High School? 5th grade? Where do you draw the line between “smart” and “put it on the high school transcript?”
I received some questions on my Facebook the other day. Some big, beefy questions! How about if I give you the “readers digest” version with some resources for more information.
>>>>My son is 10 and he is interested in studying Birds. I would like to purchase a Bird Study course from Cornell University. My daughter is 11 and would also like to study various things including Baking Science with a book typically used at a culinary school. Can I use their studies toward a high school course later on?<<<
It’s possible to use that information on a high school transcript. Instead of deciding what you’re going to do with it for their transcript, I suggest that you just save that experience with lots of record keeping. Then later, when they are ready to graduate high school, you’ll have all the information you need about that course. You’ll be able decide at that time if you want to include it on the transcript or not. I found myself in that same situation with economics when my son was that age. At first I didn’t think I would want to use it on the transcript, but later on I found out that I did want to use it. So just save the information, practice your high school record keeping with that class, but leave the “deciding” for later on.
If you think you child is ready to start some high school courses when they are the age of a typical 5th or 6th grader, then you are likely dealing with someone very gifted. In this situation, I recommend my audio course, “Gifted Education at Home.”
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J W says:
Lee gives good examples of how to document high school work done before high school age in her book about high school transcripts. I have a 6th grader who borrowed heavily from the adult section of the library for Equine Studies this year. All told, with the two research papers, quizzes and tests on anatomy, attendance at live training demonstrations, a week at riding camp, and the heavy duty reading, she’s done the equivalent of the first semester of the Equine Management class at Midway College in Kentucky (I checked the list of textbooks). You bet that’s going on her transcript for high school.
June 29th, 2009 at 4:25 pm