Czechdrum,
Is it correct that you're applying to DYS? Or is you child already a YS? I ask this because a few months ago I participated in a colloquium about that exact topic. I will try to look up the guy's name and see if he published a book about it (I was only half-hearted interested, because I am yet to fully prescribe to radical hybrid education and most of the people were having their kids take college courses about your son's age, or putting work/volunteer experiences on their transcript. The work/volunteer experiences were so incredible, it made me almost want to crawl back in to "ordinary" box. This guy also writes transcripts for such students professionally (or that was the impression I had). Let me see what I can find...
Cym, thanks for your reply. My son isn't in DYS, but we applied for the February deadline and didn't get our response yet.
I'm not really after the be-all, end-all transcript. I just want to be educated enough about high school transcript documentation to produce something that accurately shows his accomplishments. To be honest, I'm the mellow unschooler who is being whipped into shape by my structure-demanding 8yo. *snort* He is juggling two Algebra programs full-time and his leisure reading is Zaccaro and Life of Fred. He's Mister Motivated.
I don't see him applying to colleges until, at the earliest, age 11 or 12. But since we let him go at his own pace, some subjects (like math) are progressing at light speed. He could plausibly be ready for Calculus at 11 if he continues at his current pace, in which case we'll be looking for a tutor/mentor/class. A big reason why we applied to DYS was their promises of advocacy. I am loathe to be labeled the pushy mom when it's my kid (not me) begging to take a Calc class at the local community college. It would be great to have an objective third party like DYS lending credence to our son's requests.
Let me know if you find the guy's name, and I'll check out his book.
Tara
