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@TPS TPS Welcome to TPS Current Classes TPS Campus Fotia Chapel clay Magazine Calendar TPS Gear About About TPS Graduation Summer Camp Courses Enrollment FAQs Enrollment / Advising Current Classes Contact Enrollment / Advising Current Classes Schools / Co-ops Teaching Opportunities Contact TPS Login Student Classrooms Student StudyPlace Parent StudyPlace Family Account TPS Campus Teacher / Staff @TPS TPS Welcome to TPS Current Classes TPS Campus Fotia Chapel clay Magazine Calendar TPS Gear About About TPS Graduation Summer Camp Courses Enrollment FAQs Enrollment / Advising Current Classes Contact Enrollment / Advising Current Classes Schools / Co-ops Teaching Opportunities Contact TPS Login Student Classrooms Student StudyPlace Parent StudyPlace Family Account TPS Campus Teacher / Staff Welcome to TPS discipleship • scholarship • excellence Fostering academic excellence and biblical virtue to equip students for lives as local and global Christian servants. 2024-25 Enrollment All Summer, Full Year, Fall, Spring courses enrolling now! New / Updated New Families Our Courses Your Way Flexible Scheduling (College / AP) High Scholars (24 College Credits) Schools / Co-ops Courses Enrollment As a student who has been a homeschooler for my entire life, I can say with great ease that TPS is the absolute greatest way to educate online. I have been through many, many curriculums but none come close to what TPS provides.” – Turner (TPS Student) About TPS Get to know us by reviewing our mission, distinctives, biblical worldview, school profile, social and community opportunities, student profile, credentials, and more. Courses and Subjects Build your short range or long range academic plan for a single subject or multiple subjects. Browse, search, filter, and compare our nearly 200 courses. Discover courses you may not know about to meet your requirements, goals, and interests. Get all the details for courses of interest. Enrollment How TPS courses work, understanding course prerequisites, options you can choose when you enroll, when you may enroll, how to enroll, obtaining books and materials, and pretty much anything else you need to know to manage your enrollments and courses. New to TPS? If your family is new to TPS, we welcome the opportunity to meet with you. We offer open houses each week for you to get to know us and individual meetings with new families to provide helpful orientation, academic advising, course selection and placement assistance, and general support to help make your entry experience personal and successful. New Families Academic Advising / Planning Expert friendly help with choosing courses for one or more students in any subjects, academic planning for one or multiple years, meeting state or national requirements, planning your transcript to meet individual goals, or preparing for competitive colleges or scholarships. Request Meeting Schools and Co-ops Are you a school or co-op that needs specific courses to round out your curriculum? Consider a school partnership with TPS. You get adjustable course requirements, dedicated class times, weekly reports to the school, reduced fees, and more. Schools / Co-ops Graduation Ceremony Learn more about the in-person homeschool graduation ceremony TPS provides each year. Summer Camp Learn more about the awesome summer camp for TPS students, parents, teachers, and staff. TPS isn’t just a school, it’s a safe community for Christian kids. Not only did TPS give me a wonderful high school education, it gave me a chance to meet other homeschoolers my age. Over the years I have formed very close friendships with people from all over the world. I have found Christian teens who have blessed me and impacted my life on so many levels. I’m so thankful that TPS is a perfect environment in which I can build life-long friendships.” – Emma (TPS Student) Testimonials Video Interviews Teach With TPS! Join our collaborative team of dedicated teachers. Apply to teach our core courses or propose a new course to teach. Teaching Opportunities What is the mission and history of TPS? Our mission is fostering academic excellence and biblical virtue to equip students for lives as local and global Christian servants. TPS was founded in 1997 in the early days of homeschooling when the movement was focused on seeking excellence in Christian education in all subjects for all students. Though homeschooling has changed, TPS’s mission and core values have remained the same. Please review Our History to learn more. What grade levels is TPS accredited to transcript? TPS is accred ited as a private school for grades 4-12 by the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools (MSA-CESS). Accreditation as a school (versus a learning provider” or course provider”) requires additional standards of coherence in our curriculum and demonstrated sustained accomplishment of our academic outcomes. These credentials allow us to confer accredited high school diplomas and provide enhanced benefits for the U.S. homeschool community and independent students worldwide. What distinguishes TPS from other online course providers for homeschool students? TPS is uniquely established as a non-profit accredited independent Christian school providing live online classes for U.S. homeschool and international students worldwide. TPS courses thoroughly integrate high academic standards with a comprehensive biblical worldview . TPS courses support individual homeschool values by offering Our Courses Your Way with adjustable credit options . TPS offers extensive (and secure) student life opportunities like hanging out after class, studying together, worshipping together, getting involved in clubs, posting your yearbook page, writing for the school newspaper, and more. TPS offers an optional Diploma Partnership for homeschool students who want to maximize their opportunities to apply to competitive colleges or for competitive scholarships, or who are required by their regional laws to be in an accredited diploma program. Please review Our Distinctives to learn more. Why are TPS English students such skilled and confident writers ? Please see details about the TPS writing curriculum and teaching: TPS Writing Courses – Become a skilled and confident writer! Why are TPS Math students so prepared and confident in math skills? Please see details about the TPS math curriculum and teaching: TPS Math Courses – Be prepared and confident in Math! What are the TPS Our Courses Your Way adjustable credit options? TPS offers academically excellent courses with adjustable credit as Our Courses Your Way . Our Courses Your Way allows students in any context — including homeschool taking one or more courses, co-op enrolled, enrolled in another accredited school, or enrolled in TPS for a high school diploma partnership — to benefit from the unmatched teaching and evaluation in our courses while choosing the credit standards to suit their own context. Please review Our Courses Your Way to learn more. How successful are TPS Diploma Partner graduates in college acceptance and scholarship awards? Please see the TPS Diploma Graduate Acceptances and Awards information compiled from 2018 to the most recent grad year. What is TPS High Scholars (24 college credits in high school)? In a partnership between TPS and Belhaven University, High Scholars is a classics” (Great Books”) program that studies western history, literature, and art from ancient to contemporary historical periods. Four (4) live interactive classes each week, including periodic round table” discussions Two-year curriculum (enroll one year at a time) 24 college credits (Freshman Comp 1 and 2, World Lit 1 and 2, Western History 1 and 2, Contemporary History, Art Appreciation) Six high school credits (Western Lit and Comp 1, Western Lit and Comp 2, Western History, Contemporary World History, Art History, Western Worldviews) Content integration allows for considerably lower...