Homeschool for Success: High School Planning Grid

Use this planning grid to map out a high school homeschool program that ticks all the boxes.

I learned a nifty strategy from my kids’ math program one year: Work backwards. Since then, it’s become a life mantra. Want to end up in a happy career? Start at the end and figure out each of the necessary preceding steps along the way, one by one. Want to end up with a college-ready senior? Plan the senior year first, then the junior year, and so forth all the way back to 8th grade. This strategy will help you make sure you don’t skip something important and ensure you allow adequate time for the priorities.

Your high school plan will get revised many times, but keeping the current draft front and center will help you and your collegebound kid say no to opportunities not on the pathway. (A common pitfall is trying to do too many things during high school instead of a few things really well.)

I created a planning grid when I wrote the Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling Teens and a copy of it also appears in the appendix of The Ultimate Homeschool Planner I created for Apologia.

Download a blank planning grid here.

Download a sample high school plan for a competitive scholarship candidate here.

Collegebound homeschooler? Checklist of classes, tests, and experiences by graduation.