Trevor is a Senior!

Trevor's plans for his last year of high school are shaping up nicely.  He took the ACT for the second time, improving his score by four points!  We were very happy with that.  The new state law says that school districts will accept SAT/ACT scores as evidence of achievement, so that means no additional CAT testing just for the school district. 

Saved me $25. It also means this is probably the earliest I've ever turned in my required paperwork showing proficiency, and I submitted my NOI.  So easy!

His ACT score also was high enough to test out of placement testing at the community college.  He was very happy about that!  We went down on Wednesday and registered him for Chinese and math.  We have been debating about the math class.  Radford University currently remains his #1 college choice.  A CC math class equivalent to high school Algebra II meets their homeschooler admission requirement.  Our debate is between Liberal Arts Math or Statistics. (Pre-calc is also an option, but I ruled that out due to the instructor.)  Does he take the easier Liberal Arts Math?  It's his first college class, he's likely to ace it, and it will build his confidence.  Or does he take Stats because it's more challenging?  For now, we're sticking with the easier class.  Either class will count as credit at university, although Stats may knock out a degree requirement, and actually the Lib Arts Math might too, depending on the school and the major he chooses.

I want to credits in a foreign language for high school graduation.  At this point, Trevor would have preferred Japanese or Korean, but those are not available for further study at Radford (if he chooses to go there).  Chinese is, AND he has his very own private Chinese tutor, as Holly's taken 2.5 years of college level Chinese.  

He's excited for school to start.  He's planning to take College Composition and the next level of Chinese for spring semester, and another class if he's so inclined. He'll also be using Apologia's Physics, and we'll be looking at a government/social studies program for home too.

After registration, we found a 7-Eleven for Slurpees, parked in the shade and chatted a bit.  He's such a sweet and bright guy, and I am always grateful for the opportunity to just spend time with him.  While I can.  (Yikes!)