What to teach in Wyoming

The subjects Wyoming requires

• reading
• writing
• mathematics
• civics
• history
• literature
• science

Quoted from the statute or regulation cited on the law page. Requirements for Grades K–5 are listed where the state sets them, but this site teaches Grades 6–12, so only those are matched below.

Courses that cover them

Wyoming's list touches all four subjects taught here. Each course below is a full year.

Mathematics

English

Science

Social studies

Each is planned as a 36-week year of about 180 sessions, five a week — the year 20 of the 21 course guides set out explicitly. How long a session runs is yours to set.

Does this meet the hours?

No specific hours or days are set for homeschools. The general compulsory attendance law refers to attending while the local public schools are in session (public schools must run at least 175 days), and sources disagree on whether this applies to homeschools.

Each course here plans a 36-week year of about 180 sessions, five a week — the year 20 of the 21 course guides set out explicitly. The length of a session is left to you, because a Grade 6 session and a Grade 12 one are not the same thing.

Four such courses run across the same 180-session year, so a four-course year meets Wyoming's 175 days without any arithmetic: the days are the calendar, not a total to accumulate.

The four high school years

In most states the parent issues the diploma and writes the transcript, which makes the four-year plan the record — there is no school registrar keeping one for you. A full sequence of these courses looks like this.

Four subjects across four years is 16 full-year courses. Credits, grades and the diploma itself are Wyoming's business, not this site's — what Wyoming says about diplomas and transcripts.