Weekly Wrap Up 2/11/22-- 100 school days

 We have reached the 100 days mark and MarioFan is getting closer to the end of his Senior year of High School, yikes:)

At around this time period I do a quick recap of everything accomplished and see if we are ahead or behind in any areas.  this allows me to make adjustments to our schedule to make sure we get our required hours in for every class.

Literature and Comp (grammar and vocabulary) 1 credit -  We have complete 5 books (Things Fall Apart, Lord of the Flies, Outsiders, Slaughter house Five and Great Gatsby) and 2 papers this semester.  He is also doing a lot of reading in his other classes so I haven't overloaded him with as many books this year as I have in the past.  I just realized I haven't done any poetry this year, oops! Since MarioFan is doing a lot of writing and research in his other classes I have allowed a huge reduction of writing after reading each assigned book.  There are plans to do at least one more writing assignment before the end of the year! We have plans to read at least 3 more books before the end of the the school year (I am Legend, Ready Player One and the play A Street Car Named Desire). I wish we had more time as there are so many books I wish we could read, oh well, hopefully MarioFan will continue to read on his own.  We are more than half way done with his grammar and vocabulary books -- On Target except for poetry which I will try to fit in

Cybersecurity  1 credit - MarioFan is on lesson 10 of 16 lessons (each lesson is several weeks long) -- On target

Pre Calculas 1 credit - Again progressing very nicely in this area and about 3/4 of the way through the book -- On target

Physics 1 credit -- Online class and progressing -- On target

Spanish 1 credit -- Online class and progressing -- On target 

Personal Finance .5 credit -- Online video class with a friend and we are on lesson 18 out of 20.  We had hope to be done before Christmas as this was only to be a 1/2 credit class but we had had to miss a few weeks due to varying things that have come up and it is the easiest class to push back when we have needed too. -- Slightly behind but will finish well before the end of the school year

Social Justice was a .5 credit but now upgraded to a 1 credit -- class taught with a friend.  In this class he has also read 3 books (Stamped, Broke in America and Just Mercy).  We had anticipated this class to only be a half credit but the boys are really diving into these topics and the Moms decided to make this a 1 credit class due to the amount of hours the boys are putting into it.  -- ON target with adjustments

Human Geography 1 credit -- Class taught with a friend We are progressing nicely with this class as well and are well into the needed hours for this course that we are thinking of upgrading to an honors level.  We are using the book "The Cultural Landscape" by Rubenstein and a great course video lectures series called "Understanding Cultural and Human geography"  by Professor Paul Robbins.  He is also reading Guns, Germs and Steel for this class -- On target 

Drivers Education .5 -- Continues his weekly driving lesson with the goal to take the exam in March.   His driving instructor thinks he is more than ready to take the test, but I still want a little more time to prepare to have another driver in the house -- On target or behind depending on who you talk too:) 

Piano .5  -- Continues his piano lessons and daily practicing and music theory.  Has not been able to paritipate in music festivals or recitals due to the pandemic -- On target 

Mariofan will be participating in a Homeschool graduation ceremony the end of May and then we will be leaving and moving to our new home in another state.  Exciting times are ahead for the whole family