1 · What a teen actually gets
- Course-shaped, not grade-shaped. High school runs on courses, so the practice does too: Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, and English I–IV — 17 course-bucketed skill families with adaptive levels.
- A readiness meter for a named exam. Each course shows one number, 0–100, weighted like the exam it points at — the Algebra I and English II end-of-course blueprints, and the SAT Reading & Writing pair for grades 11–12. Practice rounds draw questions in the exam's own proportions.
- A respectful register. The 9–12 surface drops the mascot, the confetti, and the cheer. Complete a round and it says what happened: 7 of 10, here's your score, fix your misses if you want.
- Real writing, really judged. Argument, analysis, and informative prompts at formal register, machine-judged against named rubrics — the performance-event half of the English EOCs.
- Find-my-level placement. A short course-aware diagnostic places a new student at their real working level, not at the bottom of a ladder.
2 · What a parent gets
- Transcript-ready mastery records. Every mastered skill is a dated, machine-verified record you can print into a homeschool portfolio or transcript file. We record mastery — we do not grant credit, and we say so plainly.
- The full parent dashboard, weekly digest, and printable reports — same as every AcornSmarts plan.
- Works offline, no ads, no tracking, and the same privacy architecture as the rest of the app: verified in code.
3 · Where it honestly stands against the standards
We published the audit instead of a slogan. Every Kansas and Missouri high-school standard code is listed with the verdict our own adversarial audit gives it — FULL, PARTIAL, or NOT COVERED, with the gaps named as plainly as the coverage, and a playable live item beside the evidence.
Kansas 9–12 report Missouri 9–12 reportHonest limits, up front: AcornSmarts High School is a practice supplement, not a course. It does not grant credit, write essays for anyone, run labs, or replace a teacher. Proof-writing, constructions, discussion, and research projects are listed as NOT COVERED in the reports — an app cannot honestly claim them.
4 · Pricing, plainly
$99 per year — one student
Or $9.99/month. Everything in Single Student plus the grades 9–12 course stage. Pre-K–8 plans stay $59–$119; nothing about them changed. Cancel anytime in the secure billing portal; renewal terms are shown before you ever pay.
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- Bilingual throughout — English and Spanish, content and interface.
- Runs in the browser on any device — nothing to install, and practice keeps working offline.
- Accessibility: WCAG 2.1 AA-minded design — statement.
- Vendor: Black Swan Media Solutions LLC (Kansas). Contact: info@acornsmarts.com — answered within 1 business day.