If you want additional documentation of your homeschool, a high school comprehensive record includes a course description, texts used, and grading criteria for each class. Each course is thoroughly described and is spiral bound or put into a notebook with the other homeschool documentation you have: declaration of intent, transcripts, immunization records, and book lists, etc.


View sample pages from a Comprehensive Record:
            --table of contents
            --sample course description
            --sample reading list

How it Works:
A high school comprehensive record takes about a week or more of concerted effort. First we will set up an appointment to exchange information. We may collect the information together by mail and telephone, or in person. I’ll collect information from all of your courses, including the books you used, the grades you gave, how you evaluated your student, and other experiences you want to include in each course. Then we will brainstorm together some ideas for further documentation. After I have your information, it takes me approximately two hours per course to complete each page of the comprehensive record. When I’m finished, we will review the document together and make any necessary additions or changes. The comprehensive record can be presented to you either in a spiral-bound form, ready for college applications, or, if you prefer, in a 3-ring binder with dividers for each class. In spiral-bound form, the comprehensive record is ready for college applications. In a 3-ring binder, you will be able to store all your documentation behind each divider, making all your homeschool records completely accessible.

The HomeScholar Advantage:
Colleges can see all the information they need about your homeschool courses and activities, to help them make an informed admissions decision. Thorough record keeping can assure admissions counselors of the academic rigor of your homeschool. Extensive records of your courses and extracurricular activities may lead to increased financial aid. Remember that colleges require only a transcript; and they like to have a transcript plus a reading list. A comprehensive record is really MORE than enough documentation. It’s useful if you are applying to a highly selective college, if you really need financial aid from the college, or if you want to compensate for a weakness the college application (like low SAT scores, for example.) As the parent, you can decide if a comprehensive record is helpful for your child.

Price:       $50 per hour.

Email the The HomeScholar to learn more or get started on your student's comprehensive record.

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"It shocked me what you completed in such detail and pretty format in such a short time frame. You completed an enormous volume of records and made our whole family feel great about what we had accomplished. My kid feels validated by these records; I caught him reading them again last night. Lee, you also gave me a vision of the end goal and I will use that to finish the high school years."
        ~ Ammanda in Washington