The homeschool law of 2015 means that the school district office will no longer see your logbook. You do NOT turn in your logbook to the school district any more – just my year-end evaluation report. But that also means that as your evaluator I am required by law to make sure that you have a good log-book. HSLDA recommends that the logbook be sufficient that if a question were raised, you would be able to reasonably...
Should I still use a diploma agency?
In Pennsylvania parents are now able to issue their own diploma and transcript (signed by their senior year evaluator). Is there still a reason to pursue getting a diploma through an agency like PHAA, Mason-Dixon, or Susquehanna? I personally will recommend that homeschoolers consider using a diploma program rather than issue their own for several reasons: The programs have established good reputations with colleges and military The programs...
How the Homeshool Law Changed in 2015
How the Homeschool Law changed in 2015: 1. You no longer turn in your portfolio to your school district. Instead, by June 30 you just turn in the evaluation letter written by your evaluator. 2. You no longer turn in your test scores. If you tested your children, your test scores go into your portfolio which is not turned in to your superintendent, just to your evaluator. 3. Expanded evaluator responsibilities. The evaluator can be held...
Why homeschool your high schooler
Why homeschool your high schooler Challenging your teens instead of seeing them as a challenge By SARITA HOLZMANN Posted Nov. 8, 2014, 08:45 a.m. at World Magazine (see link below) Teenagers often earn a bad rap. If you picture all teens as flirting, gossiping, self-centered bundles of raging hormones, it’s no wonder homeschooling high school can be intimidating! I’d like to argue against that false generalization and suggest that...
What are Colleges looking for?
I just returned from this summer’s PHAA Conference and learned some great things about what colleges are looking for when the screens students. One session I attended was about the College Interview and covered what to do, and what not to do, and how to prepare. Very informative and interesting! Mr. Laszlo Pasztor, a PHAA board member, is a retired military officer and now does student screening for two different colleges. He has...