A Miacademy Alternative That Runs Through High School
Miacademy offers online courses for Kindergarten through Grade 8. Our lessons are written for your child, and the same account carries their subjects and records through Grade 12.
What changes after Miacademy
Miacademy teaches through more than 80 courses of short teaching videos, interactive practice, and assessments. Parents assign lessons and set the schedule in its parent portal, and a built-in gradebook keeps grades and attendance. Its high school curriculum, MiaPrep, is a separate program where the parent is the teacher of record.
At TheHomeschoolingCompany, high school continues in the same curriculum, and the transcript builds from your child's saved work. Each lesson is written for your child rather than chosen from a course list, and the sections below follow the first two weeks after the switch.
Day one: a placement test in every subject
To start your child where they actually are, we write a placement test for each subject you choose: 25 questions, or 12 for younger learners. It adapts as your child answers. The result pinpoints where to begin in each subject, perhaps in the middle of fourth-grade math and the beginning of fifth-grade reading. In grades 3 to 12, the free placement test can also be printed, with a photo of the answer sheet uploaded for grading.
The first lessons
Our Parent Dashboard lists the day's lessons by subject. You can shape the week's calendar around your family's hours and print it for the fridge.
Each of our lessons is an interactive article starting at your child's placed level, with images and videos made for them and their interests woven into the reading. Margin notes connect earlier learning and questions invite curiosity. Progress checks along the way and a reading check at the end make sure each idea has landed before your child moves on. Then your child applies what they learned in a project built on the article, such as optimizing lap times for F1 or working out a rocket’s fuel load.
A notebook that stays organized
From Grade 3, our readings offer an optional Notebook guide to help your child organize their learning. It encourages lesson headings and unit labels, and the printable guide offers tips for taking notes in their own words rather than copying the article.
The guide encourages your child to note where they struggled and how they got past it. One tip is to star a useful takeaway, then gather those takeaways into a review page. When your child scans and uploads their notebook pages, we help them remember those ideas and shape practice problems around the places they struggled.
Help and feedback as your child works
Our Always-On Mentor sits beside every reading and project when your child needs help. It also steps in on its own when your child seems stuck, explains the idea another way, and can make it visual by drawing on its board. In a reading check or a project, it guides without giving the answer away.
We grade everything your child submits as soon as they submit it, so grading never lands on you. When your child gets something wrong, we help them work through it.
Records from the first lesson
In our curriculum, daily check-ins log attendance, and every lesson, grade, and piece of feedback is saved as it happens. We draft the documents your state asks for, such as a letter of intent or a portfolio of real work samples, and you can export an attendance log and learning summary at any time.
High school work becomes a transcript automatically: courses by subject and year, letter grades from your child's scores, credits from estimated instructional hours, and a calculated GPA.
Making the switch
Your child can move at any point in the year. Our placement decides where each subject starts, so it does not matter which Miacademy course they were in, and Miacademy's grade and attendance reports remain yours next to the record we begin on the first day.
School in a Box includes up to 12 subjects, from the core to custom electives on anything your child is curious about. Single Subject covers one course, if you would rather start there.
Other questions
- Can I see where my child stands before signing up?
- Yes. For grades 3 to 12, students aged 13 or older can begin the public placement test without an account. Parents need to create an account first; younger students take placement with a parent’s setup.
- Can a child who is not reading yet use your curriculum?
- Yes. Kindergarten through Grade 2 is spoken: your child listens, answers out loud, and an adult stays nearby.
- Can ESA funds pay for your curriculum?
- We are approved in Arizona, Alabama, New Hampshire, and Utah. Your program sets eligibility and payment rules.
A course that can grow with your child
Start from today's skills, with a path through high school in the same learner account.
$149/month per child after the trial.