I have one graduated and one in highschool and two younger kids. I love homeschooling high school!
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