At PREP our desire has always been to support you, the homeschooling parent, in your efforts to provide the best possible education for your children. Our role is “to bring parents and teachers together;” however, we are not a school. Our teachers work together to provide a flow of courses that build on one another. Although each teacher sets her own class descriptions and requirements, we realize that navigating the waters can be tricky, especially as the high-school years approach. With that in mind we offer this sample of a typical high-school list of courses. This is what we use when planning our PREP schedule for the year. Using this traditional model, we endeavor to ensure that courses flow into one another and that nothing conflicts. We realize that each family may make different choices, but this is our rationale for our course arrangement.
We strive to keep conflicts to a minimum. If your student is accelerated in Math and Science sometimes this is a bit more difficult given our time and space constraints. To see this document in visual form click the link: What to Take When?
The High School Math and Science Connection
Math is traditionally linked with a course in science in order for the student to perform the calculations necessary for the science.
*IPC (Physical Science), a 9th grade course, requires Algebra 1 in the physics part of IPC. (These are often taken by accelerated 8th grade students)
*Biology (10th) and Geometry are taught in the same year to prepare students for the PSAT practice year. (These are often taken by accelerated 9th grade students)
*Chemistry (11th) requires Algebra 2 skills taken concurrently in order to accomplish the math in chemistry. (These are often taken by accelerated 10th grade students)
The High School Language Arts and Humanities Connection
*Classic Literature & Composition and World Geography: these courses prepare 9th grade students with the foundation in writing instruction for upper level literature courses and the knowledge to understand upper level history courses in context of the world we live in.
*World Literature & Composition and World History: our 10th grade courses continue our writing program instruction with added compositions and encourage the student to see God's hand throughout history and lay the foundation for learning the history of our nation.
*American Literature & Composition and American History: these 11th grade courses hone writing skills and critical thinking skills to prepare the student for college entrance exams.
*British Literature & Composition and American Government & Economics: our senior level (12th) courses are college preparatory in the literature selections read, the writing skills taught, research papers assigned, and discussion techniques employed.
Sequence by Subject:
Sciences: Life Science 7th or 8th, IPC accelerated 8th or 9th, Biology, 9th or 10th, Chemistry 10th or 11th
English: Classic Literature & Composition, World Literature, American Literature, British Literature
History: Geography, World History, American History, Government/Economics
Math: Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2
Foreign Language: Spanish 1 (or 1A+1B), 2, 3; Latin 1, 2, 3; Sign Language 1,2
Electives: High-school level Speech and Art, as desired
Sequence by Grade:
(Again, these are the classes that are traditionally taken during the same class year. This is only a suggestion offered to help you understand how our schedule works.)
7th- Life Science; Pre-Algebra; Reading/Writing 1; possibly beginning course of high school foreign language
8th-IPC; Reading/Writing 2; Algebra 1 and possibly beginning course of high school foreign language
9th – Biology, Literature and Composition, Geography, Geometry, foreign language OR (Alternate: IPC; Algebra 1; Classic Literature & Composition; foreign language)
10th – Chemistry, World History, World Literature, Algebra 2, foreign language
OR (alternate: Biology; Geometry; World Literature; World History; foreign language)
11th – American History, American Literature, foreign language OR (alternate: Chemistry; Algebra 2; American Literature; foreign language)
12th- Government/Economics, British Literature
