High School Guides Question. . . .
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 8:39 am
I'm wondering if the high school guides are pretty much written at a certain skill level, or if they continue to progressively build in skill level as you go up? I know some high schoolers may have to do the high school guides out of order due to needing certain credit requirements. So I'm curious if they incrementally build like the younger guides where one guide prepares the student for the next guide in line, or if they are written to be done in any order with approximately the same level of reading and writing skills in each. Obviously this wouldn't apply to the math portion, as that would have to build up in a certain way, but I'm wondering about the rest of the guide.
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Like the younger guides, the high school guides do build incrementally upon the skills from the previous guides. So, as you progress through high school the level of the skills increase as do the type of skills. Some skills also bow out while others rise to replace them. The best path through HOD is definitely in sequence if at all possible. However, we do know that some families coming to HOD from another curriculum may have to borrow from upper guides (or possibly even lower guides) to put together their needed high school credits. It is still key to place students where they fit best according to the placement chart though. If students are well-placed in a lower guide and are not able to complete all of the high school guides prior to graduating, they will still be receiving a strong education that meets them where they are and incrementally moves them forward. Of course, all of the guides are suitable for a range of ages, and the high school guides are no exception. So, you will definitely see a range of ages using each of the high school guides. In the comments for the World Geography section of our upcoming catalog, there are comments from 15, 16, and 18 year olds (all of who successfully used the World Geography Guide with some modifications in math and science).