Whew! It has been a busy summer and here we are heading into a busy fall semester. But We are all feeling really good and up to the task, so that is a blessing. It is that time of year when homeschool households around the world turn their attention to what courses will be pursued in the coming school year. we are no exception.

Gregory, our 19 year old son, has settled well into his job at the college. He is working in their computer and security departments. He ends up doing everything from setting up equipment for presentations by the professors to building and installing new computers and networks. This was his last week to do 40hrs. Next week he drops down to 25 hour work weeks to accomodate classes. He will be carrying a 13 credit hour course load this next semester with Psychology, Computer Maintenance II, Networking, and Word Processing.

Melody took the Compass exam and qualified for dual enrollment. She is allowed to take college composition while still in high school pre-diploma. She will get 3 credit hours. In addition to the college composition, she will have Algebra II, Trigonometry, Spanish II, Journalism, and Art II.

I have been teaching classes in the online classroom in which Timothy and Zachary have been students as well as children of other homeschoolers. Next week will be week 7 for Phonics and Math 1 for Zach. The Chem Prep class finished last week and Timothy has been enjoying the week off with designing 3-D computer models. Next week will be Orientation Week with VHSG online classes for the fall semester. This fall will be very busy! Tim or Zach will be in the following classes next semester that I am teaching in the online classroom:

8:30am  Literary Analysis (high school)

9:30am Phonics (1st grade)

10:30am Math 1 (1st Grade)

11:30am Composition (high School)

12:30pm Saxon Algebra I

1:30pm Chemistry

Tim will be doing a few classes independently such as continuing his studies on computer modelling and working on the second course in history (1600 to modern times).

Oh, I took the Compass test when Melody took hers instead of just waiting around doing nothing for two hours. I scored a 99 out of 100 in both reading and in writing. In Math, I scored into Trigonometry as a placement score. That was fun! I think I easily know more now than I did fresh out of high school. There is nothing like homeschooling for making you a life-long learner.