High School Planning

Middle School Parents – Register for High School Planning Webinars!

As you and your student wrap up your middle school experience, we want to provide information about our high school options. We understand that homeschooling at the high school level can be challenging. Luckily, we have three academy options for 9-12th grade students.

Picking the right academy can be confusing. To help you decide, Visions counselors and Administrators are hosting a series of informational webinars in January, February and March for each of our academies:

• Home School high school
• Independent Study
• University Prep

Each webinar will include information about academy expectations, budgets, graduation requirements, curriculum, and much more. We welcome you to register for more than one to learn about all the great options we offer!

Click here for more information.

Note: Students must submit an academy transfer to their principals by the end of March. Please stay tuned to the Wire for the date of the Academy Transfer Deadline.

Parenting Through Love & Logic

Interested in learning practical parenting skills you can put to use immediately?

Home School Academy parents are invited to our Parenting Through Love and Logic course designed to teach effective and compassionate parenting strategies. The course is comprised of six sessions  being held between February 18 and March 24, the first session will be at our main office in Carmichael the other five will be online.

Parents will learn:

• How to stay calm when kids do upsetting things
• How to help kids learn from their mistakes
• How to set enforceable boundaries
• How to avoid enabling bad behavior
• How to avoid un-winnable power-struggles and arguments with children
• And More!

Details
Dates: February 18 (In Person), February 25, March 3, March 10, March 17, & March 24 (Online)

Time: 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

In-Person Location: 5030 El Camino Ave, Carmichael, CA

Cost: $15 for the course payable through student funds.

Sign Up: Sign up using Launchpad Event #29957.

If you have questions about the event, go to the WIRE page and post a comment. If you have questions about how to sign up, I can help you with that.

Spring Work Samples

What and Why...
Twice per school year, (once each semester) Visions collects official work samples from students. These samples are intended to show our auditors that our enrolled students are actually enrolled, and that they are engaging in the academic activities on their master agreement. They are also used to demonstrate that there is a responsible adult who is reviewing and or grading their work.

When..
I will be collecting Semester 2 samples at our LP6 meeting.

How...
You may submit samples from your own curriculum, use the provided samples (K-8), or any combination of the two. Samples must be work from work listed on the LP6 portion of your semester plan.

Please provide one written sample from each subject.

Instructions for using provided samples (K-8th grades only): 

• Download and print the work sample packet or individual pages you intend to use.
• Have your student complete the worksheet(s).
• Grade and or comment on each sample in a different color than the student worked.
• Please do not put dates or LP#s on worksheets.
• When possible, please leave upper right corner blank for the school's generated label.
• Match the standard code on your semester plan drop-downs for LP6 to the one on the sample. 
• Submit to CT at next meeting.

If you would rather submit samples from your own curriculum (and all 9-12th graders):

• Samples cannot be from a religious publisher (handouts, worksheets with publisher’s name on them). Handwritten work on blank or lined paper that is from religious curriculum, but is not addressing religious themes, is fine.
• Match the standard drop-downs on your semester plan for LP6 to the samples. You can make your best guess here, and I will help you when I collect the samples.
• Samples cannot be a test or multiple choice, they must show student work. (Samples where student just matches, underlines, or circles items are not sufficient, there must be some written work on the page.)
• Grade and or comment on each sample in a different color than the student worked.
• Please do not put dates or LP#s on worksheets.
• When possible, please leave upper right corner blank for label.
• Submit to CT at next meeting.

K-8 Sample Packet Folder

Please don't hesitate to call, text, or email with questions about work samples.

This Week's Meeting Schedule

LP6 Agenda - 2nd Semester Work Samples

Monday 1/27
Office Day

Tuesday
Jackson Library
11:00 - Billy
Jackson Starbucks
12:10 - Sterling
1:10 - Wyatt

Wednesday
Jackson Library
11:00 - Willow H.
12:00 - Lucas & Elias
Jackson Burger King
2:15 - Camryn

Thursday
Somerset Crossroads Cafe
12:00 - Jonah
Placerville Starbucks

3:00 - Jette

Friday

Office Day