A high school diploma from your homeschool: your school's name, the graduate, the date, your signatures and a seal. It prints on a regular sheet of letter paper, sideways. Pick your state to see what it says about parent-issued diplomas.
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Make a free parent accountA diploma marks the finish; the transcript does the work. Colleges, employers and recruiters ask for the transcript, which shows the courses, credits, grades, and the dates the student started 9th grade and graduated. Build it with the transcript builder and keep the two together.
Most states treat the homeschool as the school, so it issues its own diploma. Check your state guide, because New York and Pennsylvania are different, as the note beside the preview explains.
Reference information reviewed August 2026 against primary sources (statutes, NCAA and Common App published requirements). This is general information, not legal advice; requirements change, so verify anything load-bearing for your family against your state's current law.
In most states the homeschool, as the school, issues its own diploma, signed by the parent as administrator. A few states work differently: New York awards no diploma through home instruction, and Pennsylvania recognizes one issued on its state form and signed by the twelfth-grade evaluator. Check your state guide.
Not in the states we cover. Our guides found no notarization requirement on a parent-issued diploma or transcript.
No, not by itself. Colleges and recruiters look at the transcript: courses, grades, credits, and the enrollment and graduation dates. Print the diploma for the wall and the ceremony, and send the transcript.