Category: Graduation

High School Credit in Middle School

2/24/2021

Can a Middle Schooler Earn High School Credit?

The short answer is: Yes.

The longer answer is: Yes, after all, public schools routinely give middle school students high school credit, especially for classes like Algebra 1 and Spanish 1. In fact, Florida colleges--through their dual enrollment programs--often give college credit to middle school students; if students can earn college credit in middle school, they can certainly earn high school credit.

Does everyone agree? No. Just today, I saw some teachers and tutors advise parents that they can't give

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Military Service

2/24/2021

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Q: Can homeschooled students join the military? Will they need a GED to do so? Or how does that work?
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A: Yes, homeschooled students can join the military. The military loves them these days as their research has found a strong connection between doing well at learning and doing well in today's military.
I have a child who was homeschooled from the beginning and joined the military.

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Community Service Documentation

2/21/2021

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Community service is NOT required for graduation from a home education program. On the other hand, community service is not only good for the soul and the community, but can also help with college scholarships.

Documentation of community service for high school, aka the last four years of a child's k-12 education, should be kept. The last four years is an important distinction since grade levels aren't always clearly defined for homeschool students. Some graduate earlier than they would have if they'd been in a public school and some will take their time and graduate later. Scholarship programs will not accept more than four years' of community service--from the day after 8th grade--usually considered to be the end of May or early June onward--until high school graduation.

It can be useful in pursuing scholarships including the Bright Futures scholarship or other programs.

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The Affidavit of Completion

2/21/2021

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The Affidavit of Completion is a notarized form or letter in which a parent affirms that the student completed high school in a home education program. Florida law requires all colleges in the Florida college system to accept the Affidavit of Completion as the legal equivalent of a high school diploma. (See question 15 in the Florida Dept. of Education's official Home Education FAQ for parents.)(link updated 10/2022)

Many, if not all, Florida colleges have their own Affidavit of Completion forms, but parents can design their own. Many parents put this on their child's official final high school transcript, while others make it a separate letter or form.

Changes (Jan. 2020) in Florida law require specific wording to be used on notarized documents as listed below in the sample. Check with a notary for the latest wording to be used.

Also check out our information on transcripts at high school transcripts and also at https://www.flhomeschoolevaluations.com/transcripts.html

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Diploma

2/19/2021

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The Florida Department of Education's Office of Choice used to say, in their Home Education FAQ, that home educated students do not receive diplomas but could seek GEDs. I challenged that when the FAQ pages were being updated in October 2020 because home education students DO receive diplomas. They don't receive diplomas from local school districts because--as state law says--home education programs are not school district programs. Of course a school district won't give

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