| High school age students have a dilemma with ballet | | | | put one together. It is not difficult because there are |
| training, and balancing the demands of the academic | | | | many models to use. Here's another thing that helps - |
| and the artistic. However, the structure of education is | | | | home schooling high schoolers, at least in California, can |
| actually quite flexible. The easiest solution is to get | | | | register in community college courses for NO cost, and |
| accepted into a full time ballet/academic school, but | | | | get college credits for the courses. This is in place |
| that is not possible for many. Here are some ideas | | | | because many home schoolers have finished high |
| dancers and parents may want to explore. | | | | school by the time they are thirteen years old. |
| Finding out the audition schedules and possible audition | | | | When you factor in the legal requirement in spending |
| tours of the full time ballet/academic schools is not | | | | three hours a day in school, and how much work a |
| difficult. | | | | student can do in that time, without all the extra time |
| Use a search engine and type in "full time ballet | | | | spent just going through the daily motions of a public |
| schools in (name your country or area)". | | | | school - three hours is all it takes. Additionally, hours of |
| Search the web site for auditions, audition tours, or | | | | ballet can count as physical education and - well, more |
| "about us" if you cannot find the audition information. | | | | time for dance training! |
| Usually that and scholarship information, or financial | | | | There is a lot of philosophic and political discussion |
| assistance, is available. | | | | going on about home schooling, but this article is not |
| If it is not possible for you to even consider leaving | | | | about that. If a young person is extremely talented and |
| home and attending a full time training school, then | | | | motivated to train in the arts, the regular 7 hour school |
| calculate the number of hours you can train at a local | | | | day is a waste of time. |
| studio, each week. If you can add three hours a day | | | | Also, check to see if your state provides a high school |
| of academic training on top of that, then you can | | | | exit test which can usually be done in the later |
| spend those other hours doing dance training. | | | | semester of Grade 11, if the student has turned |
| In the US, home schooling is legal and very organized. | | | | sixteen. This gives a high school diploma and the |
| Registered schools, of which the details may be | | | | student can then go on to further training. In California it |
| different in each state, are usually organized by | | | | is law that the school inform students of this option, |
| parents. A home schooler registers with a school. The | | | | although I've never heard that schools routinely do this. I |
| school may offer a curriculum for the school grades. | | | | found out from a home schooling mom. |
| or not. If they do not, then the student and the parent | | | | |