Can You Really Outsource High School? One Mom’s Story

Homeschool Better Together with Pam Barnhill

Pam Barnhill

Kids & Family, Christianity, Education, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 683 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Homeschooling high school feels like a big shift. Suddenly, you’re looking at advanced subjects, keeping transcripts, and preparing your teen for what comes next. In this episode, I sit down with Meg Angelino, our operations manager and curriculum editor, to talk about what happens when you start outsourcing classes while still juggling motherhood. We discuss our journeys toward more organized homeschools, and the vital role our online community plays in offering encouragement and fresh ideas. Listen in to gain practical insights on the changing roles as a parent, keeping students motivated, and the emotional rollercoaster that comes with transitioning to high school.

Key Takeaways:

Outsourcing reduces stress while ensuring a solid education.
Feeling overwhelmed? Consider online courses, co-ops, or dual enrollment.
Stay involved—check assignments, discuss lessons, and help with deadlines.
Options include live/self-paced online courses, hybrid programs, co-ops, and community college classes.
Teens need independence but still require guidance.
Keep core traditions like Morning Time, read-alouds, and discussions to maintain your homeschool’s values.

Links and Resources:

For full show notes and a transcript of today’s episode, head to pambarnhill.com/hsbt34

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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 back to the podcast. So this is the second
0:33.5	episode in our Tale of Two High School's series. And today I'm joined by Meg Angelino.
0:40.8	And we're going to be talking about what homeschooling high school looks like when you outsource a lot of
0:47.6	your classes. And just Meg's start getting started homeschooling high school after having homeschooled for so many years and then
0:55.9	oh now i have this freshman and i have to do something new now if you missed it the last episode
1:03.2	was don garrett our community manager and she interviewed elizabeth over cash elizabeth also has a young high schooler. She has a high
1:13.0	schooler in 10th grade, but she has the unique perspective of having had an older child go to
1:19.3	public school. And so now she is able to compare that public school experience with a child to her
1:25.7	homeschool experience with a child.
1:28.2	So this is our tale of two high schools.
1:30.7	Be sure to go back and listen to that last episode with Elizabeth.
1:34.6	She is doing a very eclectic, hands-on teacher-intensive kind of homeschooling.
1:40.7	And you'll get a great juxtaposition over what Meg's doing. And it's just really fun to look at the
1:49.4	different kinds of high school experiences you can create based on what your kids need. And so
1:55.6	that's what we're going to be talking about today. Enjoy the podcast. All right, I am here today with Ms. Meg Angelino. She is a regular
2:04.5	on the podcast. She is the operations manager and the curriculum editor here at homeschool
2:12.4	better together. And so you have heard her voice before. And she is also the mom of two homeschool kids.
2:19.7	And I'm going to get their ages wrong.
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