Magic Kingdom on Christmas

The Presidents.  And Carousel of Progress.

Monsters Laugh Factory

Parades, fireworks, and fun.

Selma, Alabama

Visiting the historic Edmond Pettus Bridge

8th grade Curriculum acquired

All of the requisite books have been purchased.

The only outstanding issue is whether we give English credit for the writing component in the honors history track, or do we do CTY or Duke Tip online options for writing an essay?

Decisions.  Decisions.  But leaning towards (since she IS in 8th grade) to combining writing with history this year, and then maybe next year do Duke Tip online (much cheaper than CTY).

Haley has a difficult/full schedule this year:

Astronomy - Earth Science
honors biology
Algebra 2
Honors World History
Logic
Speech
Spanish
English

Plus she's doing:
Extemporaneous debate
Fencing
Harp
Orchestra
Piano
Journalism
Student Council

Totally manageable (as she has been doing quite a bit for awhile now). But as the stakes get higher, it is more important to focus and consolidate when possible.  Also, these classes are high-school level instruction.  Credit can be given for Extemp (as a political science), student council can be an elective, and Journalism can be a Language Arts/writing course.  However, if the load gets too heavy, we can back off some of the line-items, extend them into next year, or drop them altogether (and pick them back up for a summer course).

Lots of options and flexibility with homeschool.

History lesson...

...at the feet of the elders.

Haley interviews her Great Grandmother.