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 or Science Seminar
• Advanced Algebra
• American Government: For Real!
• Student Senate
• Communications 
• Choose one or more electives: ACT Prep English/Reading, Acting, Art, Bookkeeping, Career Exploration, Creative Writing Workshop, Culinary Arts, Graphic Design, Entrepreneurship, Language (ASL, French, Spanish), Memory & Magic, music lessons, NaNoWriMo, Origami, Online Media Production, Percussion Ensemble, Personal Finance, Photography, Real-World Programming, Sci Girls, Start Your Own Business, Storytelling across Mediums, Study Skills, Swing Dancing, Web Development, Web Design, Wellness for Life, WordSmart, Worldviews

11^th Grade

• PSEO Year 1 (choose courses that fill both your high school graduation requirements and gen ed requirements for the target college)
• Choose one or more electives: ACT Prep English/Reading, Acting, Art, Bookkeeping, Career Exploration, Craft Club, Creative Writing Workshop, Culinary Arts, Graphic Design, Entrepreneurship, Language (ASL, French, Spanish), Memory & Magic, music lessons, Origami, Percussion Ensemble, Personal Finance, Photography, Real-World Programming, Sci Girls, Storytelling across Mediums, Study Skills, Swing Dancing, Wellness for Life, WordSmart, Worldviews

12^th Grade

• PSEO Year 2 (choose courses that fill both your high school graduation requirements and gen ed requirements for the target college)
• Choose one or more electives: ACT Prep English/Reading, Acting, Art, Bookkeeping, Career Exploration, Creative Writing Workshop, Culinary Arts, Graphic Design, Entrepreneurship, Language (ASL, French, Spanish), Memory & Magic, music lessons, Origami, Percussion Ensemble, Personal Finance, Photography, Real-World Programming, Sci Girls, Storytelling across Mediums, Study Skills, Swing Dancing, Wellness for Life, WordSmart, Worldviews

Plan 2 (No PSEO)

10^th Grade

• Writing with Confidence Level 2
• Advanced Algebra
• Biology (if not completed in 9^th grade) or Science Seminar
• Choose one or more electives: ACT Prep English/Reading, Acting, Art, Bookkeeping, Career Exploration, Creative Writing Workshop, Culinary Arts, Graphic Design, Entrepreneurship, Language (ASL, French, Spanish), Memory & Magic, music lessons, Origami, Percussion Ensemble, Personal Finance, Photography, Real-World Programming, Sci Girls, Storytelling across Mediums, Study Skills, Swing Dancing, Wellness for Life, WordSmart, Worldviews

11^th Grade

• Read! Think! Write!
• Eat Well, Feel Great
• Biology or Science Seminar
• American Government: For Real!
• Student Senate
• Begin desired career- or business-oriented path noted below
• Choose one or more electives: ACT Prep English/Reading, Acting, Art, Bookkeeping, Career Exploration, Creative Writing Workshop, Culinary Arts, Graphic Design, Entrepreneurship, Language (ASL, French, Spanish), Memory & Magic, music lessons, Origami, Percussion Ensemble, Personal Finance, Photography, Real-World Programming, Sci Girls, Storytelling across Mediums, Study Skills, Swing Dancing, Wellness for Life, WordSmart, Worldviews

12^th Grade

• Communications 
• Step by Step to Essay Success
• Chemistry or Science Seminar
• Continue desired career- or business-oriented path noted below
• Choose one or more electives: ACT Prep English/Reading, Acting, Art, Bookkeeping, Career Exploration, Creative Writing Workshop, Culinary Arts, Language (ASL, French, Spanish), Memory & Magic, music lessons, Origami, Percussion Ensemble, Personal Finance, Photography, Sci Girls, Storytelling across Mediums, Study Skills, Swing Dancing, Wellness for Life, WordSmart, Worldviews

Career- or Business-Oriented Paths 

• Design Career-Oriented Classes [Web Development, Web Design, Graphic Design, Intro to Children's Book Illustration, Online Media Production, Origami, Personal Finance, Photography, Storytelling across Mediums]

OR

• Technology Career-Oriented Classes [Real-World Programming, Online Media Production, Web Development, Web Design]

OR

• Business-Oriented Classes [Bookkeeping, Communications, Entrepreneurship, Personal Finance, Start Your Own Business]