Cornerstone
Tutorial Center located at 948 S. 91st East Ave., Tulsa,
OK 74112, offers classes for the 5-12th grades in a wide
variety of subjects, including algebra, biology, chemistry,
computer science and foreign language. Their classes are
open to families who have homeschooled at least one year.
Contact: Susan Strelow, 664-9527.
Oklahoma’s
CareerTech system now offers a pre-engineering curriculum
designed to prepare interested high school students for engineering
college. This curriculum consists of advanced math, science
and pre-engineering courses for students who are good at math
and science and are interested in engineering. There are currently
8 programs and they are at Canadian Valley, El Reno; Central
Tech, Drumright; Gordon Cooper, Shawnee; Great Plains, Lawton;
Francis Tuttle and Metro Tech, Oklahoma City, Moore Norman;
and Tulsa Tech. Use this link http://www.okcareertech.org/main/map/map.htm
or contact your local high school to see if this program is
locally available
Oral
Robert University offers a homeschool college program
that you shouldn't pass up! Your high schooler can take fully
accredited and transferable college courses at home for a
terrific price while finishing high school. Classes are offered
in Art, Biology, English, American History, Humanities, and
Math. ORU also has a scholarship program especially for eligible
homeschooled students and ACT testing is available at the
University once a month. Contact 495-6621 for more information.
Rogers
State College Online offers associate degrees online
in Liberal Arts, Humanities, Business Administration,
and Computer Science. Homeschoolers can enroll as a
special student or as a Concurrent Student if they
have approval and satisfactory ACT scores. For more
information, contact Kevin Cook at 343-7540, email
him at kwcook@rsu.edu, or visit their website at www.rsuonline.edu.
Kevin is actively seeking homeschoolers for this program.
Tulsa
Area Co-op: TAC offers upper level math, science
classes and uses the TRISMS curriculum for core classes.
Elementary enrichment classes are also offered. Along
with math and science our main emphasis is joining
together as a group to use TRISMS and to prepare our
students for college and careers after graduation.
Parents are required to team teach or assist in the
classroom each coop day. In the upper level science
and math, parents will be mostly assisting. We meet
Tuesdays and Thursdays at Garnett Church of Christ
on 31st, east of Garnett. For class schedule information,
email: relax.beauti@gmail.com.
TAC Contact Candy Matheny: Malachi2_16@hotmail.com
Tulsa
Community College offers Youth and Academic Enrichment
classes that are open to homeschoolers.
Tulsa
Community College and University
of Oklahoma admit homeschoolers under the following provisions.
The student must have achieved a satisfactory score on the
ACTs or SATs. The student's high school class must have graduated.
The student must satisfy the high school curriculum requirements
for the institution to which s/he is applying, as certified
by the parent. TCC and OU require 4 units of English, 3 units
of college preparatory math, 2 units of lab science, 2 units
of history, 1 unit of social studies, and 3 units of electives.
Early admission may be earned by juniors and seniors if they
score at the 90th and 75th percentile respectively on their
ACT or SAT tests. Admission earlier than age 16 requires an
ACT score at the 99th percentile and an evaluation of the
maturity level of the candidate. See college catalogs for
more information.
Tulsa
Community College offers scholarships to students
with scholastic achievement and/or economic need. Students
may apply for scholarships of varying amounts which are generally
for specific educational costs. A current descriptive list
is available in the TCC Student Financial Services Office.
Recipients are selected by the TCC Scholarship Committee during
the spring term for the following academic year. To apply,
submit the TCC Scholarship Application to the Student Financial
Services Office by the announced deadline(s).
TCC
State Regents Tuition Fee Waiver. A waiver of tuition
only up to $768 per academic year, or up to $384 per semester,
for Oklahoma resident students with a 3.00 cumulative grade
point average. Recipients are determined by their area of
study, with 50% of the scholarships awarded to students with
financial need. Students who are awarded based on financial
need are required to have only a 2.50 cumulative grade point
average. To apply, submit the appropriate application to the
Student Financial Services Office by April 15 to receive priority
consideration. After April 15, awards will be made depending
on the availability of funds. Application is required each
academic year.
Tulsa
Technology Center. November through January is
the time to register your teens for classes at Tulsa
Tech for the following year. (They must be in 11th
or 12th grade to attend.) This is an excellent way
to provide your child with a trade in: Auto Service,
Aviation Maintenance, Business, Service Industries,
Computers, Construction, Electronics, Graphic Arts,
Health, and Manufacturing. There is no charge for junior
and seniors. They attend 1/2 day, 5 days per week,
and homeschool the other 1/2 day at home. They also
earn college credit for some classes. Ph: 828-5200.
Their continuing education program offers part time
evening classes (must be 16 years+) such as Cartooning,
Computer Programming, Quark XPress, Photoshop, Screen
printing, Accounting, and Floral Design. Ph. 828-1100
for more information.
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