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The high school years are strategic times for teens to explore budding interests or full-fledged passions. However, over the past couple of years, COVID-19-related uncertainties have loomed large in students’ plans for in-person experiences. Some programs were canceled; others went … Continue reading →

Over the past 15 years, I’ve had the privilege of coming alongside numerous students and homeschooling families as a college prep coach. Whether it involved planning a high school course of study, teaching biology, writing, or literature through a homeschool … Continue reading →

Homeschooled or traditionally schooled, most high school students have one thing in common: their dislike of the college entrance exams. To strong test-takers, these may simply be an inevitable annoyance; to others, they seem to have the power to permanently … Continue reading →

The Common Application, which has been simplifying college applications since 1975, is the major player in the world of college applications. Homeschooling families, take note, as both student and parent have starring roles in this senior-year extravaganza.

As a homeschooling family, chances are, the biggest question you hear (right after “What about socialization?”) is “How will you prepare your student for college?” Now that our two students are college graduates, I can use the clarity of hindsight … Continue reading →

Classic writer’s block is that crippling paralysis that strikes when we’re expected to come up with eloquent, edifying words—typically, under the constraints of a time limit. But a different kind of writer’s block can strike homeschoolers seeking to meet the … Continue reading →

Traditionally schooled students get to walk into a classroom and take a course for which someone has already done the hard work of planning—but which has the drawback of being “one size fits all.” For homeschoolers, designing courses takes some … Continue reading →

Senioritis. Though it may not be listed in your physician’s medical dictionary, it is a real malady that traditional students, parents, schoolteachers, and counselors recognize and even come to expect. In a classic case of senioritis, a student begins to … Continue reading →