Homeschooling High Schoolers Resource List

And What About College by Cafi Cohen

Christian Home Educator’s Curriculum Manual, Jr./Sr. High School (vol.2) by Cathy Duffy

If you can only buy one book, then this is the one to buy!! This book will answer most of your questions and give you direction as far a curriculum choices, record keeping, etc.

College Admissions: A Guide for Homeschoolers by Gelner

This is a journal of how one home school family prepared for and gained admittance to college.

Homeschooling for Excellence by Colfax

This is the story of how and why the Colfax family raised and educated their three oldest sons at home. All three of these boys went on to attend either Yale or Harvard.

Homeschooling The Teen Years by Cafi Cohen

Cafi homeschooled her two children all the way through high school using a little bit of everything, so she speaks from experience about teaching teens at home.

Home School, High School, and Beyond by Beverly Adams-Gordon

Helps the student determine goals, and chart a course through high school, keeping good records as they go along.

Hot House Transplants by Matt Duffy

Interviews of fifteen home school graduates who have successfully gone on to college, careers, and marriages. They share the ups and downs of home schooling, the pros and cons, and how home schooling changed their lives forever.

Independent Study Catalog by Peterson

A guide to locating correspondence courses and schools. Available from Lifetime Books.

Real Lives: Eleven Teenagers Who Don’t Go to School by Grace Llewellyn

Real life stories written by these eleven teens about how and why they pursued a very non-traditional high school education at home. Available from Lowry House Publishers, P.O. Box 1014, Eugene, Oregon 97440-1014.

Senior High: A Home-Designed Form-U-La by Barbara Edtl Shelton.

This is a 350-page guide to home schooling the high school years for those seeking a real-life, non-traditional education. It gives step-by-step for formulating your own, independent program of study. The book is written from a religious perspective.

The Home School Manual by Ted Wade

Answers general home schooling questions. It has several chapters exclusively pertaining to the high school years. This book has lots of “how to” information. If you have never home schooled before and would just be starting, this is the best book to buy for general home schooling information.

The Home Schooler’s High School Journal is a version of The Home Schooler’s Journal for high school aged students to use by themselves. It organizes record keeping pages to keep track of credit hours earned in each subject area.

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