Mt. Pleasant Classical Academy

Have you heard the debate about AP tests? Or perhaps you have tooled with the idea of having your child take an AP test or two, but should they? What is a mom to do? That was the debate I had with myself during my ds’ 9th grade year. I also need to share upfront [...]

I made a change to our school day with the start of the new year. Things hadn’t been working very well. A new homeschooler was really happy to hear that this past week. Not because she wished us ill but because she was feeling a bit frustrated that after hs’ing 5 months not everything was [...]

What was that noise? UGH! WHY is my alarm going off? Oh, yea. We’re going skiing for the day and it’s just before 5am. Time to rise and shine. I get Mark up and we quickly leave the quiet house. On the way north we pick up a friend’s daughter and continue our 2-1/2 hr [...]

I am glad to see 2010 end. Another friend moved out of state. That makes 3 close friends in 3 years. Three too many. Another friend left her husband and the homeschool friends she had made over the years. She might as well have moved away too—no, at least my friends who moved away still [...]

Fourteen. 14. A ten plus four. Such a little number when compared to the number of people in the world or the number of sand on the beach. But an important number. In the past 14 years I have lost a father, a mother and a father-in-law. I have moved from a town that referred to [...]

No one shared with me what a roller-coaster ride senior year would be. Or, if they did I didn’t hear them. Sure I heard that it was a year of waiting—waiting for the first acceptance, waiting for the financial aid letters to come, waiting for the merit scholarship letters to come in, waiting for DS [...]

Funny skit, must watch for a good laugh. 14 Days of Homeschool

This quote is for the good homeschooling woman who feels AP courses should not be taught by high school teachers without PhD’s in the subject matter. People who are truly educated and enlightened do not thumb their noses at other people’s efforts but, rather, support and encourage them.   Janez Arko Yes, Janez, you are correct. We should [...]

The stockings are hung by the chimney with care but look! St Nicolas has already been here! The presents surround our Christmas tree. I have no idea what is in most of them since Santa (DH) took care of all the shopping this year. He always knows what each of us needs and the presents [...]

I’m on Facebook with both friends and family as my friends. Over the past several weeks as DS’ college acceptance letters have arrived I’ve posted ‘Status Updates’ about DS’ college acceptance letters and his scholarship awards. Five times. Five colleges whose acceptance criteria is selective or highly selective. He has been named to their honor [...]