Importance of Transcripts

Years ago my son who was a homeschool and public school drop out came to me and said he felt he needed to go to college. Whoa! I wasn’t sure he could pull it off with all the “lack of credits” he had. But we started working on a transcript. I had previously kept all the things we had done over the years in a notebook. As we typed up all the things he had done I was impressed, but there was something far more rewarding. When we were all finished and he was looking at all the pages. He turned to me and said, “Wow, I really am smart.” We both cried. “Of course you are smart, honey.” I said, “did you not know that?” “No, not really,” was his response. “Well here is proof!” I replied. He had spent the last few year wandering and believing he was nothing, even unintelligent. How sad! If we had only done this earlier he could have felt better about himself earlier. May you not make the same mistakes I have made.

Recently I was asked why we need to do transcripts and how to make them. So, I put together a zoom class with all the details.

Here is the video of the highlights and the handouts I offered the class:

Video on the zoom class:

Coming soon…

The Transcript Planning Guide:

Transcripts planning-guide

An Example High school Transcript:

Izaak’s Homeschool Transcripts

Blank High School Transcript:

Homeschool Transcript Templates