IQ Academy Again?
After one semester with my 10th grade son in IQ Academy Wisconsin, we must decide what to do next year. And after a lot of thought, we have decided to continue on with IQ Academy with my 10th grade son. We will continue, however, to homeschool our 8th grade son next year in 9th grade.
IQ Academy provides the type of feedback and teacher support we need with our oldest son. You know in an instant where they stand grade-wise. Simply log into their website, and two clicks later you see a screen like the one shown here. As you can see, there is one missing assignment. From that point, we simply withhold friend privileges until the work is caught up. It works, although I must admit that my son got a bit behind last fall due to being sick for well over a week. But he caught up with most of the work over Christmas break.
This spring semester we are making sure he does not get behind at all. And instructors are very good about getting back to parents if we inquire about our kids progress. The teachers my son had were very patient, particularly with all the last minute work turned in! Frankly, I think we are better able to keep our son on track than if he were in a regular setting public school. And I am very pleased with some of the technical electives he is able to take, like Web Design and HTML. Yes, there were a few things taught that did not completely jive with our beliefs, but even with that considered, I feel IQ Academy Wisconsin is our best option with this son.
Our second oldest son will continue to be home-schooled at least through grade 9 next year. We have him taking Spanish and History with his grandfather next door, he takes piano lessons, and he is taking algebra courses nearly two grades higher than what he might normally get. He is currently almost at the Precalculus level and we will hopefully get him through Trigonometry and some Calculus I next year. He has a good math aptitude and is able to pick up much of it from the text and DVD lessons. There is no way he could progress this far in math (grade 9) via any public school option. Our hope is to get him enrolled in online community college courses in his Junior and Senior years so he could possibly get college credit for electives and mathematics. This second son is generally is good about doing work given to him with minimum supervision.