Junior in High school (neighbor)

[joyfulheart]

ANy thoughts of a good gentle program for high schoolers? Similar to HOD?

[LeAnna]

I am sorry for your neighbor. That has to be very frustrating. The only suggestion that I can think of is using Winter Promise or Sonlight. They aren't as great as HOD, but they do have highschool programs. They do use "living type books", and most of the Charlotte Mason way of learning. So, it might be an option for her.
I hope that helps a little bit.

[Patti]

My Father's World also has a new high school program out and it looks very good. I am thinking this is where we will go when ds gets to high school. HTH
Blessings,
Patti

[Carrie]

joyfulheart,

I don't know of anything completely put together like HOD for high school beside the ones the ladies already mentioned. Each of those programs, while complete, have various time constraints, topics, etc. that we differ with here, so since we are talking about high school (and HOD doesn't have a high school guide), I will take the time to mention a bit of my current thinking.

If your friend is willing to put together subjects to make a complete plan of study, there are a few I would recommend looking into. These are ones that we are considering for our own kiddos for high school. Notgrass Company has some very good Christian one-year studies for American history, world history, and government. The American History and World History look especially good. Here's a link to their website:
http://www.notgrass.com/index.php

For literature, the Lightning Lit. guides from Hewitt Homeschool look good for high school. Each guide includes literature study and composition. The guides prior to high school are not my favorite, but the high school ones look quite good. Each one is a semester of study. You could match the literature study with your history study. Notgrass guides do also include very low-key literature study and general writing assignments too with their history, but they are pretty general, so Lightning Lit. may be a better route transcript-wise for literature. Here's that link:
http://www.hewitthomeschooling.com/book/blight.asp

For math, I would look into VideoText Algebra/Geometry (if money is not an issue) or Teaching Textbooks (which is still pricey but less pricey than Video Text). Here's a link to VideoText: http://www.videotext.com/
Here's the Teaching Textbook's link: http://www.teachingtextbooks.com/

As far as science, Paradigm Acelerated Achievement has a one-year Integrated Physics and Chemistry course written by John Hudson Tiner that is very living. It comes in several short workbook type sections, but Tiner is an excellent and engaging Christian author, so they are very well-done. It does not include labs, however, but would qualify as a year of higher-level non-lab science. Here's a link to the sample pages:
http://www.pacworks.com/downloads.htm

Otherwise, Beginnings Publishing's Spectrum Chemistry looks excellent for high school Chemistry with lab (but very pricey with the lab equipment). Here's that link:
http://www.beginningspublishing.com/products.html

Those would cover the major high school subjects that a junior should have. There will still be the extras that need covering transcript-wise, but this would get you going in the right direction. Most of the curriculums I mentioned above are written directly to the student are reasonable in their expectations and do a good job of covering needed material.

Blessings,
Carrie

[6timeboymom]

ambleside online has some great CM high school resources, but it's a do it yourself outline.