Other Records Important to Homeschoolers

 

In Washington state, 150 hours of study constitutes a credit of high school work. For instance, your 4-H project may serve as a vocational credit toward graduation as long as you document the time you have spent working on your project. Summarize where possible, get specific where you need to. Show both the type of activity and the time spent.

 

Example of a summary:

Clean shelter, groom animals, 45 minutes daily for 20 weeks, or 0.75 hours x 7 days per week x 20 weeks = 105 hours.

 

Example of specific activity:

Birthing goats on March 20, 10 hours.

 

If your project requires a record book, then try to record or estimate the time you spend on a project in that record book. Use the activity record page to write briefly about the project, summarize the time you have spent, and the specific graduation requirement or college entrance requirement to which you would like to apply your project. Include photos! Be sure to state on the activity record page where your record book will be stored.

 

Other activities in which you have participated, even if you have tried them only once, may have influence on a college application. Use the following page, copied as many times as necessary, and the weekly and monthly calendars in a planner or calendar to help record or summarize your work with such groups as

  • Sports teams, martial arts, outdoorsmanship
  • 4-H (If you keep a record book, try to summarize your time there.)
  • Drama, dance, community orchestras and bands
  • Competitive academic teams, such as Knowledge Bowl, Math Olympiad, science competitions, History Day, Chess etc.
  • FFA, FBLA, FHA
  • Civil Air Patrol
  • Scouting
  • Church youth group, especially service projects and mission trips
  • Bible Quizzing
  • Music lessons (include an estimate of practice time and recital dates)
  • Vacations and travel
  • Work experience

Link to a sample activity record page in pdf format.


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