Category: High School

High School, Meet the Teachers, The Science of Learning

Training the Adolescent Brain

August 1, 2019

Bonnie Gonzalez’s current course offering As a professional counselor, teacher, and former homeschool parent, I want to give you some information which will help you to navigate the emotional angst that often comes with homeschooling teens. Teenage Angst and the Brain As a homeschooling parent, you have been the market leader in the field of Read More...

High School, Homeschool For Success

How to Earn a College Scholarship

July 26, 2019

“Getting a college scholarship is your new summer job.” These words spoken by my mom (Debra Bell) shaped my four years of high school and eventually landed me a full tuition scholarship to the University of Pittsburgh. She believed I could earn more money by developing a stellar transcript than by working a minimum wage job. Read More...

AIM Academy, High School, Homeschool For Success, Meet the Teachers

The Top 3 Reasons to Take an Online Math Class

July 22, 2019

Aim Academy offers both full year and seven week long math courses. You can find them all here. Kathryn Gomes was homeschooled herself and found that she was grossly unprepared for college-level mathematics. She now teaches homeschooled students math online so that they can avoid her mistakes. This fall she is teaching a live section Read More...

Free Resources, High School

Printable Graph Paper

May 24, 2019

Graphing can be one of the toughest skills for math students to master. In my decade of experience as a high school math teacher I noticed that a good sheet of graph paper can make a big difference. I’d run off a bunch of double-sided copies of this before each unit on graphing so it was Read More...

by Debra Bell, Elementary, High School, Homeschool For Success, Teaching Writing

Help! My Child Hates Writing

April 24, 2019

So your child says he hates to write. What’s a homeschool mama to do? Believe me, I feel your pain. Teaching writing classes for thirty years, I’m no stranger to kids who dread writing. With experience, though, I found some strategies that work. I love the challenge of convincing reluctant writers that they have something Read More...

AIM Academy, by Debra Bell, High School, Testing

5 Ways Advanced Placement (AP) Exams Can Cut College Costs

April 2, 2019

The Advanced Placement (AP) program, offered by the College Board, allows ambitious high school students to take college-level exams each May that potentially qualify them for college credit at the college of their choice. Each college lists the AP exams and credit they will award for a passing score on their website. Just search for “AP credit” Read More...