A Game-Changing Approach to Homeschooling High School

Homeschool Better Together with Pam Barnhill

Pam Barnhill

Kids & Family, Christianity, Education, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 683 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Homeschooling high school can feel overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be! In this episode, our community manager, Dawn Garrett, steps in as host to chat with homeschool mom Elizabeth Overcash about her experience navigating these crucial years. Elizabeth, a retired military wife, shares her unique perspective—having one child who graduated from a traditional school while homeschooling her younger two.

She talks about shifting from a hands-on teaching style to more of a coaching role, balancing structure with flexibility, and helping her teens take ownership of their education. She also discusses how she integrates out-of-the-box learning, like film studies and Scouting, while ensuring her kids meet high school requirements.

Key Takeaways:

The transition to homeschooling high school doesn’t have to be scary—it’s about adjusting your role from teacher to guide.
Structure matters, but so does allowing flexibility for real-life learning.
Giving teens ownership over their curriculum choices boosts motivation and engagement.
Planning tools like Navigating High School and Plan Your Year can make the process smoother.
Homeschooling high school is about preparing kids for life, not just checking academic boxes.

Links and Resources:

For full show notes and a transcript of today’s episode, head to pambarnhill.com/hsbt(33)

Transcript

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0:00.0	Are you ready for homeschooling to feel joyful again?
0:05.4	Do you long for support as you learn alongside your kids?
0:10.3	Welcome to Home School Better Together, a podcast about building a homeschool experience that works for your family.
0:18.2	I'm Pam Barnhill, and it's time to step out of the overwhelm and
0:22.0	into the wonder. Let's do this. Hi there and welcome to the podcast. Today we have a special
0:33.7	treat for you. Our customer service manager, Miss Don Garrett, also our community manager.
0:40.5	She just takes care of so many things around here. She is going to be hosting the podcast today.
0:45.8	And she is going to be joined by Elizabeth Overcash, who is a homeschooling mom. Right now, she's homeschooling
0:52.4	two kids. But she has graduated another, not from her homeschooling mom. Right now she's homeschooling two kids, but she has graduated another.
0:56.3	Not from her homeschool, though. So this is a very interesting perspective that Elizabeth is
1:01.3	bringing to us because her oldest child finished schooling in a more traditional manner. And so now
1:09.2	she's stepping up in homeschooling high school for her remaining
1:12.6	children. Now she has a very eclectic style of homeschooling. Next episode, I will be joined by Meg
1:20.3	Angelino, who is a member of our team here at homeschool better together. And we are going to be
1:25.8	talking about her homeschool high school experience.
1:29.3	So jokingly behind the scenes, we've kind of called this series a tale of two high schools because
1:35.4	we wanted you to see that really there is no one right way to homeschool high school. And while Elizabeth
1:43.1	is very hands on and very much leading her kids
1:48.0	through more of an eclectic literature-based homeschool style, Meg has chosen to outsource a number of
1:56.8	classes for her teen boy. And so right now she's got this one high schooler who just started
2:04.0	this year. And so we're going to be talking about what the year was like for Meg and her high
2:07.8	schooler, what they're planning on doing next year and kind of her experiences with homeschooling
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