SO CAL HOMESCHOOL

If you thought homeschooling k-8 was overwhelmimg, just wait until high school. Sort of joking. I could go on and on about what education means, what teens could be doing during their high school years, and is college really worth going into debt for, but we will have to explore these topics at another time. I can't put everything about high school in one spot, so I will just address the basics.

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1. Determine what your teen may be interested in after high school.

2. Determine what you expect your teen to accomplish during the high school years.

3. Research how this path would look like under a PSA, a PSP, and a charter school.

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The advantage homeschoolers have in terms of college is they can focus on the path that is right for them and it doesn't have to look like what everyone else is doing.

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For instance, any high school student can take community college classes (and most of the time they are free), but a homeschooler filing a PSA can take as many as the college allows. Also, a semester CC class counts as a year-long high school class plus it is considered A-G for CSU/UC. (One semester of a CC foreign language is considered two years of A-G high school foreign language.)

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Many parents prefer going through a charter for funding, support, and an accredited diploma.

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You will hear alot of people talk about A-G. These are classes required by CSU/UCs for admission. This only applies to charter schools. PSA students do not need A-G courses and would test in for admission.

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