The first thing you would find helpful is the basic answer to "How to Make a Transcript" in the first place, right? Well, my first student graduated in 2003. I created a one-page transcript template to use and created the transcript based on the courses completed, course plan was created around state expectations for high school graduation.
High School Credit Report
Student Name:
Date of Birth:
Social Security #:
Address:
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We hereby affirm the completion of
the following courses by our child.
Date: ______________________
Father:
_________________________ Mother:
_____________________________
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Subjects
and
Required
Credits
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Ninth Grade
Year:
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Tenth Grade
Year:
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Eleventh Grade
Year:
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Twelfth Grade
Year:
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Description Grade Credit
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Description Grade Credit
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Description Grade Credit
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Description Grade Credit
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Bible / Christian Service
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3
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English
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4
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*
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Math
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3
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Science
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3
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Social Studies
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3
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Physical Ed./
Health
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1
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Elective
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4
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Elective
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Elective
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Elective
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Total Credits by Grade
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Requirements
on this form are based on the graduation requirements for the state of Maryland. These requirements should be filled in
according to your state.
The transcript is actually long-ways left to right, but this gives you the basic idea. So next I filled it in with things like "English 9", 10, 11, 12, Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Biology, Chemistry, etc. For social studies we were doing Tapestry of Grace, so my titles were like "History of the Ancient World," "History of the Middle Ages", "History of the 19th Century," and "History of the 20th Century". Then I realized I could also tweak some of my other course titles. I added in student-specific electives and changed some other things. Schools like to have parent signatures on home school transcripts.
Name of Homeschool
Address Line 1
Address Line 2
Official High School Transcript
Student Name: _________________________ Date of Birth: ___________
Social Security #: __________________ Phone Number: _____________
Address: _________________________________________________
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We hereby affirm the completion of
the following courses by our child.
Date: ______________________
Father:
_________________________ Mother:
_____________________________
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Subjects
and
Required
Credits
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Ninth Grade
Year: 2000-2001
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Tenth Grade
Year:
2001-2002
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Eleventh Grade (CURRENT)
Year: 2002-2003
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Twelfth Grade (FUTURE)
Year: 2003-2004
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Description Grade Credit
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Description Grade Credit
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Description Grade Credit
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Description Grade Credit
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Bible / Christian Service
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3
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*Bible Survey/History of the Early
Church
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P
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1
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*Church History: Medieval to 1800
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P
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1/2
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*Church History: The 1800s
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P
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1/2
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*Church History: The 1900s
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P
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1/2
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English
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4
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*Classic Literature of the Ancient
World, Composition & Grammar
(Honors)
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P
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1
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* Classic Literature of the Western
World: 500-1800 AD, Com-position &
Grammar (Honors)
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P
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1
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*Classic
Literature of the Western World: 1800s, Composition & Grammar (Honors)
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P
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1
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*Classic
Literature of the Western World: 1900s, Composition & Grammar (Honors)
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P
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1
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Math
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3
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Algebra 1
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P
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1
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Geometry
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B
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1
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Continuing Algebra Concepts
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P
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1
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Science
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3
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Biology
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A
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1
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Chemistry
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B
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1
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Anatomy (Adv. Biology)
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A
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1
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Social Studies
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3
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*History of the Ancient World (World History I) (HONORS)
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P
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1
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*World History II
(Fall of Rome to Colonial America)
(Honors)
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P
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1
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*World History III: America in
the 1800s (Honors)
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P
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1
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*History of the World IV: America in the 1900s
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P
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1
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Health/PE
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1
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Health
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P
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1/2
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Phys Ed:
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P
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1/2
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Phys Ed/Drivers Ed
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P
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1/4
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Elective
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4
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Latin 1
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A
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1
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Latin 2
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A
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1
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Music Theory
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P
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1/4
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Elective
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Introduction to Computers/Keyboards
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P
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1
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Work/co-op: Lashof Violin Shop
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N/A
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1
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Work/co-op: Lashof Violin Shop
(current)
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N/A
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1
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Advanced Computer Applications
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P
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1/2
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Elective
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Violin 2
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P
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1
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Violin 3 and Montgomery Symphony
Orchestra
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P
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1
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Violin 4
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P
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1
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Home
Economics
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N/A
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1
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Elective
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*History of Fine Arts: Ancient World
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P
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1/2
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History
of Fine Arts: Medieval to 1800
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P
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1/2
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History
of Fine Arts: the 1800s
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P
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1/4
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History
of Fine Arts: the 1900s
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A
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1/4
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Total Credits by Grade
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21
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Ninth Grade
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7
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Tenth
Grade
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8
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Eleventh Grade
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7-1/4
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Twelfth Grade
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6-3/4
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*TOG - Tapestry of
Grace Curriculum, Years 1 - 4. See
www.Tapestryofgrace.com for more information.
My first student graduated in 2003, so I've had a lot of time to learn new things since then. I learned most of my best stuff from a woman named Lee Binz, The Homescholar. She gives free video teleclasses, but also has some fabulous products that she sells. I invested in her products.
Total transparency here, I am NOT an affiliate. I share this information because I am constantly amazed by the number of people I come across regularly who have never heard of Lee Binz.
Here is a very helpful video for you. You can also go to YouTube and search for "Lee Binz" to find more.
If you sign up for her emails, she will send you links to her blog, invitations periodically to teleclasses, and sometimes links to wonderful ebooks on Kindle that post briefly for free for you to download. I invested in The Comprehensive Record Solution, and for a while, The Gold Club. Lee helped me make my son's transcript shine!
She also challenged me to give my son some credit for things I hadn't considered. For example, my son has a hobby tthat was driving me crazy because he wouldn't do the school work I had assigned but was always working on his hobby instead. He likes to make whips out of paracord. So why did I not give him an art credit and call it "Creative Crafts" -- a lot of public school students have such classes and credits. So I did! Lee also asked me why my son had only 1/2 credit in Health and 1/2 credit in Physical Education. Well, it was because that's what the state requires for graduation. But Lee said, "Your son is an Eagle Scout and is active in Civil Air Patrol. He's been camping and hiking, got a Personal Fitness Merit Badge, is marching in CAP, as well as their "Drug Reduction Push" training. He can probably have four credits in PE and several credits in Health." So I evaluated these subjects and increased his credits, although not to as many as she had suggested.
So using my original transcript template, I came up with an amazing transcript for my son, one that colleges are happy with:
High School Credit Report
Student Name: Date of Birth:
Social Security #:
Address:
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We hereby affirm the completion of
the following courses by our child.
Date: ______________________
Father: _________________________ Mother: _____________________________
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Subjects
and
Required
Credits
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Ninth Grade
Year: 2014-2015
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Tenth Grade
Year:
2015-2016
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Eleventh Grade
Year: 2016-2017
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Twelfth Grade
Year: 2017-2018
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Description Grade Credit
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Description Grade Credit
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Description Grade Credit
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Description Grade Credit
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Bible / Religion
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4
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Archeology
and Poetry of the Bible
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A
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1.0
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Old
Testament History
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A
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1.0
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English
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4
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Literature
and Composition with Grammar
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B
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1.0
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Literary
Analysis, Composition & Grammar
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B
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1.0
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MC
ENGL 102: Critical Reading, Writing and Research
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A
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1.0
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MC
ENGL 101: Introduction to College Writing
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B
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1.0
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Math
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4
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Algebra
I
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B
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1.0
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Algebra
II
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B
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1.0
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Geometry
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IP
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1.0
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Science
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4
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Biology
with lab
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A
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1.0
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Chemistry
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A
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1.0
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MC BIOL
101: General Biology with Lab
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A
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1.0
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Social Studies
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4
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Ancient
Civilizations
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B
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1.0
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Early
American History
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B
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1.0
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MC
HIST 114: The World in the 20th Century
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A
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1.0
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MC
POLI 101: American Government
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A
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1.0
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MC
SOCY 100: Introduction to Sociology
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B
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1.0
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Physical Ed./
Health
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1
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Personal
Fitness with Health 1
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A
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1.0
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Personal
Fitness with Health 2
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A
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1.0
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Personal
Fitness with Health 3
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A
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1.0
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Foreign Language
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2
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Conversational
Spanish
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B
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1.0
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MC
SPAN 101: Elementary Spanish I
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A
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1.0
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MC
SPAN 102: Elementary Spanish II
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B
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1.0
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Elective
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Videography
|
A
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1.0
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Music
Appreciation
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A
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0.5
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Guitar
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A
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1.0
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MC
ACCT 221: Accounting I
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IP
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1.0
|
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Elective
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Sculpture
Technique – Modeling, and other Handicrafts
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A
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0,5
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Sculpture
Technique – Construct, and other Handicrafts
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A
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0.5
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Contemporary Crafts
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A
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1.0
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MC
ECON 201: Principles of Economics I
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IP
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1.0
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Elective
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Driver’s
Education
|
A
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0.5
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Total Credits
|
Ninth Grade
|
8.5
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Tenth Grade
|
8.0
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Eleventh Grade
|
7.5
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Twelfth Grade
|
6.0
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Certification: Each credit represents one or more of
the following: (1) 150 hours of class time, not counting homework; (2)
successful completion of at least ¾ of a
standard
high school textbook, including all publisher-prepared problems, quizzes, and tests; (3) private high school
courses worth one traditional credit;
(4) community college courses worth at least two credit hours; or (5) private
courses taught by a private school teacher.
Next Lee challenged me to stop using my own transcript format and instead use her Comprehensive Curriculum Package, which I did. It has a table of contents followed by a transcript by year AND a transcript by subject. Then following the transcripts, I had to create (using Lee's template) a course description page for each subject my student was receiving credit for. The course description pages were followed by work samples. I can't show you pictures because these formats are Lee Binz's.
After my son had applied and been accepted by several colleges, some of the colleges were wanting to see the course syllabi for courses my son had taken in college through the dual enrollment program. I plugged these in where I had previously had the work samples.
I hope this post has been helpful. If you'd like my blank template for a transcript in Word format, drop me a comment below with your email in it and I'll send it to you. I can't encourage you strongly enough, though, to follow the links to Lee Binz. Some of her programs cost $99-$199 or so, but there is also so much free stuff that you won't regret it!
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