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SCS High School Manual All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by an means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher, except as provided by USA copyright law and except where noted. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION SPECIAL THANKS Special thanks goes to Mary Schofield, Pamela Beamer and Karlyne Van Daele for their loving contributions to the SCS High School Manual. Mary Schofield, SCS's Curriculum Counselor (1986-1989) was a major contributor to the manual which became the foundation for CHEA's first edition of The High School Manual. This manual has been prepared to help you home school your high school student and plan their course of study. It is important to understand how home schooling works and to discuss and even write out goals before choosing courses and curriculum for high school. Assistance and counsel is available through SCS's office. In home schooling a high school student, the following guidelines should be considered: 1. Course of Study-Graduation Requirements High school students who are home schooled (as of summer 2002), if transferring to a public school, may find certain public school districts refusing to accept their credits. Individual families who experience this challenge may appeal the public school's position, which then legally allows Sunland Christian School (SCS) to participate in attempting to help a student's credits be recognized. While SCS is a Candidate for Accreditation with the National Independent Study Accreditation Council (NISAC), this accreditation may not be recognized by all public school districts. Accreditation is an accountability process among peer organizations, establishing recognition that a school has met certain educational and operational standards. NISAC was established by home school administrators with the assistance of California public school officials. Home schooled students can successfully graduate from high school without accreditation by using a variety of resources. Group classes, college courses, online instruction, curriculum on CD, and tutoring are just a few of the possible means for completing one's course of study for a high school diploma. Any student receiving a diploma from a private school can successfully enroll in any community college in California. Colleges and universities are not an issue concerning accreditation. Making a transition from high school directly to an university, for a home schooled student, can be difficult. For more information see the section on the Universities of California. home schooling A HIGH SCHOOLER home schooling can be rewarding for you and your student, but it can also offer challenges. Various factors play a role in successfully home schooling. These factors can even change as one begins to home school. Items such as, your student's personality, study skills, self-motivation and personal interests, as well as your own perspective and skills as a parent-teacher need to be considered. Some families home school because their student lacks study skills or self-motivation and needs the one-on-one attention. On the other hand some home school because their student has these skills and is being held back in a traditional school setting. Parents are sometimes concerned if they home school their student, the student will fall behind or fail. While each experience is different, most parents are pleasantly surprised when they begin to see home school working for their student. Most parents won't know if home school will work for them until they've tried. You won't ruin your child, and you can change their schooling approach at any time. California education code requires a minimum of 175 days in a school year. This usually works out to be ten months of schooling with an average of five days per week. Some families home school year-round and set a schedule which works for them (Examples: Three months on, one month off. Three weeks on, one week off.) While a student might learn at an accelerated pace and complete the course curriculum in less then a year (then beginning the next grade level curriculum) one cannot accrue more than one school day in a 24 hour period. Student's can complete high school in less than four years, but proper tracking of the process and verification of the progress is important. Once the courses to be studied and curriculum to be used have been determined, families are encouraged to setup a schedule and routine with their student to set a pace for the year. Sometimes college courses or group classes are a part of the week's studies. Some families require the study of each subject per day while others may study Bible, English, Math and History on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays, and Bible, English, Math and Science on Tuesday and Thursday. Others might study one separate topic per day, such as Bible on Monday, English on Tuesday, etc. Completing the academic courses, studying the minimum number of hours per day and days per year, along with earning passing grades or better are important parts of a successful home school process. Creative means for accomplishing these goals are always encouraged, as long as they are not short cuts which short change a student in their studies. home schooling goals should be to help a student mature and grow in character, develop study skills, learn the academics, nurture gifts and talents and prepare them for adult life. While students are usually in traditional school approximately six hours per day, research tells us they only receive 52 minutes of actual instruction per day. When a high school student is home schooled, a minimum of three hours of study per day is required by law, but in most cases (to properly study their academics) students may need four to five hours. Many first-time home schooled students feel they learned more in the first month of home schooling than they did all year long during the previous school year. The time of day used for study may depend on each student. Parents should have final say, but need to take into consideration their student as they set a schedule. Some students are early morning people while others need to start mid-morning. If a student, without much supervision, can complete the work given to them each day by a required time, with passing grades in the work, parents may not need to set an hour-by-hour schedule. But for most students, daily supervision helps them keep on track. "Students don't do what you expect, they only do what you inspect" (Terry Neven). No matter how well a student is doing in their studies, parental interaction (grading their work, discussing problems, nurturing study skills, exploring long term goals) is an important ingredient for experiencing a successful home school year. A student unaccompanied by an adult out in public during school hours could receive a daytime truancy ticket from the local police.While this law may not seem fair to home schoolers, we need to respect the law in order to eliminate any complications to our already busy lives. Sunland Christian School discourages parents allowing their minors to routinely be out in public without a specific purpose. SCS has created a form to assist their families in avoiding a ticket. (Forms available to SCS families). The more specific details you can give on the form the better. Each form is valid only for the specific time/date/location. Good Example: Location: Ralphs at Foothill and Lowell in Tujunga While this form was created to reduce the risk of obtaining a daytime truancy ticket from the local police, this form does not provide legal immunity. This information should not be construed as legal advice. 1. TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED --200 Each semester class gives 5 credits and each full year class gives 10 credits. Classes must be at least 5 hours each week to receive 5 credits. 1 school year = 175 days = 35 weeks. 1 semester = 85-90 days = 17-18 full weeks. 1 semester course = 80-90 hours 2. REQUIRED COURSES Bible 4 years 4 years *The college bound requirements are based on the University of California's standards. Please check with the college of your choice for their course requirements. Each college is different. 3. PASSAGE OF PROFICIENCY LEVELS ON STANDARDIZED TEST. Starting at the 11th grade level, proficiency tests must be passed at the 10th grade level in the following areas: READING VOCABULARY AND COMPREHENSION, MATH, and ENGLISH. Students who meet course requirements but do not pass 10th grade level will be awarded a Certificate of Completion. Sunland Christian School uses the Stanford Achievement Test 9 for these exams. 4. VOLUNTEER HOURS Each high school student is required to volunteer his/her time to produce a well rounded individual. These hours may be from their church, library, local community center, retirement/nursing home, hospital, animal shelter, etc. A total of 100 hours will be required for a student with SCS all 4 years. Each semester, 12.5 hours is required 5. A SENIOR FEE of $50 is required. Senior fees help cover the costs involved in the tracking and verification process of each senior. Time involved in test administration, preparation of offical transcripts, organizing senior activities, dinner and graduation are some of the expenses covered by this fee. Testing, each activity, the senior dinner and graduation have additional expenses. A course description of your student's classes must be filled out by the parent and/or school staff, and is important in tracking your student's academic course of study. The course description is due before or at the beginning of the school year. Each course needs to be fully defined and identified. Following is a brief explanation of the different type of courses: formal, informal, college class, and group class.
Formal courses - A standard publisher's textbook or curriculum is used. A definition of the course is understood based on the curriculum. Informal classes - These courses are designed by parents/teachers to be conducted in lieu of a standard publisher's textbook or curriculum, or as an alternative means for teaching a course. Examples of such classes include the following: dance, art, piano, work experience, and home economics. College classes - A course may be taken at either a local community college, vocational school or occupational center, or a university. These courses provide the student with credit toward high school course requirements and also count as college credits if it is a college level course. Group classes - Group classes are settings where students are instructed with their peers in a group. Courses of this type are provided by organizations such as Biola's Star Program, and Sunland Christian School's HELP classes. Instructors become responsible for the course of study, lesson plans, and grading. Parents are still required to oversee the completion of students' homework. ......More important high school information 1. Course Verification Form - To receive credit for your student, this form is required and must be turned in with the semester grades for these courses: Group classes, college classes, and most informal classes. Informal courses needing a verification form are courses taken outside of the home by an instructor other than the parent. You don't need the form for courses such as physical education, work experience, career planning, typing, and Bible (if Bible is taught by the parent). A sample of this form is included in this manual. 2. Driver's Education - Driver's Education is for Sunland Christian School students only. See the Driver's Education section for more information. 3. Work Experience - See Work Experience section for work permit and work experience information. 4. College Courses - Students may take classes from a local community college and received credit toward graduation. If you choose, the student may also receive college credit. A copy of the transcript or report card for the college is required for SCS credit. If a college semester course is worth 3 or more units, it is worth 10 credits or 1 full year for high school credit. 5. Electives - Electives can be academic or non academic courses. If your student has met the required courses for a specific topic (example, 2 years of science), then a third year would qualify as an elective course (see sample listing of elective courses). 6. Career Planning - This course can be designed to help a student discover their vocational skills or plan a course of study tailored to a known vocational interest. A requirement for this course, along with course work completed, is a student resume to be turned into the school office. MINIMUM NUMBER OF CREDITS REQUIRED 200 credits (categorized as follows) BIBLE (non-credit requirement) ENGLISH 40 credits required MATHEMATICS 20 credits required UNITED STATES HISTORY 10 credits required WORLD HISTORY 10 credits required AMERICAN GOVERNMENT / CIVICS 5 credits required ECONOMICS 5 credits required SCIENCE 20 credits required FINE ARTS or FOREIGN LANGUAGE 10 credits required PHYSICAL EDUCATION 20 credits required HEALTH 5 credits required CAREER PLANNING 5 credit required ELECTIVES 50 credits required VOLUNTEER HOURS SCS HIGH SCHOOL RECORD KEEPING
1. A COURSE DESCRIPTION is due at the start of your student's school year. The courses need to be approved by the high school counselor before any credit will be awarded.
SUNLAND CHRISTIAN SCHOOL NAME:__________________________________________________GRADE:_________ ADDRESS: ______________________________________________________________ CITY: _______________________________STATE: ______________ZIP: ___________ School Year: __________________Date: _______________ (Follow the outline below to write a course description for each course being taken this year). Grade Earned Bible ___________________________ ______ ______ ______ _______ _________________________ ___________________________ ______ ______ ______ _______ ___________________________ ___________________________ ______ ______ ______ _______ __________________________ ___________________________ ______ ______ ______ _______ ___________________________ ___________________________ ______ ______ ______ ______
Dear Supervisor, Please take a moment to fill in and return this form to your student or their parents. The information will help us to track the student's volunteer hours This volunteer work will help fulfill a graduation requirement. Name of Student_____________________________________________ Grade____________ Name of Organization_______________________________________________________ Address ___________________________________________________________________ Work Student will be doing______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Days and hours per week of volunteering _________________________________________ Name of Supervisor ____________________________________________________________ Phone Number __________________________________ _________________________________ ____________________
SUNLAND CHRISTIAN SCHOOL VOLUNTEER VERIFICATION FORM Dear Supervisor, Please take a moment to fill in and return this form to your student or their parents. The information will help us to confirm the student's volunteer hours. Name of Student______________________________________ Grade____________ Name of Organization________________________________________________________ START & END DATE___________________________________________________ TOTAL HOURS VOLUNTEERED ___________________________________ Please Rate the student's performance and please circle one -- 1 2 3 4 5 (5=excellent; 4=above average; 3=average; 2=needs improvement; 1= poor) Name of Supervisor _____________________________________________________________ Address _______________________________________________________________________ Phone Number _________________________________________________________________ Any further comments___________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________ ____________________ COURSE VERIFICATION FORM (For Courses taught by someone other than the parent. To be turned in with the semester grades for credits to be received for this course)
Dear Teacher, Please take a moment to fill in and return this form to your student or their parents. The information will help us to confirm the student's enrollment, attendance and academic performance in this course. Name of Student______________________________________ Grade____________ COURSE TITLE________________________________________________________ START & END DATE___________________________________________________ HOURS IN ATTENDANCE PER WEEK ___________________________________ Estimate the numbers of hours per week the student has homework or practice for this course (Approximately) ______________________________ Please Rate the student's performance and please circle one -- 1 2 3 4 5 (5=excellent; 4=above average; 3=average; 2=needs improvement; 1= poor) What is the grade this student earned for the semester? ___________________________ Any further comments___________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________ ____________________ Signature Date Students desiring participate in the Driver's Education course may do so by completing the following the required steps. . An appointment must be made through the school office in order to begin the Driver's Education course. At the time of the appointment, the program will be discussed, and books purchased. (The Drive Right text book cost is $20.) It is preferred that the student is present at the appointment. 3. When the classroom work is completed, the completed Instruction Lab Attendance Record must be submitted to the school office. A certificate of completion will be then issued for the student. 4. The parent will turn in the letter grade received for the Driver's Education course when grading for that semester's course work. 2.5 credits will be awarded on the student's transcript. 5. This certificate may be taken to the Department of Motor Vehicles, where the student can apply for his learner's permit. The student at this time takes the written test. Please note instruction "10" below before going to the DMV. 6. A student with his learner's permit may now start the Driver's Training (behind the wheel).They are required to complete at least 6 hours of instruction and 50 hours of supervised driving practice (10 hours must be at night). The student must have his/her learner's permit for at least 6 months before applying for a driver's license. 7. When the driver's training is completed, again submit the completed Instruction Lab Attendance Record to the school office. A certificate of completion will be issued. 8. The student and parent may now take this certificate, for completing both the classroom and in the car training, to the Department of Motor Vehicles. The driving test is taken to receive a driver's license. Please note instruction "10" below before going to the DMV. 9. Required curriculum and Paperwork: 10. Please make sure that you bring the required items to the DMV. Please refer to the DMV handbook before going to apply for the learner's permit or for the driver's license. 1. Sunland Christian School in compliance with the law, requires our students to have work permits when employed either for work experience or for personal experience. 2. If the student is working for work experience, the parent needs to give us a course description in order for the student to receive credit as a course. The type of work being done should be stated and the place of employment listed. A minimum of 10 hours must be worked per week to receive 5 credits per semester. 3. For student's accomplishing work experience for credit, an evaluation form will need to be filled out by your student's supervisor and sent back to us before credit will be awarded on the transcript. This will help in determining the student's grade for the semester. Forms Required for the Employment of Minors: B1-1, "Request for Work Permit and Statement of Intent to Employ Minor" General Information and Instructions Work regulations for minors are summarized on the next page. Form B1-1 must be filled in completely, including the signatures of parent or legal guardian and employer and the listing of the worker's compensation insurance carrier. Form B1-4 may be issued only when completed B1-1 is on file. Permits to work issued during the school year shall expire five days after the opening of the next succeeding school year. Work permits are issued for specific employers and locations. Each time a student changes employers, a new permit must be issued. If a student works at two jobs, both jobs together may not total more than the legal number of hours specified for each age group and circumstance. A day of rest from work is required if the total hours employed per week exceed 30, or if more than 6 hours are worked on any one day during the week. If an employer is covered by both state and federal laws, the higher standard-the provision which gives the most protection to employees-applies. Laws SUNLAND CHRISTIAN SCHOOL EMPLOYEE EVALUATION FORM Start date:_________________ Employee's Name:__________________________________________ Supervisor's Name:_________________________________________ Place of Employment:_______________________________________ In order to receive work experience credit, a student must be given an evaluation of his/her on-the-job performance once every semester. Please circle one of the five numbered choices below which most accurately describes the employee's performance. Your cooperation is greatly needed and appreciated. (5=Excellent; 4=Above Average; 3=Average; 2= Needs Improvement; 1=Poor.) Effort: 1 2 3 4 5 Attitude: 1 2 3 4 5 Punctuality: 1 2 3 4 5 Attendance: 1 2 3 4 5 Dependability: 1 2 3 4 5 Personal Appearance: 1 2 3 4 5 Works Well With Others: 1 2 3 4 5 Neatness of Work Product: 1 2 3 4 5 Ability To Accept Responsibility: 1 2 3 4 5 Completion of Work on Schedule: 1 2 3 4 5 Preparedness (physically and mentally): 1 2 3 4 5
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Lesson Plans (LP) are not a required part of Sunland Christian School's (SCS) record keeping process, but we believe home schooling can be accomplished more successfully by planning your school week in advance. Relying on your own brain to remember and decide what lessons will be completed each day can sometimes lead to burnout or short-changing your child in their education. LP can be used to determine your child's learning process. New families might over schedule or under schedule work for their student. LP are a help in establishing whether too much or to little work is being expected of your child. If they do not complete the amount of work you planned for them, it is important to find out why. It may be the pace you have set is unreasonable, or they are having difficulty in understanding the directions or material. If they complete the work too quickly, it may be they need more assigned to them or they are not concentrating on the content. Learning how to plan lessons takes time with trial and error. You will not ruin your child by experimenting to find out what works. Grading their work on a daily basis can help a parent to know if the student understands the material or where they are having problems. Grading is not purely for awarding a mark for completed work, but a means to identify problem areas in the learning process. Grades can be recorded on the LP sheets in a different color to simplify averaging grades for reporting on record keeping forms. How to Plan Lessons: 1. Once you have received the curriculum, the next step is determining how much work a student should do each day per topic. This may vary per child, but setting high, reasonable expectations are better than setting them to low. 2. If your goal is to complete the curriculum during the traditional school year (some families may be on a year round schedule), divide the number of pages in each book by 175 days to establish the approximate number of pages to cover per day. You might add tests, reviews and other materials not printed in the curriculum to the number of pages. This will give you an idea of how much work to plan per topic per day. 3. As you begin schooling your child, adjustments might be necessary to slow or increase the work pace. Sometimes you will deviate from the LP to cover basic material the student needs to rehearse in order to understand the current content. A field trip, unexpected circumstances, following a topic beyond the curriculum, and illness may also create adjustments to the LP. These are normal and fine as long as they do not become a permanent diversion from a regular schedule. Children need regularity in establishing study skills and learning habits. We want our children to develop lifelong study habits. 4. Initially, LP might take an hour or so to plan a week's work. Writing a LP on Friday or during the weekend can help you organize your next school week. Eventually, one might be able to write a weekly LP in 10 to 15 minutes.
The following time frames and schedule may not be fitting for your family, but they serve as a sample for encouraging you to establish your own. While unexpected circumstances arise and life's details constantly call for attention, staying focused on your child's education and helping them to overcome common distractions is important for successful home schooling. DAILY SCHEDULE (Monday - Friday) 8:00 - Get up, dressed, and make bed Schedules can vary depending on the ages (young child many only be able to focus for 5 - 15 minutes on a topic) and the number of children in your home (they may not study the same topic at the same time), the type of curriculum (informal, formal or integrated) or courses (college or group classes) and personal agenda (work schedule, dad teaching certain topics at night, or therapy). Some families like having longer blocks of time per topic and may schedule Bible, English and math each day, while teaching science on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays, and history on Tuesdays and Thursdays. A schedule is not a militant agenda to be rigidly followed, but a lamp to light the way. Flexibility is one of the advantages of home schooling, but sometimes families need to "get back on schedule" if they lose focus.
High school transcripts are created by the school office in verification of the courses taken and completed by each student. Course description forms are used to list the courses being taken and to communicate grades earned at the end of each semester. Once a Course description form is received by the office with grades at the end of each semester, a transcript is created or updated and a copy sent to the parents. Official copies of transcripts, for other schools, colleges or university are available upon request. One week is needed for processing such a request.. TESTING Sunland Christian School requires yearly testing for all students in these grades: 3rd, 5th(Iowa Test), 7th - 11th. These tests are generally given each school year March-April. The fee is $35 per SCS student. Testing fee for students outside SCS is $50 per student. One of the graduation requirements is for the student to pass the SAT(Stanford test) at the 10th grade level or above in English, Reading and Math. If the student achieves these levels in the 11th grade, then they DO NOT need to take the test in the 12th grade. If they did not, then we test the 12th grade students only in the areas they need to reach the 10th grade level. SCHOLASTIC ASSESSMENT TEST (SAT) This is a test for college. Most colleges require this test to be taken as a requirement for enrollment. Most colleges look for high SAT scores and high GPA (grade point average) on high school transcripts for entrance eligibility and scholarships qualification. The SAT I Reasoning Test is divided into two sections: the verbal section tests your ability to read critically, and the mathematics section tests how well you apply concepts and interpret data. The SAT II Subject Tests, shows your strengths in specific academic areas. This test is not required, but is helpful. You will need to register for these test at least 6 weeks in advance. The tests are generally taken at a community college or high school in your local area. There are fees for these tests. For fees and locations near you, call The College Board (West) at 408 452-1400 or online at www.collegeboard.org or ask the high school counselor for the booklets called, Registration Bulletin for the SAT Program, Taking the SAT I: Reasoning Test & Taking the SAT II: Subject Tests.(these last two are sample test questions and tips.) The suggested time to have your student take the SAT for college is in the spring of their 11th grade year and fall of the 12th grade year. It can be taken as many times as you want, but typically students take the exam twice, so if the scores need improving, the student will have a chance to submit a second set. The tests are offered 6-7 times each year on specific dates only. Books can be used for preparing for the tests. The office usually has sample tests from The College Board, libraries carry books on preparing for the SAT, and most books stores sell these test preparation books. It is recommended that you register online, because mistakes are found immediately, therefore it is more efficient than mail registration where mistakes cause delays and missed deadlines. AMERICAN COLLEGE TEST (ACT) The ACT is required for certain colleges. You can find out more about the ACT, and how to register in the following ways: www.act.org, 319 337-1270, and ACT Registration Department, P.O. box 414, Iowa City, IA 52243-0414. (normal hours M-F, 8AM to 8 PM, central time). ACT Registration sends our school a few booklets for registration and a practice tests called Preparing for the ACT Assessment. PRELIMINARY SCHOLASTIC ASSESSMENT TEST (PSAT) Sunland Christian School administers this test in October each year. This test is given to high school 9th through 11th graders one time each year. It is a pre-test for the Scholastic Aptitude Test. The scores come back in December. This is a helpful study tool to prepare the student for the SAT I. There is a fee. CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL PROFICIENCY EXAM (CHSPE) SCS does not encourage minor students to "graduate from home school high school" or become exempt from compulsory attendance by taking and passing the CHSPE. Federal government agencies, out-of-state universities, armed forces, etc., do not recognize the CHSPE as equivalent to a high school diploma. Depending on a student's motives and goals, a strategy can be established for graduating from high school early. Talk with a SCS high school counselor for more information. GENERAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT (GED) The GED is an option in California for students who are seventeen years and ten months old or older. One may obtain information about the GED from a local community college, adult school or the State Department of Education, P.O. Box 271, Sacramento, CA 95802-0271. Most community colleges offer a course designed to help a student pass the GED. The GED is a life-skills test, designed to measure a student's ability to function in the adult world. SCS does offer enrollment for adults to assist them in completing their high school course requirements for graduation. Contact a high school counselor for more information. SCS provides a special focus for those students who will be graduating from high school. Proficiency testing, course completion, and transcripts are a part of the administrative aspect. During the final year of high school (whether it is a student's third or fourth year), senior activities encourage comradary among the students and families. Some senior activities include: Senior breakfast, senior field trip, senior dinner and graduation ceremony with cap and gown. Graduation is a wonderful event to invite family and friends as they celebrate high school graduation. While certain courses may be used to meet high school course requirements, your student's specific talents and interests should be the main determiner of which courses to take. Many times this will prepare them for the transfer from high school to a college or a university. 1. College for the student currently in high school - Community colleges serve various needs for students. Students may take courses, that they are academically eligible for, to fulfill course requirements for a Sunland Christian School high school diploma. College credit can be earned at the same time in most cases. Each college may have a slightly different application process. 2. College after high school graduation - There are different types of colleges - Community Colleges, California State Colleges, Universities of California, Independent Colleges and Universities, Vocational Colleges, Technical Colleges and out of state colleges. Each college has their own admission policies. They may require tests or exams, as well as high school course requirements for entrance. Each college should have a catalog and a web site. Please check with the college for their requirements. Below are helpful websites and phone numbers. California State Universities: www.calstate.edu California State University of Los Angeles: http:\\www.calstatela.edu. (213) 343-CSLA(2752). This phone number is for Cal State L.A.'s Office of Admissions and University Outreach, Student Affairs 101. First-Time Freshman Applicants Subject Requirements (for high school students) Complete with a grade of C or higher, a comprehensive pattern of college preparatory study totaling 15 units. A unit is one year of study in high school. English, 4 years. Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities California Community Colleges-www.cccco.edu Student Academic Services - (510) 987-97161). Pathways: UC's Online Admission Information & Application Network - www.ucop.edu/pathways 2). Application for Undergraduate Admission & Scholarships: www.ucop.edu/pathways/appctr$&Sense@UC 3). Information about Financial Aid and How to Finance a UC Education: www.ucop.edu/pathways/finaid UC Requirements -Admission as a Freshman At present, the UC system is only allowing students that are home schooled to gain admission by testing, by taking their courses at the local junior college, or by passing the AP tests for individual classes. To satisfy the minimum requirement by examination alone, you must achieve a composite score of 31 or higher on the ACT or a total score on the SAT I of at least 1400. In addition, you must earn a total score of 1760 or higher on the three SAT II: Subject Tests with a minimum score of 530 on each test. You cannot qualify for admission by examination alone if you have completed 12 or more units of transferable coursework at a college or university following high school graduation, or if you have taken college courses in any subject covered by the SAT II: Subject Tests. Sunland Christian School is in the process of setting up and getting approved a specific UC track set of courses. Outlined below are the high school academic courses required for admission to the University of California. Each course must be completed with at least a grade of C. The requirement consists of 15 year -long courses, seven of which must be taken during the last two years in high school. These are the minimum courses required for admission: students are encouraged to exceed these requirements whenever possible. History/Social Science-2 years, including one year of US history and one year of world history, cultures and geography. English-4 years of college preparatory English that include frequent and regular writing, and reading of classic and modern literature. No more than two semester of 9th grade English can be used to meet this requirements Mathematics-3 years of college preparatory mathematics that include the topics covered in elementary algebra, geometry, and advanced algebra (four years are recommended, including trigonometry and calculus.) These courses taken in the 7th and 8th grades may be used to fulfill this requirement if the high school accepts them as equivalent to its own courses. Laboratory Science-2 years (three years are recommended) which provide fundamental knowledge in at least two of these areas--biology, chemistry, and physics. Laboratory courses in Earth/space sciences are acceptable if they have requisites or provide basic knowledge in biology, chemistry, or physics. No more than one year of 9th grade laboratory science can be used to meet this requirement. Language other than English-2 years of the same language, other than English(three to four years are recommended). Courses should emphasize speaking and understanding and include instruction in grammar, vocabulary, reading, and composition. College Preparatory Electives-2 units, in addition to those required above, to be selected from the following subject areas: history, English, advanced mathematics, laboratory science, language other English, social science, and visual and performing arts. There are different ways to fund your college education. Never think that money should stand in the way of encouraging your student to pursue college or university! There is federal aid, state aid, scholarships, grants, loans and work study programs. Grants are need-based financial aid that does not have to be repaid. Loans are borrowed money that must be repaid with interest. Many student loans do not accrue interest or require first payment until nine months after you have exited school. Work study is the school assisting in locating a job related to your studies. Work study can be federal or state aid. Federal Student Aid Information Center(FAFSA): www.fafsa.ed.gov, EdFund: (Student loans) www.edfund.org, 916 526-7900 California Student Aid Commission: www.csac.ca.gov, 916 526-7590 (for questions about Cal Grants and other state programs.) US Department of Education's "The Student Guide": www.ed.gov/prog-info/SFA student guide Financial Aid Information Page: www.finaid.org Employment Trends: www.edd.cahwnet.gov
There are many scholarships available from educational institutions, corporations, government programs, and private organizations. The focus of a scholarship may vary from sports, academics, talents and skills, to leadership and community involvement. Scholarships can be based on need, merit, contest, or by the decision of a governing body. Many major corporations, local community organizations, and educational funds offer scholarships. Finding and applying for these scholarship can be time consuming, but rewarding. Libraries contain books listing corporations offering scholarships. Web searches can also yield leads. SCS is developing a list of such scholarships. Many scholarships are offered annually, while others appear throughout the year. Some companies offer a service for a fee to apply for scholarships, grants and other forms of funding, for your student. (We suggest you do some verification before paying any individual or service. In the recent past, there has been an increase of scam artists in this field). Once a home schooled, high school student begins to take a community college course, they may use the services of the college to discover any available scholarships and the qualifications for applying for the scholarships. OTHER OPTIONS FOR SUCCESS IN LIFE Helping students succeed in life as well as in school is one of the foundational goals of SCS. There are different ways students can achieve success. For students to succeed in school and in life does not necessarily mean they must be an academically advanced student. While there are many resources to help academic students, it is important to encourage all students to succeed in whatever way or manner they can. For some it will be in an academic field with college or university in mind. But that does not represent the path for all students. We want to encourage those who are called to the ministry, have giftedness, or who will do well in a trade, marketing, or hands-on type of vocation. In order for Sunland to support all of our students, we endeavor to provide information that will help families find ways for their students to succeed without feeling that they are failing because they are not academically gifted. Evaluation tools Trade/Technical Schools There are approximately 100 careers you can learn in two years or less. Hundreds of private vocational schools in California with varying tuition are accredited. Financial aid is often available, based on need. Examples of Available Trade/Technical Careers: Make sure the school's state license is current. It must be renewed each year and programs are subject to reevaluation every three years. Ask the school about its placement rate, the number of graduates who find employment as a result of their training, and how much money graduates earn. Tour and examine the school's classrooms, equipment and textbooks. Get information on financial aid programs and the school's refund policies if a student does not complete the program. Make sure entrance exams seem designed to measure aptitude in the subjects taught. Many schools are criticized for enrolling students who clearly cannot do the work. A school that does not seem concerned with student aptitude may not offer a serious and challenging program. Check your local phone book for locations of technical schools near you or go to www.rwm.org for information online. Apprenticeship Apprenticeship is a system of learning while earning and learning while doing. It combines training on the job, usually a skilled craft, with supplemental instruction at school. Young people work on the job with skilled journeymen to gain skills and knowledge. At the same time they are learning, they are earning and are part of a trade or industry. Apprenticeship training is offered in the samples of following vocational areas: Each program operates under apprenticeship training standards agreed to by labor and management in accordance with state and federal laws. In those crafts in which management and labor organizations exist, each selects an equal number of members of the joint apprenticeship committee. The joint apprenticeship committee determines the standards for training of the craft and supervises the training of apprentices. In many cases, the local joint apprenticeship committees have guidelines in the form of national and /or statewide standards recommended by the parent organizations. These are minimums, however, and the local groups usually have complete autonomy in developing and administering their own programs. Qualifications For Apprenticeship: In practically every skilled trade, more than a fundamental knowledge of arithmetic is essential. The ability to read, write, and speak well is more important in some than in others. Some trades prefer students who have taken shop courses and have some knowledge of mechanical drawing, blueprint reading, drafting, higher mathematics, chemistry, electricity, and/or welding. Physical fitness, a good sense of balance, eye -hand coordination, color sense, strength, agility, ability to work at heights, and mechanical aptitude are desirable qualifications in many trades and essential in others. The minimum age for apprenticeship is 18. High school graduation or the General Educational Developmnent (GED) test is required for many apprenticeship programs. Steps an apprentice applicant should take: Ministry While all Christians are called to be ministers of God, some are called to full time ministry such as pastor, missionary, or minister of music. Education for these challenging vocations can best be determined by talking with your pastor and a counselor at a Christian college such as: The Master's College, Life Bible College, or Dallas Theological Seminary. Military Service Opportunities The advantages of military service include the following: Immediate Benefits: Long-term Benefits: 1. G.I. Bill Scholarships and Student Aid Programs: If you are willing to serve for a period of time in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or U.S. Coast Guard, you will find that some very generous scholarships and student aid programs are available to you. In some cases, you can receive an education first and serve an equivalent amount of time in the military after you graduate. There are also programs that permit you to enter the service first and accumulate money for an education while you complete your enlistment period. The college scholarships pay up to full tuition costs for up to four years of undergraduate study. Some scholarships also pay instructional fees, including the costs of textbooks. Students also receive a monthly living allowance for a period up to 40 months and pay for summer training and travel. After college graduation you would be required to serve four years on active duty in the regular service as a commisssioned officer. All of the services may pay up to 90 percent of tuition costs (depending on the rank and length of service) when qualified servicemen/women take approved college courses. This includes academic, vocational, technical, and independent study. For more information, contact your local recruiting office. Recruiting Offices: U.S. Army 1-800-USA-ARMY (562) 699-2042 |
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