What grades do you serve?
Grades 9–12 for High School Packets. For K–8, see Homeschool Packets.
How often do packets arrive?
Weekly. There are 36 packets in a school year. Each arrives by email as a printable PDF and a fillable PDF, with an answer key.
What is a Side Quest card?
Page one of every packet. It lists XP, objectives, and the boss problem. Finish the packet to earn a badge and unlock that week’s character card.
How do character cards work?
One original card per week — 36 across the year. Each has a rarity tier and a power-up (like Double XP on the boss, Hint token, or Retry). A printable binder page keeps the collection together.
Are answer keys included?
Yes. Every packet includes a full parent answer key.
What are seasons and final bosses?
The 36 weekly packets are grouped into four seasons. Each season ends with a larger final-boss challenge that reviews that season before the next one begins.
What is a holo card?
If the boss problem is cleared with a perfect score, that week’s character card includes a holographic foil treatment — a shiny variant for the binder. Regular cards still unlock when the boss is completed.
Is there a report card?
Yes. Each quarter (weeks 9, 18, 27 and 36) ends with a report card that totals grades, hours and attendance. Students tap the “Day complete” box at the end of each day, and that is the attendance record. Zero parent work: your teen uploads each finished week, we grade it (usually within 2 school days), and the quarter numbers fill in on your private gradebook link. Prefer to do it yourself? Type the weekly scores into the fillable report card and it adds them up in Adobe Reader, Chrome or Firefox. It is a parent-issued progress report, not an official transcript.
How does grading work?
When your teen finishes a week, they upload the PDF or photos of the pages on their private upload page. We check every section against the answer key, score open-ended answers with the rubric, and log the scores, days complete, XP, and cards. Grades usually land in the gradebook within 2 school days. Grading is included on all three plans.
What do I have to do as a parent?
Nothing. Open your private gradebook link anytime to see grades, attendance, and the quarterly report card. If you’d rather do it yourself, every packet still has the answer key, and the report card works as a fill-in form.
What files can my teen upload?
One PDF, or up to 10 photos (JPG, PNG, or HEIC from an iPhone), up to 25 MB per upload.
Is my teen’s work private?
Yes. Each student has a private link that isn’t listed anywhere or indexed by search engines. Each student’s uploads and grades are kept separate. Please don’t share the link publicly.
Is High School Packets an accredited school?
No. High School Packets is a supplemental curriculum, not an accredited school. We do not issue diplomas or official transcripts. Parents remain responsible for state homeschool laws and credit decisions. See our Terms.
Do parents get progress updates?
Yes, on your private gradebook link. Check it anytime for grades, attendance, XP, and the quarterly report card. Uploads are usually graded within 2 school days. Each packet also has a credit and hours log you can save with your records. Families decide how it fits their state’s requirements.
Can kids fill packets on a tablet?
Yes. Every weekly packet includes a printable PDF and a fillable PDF. Type into answer boxes on an iPad, Android tablet, or computer, or print for handwriting.
Will you mail printed packets?
A US print-and-ship option is on the roadmap (Coming soon). Join the mailed waitlist — there’s no price yet. Until then, every plan is digital: printable + fillable PDFs emailed weekly.
When can I subscribe?
Right now. Pick Single Subject ($7/mo), 4-Pack ($25/mo), or All Subjects ($40/mo) under Pricing. After Stripe checkout you land on a private welcome page to add each student’s first name, grade, subjects, and interests, and you get their upload and gradebook links right away.