Exceptional Online Learning for Home Schooled Student
We believe in homeschooling. That’s why HSLDA launched the Academy in 2009 as a service to its member families and others who are looking for ways to supplement their students’ high school education. We want to help make your job easier as homeschooling parents by offering online courses in subjects that can be difficult or time-consuming to teach.
Solid Academic Preparation
Your students will not only grow in knowledge but also develop good study habits and time-management skills to prepare them for college and beyond.
Biblical Worldview Teaching
Each of our courses is taught according to a biblical worldview. Our Christian instructors are dedicated to helping your students mature academically and spiritually.
Quality teaching and feedback on assignments
Our teachers lead weekly virtual class sessions, provide grades and feedback, and answer your students’ questions throughout the course.
Courses
HSLDA Online Academy offers courses for students at the 6th through 12th grade levels. We offer over thirty online high school courses and nine courses designed to prepare students for the College Board’s standardized AP® exams, which are administered at local schools every May. We recommend our AP® courses for 11th and 12th grade students, or advanced 10th grade students.
English & Writing
Mathematics
Science
Government & Economics
Foreign Languages
Electives
History
Technology Electives
Why take an AP® course?
AP® courses can save you time.
By taking one of the Academy’s AP® courses and earning a high score on the AP® subject exam, your student can qualify to earn credit or skip prerequisite courses at most colleges across America (and colleges in many countries around the world). Earning this credit early could allow your student to finish college earlier and save money on tuition and room and board.
HSLDA Online Academy students have a proven track record of high AP® exam scores. To see how our students have performed in the past, please see our score results page.
AP® courses can save you money.
Earning college credit for an AP® exam score means you don’t have to pay for that credit in college. Many college courses cost 3 to 6 times as much money as any of the Academy’s courses. That’s more money in your pocket now so you can help your student save for college later.
AP® courses can get your child into his or her college of choice.
College entrance can be tricky. College admissions committees like AP® courses, because they show that your student is ready for challenging, college-level coursework. In addition, AP® courses are worth more GPA points on your student’s high school transcript. Challenging coursework and a higher GPA can make your student’s high school transcript stand out in the college admissions process.
FAQs
Instructor Standards & Selection Process
HSLDA Online Academy carefully selects instructors who are academically and spiritually qualified to help students thrive in the online environment.
In our multi-layered application and interview process, we talk with candidates about their Christian faith, their educational background and experience, their skill in the subject they are applying to teach, and their familiarity with the homeschool movement. The instructors we hire have demonstrated excellence in these areas.
We offer extensive training and development programs throughout the year to equip instructors and help them grow professionally.
Each semester, we conduct a comprehensive review of each instructor’s performance, evaluating live class presentation, interaction with students, and completion of job responsibilities. Student feedback is a key factor in this evaluation process.
In most HSLDA Online Academy courses, two kinds of instructors are represented. The Master Teacher is the academic supervisor of the course, responsible for maintaining course content, setting grading standards, and overseeing all Classroom Teachers who deliver the course material.
The Classroom Teacher works directly with students, leading live class sessions, grading assignments, and answering questions about course material.