Furthermore, transcripts server other purposes. You may use them to obtain lower driver's insurance rates. Some states require them to obtain student wok permits. A transcript can help your student gain admission to special program for high school students, programs like Aviation Challenge at Space Camp or Talent Search at various universities. Now that we have done several transcripts and updates, I also have been pleasantly surprised by the motivation transcripts create.
Students look at the finished product and realize just how much they have accomplished.
Many students are spurred to greater efforts to have a more complete transcript. As previously stated, writing a transcript does not commit the family to any one approach to homeschooling. Ideally, beginning in the ninth grade, homeschoolers should update the transcript semi-annually or annually. This has the hidden benefit of motivating some students. If you find yourself in a situation we faced with Jeff, your high school documentation may be sketchy.