Hello again!
Thanks for taking the time to read my rambling, semi-panicked email and give some good suggestions.
I would love to enroll him in EPGY, but the cost is a factor for us. This is the same problem I have with local private schools -- I don't want to spend our entire college budget on secondary education.
I would also love to try Reno, but right now we're in a really good location for my husband's line of work and we have a solid social and business network here.
The idea of a private math student tutor sounds really promising. I'm wondering where I might post to find somebody? Should I contact a math dept. at a local university?
Just another point of information: I did have a conversation by email with the local high school counselor. She was very concerned about (brace yourselves, homeschoolers) "socialization" and thought that if ds were to transition back into public school, it should have already happened in middle school. (For those of you who are not homeschoolers, I want to promise you that whatever vision you have of homeschoolers, we're not all like that.) Anyways, her comment let the air out of that balloon!
In addition to the private math tutor, I'm also interested in Keystone Online High School. Any experience with this? I think it might require some supplementation in order to keep ds well-read and moving forward with math, but it would give me a "spine" to work off of, and would give him the opportunity to earn tranferrable credits. They do not care about the age of the child, as long as he can show evidence of completing eighth grade equivalent work (test scores count). Also, they will review his homeschool transcript, and he can potentially transfer in credits for the high school level courses he has already completed at home.
In our area, there is a special free university-run math and science academy for gifted 11th and 12th graders. If he could earn enough credits through Keystone to become an official junior, he may have a good chance of being accepted.
This sounds like a possible plan? Any thoughts?
I enjoy reading the posts here! Thanks!
Kitty
