Creating Homeschool Transcripts

Use as his/her report card. Most insurance companies grant a discount to young drivers who maintain a B-average.

Many employers request high school transcripts to document skills and background that will be valuable in their workplace. A employer might require the high school transcript as a form of security clearance that your teen is the person he claims to be.

“General Educational Development Test was first created for GI's now many young adults take this test to show their achievement of equivalent high school mastery after dropping out of their school responsibilities as teens.

Some home educators have used this tool to avoid the high school record keeping responsibilities that are attached to the compulsory attendance laws in every state.

Colleges and other post-high school institutions generally require a transcript from your child in order to consider him for admission.

Start in Ninth Grade

Include All the Following In Your Homeschool Transcripts

• Name of student, homeschool name, address, and phone number.

• List courses -by year- such as English 1, Algebra, Biology, etc..

• Dual enrollment/honors classes

• Grades (either letter or number) List semester grades and end of year totals

• GPA (grade point average)

• Credits - list per semester and cumulative

• Grading Scale you used

• PSAT/SAT scores and/or ACT scores as well as any state proficiency exams

• Graduation date of your high school teen

• Extracurricular activities

• Areas of your child's interests- accomplishments, awards, leadership, travel

• Parent signature dated

What is a Credit?

The course/class includes:

1. 250 minutes of instruction per week for 1 semester.
2. 85 minutes of instruction per class period for a block schedule.
3. 70 minutes of instruction per class period for a trimester schedule.

How to Figure Credits

Non-academic” subjects such as home economics, physical education, music, art, woodworking, etc. are usually assigned .5 unit (1 credit).

1. A two credit course typically requires one school year to complete.(one credit each semester)

2. One credit is approximately 120-180 hours of work

3. A good rule of thumb is 50 minutes a day, 5 days a week for 36 weeks, for a one-credit course.

If your child is enrolled in a course at a community college, you should keep in mind that a one-semester college course is comparable to a one-year high school course. Therefore, if your child takes English 101 for one semester at the community college and earns 3 college credits, this is comparable to satisfying a full-year, one-credit high school course.

For example: If your teen is taking, Bible, Algebra 1, Biology, English, and Geography...They will receive 10 credits (or 5 units) for the year. If he takes typing, web design, and music as electives...He will receive 3 more credits (or 1 1/2 units) for the year.

Logging hours is a good method of determining credit for elective courses such as art, music, sewing, carpentry, web page design, etc. The lower end of the range (120 hours) is fine for elective courses.

Note: All states required number of credits to graduate are different. So check your states laws for the number of credits your teen needs!

How to Calculate GPA

Each class should have a grade (A, B, C, D, F) earned.

Grade points are also known as quality points, and they are a numerical way to describe how well your teen did in class.Each letter grade your teen receives has a numerical equivalent: A=4, B=3, C=2, and so forth.

Each grade has a number assigned to it. A = 4.00 B = 3.00 C = 2.00 D = 1.00 and F is 0.

If your teen is taking honors, AP (advanced placement), or college-level classes, the quality points assigned are usually weighted. This means they have an extra half or whole grade point added, so that ‘A’ equals 4.5 for an honors class, or 5 for a college-level or AP class.

How to find the grade point average for each year...

• Add up the grades.

• Divide by the number of classes.

• After all of the four years are completed..add up all of the classes and divide.

• The number is the total GPA.

• Write this score at the bottom of the highschool transcript.

It really is not as difficult as it sounds to make highschool transcripts!! Believe me! I have nine children and not alot of time, BUT, because I keep records of my highschoolers grades, it is not as hard to put it all in their transcripts!

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