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If engineering is a realistic goal for him I would be cautious about the Math and science courses...its fine to use ALEKS to learn/homeschool....and I would take the credits to ACE as a just in case....but an engineering program is likely to want to see a pretty serious math progression and I doubt there are very many who will accept an alternative like ALEKS (I'm not knocking ALEKS...just pointing out that an engineering degree will likely have very specific requirements).

I would explore the dual enrollment options of your state, take advantage of those as much as you can. Find out which engineering programs will let you use CLEP/DSST for credit. Some may not.

If you can pull of the dual enrollment that would provide a place for the Physics and Chemistry with a lab that he's sure to need.

LOL I'm sure there are things in this life that Rebel and I disagree on, but this isn't one of them. I completely AGREE with everything he just said. For a STEM student path, I'd consider CLEP/DSST for any humanities and social sciences. (nothing tested for STEM subjects unless it's AP) Use ALEKS if you like it, but not for the ACE aspect. I'm still a fan of Saxon through precal and then dual-enrollment for Calc 1 and above. Lab science at the CC for sure, be sure it's for SCIENCE MAJORS not intro for non-science majors.

I'd spend 9th and 10th grade on reading and math above all else- 2 hours per day each. Good, hard literature and lots of it mixed in with any reading they want. Everything else is frosting (or the law, depending on your state) and I'd pick 1 time slot semester for testing- which can mean more than 1 test. I hesitate to give too many specifics on how to organize your day, I'd just consider something like this:
English / Literature / Reading / Writing 2 hours daily
Math 2 hours daily
Elective as allows (1 at a time)
Foreign Language (optional but an excellent source of credit with cumulative knowledge)

Elective is my word- not what you'd say on the transcript.

Here is a possible structure of how to fill in using electives:
August/September/October/November - US History 1 (CLEP)
November/December/January/February - US History 2 (CLEP)
February/March/April -Civil War and Reconstruction (DSST)
April/May - Social Science and History (CLEP)

Those 4 classes could be written on a high school transcript as "9th grade social science" or "US History" as 1 credit (2 semesters at 1/2 credit fall, 1/2 credit spring) but his college credit would be 3 + 3+ 3+ 6 = 15 credits.

No test for English, Math, or Foreign language at this time. His cumulative knowledge will be used later in these.