Every student is unique, and one of the best things about homeschooling is that you can customize your student’s schedule based on his or her skill level, needs, and passions. Grade levels are less important than learning and mastery. It’s not at all unusual for a student to be working at one level in one subject—for example, math or science—and a grade ahead or behind in another—for example, English.

With that in mind, here are two sample senior high school plans to show how a student COULD move through the major subject areas at Mid-Metro Academy. Plan 1 is for a student who will enroll in PSEO as a junior and senior to earn dual credit (high school and college). (Please note that Mid-Metro no longer offers any PSEO classes.) Plan 2 is for the student who won’t take PSEO. Keep in mind that the way your student SHOULD progress through high school is based on your goals and his or her unique abilities and interests, not on any pre-set formula.

Plan 1 (Post-Secondary Enrollment Option in 11th & 12th grades)

10^th Grade

• Read! Think! Write!
• Chemistry
• Advanced Algebra
• American Government: For Real!
• Student Senate
• Communications 101
• Choose one or more electives: ACT Review Math/Science, ACT Prep English/Reading, Acting, Art, Band, Book Club, Bookkeeping, Build Your Own Website, Choir, Creative Writing Workshop, Culinary Arts, Designing Interiors, Digital Literacy & Creative Problem Solving, Graphic Design, Entrepreneurship, Intro to Real-World Programming, Language (ASL, French, Spanish), Photography, Podcasting & YouTubing, Programming for the Internet

11^th Grade

• PSEO Year 1 (Possible Classes: Intro to Government, Interpersonal Communications, Rhetoric & Research, Macroeconomics, Intro to Psychology, American History 1)
• Choose one or more electives: ACT Review Math/Science, ACT Prep English/Reading, Acting, Art, Band, Book Club, Bookkeeping, Build Your Own Website, Choir, Creative Writing Workshop, Designing Interiors, Digital Literacy & Creative Problem Solving, Graphic Design, Entrepreneurship, Intro to Real-World Programming, Language (ASL, French, Spanish), Photography, Podcasting & YouTubing, Programming for the Internet

12^th Grade

• PSEO Year 2 (6 Possible Classes: Applied Math & Personal Finance; Ethics & Worldview; Film Appreciation; Basics of Modern English, Science; Technology & Society; Cultural Anthropology)
• Choose one or more electives: ACT Review Math/Science, ACT Prep English/Reading, Acting, Art, Band, Book Club, Bookkeeping, Build Your Own Website, Choir, Creative Writing Workshop, Culinary Arts, Designing Interiors, Graphic Design, Entrepreneurship, Intro to Real-World Programming, Language (ASL, French, Spanish), Photography, Podcasting & YouTubing, Programming for the Internet

Plan 2 (No PSEO)

10^th Grade

• Writing with Confidence Level 2
• Advanced Algebra
• Biology (if not completed in 9^th grade)
• Choose one or more electives: ACT Review Math/Science, ACT Prep English/Reading, Acting, Art, Band, Book Club, Bookkeeping, Build Your Own Website, Choir, Creative Writing Workshop, Designing Interiors, Graphic Design, Entrepreneurship, Intro to Real-World Programming, Language (ASL, French, Spanish), Photography, Podcasting & YouTubing, Programming for the Internet

11^th Grade

• Read! Think! Write!
• Eat Well, Feel Great
• Microsoft Office for Education & Business
• American Government: For Real!
• Student Senate
• Choose one or more electives: ACT Review Math/Science, ACT Prep English/Reading, Acting, Art, Band, Book Club, Bookkeeping, Build Your Own Website, Choir, Creative Writing Workshop, Culinary Arts, Designing Interiors, Graphic Design, Entrepreneurship, Intro to Real-World Programming, Language (ASL, French, Spanish), Photography, Podcasting & YouTubing, Programming for the Internet

12^th Grade

• Communications 101
• Chemistry
• Digital Literacy & Creative Problem Solving
• Design Career-Oriented Sequence [Build Your Own Website, Graphic Design, Designing Interiors]

OR

• Technology Career-Oriented Sequence [Build Your Own Website, Intro to Real-World Programming, Programming for the Internet]

OR

• Business-Oriented Sequence [Build Your Own Website, Bookkeeping, Entrepreneurship]
• Choose one or more electives: ACT Review Math/Science, ACT Prep English/Reading, Acting, Art, Band, Book Club, Bookkeeping, Build Your Own Website, Choir, Creative Writing Workshop, Culinary Arts, Designing Interiors, Graphic Design, Entrepreneurship, Intro to Real-World Programming, Language (ASL, French, Spanish), Podcasting & YouTubing, Photography, Programming for the Internet