[towanda666]

Just curious, what is your education level? I have heard about people who home-school through 12th grade, and most states take a rather dim view of this. My wife and I have three bachelors' degrees between us, and we nevertheless feel uncomfortable about this sort of thing.

[MasonGal]

Well - I have an Associate's Degree in Applied Business (in other words - Secretarial - LOL. My husband has a Master's Degree. We have homeschooled our 3 sons for 11 years--our oldest is now a sophomore in college (rec'd. a partial scholarship to Transylvania University in Lexington, KY). Our soon-to-be 16-year old (a sophomore in high school) is doing exceptionally well in all of his studies. He took an entrance exam last year --as part of the application process to St. Xavier (prominent Catholic high school here in the Lousiville area) and was accepted into the honors program there. Our youngest son is a 5th-grader.

I only say these things to let you know that - hey - if we can do it - I'm sure that you can do it. :))

Our sons have been involved in baseball, tennis, scouting, youth group, orchestra, etc., etc. - very well-rounded individuals--lots of very good friends. (We had 35 teen-agers at our house last year for my son's 16th birthday party)

By the way - the college application process for my oldest son went very well - went smoothly - homeschooling was not an issue at all.

We've been in communication with Notre Dame University - that's where my middle son wants to attend - and they have told us that homeschooling is not an issue as far as they are concerned. In fact, they said that they would be very eager for us to continue on in the application process with them when the time comes.

Sorry to ramble on and on - I just feel passionate about this - because, as I say, if we can do it - I KNOW that you can do it. One more thing - we have taken advantage of several "outside" classes through the years - my sons have taken Latin for several years now - and we've also used correspondence schools which cater to homeschoolers--Seton Home Study School.

If you want to freep-mail me privately, feel free to do so.

Good Luck!! :))

[MasonGal]

Well - I have an Associate's Degree in Applied Business (in other words - Secretarial - LOL. My husband has a Master's Degree. We have homeschooled our 3 sons for 11 years--our oldest is now a sophomore in college (rec'd. a partial scholarship to Transylvania University in Lexington, KY). Our soon-to-be 16-year old (a sophomore in high school) is doing exceptionally well in all of his studies. He took an entrance exam last year --as part of the application process to St. Xavier (prominent Catholic high school here in the Lousiville area) and was accepted into the honors program there. Our youngest son is a 5th-grader.

I only say these things to let you know that - hey - if we can do it - I'm sure that you can do it. :))

Our sons have been involved in baseball, tennis, scouting, youth group, orchestra, etc., etc. - very well-rounded individuals--lots of very good friends. (We had 35 teen-agers at our house last year for my son's 16th birthday party)

By the way - the college application process for my oldest son went very well - went smoothly - homeschooling was not an issue at all.

We've been in communication with Notre Dame University - that's where my middle son wants to attend - and they have told us that homeschooling is not an issue as far as they are concerned. In fact, they said that they would be very eager for us to continue on in the application process with them when the time comes.

Sorry to ramble on and on - I just feel passionate about this - because, as I say, if we can do it - I KNOW that you can do it. One more thing - we have taken advantage of several "outside" classes through the years - my sons have taken Latin for several years now - and we've also used correspondence schools which cater to homeschoolers--Seton Home Study School.

If you want to freep-mail me privately, feel free to do so.

Good Luck!! :))

[homeschool mama]

HSLDA has education stats on parents who homeschool. Interestingly enough, parents with or w/o degrees tend to have children with similar outcome in test scores. Keep in mind that homeschooled children test out 30% higher than their public schooled peers...on the average.

www.hslda.org