Many homeschooling parents are not only in the process of wrapping up their family’s homeschooling year, if they follow a traditional school year schedule, but also preparing for next year’s school year. The most frightened of them—besides perhaps those preparing for their first homeschooling year—are very likely those about to begin the high school years. While elementary education and even those middle school years seem to allow for delightful, interest-led learning and lots of fun, high school looms as a serious endeavor—or so we may think.
To gain clarity and advice about planning to homeschool high school, I asked Leigh Bortins, a homeschooling expert and founder of the curriculum company Classical Conversations, for her insights.