Nevertheless, remember the fact that your separate highschool transcript will replicate the programs that your pupil has taken. For instance, the transcript might have Bodily Training as a course
listed within the ninth grade 12 months although your pupil will proceed doing bodily actions all through all 4 years which will probably be mirrored within the portfolio. Your transcript might listing
Engineering as a course within the eleventh grade 12 months, a category that you should use to cowl Math and Science by way of the portfolio. In different phrases, the highschool transcript displays the precise programs
that your pupil will take annually; the portfolio reveals how you’ll cowl all the final topic areas.
What are your choices for overlaying topic areas? You possibly can educate the entire topics individually yearly, or you’ll be able to remember the fact that many topics overlap, and what you might be doing in a single
topic space might “depend” for an additional topic space. You’ll want to be clear in your portfolio the place you could have coated every topic space. For instance, should you did Human Anatomy and Physiology
for Science, then for the Well being part of your portfolio, you’ll be able to put in samples from that class with an evidence that Well being was coated throughout that point.
Here’s what must be coated yearly as per Maine state legislation:
English and language arts, math, science, social research, bodily training, well being training, library abilities, effective arts, Maine research (in a single grade between grades 6 and 12), and laptop
proficiency (in a single grade between grades 7 and 12). Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 20-A, § 5001-A(3)(A)(4)(a)(iv).
Utilizing a HOME pre-assembled
portfolio is the right device that will help you preserve monitor and present proof of labor completed in all required topic areas.
Here’s a listing that will assist you concentrate on overlapping topics:
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English/Language Arts—this topic can cowl almost the entire different topics by way of studying and writing about matters within the different topic areas. For instance, should you
will not be overlaying Well being as a separate, particular class, you’ll be able to select to learn and write about matters associated to Well being (diet, emotional well being, religious well-being, psychological wellness,
bodily well being and therapeutic, and many others.) In case your Historical past class has studying, analysis, and writing, that will additionally double as an English Language Arts class. -
Math– there may be typically instances Math embedded in Science. In case your pupil is taking a Pc Science class or a Chemistry/Physics class, Math will probably be coated closely in
these topic areas. In case your pupil is engaged on Residence Sciences, you could be managing cash/banking, working with and experimenting with recipes, measuring materials for making garments,
and many others. -
Science– Science may also come from Well being and PE as you might be studying about physique methods, chemical compounds that have an effect on temper, meals that your physique wants, train and its impact on
hormones, and many others. Science may also be part of Social Research when you find yourself inspecting cultures and locations—the terrain of the land, minerals discovered somewhere else, meals preferences of
cultures, and many others. -
Social Research-Social Research has a wide selection of matters—Geography (which could be utilized to Science when you find yourself learning the ins and outs of the Earth), Anthropology (Social
Science) when you find yourself learning the sociological points of peoples and cultures, Media Affect on Societies and Social Mobility (Math and Science), Biblical Research, Politics, Economics
(Math), Regulation, Sociology, and Communication (ELA). -
Bodily Training– this topic could be coated in some ways. Any motion for the aim of well-being counts. Hold monitor of when you find yourself strolling, mountain climbing,
biking, swimming, climbing, mowing the garden, raking leaves, reducing wooden, dancing, something you do as a household that entails motion. You pupil might also be part of a sports activities workforce,
have a YMCA membership, are studying martial arts, and many others. Or you’ll have a program that you’re following. Needless to say Bodily Training is a part of your common way of life. -
Well being Training– Well being may also be coated by way of Science and Social Research. In case you are learning Human Anatomy or Biology, that can also be a Well being matter. If you happen to
are learning social behaviors in cultures, that may be a well being matter. Additionally, if you’re working a curriculum for Well being, you are able to do that when per week for the 4 years of highschool,
moderately than working it day by day for a semester. -
Library Abilities– Library Abilities could be coated in your different topic areas by way of analysis writing—studying to distinguish between a reputable supply and a
non-credible supply, navigating search engines like google and yahoo, utilizing on-line libraries and databases, creating an appropriately formatted bibliography and citing sources appropriately inside your paper/undertaking,
and many others. -
High-quality Arts– High-quality Arts can are available in many varieties—music-vocal/devices, drawing/portray, sculpting, common artwork, net design, graphic design, dance, drama, film-making,
images, vogue/clothes design, song-writing, blended media, jewelry-making, crafting, woodworking, knitting/crocheting, baking/cooking, and many others. Additionally, your pupil might already be doing
some issues as hobbies that may fulfill the High-quality Arts requirement. -
Maine Research (in a single grade between grades 6 and 12)- Maine Research might present up in your pupil’s Social Research work and sciences. And each time you go to a museum or
a fort, you might be experiencing Maine and studying extra concerning the state. Each time you discuss seasons altering, go apple selecting, go to a maple sugar home, go kayaking, eat a
lobster, play within the snow, go fishing, and many others., take the time to find out about how these actions happened and the way they’re linked to Maine custom, then preserve monitor of it. -
Pc Proficiency (in a single grade between grades 7 and 12)- This talent will present up in your entire lessons. Any time your pupil sorts a report, creates an influence level
presentation, makes use of blended multi-media, researches on the Web, sends an e mail, manages a webpage/Youtube channel, codes a online game, posts on an academic message board, takes an internet
class, and many others., he’s utilizing laptop abilities. This talent could also be used immediately by way of a category or by way of a pastime.
Angela Hurd acquired her BA from Northwestern School in St. Paul, MN in English Training/Bible and was an English instructor for 18 years at Belfast Space Excessive
Faculty in Belfast, ME. She is now gratefully homeschooling her two younger sons in her small city of Morrill. She loves studying books together with her boys, speaking about politics together with her
husband, singing worship music, and studying one thing new day by day!
