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Homeschool debate over credits, how many???

We home school our babies.  We only have Kristi left , she will be in the 11 th grade next week.   My debate is over how many credits should she take?  In California you need 220 credits to graduate high school.  Michelle had 300 and Shayna had 400.  Kristi already has 195.   How many should she take?

Kristi will be going to college full time as well as high school full time.  Her college classes earn her double the credits.  She will get them for college and high school.   We are thinking maybe 100 credits this year for high school. Idea below.

Classes:

Bible *....10 credits   =10

Math* ....10 credits        =20

English* .....10 credits     =30

History*...10 credits      =40

Science*...20 credits plus college class of science     =60

Us Government*.....5 credits              =65

Economics's*......5 credits                     =70

P.E*.......10 credits                           =80  last year have to do.

Dog training classes year 2 ....20 credits plus college classes.     =100

Home ec year 3 ...... 10 credits.              =110

Yearbook year 3........5 credits.        =115   

so we are at :   115, plus 12 college credits each semester.  Eight of her classes are a must in high school they have *.

That would bring her up to 310 credits to start her senior year.

Kristi wants to be a certified service dog trainer when she is done with high school, If she keeps going like she is she will make it.  Both Shayna and Kristi love that they have so many credits in high school and love the idea of shaving off college classes while in high school. What would normally take most students 4 years in college will take them  2 years .         

Does anyone else do this?    This is done by our babies choice , not just ours.   Does anyone else have a driven child or children ?  Our babies are not just doing school.  They do school for about 5-7 hours a day.   They have free time, serve in the church 2 days a week, plus all vbs, are in the 4-h, show their horses, pigs, they ride , go to concerts,movies and more.  Life is not just school  I am trying to say.

Kristi college class of science earn her 20 credits a year because they are college level, as well as her dog training classes.   So if we take away 20 credits (because they are doubled) that is 95 credits, most children take 60, so that is not bad.

Me, just trying to get it all together for next week.

God Bless, mj

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{ 06:22, 2008-Aug-18 } { Posted by HopefulHeart77 }

Sounds as if you already have it together! Good Job!