When you become a part of the Clonlara School Home Based Education Secondary program, you join over a thousand learners around the world who are continuing home education through high school graduation.   All of our students, from gifted to struggling, can take advantage of a wide range of learning approaches to prepare for their futures.   Through Clonlara, you will be able to take control of your own education in ways that are not possible in other schools or home schooling programs.   We work to help you define your educational goals and support  you in achieving them.

There are a great many options open to Clonlara School graduates.   Clonlara's fully-accredited credentials add an additional layer of professionality to your transcript and diploma.   With Clonlara, your homeschool efforts have third-party recognition.   Our graduates opt to go on to college, join the military, trade and technical schools, the business world, and more, all with our accredited backing.   They are equipped for the next step in their lives.

The difference between Clonlara's Home Based Education Program and conventional school is that the usual textbook-based courses are not regarded as the only worthwhile method to earning credit.   Clonlara students have a variety of ways to complete high school credit.   Some examples of other learning opportunities and experiences are: 

• Completing an internship or apprenticeship.
• Doing a work-study course.
• Taking an online course.
• Combining many different approaches to earn credit, including:
  • taking a formal, "school" approach to some subjects,
  • mixing formal with flexible approach using Clonlara's QuickStarts and Course Outlines on the Commons, and
  • approaching learning in a very holistic way:   "learning through living."
• Studying local businesses, or developing a home business.
• Singing, storytelling, hiking, sewing, painting, building, or acting.
• Creating websites and/or computer games.
• Pursuing hobbies.
• Overcoming personal challenges.

At Clonlara School, a student is more often asked,  "What did you learn today?" instead of "What grade did you get on your test?"  More information about graduation requirements, Senior Policy and information on planning life after Clonlara is available at Graduation Requirements

For further information contact us

DUAL ENROLLMENT POLICY – Earning Other High School Credits

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If your student is planning on earning credit(s) through a high school program other than Clonlara’s, the following conditions apply:

Registration Form – you must complete the Dual Enrollment Section of the Clonlara School registration form.

Clonlara School’s Registrar – will inform the other school’s counselor that the student is fully enrolled in and plans to graduate from Clonlara School upon completion of the necessary requirements. 

Official Transcript Required - the student must request that an official transcript for any credits earned during each semester from the other high school program be sent by the high school to Clonlara School’s Registrar directly:

Office of the Registrar
Clonlara School
1289 Jewett Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(734) 769-4511 – tel.
(734) 769-9629 – fax

 Transfer of Credits - Upon receipt of the other high school’s official student transcript, the Registrar will then transfer these credits exactly as they are reported (i.e., the grade and credit given cannot be changed) to the student’s Clonlara School transcript.  However, if the other school’s transcript records grades or credits in a manner different than Clonlara’s (e.g., numerical grades or different semester scheduling), Clonlara's Registrar will evaluate the other school's grading or credit-awarding process to determine how the credit will be listed on the student's Clonlara School transcript.

 ACADEMIC STANDARDS

Clonlara's academic standards are aligned with those of the Michigan Merit Curriculum for the core courses of English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies.  The High School Course Expectations are newly designed and are considered some of the best in the nation.  They are published only online and are available through the following links: English, Math, Earth Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Social Studies.