My son is only 10 but recently told me he wants to be homeschooled through high school. I often think, “Will I be able to rise to the challenge?” Do you have similar thoughts?

We attend a homeschool co-op, and there are several parents who are homeschooling their kids through high school. It seems to be a time of great concern for most of them. They’re concerned with keeping accurate records, making sure their children take the right classes (especially if the kids plan to go to college), applying to universities, and tons of other things on their to-do lists. Some have enlisted the aid of their local public schools, and their children have a part-time home school and part-time public school status. Other kids are homeschooled and take classes via community colleges and universities to ensure that they’ll learn those difficult subjects that their parents may not be able to teach them, i.e., Advanced English/Writing, Physics, Calculus, Chemistry, Foreign Language, and others.

There are parents who have decided to use online high school programs (both public and private) and others who are using high school writing programs. Writing is a subject I’ve heard parents say they don’t teach their high school children but serve more as a guide. High school online writing programs serve to give teens guidance and direct feedback on their writing. Some are geared toward essay writing, others toward standardized test writing, and still others toward research writing.

Lots of success stories are being shared via our homeschool co-op, i.e., school acceptances at Stanford, Oberlin, Wellesley, and Northwestern University, among others.

When the time comes, I’ll be praying that my son will be among those who are accepted at the university of his choice.

Please leave a comment sharing your experience with homeschooling through high school.