HSHSP Ep 120: How to Get Homeschool Transcripts Exactly Right

This week on HSHSP Ep 120: How to Get Homeschool Transcripts Exactly Right!

HSHSP Ep 120: How to Get Homeschool Transcripts Exactly Right

How to Get Homeschool Transcripts Exactly Right. Or else! Well, not really. However, transcripts are important so here is how we do our transcripts.

There isn’t really a magical formula or necessary downloadable form from your state government that you must fill out.

There’s not ONE right way to homeschool high school…OR complete a transcript.

Include:

Name
Date of Birth
Social Security (totally optional)
Address
Contact information (email address, optional)
Title of your homeschool (optional)
For most transcripts, break out courses taken by year with name of course, levels, amount of credit, grade.
- Here is an HSHSP episode on levels
- Here is an HSHSP episode on assigning grades
Course Summary section (compilation of courses, along with the grade those courses were taken. This is optional.)
Use sparkle titles where applicable (ie. if your teen covered World History credit using History and Philosophy of the Western World, use that title)
Extracurriculars
Service hours
- Here is an HSHSP episode about recording service hours
Competitions
GPA
- Here is a post on figuring out the GPA
Graduation date
SAT or ACT scores

Suggestion:

Keep backup document with course descriptions
Do some research on college, sports and military requirements by visiting websites, recruiters
There are transcript programs out there. Use those or make your own.
Remember to keep your integrity.

So, that’s how you do get the homeschool high school transcript exactly right, with the the exactly ONE right formula…Oh, right! There’s not ONE right way to do a homeschool transcript. These are simply the tools that we have used over the years on the transcripts of our own kids and the hundreds of homeschool high schoolers in our local umbrella school who have graduated and gone on successfully to the next phase of life. Adapt our information and ideas to your teens’ needs! Let us know your ideas.

Join Sabrina, Vicki and Kym for this informative episode and check out these helpful posts: