Mt. Sophia Ideas

Do you get nervous before a big test?
Try these ideas:
1) Study each day. A little daily learning helps develop strong neural pathways in your brain. These strong neural pathways make information easier to retrieve even if you feel tense during a test.
2) Review your notes the evening before the test. Take [...]

We are getting ready to leap into the new school year.
Here are 3 tips to help this year be successful:
1) Make a schedule
Students who make and follow a schedule tend to do better than those who don’t. Schedules help you pace yourself- not over work and not over play.
2) Make friends
High school is an important [...]

In May 2011, Mike Rowe, creator and host of “Dirty Jobs,” testified before Congress about the “skills gap” in America. He said, “We’ve elevated the importance of ‘higher education’ to such a lofty perch that all other forms of knowledge are now labeled ‘alternative.’ Millions of parents and kids see apprenticeships and on-the-job-training opportunities as [...]

Who is your homeschooler?
If I ran into you in an elevator and asked you to describe your homeschooler(s), could you give me a one-minute answer?
(This by the way, is called an elevator pitch.)
If you don’t have an elevator pitch about your kids, maybe your mission has become fuzzy?
Why are you homeschooling? What are you hoping [...]

Competition is fierce for entrance into some colleges.
For many homeschoolers, college is the next step after high school. How can he/she add power to a good transcript?
1) Develop expertise in a talent.
Colleges are often impressed when a transcript shows that a student has put quality time into a talent and developed expertise in that area.
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You may have noticed that Mt. Sophia’s high school courses now have “Levels” attached to them.
What are levels?
Colleges these days are looking for a description of the amount of academic rigor associated with each class. Some high schools call this description “Levels”; some call it “Phases”.
Whatever a school calls the description, [...]