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Misty
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I am starting 8th grade this school year with my oldest and thought with all the books for sale etc that now is the time to plan for next year.
We like the CM method and want to continue with it as much as able.
I will continue with MUS for math as this works well for our family and for science we'll continue with Apologia by Wile.
Then I am lost, scared and afraid. Lost as to figure out how to plan, scared that I will miss something and then when it's time to apply for college they will not be ready, and afraid that I will pick the wrong stuff. This isn't 1st grade anymore it's the big one.
I know my 1st born will not probably be a college bound child he is a hands on worker and will do a trade. But I want to try and plan for a nice college and have atleast a couple AP courses in there.
I need some suggestions or places to start.
For we'll call it religion I am thinking the Didache series. Now will this be enough if they do them each year 9-12?
Fine Arts - I have a Great Courses DVD to use, and some bsic books. Also they will continue to follow my younger students each year so I think over 4 years giving them a 1/2 credit will be fine. And we are good with this.
I am leaning toward Latin but I know nothing in Latin or any other language so what do I do?
History - my absolute worse subject. I don't even know where to go? Which I know I need American, World and Governement. I also want to do logic and have the Fallacy Books and just picked up the Art of Arguement. But where do they fit?
English - also my worse subject... I have some great books - Setons: World Lit book, The Elements of Grammar, The Elements of Style and Eat, Shoots and Leaves. So how do I make these work? What about essay, research, etc?
Is this really it? Am I missing something? Can anyone who has done this take me by the hand and baby walk me through it? I would pray for your family daily, hourly what ever you need! 
Blessings
Misty
PS Sorry this is so long
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IMHO the Didache series is very thorough, and will be more than enough.
A college prep high school plan typically has:
4 years of English (mandatory)
3-4 years of Math (4 if student plans to major in math/science)
3 years of Social Studies (more is okay...geography, economics, psychology, government also count, not just history)
Foreign language (2 - 3 years - look at some college websites to see what your state university system requires)
3-4 years of Lab Science (see note on math...it applies here, too)
P. E. - at least one credit
Fine Arts / Music - requirement varies by state
Health (can be part of biology or human biology) - some states require this
Jensen's Format Writing is a great resource for learning to write well-crafted paragraphs, essays and research papers.
Logic might be either a social science or philosophy (which falls under the humanities). When I took it in college, it was philosophy.
Foreign language - you have some options. Find a tutor, use a computer-based program (check to see if your library has an online subscription to one of these programs, as many do), take a class at a cultural center, high school tutorial or elsewhere, or take at a community college (this would be the most intensive and fast-paced option, perhaps best saved for a later year).
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I think I've posted this link before -- it's to the umbrella school we've used, which doesn't prescribe curriculum but does have some VERY helpful high-school planning resources:
Here is the main high-school page with links to a range of information and resources to help you with high-school planning. It's a good place to see what bases you need to cover, with suggestions for content for each course (though *how* you delivered that content would be up to you -- you could do it according to CM methods and philosophy), so that you know what the ballpark expectations are for a course to count for a high-school credit.
I have a lot of integrated history-literature information collected here as well.
Hope these resources are helpful.
Sally
eta: Here is an especially helpful link to a course-by-course guide detailing what you would want to include in your child's high-school education. Again, something like this can help you to judge whether what you're planning is enough, too much, or whatever.
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Check out Homeschool Connections they have both live courses and they have over 80, or something like that  , recorded courses. We are gong to be using a lot of the recorded classes this year for literature studies and history and for religion and philosophy as well. Bonus it is all Catholic! And double bonus the great gal, Maureen Whittman, who runs things over there is on this forum too!
High school definitely seems intimidating. I have a rising sophomore and senior next year. Ive been nervous all along. Luckily for the youngers still in middle and elementary school, I've a learned a few things. But don't fret, because while you are learning and navigating, so are they and really it will all get covered.
Oh and one last hung, if you aren't a part of HSLDA I would definitely encourage you to do so. They have a great air of ladies in their high school department who will talk you through anything...what to anemia class, where to go next, what is still needed, how a college would like something worded...so on and so on. And they want you to call...many times (it's how they keep their job )
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Thanks everyone for the links and suggestions. I will be looking over everyone one of them.
We have not joined HSLDA and I would like to but just have never had any extra money to do so. Should be priority though right?
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Check and see if you are a member of any homeschooling groups that may have a discount member number you can give them when you register. Our parish group has one, but so does a local free homeschooling e-newsletter that I receive. That may be helpful. And also talk to HSLDA too about the cost.
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Misty --
One other thought: I think you're wise to plan a college-preparatory course of study, even if you think right now that your current rising high-schooler won't be college bound. In my experience, kids change a LOT during the four years of high school, and many discover academic interests that you wouldn't have expected based on their middle-school selves.
When my oldest daughter was a middle-schooler, I would have said that she probably wasn't going to go the traditional college route, either: I'd have expected drama school, maybe, or some program in art and design. Then she took a Latin class through a co-op in 9th grade and discovered that she loved Latin and language learning. She also really enjoyed history and the very basic half-credit economics course we did -- history I would have expected, but I really didn't expect her to think econ was cool (even though she's not very mathy, she loved and did very well in her college econ class this past semester, too).
So you never know. Expect the unexpected, and plan the most rigorous program you can, on the grounds that at the very least your child may be pushed and stretched to discover new horizons of interest. High school is a fun and wonderful time . . .
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Read through these quick so forgive me if I repeat. But here in Texas the colleges are now requiring 4 years of math. Just a thought to keep in mind!
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Topic: HS Planning Overwhelming-Where to begin?
