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Homeschool High School Updates

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Last Updated February 13, 2025

Simply Good and Beautiful Math 8 | Pre-Algebra is now available! Keep reading to learn more.

We are busy behind the scenes creating and piloting many other new courses for our preschool through grade 8 curriculum. But what about homeschool high school courses?  

We’ve created this blog post to keep you updated on the status of high school curriculum from The Good and the Beautiful.

Updates will be posted here whenever new information available is available.

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What are the current plans for high school?

We understand your desire to continue with a good and beautiful education all the way through high school—we have high school students, too!

We appreciate your patience as we develop a solid, foundational curriculum for preschool through grade 8 before increasing our attention to developing complete, academically sound high school courses.

Language Arts

Our three full-year high school levels incorporate everything needed to meet high school requirements. By design, there is no High School 4 Language Arts course, as all necessary concepts are taught in the three language arts courses we offer.

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Options for High School Year Four: 

  • Some 9th graders complete our Level 7 or Level 8 options because the courses are advanced, leaving High School Language Arts 1, 2, and 3 for 10th, 11th, and 12th grades. Note: Some states may not accept a Level 7 or 8 course for high school credit. Consult your local homeschool resources.
  • Many students who complete all three homeschool high school levels before their senior year choose to take editing, creative writing, or college-level courses. These courses are not currently available from The Good and the Beautiful.
  • Students often complete High School Honors Book Studies for in-depth literature study.

Watch our February 2024 and December 2024 videos with the latest updates about our commitment to high school curriculum.

More High School Courses

In addition to our rigorous high school language arts courses, we will be creating additional high school courses with several elective classes to prepare students to face adulthood and parenthood with faith, character, knowledge, and powerful skills.

You might be surprised to learn that less than 3% of our customers homeschool a high schooler. High school curriculum is much more expensive to create than K–8 curriculum, and it takes a lot more time and energy. Creating high school curriculum would not be the route to go if we were seeking products with the highest profits.

But our team at The Good and the Beautiful feels strongly that the high school curriculum we are creating is needed. It will enable parents to homeschool high schoolers and enable students to continue benefiting from good and beautiful educational materials.

So when is it coming?

Everything we do at The Good and the Beautiful is thoughtfully planned and of the highest quality. We have decided that it will serve you all best to release individual high school subjects as we create them. They will be worth the wait! In the meantime, our high school language arts courses are available.

Science

Wanting our high school science courses to be academically robust and easy for parents to homeschool high school, we’ve taken our time to figure out just the right approach. Our full-year Biology course will help teens see the beauty and wonder of science. We have spent years fine-tuning our high school biology course and we expect to release it in time for the 2025-2026 school year. Watch our December 2024 update for more information.

Math

Simply Good and Beautiful Math 7 is a full-year math course that prepares students for pre-algebra. Simply Good and Beautiful Pre-Algebra | Math 8 is our newest math course and thoroughly prepares students for algebra and beyond. 

Students have two math track options after completing Simply Good and Beautiful Math 6. 

When deciding, consider how successful your student was in Math 6 and how much your student enjoys math in general. It’s also important to start thinking about high school courses, your state’s math requirements for graduation, and your child’s future goals. If your student wants to pursue a math-related major, taking Pre-Algebra in 7th grade will allow him or her to take an additional math course in high school. Simply Good and Beautiful Pre-Algebra course is now available!

Alternatively, a student who does not intend to enter a math-heavy field may prefer to take Pre-Algebra in 8th grade. Pre-Algebra is most commonly taken in 7th or 8th grade, though some students take it in 6th grade, and others wait until 9th grade. There is no right or wrong decision. The choice is a personal one, but do consider future courses and your state’s requirements. Use the High School Math Tracks chart below to help plan your student’s math courses through high school.
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History

Our development team is deep in the creation of brand-new History courses. History Year 1 is anticipated to release in March of 2025 and History Years 2–4 are scheduled to release every six months after that. Click here to see more details about the new History courses.

Information on a high school level history program will be available at a later date.

Homeschool Accreditation

We will be offering non-accredited courses for our homeschool high school curriculum. This is subject to change, of course, but we will likely always have non-accredited options available if we later also pursue accredited classes. We will update information here as plans solidify.

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  • High School 1 Course Set

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  • High School Honors Book Study

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