Welcome back to 10 Days of Homeschooling this is Day 9. We will be discussing Online Schools. I know if your like me may trying to decide if Homeschooling is something you can do or even that you would like to try out.
Or if you should put the children into Public School and let the teachers teach our children. Then they would have to deal with them everyday. Although there are options including online Homeschooling Classes.
With these programs the children are still Homeschooling although you have the support of teachers. Your children are still at home with you every day.
I would like to let you know Online Schools is something David and I thought of placing Charlie in. If truth be none sometimes I still think about putting Charlie into K 12.
I would like to talk to you about are K 12 and Texas Connections Academy. I had looked into both of these programs for Charlie but Texas Connections wouldn’t take Charlie because he had been out of school for a while.
When I contacted K 12 they let me know they would take Charlie. K 12 even let me know they would get us the Supplies we needed and even had a a computer we would be able to us.
I gathered up all the paperwork K12 asked me for before I could register Charlie. For some reason every time I sent in the paperwork K12 wouldn’t get the paperwork or the papers wouldn’t go through the Fax Machine.
Or K12 said they couldn’t read the papers we sent them. Or they weren’t the papers K12 wanted. I would have to send in more papers. After much Prayer and Soul searching I knew K 12 wasn’t the place for Charlie.
I started to search online for ways to teach Charlie on my own. I found two mentors I would be lost without. Both of these ladies have given me the confidence to teach Charlie on my own and to do it for “Free or Frugally“.
Before you become frustrated and think you can’t homeschool your children, I would like to tell you you can and that there are people who would help you and classes you can take online.
Just encase your not sure here are the links to K 12 and Texas Connections Academy just because they weren’t the right schools for my family doesn’t mean they would be wrong for you or your children.
You just you have to follow your heart and do what is right for your family. If neither of these two programs are what your looking for again Google online public schools. You may find another program that fits your family better. There might even be a local Homeschooling program in your area.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
