We have homeschooled K-12 and graduated two of our children so far. They both graduated with college bound high school diplomas, participated in both private and public school sports and activities, and have honors and dual enrollment credits, so I’ll speak to all of those things plus a lot of common app and financial info we have learned. I’ve started getting a lot of questions about high school and college from other homeschool friends so I think compiling information in one sharable spot may be helpful. I’ll break this blog style page down based on topics.
Ways to Pay for College (From a Certified Financial Planner)
Check out Intrepid Eagle Finances ways to pay for college. I’m putting this one up top because some of this includes tips like having grandparents put money in a 529 from the time your kids are little and why that is different than you doing it, options for family members to invest in your child’s future education as birthday gifts and how to maximize this. School as a whole is a big, important financial commitment so it’s never too early to consider what’s best for your family and what options are available.
Creating a CV
CV stands for Curriculum Vitae which is a Latin term meaning “Course of Life.” I was told that activities, honors, and community service were all needed and important to document but until our oldest graduated I had no idea where these would be reported and I didn’t have a great list for them.
I highly recommend starting a CV for you child when they are freshman and just making time to add to it each semester.
A CV is where and how you want to list activities, honors, and community service!
Where did I need it?
When it came time to apply for colleges I found where all of this was needed. Your child will want their CV to send to recommenders and to help them fill out college and scholarship applications. Even if you don’t think college is in your child’s future go ahead and keep this list of achievements! Chances are they will still be asking someone for a recommendation or need to self promote to get a job and this will come in handy there too.
Compiling a CV is a win win whether you are college bound or not.
Canva is super helpful! There are a lot of CV templates but here is the link to the layout we used for our Classical Conversations graduates. https://www.canva.com/design/DAHE93naZiw/QRmXyTJXkTPvUmwy14mNGA/edit?utm_content=DAHE93naZiw&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton
Classical Conversations Quarterly Report Card Template Challenge A through 4
Classical Conversations Rubric Examples
AP, Honors, Dual Enrollment, and CLEP
Homeschool Profile
History, Philosophy, Grading, Credits, Weighting, Educational Partners, Graduation Requirements
Why Visiting Colleges is Important Even if You Don’t Think Your Child is College Bound
Common App
How to maximize the activities and writing sections
Senior Year Frist Semester Detailed Class Schedule
External Scholarships
