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My dear Ladies,
My DH insists we use an accredited home study school from now on, due to college entrance requirements, etc...
I am having a very hard time deciding between ACCREDITED Curriculums:
SETON: again next year?(7thgrade) and learning how to tweak it and cut out busy work. It's just so much work. We have no time to relax and enjoy life and play in 6th grade, much less any nature study.  Now maybe my ds12 is a bit scared of writing and he procrastinates(because he fears that it will take all day to do his work), but when he finally does it he writes pretty well and he gets through his stack of books like a soldier. Should I just stick with it and hope he will start getting done by 2pm. (We now run several days till 4pm - then time to make dinner and never get out of the house, etc...) I am drained from keeping after him, and ds7 is lonely and wants him to play, but he can't.
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MODG: I have been looking at this a long time and we did a version of this in 5th and enjoyed it, esp the Poem memorization, and illustration. But, is it going to give us more free time and some nature study, good science?
Is it going to teach my ds writing and thinking skills?
I guess I am just afraid to change and have to change back. And CA is so far from AL.
I need an Accredited CE/CM home study school to stay with through Highschool 
I Know there have been several threads on CE/CM and I have read most of them, but I specifically want to talk about accredited home study schools.
I hope you all can give me some Words of Wisdom.
I am grateful for this forum and all who have gone before me homeschooling thru highschool.
Hoping for guidance.
Gina in ALabama
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Gina,
If you are comfortable and wanting to tweak and customize, but still want accreditation, I'd look at Kolbe. I am so impressed with their support. I wish I'd done this with Michael. They even have the NCAA requirements right there in the handy-dandy "Parent as Counselor" book. They have high school all laid out if you want it that way, but they are very, very respectful of the parent's role and fully supportive of tweaking.
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Gina,I agree with you about Seton,it does seem like a lot of busy work.You could just tweak the assignments,they don't require all work to be sent in for a grade.Kolbe is a very good program.I'm thinking about that myself.I know someone who graduated from Kolbe and now is getting mostly A's at Gonzaga U.
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I have had my children enrolled in St. Thomas Aquinas Academy.
www.staa-homeschool.com
I absolutely love their program, not only for their excellent curriculum, but also because of the individualized attention that they give to each one of my children and to me as the teacher.
When I enrolled my children for the first time three years ago, I told them that I wanted to follow a classical model of education using Charlotte Mason as the method with which I instucted my children. STAA has been very accomodating and my couselor has recommended excellent sources from which my children work.
I have found this program to be the most flexible of any of the other curriculums that I have experience with. I liken it to a separate garden that is being planted for each of my children. However, they also make it incredibly family friendly by having the kids all on the same rotation of studies. This year all of my kids, from high school down to pre-school are immersed in the study of Greek history, Greek mythology and Astonomy. That has kept me sane this year!!
I would definitely encourage you to check it out before deciding which program to use.
If you have any more questions, please feel free to pm me!
Wishing you all the best!
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So, Elizabeth,
You would have used Writing Strands or Kolbe's Composition choice, instead of IEW?
I am comfortable tweaking History, and some cutting out of busy work, but I need a good solid plan for English, Writing & Composition, Literature, and Science. Daily/Weekly lesson plans and support if needed.
Thanks for your help,
I admire your teaching ability,
Gina
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No,for my high schooler, I'm using IEW and Kolbe's literature plans and I will add The Stewart English Program. Kolbe is fine with that. I'm currently using Kolbe science with my biggest boys, but honestly, it worked out really well to save the lab sciences for later in high school and let them take it for dual credit at the community college.
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Adding: my current high schooler has special needs that would require an IEP in the school system. Kolbe has worked with me to create exactly what works--what plays to his strengths and doesn't frustrate him. It's also been very, very nice for me to have someone to call who is much more experienced than I am. This was a good fit for us right now. MODG would probably work similarly but I made this jump to a program at the end of January, not a typical enrollment time.
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Elizabeth wrote:
| Adding: my current high schooler has special needs that would require an IEP in the school system. Kolbe has worked with me to create exactly what works--what plays to his strengths and doesn't frustrate him. It's also been very, very nice for me to have someone to call who is much more experienced than I am. This was a good fit for us right now. MODG would probably work similarly but I made this jump to a program at the end of January, not a typical enrollment time. |
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Hope I'm not hijacking, but I'm certain this will be my oldest in 3/4 years. Did Kolbe require results of official educational testing to make these changes? I know they let the parent be the guide for the most part, but I fear we'll need to make major changes!  Feel free to PM me if this is too much of a hijack. 
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amyable wrote:
Elizabeth wrote:
| Adding: my current high schooler has special needs that would require an IEP in the school system. Kolbe has worked with me to create exactly what works--what plays to his strengths and doesn't frustrate him. It's also been very, very nice for me to have someone to call who is much more experienced than I am. This was a good fit for us right now. MODG would probably work similarly but I made this jump to a program at the end of January, not a typical enrollment time. |
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Hope I'm not hijacking, but I'm certain this will be my oldest in 3/4 years. Did Kolbe require results of official educational testing to make these changes? I know they let the parent be the guide for the most part, but I fear we'll need to make major changes! Feel free to PM me if this is too much of a hijack. |
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My sense is that it's up to your discretion,Amy. I'm not a Kolbe expert, at all. I'd give them a call.
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My SIL has/is using Kolbe since her oldest (a Junior in college now!) was in pre-K. Kolbe is phenomenal with adjusting and making it very doable for a family. If I was doing high school, I would definitely go with them.
Seton is great, but it's really Catholic school at home -- a bit dry and not as flexible as Kolbe. Kolbe also gives a "more than 3, they're free" type of discount.
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