SALT LAKE HOME EDUCATORS

We had a great meeting about homeschooling teens.  It was interesting to note how families adjusted their methods to the individual needs of each child - what works for one doesn't always work for another!

Most colleges these days don't require a diploma for admission - ACT / SAT scores and other documentation (from concurrent enrollment classes or Jr. College classes) is often plenty to get you into college.  Every college is different, though, so the best thing to do is to contact the admissions offices of colleges you are interested in and asking them what they want to see.  Some will even have a dedicated Homeschool admissions officer.

Some families (and some kids) want an accredited High School diploma, and for others that isn't an issue at all.  Below are some links to check out if an accredited diploma is important to you.

Utah Electronic High School
http://www.schools.utah.gov/ehs/default.htm
An article from Deseret News on UEHS from a year ago:
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,640188194,00.html

Another online high school:
http://openhighschool.org/

North Atlantic Regional High School (you provide detailed documentation of your work,  they produce a transcript and give credit for the work)
http://www.narhs.com/

BYU online learning
http://ce.byu.edu/is/site/

New Century Scholarship  (explicitly open to homeschoolers, a scholarship that your student automatically receives by completing a particular and rigorous course of study by the end of high school)
http://www.utahnewcentury.org/

Members can see more details of what was discussed at the meeting on our yahoo group, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saltlakehomeducators/.