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Solid Substitute for Homebound Programs
Independent Education offers a small office environment where students can complete their coursework online at both the high school and college level. Our flexible schedules allow students to come and go as needed.
Homebound students such as expectant mothers who have left high school early to raise their children can complete their schoolwork at our private offices in a number of months and receive their diplomas.
Many young mothers make a split second decision to stop or delay their high school education in order to raise their children. Through the use of our offices though, these students receive the support and direction to follow a part-time school schedule (3 hours per day, 3 to 5 days per week).
Their studying soon results in completing their entire high school work and receiving an accredited diploma. With this diploma, students have the freedom to enroll in college and continue their education at an appropriate time.
Posted by: editor on January 6, 2010
Fall’s End & Holiday Activity
We are concluding another semester at Independent Education and are happy to say that all of our students have passed their college classes at Valencia Community College with average and above average grades.
This holiday season, we are chaperoning several activities with our clients that happened to be organized under the themes of service and ice.
On Monday, December 21, several students volunteered to do a clean up at the Russell Home’s thrift store in downtown Orlando. All proceeds from the store go to help fund the Russell Home, a non-profit group housing severely handicapped children that has operated in central Florida for over fifty years.
On Monday, December 28, our students will be ice skating outdoors in Florida, a virtual Christmas miracle, at the rink which the city of Winter Park set up in the Park Avenue commons.
On Wednesday, December 30, in keeping with our “frozen water in Florida” theme, students will be travelling to the annual ice sculpture show at the Gaylord Palms resort and conference center in Orlando. The aptly named show, Ice, boasts over two million pounds of handcrafted ice sculptures carved by 38 artisans from Harbin, China.
The new year will see the kids returning to service based work when they travel to Lakeland, Florida for a dayof grounds clean up at the Florida Baptist Children’s Home. Unfortunately, the children in the home will have already returned to school by that time and will not have a chance to meet the Independent Education students. Nevertheless, many of the kids are eager to do the landscape and painting work that awaits them at the home.
During the week starting January 4, our students will be picking up books, and mapping out the study/work/domestic/socialization schedules they will be following this spring. College classes resume promptly on Monday, January 11.
Dan and the staff at Independent Education wish all of you a wonderful holiday season. See you in 2010!
Posted by: editor on December 22, 2009
Legitimately Finish High School in Under One Year
If you are fourteen years and older, you can graduate up to three years early from high school.
The online coursework and early graduation assessment services provided at Independent Education allow students to leave their high schools and complete remaining coursework in a professional office with supervision and one on one tutoring. Computers and basic school supplies are provided for students. Our students complete their coursework inside a calm, quiet professional office in an environment free from distraction.
Who is a good candidate for early graduation?
Students fourteen and older who are interested in exiting high school early.
Students seeking to enter the work world ahead of their peers.
Students unsatisfied with their present high school experience.
Advanced students bored with high school seeking the challenge of college.
Average students wanting to get ahead in their academic process.
Single mothers unable to attend high school.
Struggling students who have fallen behind and want to catch up with their peers.
Learning disabled students with difficulty concentrating in crowded classrooms.
Adults seeking high school diplomas in order to pursue college.
Adults looking to get their high school diplomas for personal or employment reasons.
How long does the early graduation program take?
The early graduation program typically takes between one and six months to complete all degree requirements and receive an accredited high school diploma. There are no time limits or deadlines regarding how long students take to get through their courses. Most students can complete all 24 subjects in less than three months by studying three hours per weekday.
Is the diploma accredited, and will it be accepted by colleges?
Graduating students receive accredited high school diplomas, not GED’s. All degrees are accredited by both the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and the Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation (CITA), two well known accreditation associations recognized and accepted by most all colleges in the United States and other world nations.
Can I get credit for high school classes I’ve already taken?
Students will receive course equivalent credit for prior classes that directly match our graduation requirements. Students do not have to retake requirements which have been met via transfer credit. Prior classes that do not directly match graduation requirements are only awarded elective credit.
What are the courses like?
The twenty four required courses represent a condensed high school curriculum covering the basic elements of standard high school classes. Each course comes with a study guide containing all information necessary to complete assignments and pass the assessment. Students complete several assignments followed by an assessment based on contents of the study guides.
Can I redo assignments, assessments and courses if I do poorly the first time through?
All assignments, assessments, and courses can be attempted an unlimited number of times in order to achieve mastery and passing grades without penalty or extra tuition charges.
Will I be missing out on important learning by graduating early?
Many subjects covered in high school are required courses at colleges. Additionally, most community colleges offer high school equivalency courses in the areas of math, reading and composition. Students needing refreshment skills in these areas can take all needed classes at local colleges. Most two and four year colleges have core curriculums requiring students to take roughly two semesters of English Composition, Math, Science, History/Humanities, Politics/Sociology, and Foreign Languages. Often these classes are only slightly more difficult than the same subjects as taught in high schools.
Posted by: editor on November 18, 2009
FPEA 2010 Conference in Orlando, May 27 -29
The Florida Parent Educators Association represents one of the largest organizations of home school families and students in the country. Each year in late spring, they host a major convention which draws thousands of families and students looking to participate in the statewide graduation ceremony.
The convention includes seminars on many issues which home school students and families encounter along the alternative education highway. Additionally, the convention plays host to hundreds of home school related product and curriculum vendors as well as local schools which cater to home school students of all ages and their families.
The 2010 convention is being hosted once again in Orlando. It will take place at the Rosen Shingle Creek resort from May 27 – 29.
Posted by: editor on November 9, 2009
I.E. Article Co-opted by Local Papers
Local newspapers the Seminole Voice and East Orlando Sun have both borrowed Matthew Morrison’s article (featured in our September 18 post below) about Independent Education and published it in their papers.
Posted by: editor on October 21, 2009
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