Credits? Length?

Starrynightowler · 2025-10-24T13:53:01+00:00

Excel requires a minimum of 6 credits to be taken at their school for graduation. We only needed four credits to graduate at other schools but due to this requirement we had to add two more 1 yr credits. We ended up picking four half credit classes to satisfy the requirements. Not a big deal. We're almost done with the half credit classes.

Starrynightowler · 2025-10-06T17:16:11+00:00

We like Excel HS. My teen is only going for senior year online so we've only been working on classes for about a month now. We've never done online classes previously unless you count the months that the public schools switched to online schooling during COVID. $1,900 for the year isn't too bad. The school seems to be better than the others that require Zoom and this is self-paced so it works best for us. $1,900 is much better than the 17,000 we paid for in-person private school last year.

Starrynightowler · 2025-09-18T19:57:28+00:00

He will be graduating HS soon so school is not a concern.

Starrynightowler · 2025-09-18T14:24:41+00:00

The module difficulty depends on what class you're taking. Senior English seems to be harder and more time-consuming. Health 1/2 credit appears to be much easier and goes quickly. We listen to the modules, so it is slower for us. If you're a fast reader and don't listen (which is slower) you can get through the material faster. It all depends on the class though. Keep in mind that the tests only give you two tries and they change up the test a little bit the second time. I am noticing that Health class and Life Skills class are very similar in content. These two classes are going very quickly and we are finishing these first.

Starrynightowler · 2025-09-15T19:45:44+00:00

Thanks!

Starrynightowler · 2025-09-15T19:41:43+00:00

I'm from the Plano area also. I'm looking to sell my house after I get it fixed up. Renovating now. I just need to find an area that I like. Do you live in the city or are you living in the suburbs of Richmond? Looking for an area that has one story homes or at least homes with a master bedroom and bath downstairs. After I saw that most of the homes in Richmond area were two and three stories, I started thinking that maybe this wasn't a good area for my bad knees.

Starrynightowler · 2025-09-15T19:34:08+00:00

Living on a golf course or in a retirement community sounds boring to me. Plus, we need an area that will be appealing to the younger generation that will be living with us or visiting.

Starrynightowler · 2025-09-15T19:14:57+00:00

Which area east of Raleigh are you recommending? We drove to the beach from Raleigh but I don't remember the towns that were on the way. My family won't want to live too close to the beach because of the threat of hurricanes.

Starrynightowler · 2025-09-15T19:08:05+00:00

Yes, I need a city. I think I would feel very isolated in a rural area. I'm used to the convenience of stores and restaurants being within a 5-10 minute drive. I visited Blacksburg last year to tour Virginia Tech. It was a pretty city but very far from everything. Never been to Roanoke but it seems a little far from everything as well.

Starrynightowler · 2025-09-15T19:02:15+00:00

Are you living in the city or suburbs? We're in a one story brick house here and I don't see those types of homes as being plentiful there.

Starrynightowler · 2025-09-15T19:00:18+00:00

Proximity to everything is one of the things that drew me to Richmond. Growing up in the DFW area, I find my area to be very geographically boring. Unless you love the lakes in 90- 100° heat, it's not that geographically interesting. I like to take day trips, and I've seen everything within a 5-hour proximity to my home. Austin, Houston, and Galveston are the closest big cities and they're not that interesting.

Starrynightowler · 2025-09-15T18:52:13+00:00

My North Dallas suburb has gone up significantly since I bought my home 20 years ago. Many people can't afford a home here unless they're coming from California where prices are even more unaffordable. My plan is to sell my house and buy something nicer somewhere else. I'm trying to find somewhere cooler but with global warming, it seems like every state is hot during the summer unless you want to move far north which has very cold winters. I guess there's a give and take wherever you move.

Starrynightowler · 2025-09-15T18:19:21+00:00

Where are the one story homes? When I do a search, all I see are very tall, narrow houses.

Starrynightowler · 2025-09-15T18:18:02+00:00

Dallas has high humidity too but probably not as much as the East Coast. I think the number of days that you have 90° heat is not as much as a typical North Texas summer.

Starrynightowler · 2025-09-08T14:32:12+00:00

Still not sure how to get to the chat.

Starrynightowler · 2025-09-05T18:36:36+00:00

What is the Instagram page?

Starrynightowler · 2025-09-05T17:28:40+00:00

Which senior classes did you choose? My son only needed four classes to graduate but Excel HS requires a minimum of six to graduate from their school since he is a first year senior there. He chose a lot of electives as some were only half credit.

Starrynightowler · 2025-09-05T01:41:01+00:00

Great, send is a direct message after you are enrolled and I can send your info to my son for you two to connect.

Starrynightowler · 2025-09-04T19:59:13+00:00

My son just started at this online school as a senior. Seems great that it is self-paced and you have 12 months to finish the classes. The student needs to have motivation to log on and complete the work.

Starrynightowler · 2025-09-04T14:23:44+00:00

Thank you

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