Yes. Both honors and "regular" English classes are supposed to prepare students for college. However, honors courses are taught at a faster pace and cover more material in greater depth than other English courses. The works included in the honors course are often more challenging as well as being centered more on the classics and "great books." Many of our selected works in our courses are not usually read until a student takes a graduate course in English.

Our courses include reading classical literature covering all of the genres (many regular courses do not have any Shakespeare), daily vocabulary studies with weekly quizzes (the sort of words found on the SAT), writing lessons with exercises (emphasizing rhetorical writing, not creative or journal writing), and eight critical writing assignments per year. If the student is required to do additonal work in order to meet honors requirements, all courses also include five optional impromptu essays, or the student could do a research project. However, we do not recommend any research projects until the student has practiced rhetorical writing for at least three years.

Our courses can also be used as an Advance Placement (AP) course. The AP course is a college-level course taken by a high school student. Students in AP English who take the statewide AP exam and score a 3, 4, or 5 have the possibility of being granted college credit. The policy for awarding credit for high school AP scores varies according to the college. Students will be more than prepared to take an AP exam for English if your state allows home-schooled students to take this test.

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