[homeschool mama]

** I considered sending him to school for the last 3 years, but I just read Stormer's "None Dare Call It Education" and have changed my mind. I am freshly energized to stay the course.**

I haven't read this book...I best look it up, huh? :o)

Did he include private schooling in his adverse opinion of traditional school? or public exclusively?

My daughter is entering 7th grade and we're now praying about home educating through the high school years.

[RAT Patrol]

He was talking primarily about public schooling. It would apply to SOME private schools. You should be fine with a conservative Christian school.

The book is a definite MUST READ! Don't be afraid of homeschooling in the upper grades. The primary years take a lot of work because both mom and teacher need to learn the discipline and routine of school. The middle grades (well, 4 - 8 or even 9) are a snap if you did your early work. I am expecting a little more work--of a different kind--through the upper grades. But I am sure we will do just fine.

[SuziQ]

My daughter is entering 7th grade and we're now praying about home educating through the high school years.

Please DO seriously consider it Mama! Especially if Miss Hormone can continue her sports teams, etc. She'll have PLENTY of socialization, as I'm sure you've already become aware! There are so many ways to do it. You can sign up with a school and do all your courses by correspondence. There are some Universities that offer high school diplomas through Correspondence. You can purchase curricula which has lesson plans and outlines, but she can choose her own reading matter and essentially teach herself through the reading and writing she'll do. This is for Social Studies, Language Arts and Art and Music. You'll still have to do something different for Math and Science, but then again, those correspondence courses are there. Or she could take classes at a Community College.

Our daughter is registered with a high school in Maine which will keep records, provide a transcript, and write letters of recommendation for college when that time comes. We can do whatever we want for courses, make up our own if we want, but we have to keep track of the time spent and send in samples of work, or some evidence of the work done (pictures of experiments, field trips, work, etc.) We chose them because we wanted to follow the Classical Ed. model, going throught History in a chronological manner, and it was the only place that afforded us the opportunity to put together our own program.