College applications are underway and many students across the country are trying for that last ACT or SAT score increase, hoping it will gain them a berth to a highly selective college. The pressure builds as families stake their hopes on trying to get past the malicious admissions officers who would keep their child out [read more] …
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The Junior Gauntlet
The spring semester means different things depending on where your student is in the high school progression. Freshmen are still exploring activities and learning to hold their own in difficult high school classes. Sophomores are rolling along in their AP class(es) and settling into their extracurricular focus. Seniors are breathing easier after completing the college [read more] …
Do The Math!
Do the Math! By Jeannette Webb Today’s teenagers live in a privileged world. They have plenty of food. They live in a nice home. Dad functions as an ATM machine and picks up the tab for shopping mall trips, cars, travel, and entertainment. Our student’s hands do not labor to butcher or prepare the [read more] …
Standardized Tests: Dreaded Adversary or Fun Challenge?
Standardized Tests: Dreaded Adversary or Fun Challenge? By Jeannette Webb There is little in the life of a competitive high school student that can dredge up as much fear as the standardized testing cycle. It seems that so much is riding on the performance of a few hours. However, there are things a student [read more] …
Working Backward
It is a constant delight to work with students who homeschool high school. They never fail to amaze me with their creativity, their work ethic, their unique way of seeing the world. However, there’s one skill that I often find lacking, even in the most proactive and academically rigorous families. That is the skill of [read more] …