I realize it can be a big scary step to do a portfolio review. Here are some comments from the families whose student’s work I reviewed and hope this will help reassure you that you can do this!  🙂 

I appreciate your insight and encouragement! -AS

I appreciate your time and expertise! -CH

Thank you for all your encouragement, feedback and tips to help me (and others) through this homeschooling journey! We couldn’t do it without you! -LM

You have helped me so much over the years! -MF

I wanted to thank you for all your help over the years, you were a God sent blessing!!!  My husband and I couldn’t have asked for a better teacher to walk us through our son’s schooling. Again, we were so blessed to have you as our guide! -CP

Thank you for your time, patience, and willingness to share with me yesterday. You are more of a help than I can express!  To know you are there for me for questions or help is comforting, too. – SH

Thank you so much for your feedback; I appreciate it. I look forward to doing business with you in the future. -HR

Thank you for reviewing my children’s work. It was a pleasure to meet you and I look forward to working with you in the future.  Your website has a lot of useful information on it. I’m getting a lot out of it. – JM

Thank you so much for the work you did for our family.  I greatly appreciate it! – SM

Thank you, Lisa! I appreciate your positive feedback. I always enjoy meeting with you and having a formal closure to the school year. -AB

Thank you for taking the time to listen to my concerns and your kind words. – CG

I appreciate you taking the time to meet with me and your encouragement and helpful information.  -RF

Thank you, Lisa! I always look to the new school year with more energy, excitement and confidence after meeting with you. You are a blessing! -MW

Thank you, Lisa! I appreciate you taking the time to meet with me and your encouragement and helpful information. -RB

Thank you so much for all of your help. I really appreciate you going the extra mile to help me and my family. I look forward to working with you. -SG

You are a blessing to use every year. -SC

You are such a great resource in the homeschool community and I will definitely make sure to recommend you to friends! -TC

Lisa, thank you so much for helping our family with a portfolio review. I very much appreciate your quick reply to my request and fast turn around! Thanks again very much! -BW

I have chosen to do a portfolio review this year because two of my friends recommended you. -MB

Thanks, Lisa! Once again, it was a pleasure working with you! -SF

Thank you, Lisa. I always appreciate what you have to say and look forward to coming each year. Thank you very much for your time, work, and care today!!-NB

Thank you Lisa! Look forward to seeing you around 🙂 -JR

Perfect! Thank you so much for doing this. And thanks as well for sending all the notes from our assessment time. I am so glad that ____ recommended you 🙂 -KR

It’s always an encouragement to meet with you at the end of the year, and I like having a feeling of closure afterward. Thanks for these suggestions! -AB

I appreciate your feedback and suggestions!  -HP

Thank you so much for your help, support and encouragement.  You were definitely an answer to our prayers. 😊 The certificate for ______ was so thoughtful of you and  I am looking forward to giving it to him. -DG

I always look forward to coming!  -SC

Thanks for all of the great ideas! -LL

I like doing portfolios so much better than testing! 1) It doesn’t take several days for me and my children to do. 2) I don’t think testing gives me a fair assessment of what my child has done all year. 3 I enjoy looking back over the year to see how much we accomplished. Thanks, Lisa! I will see you next year. -HS

I love doing portfolios. When my children do the tests I do not go back and see all that we have accomplished. Doing the written assessment gives me the opportunity to review the year and be excited about the progress I have seen take place. -MT

I love coming! Thank you so much for your help.  -AA

Thank you for doing the review and giving me good resources. -JK

This was so much easier than I thought. It was great, thank you! -TD

You have so many great resources for me to check out. Thank you, Lisa -MS

Thank you so much!  I appreciate your guidance. 🙂 -LM

Thank you for the encouragement! – BB

I have reflected on our time with such a full heart! So thankful God placed you in our lives as He has called us to homeschool. He covers every detail. I so appreciate all of your homeschooling expertise and will definitely use your help as the questions come up. -SW

Thank you for your help. I always enjoy meeting with you.  -LM

I humbly thank you for your time and all that you do. -YE

Thank you so much, Lisa, for your time in evaluating our year’s progress!  I always look forward to meeting with you.  It is always a pleasure!! -SF

Wow, Lisa, thank you so much! You are such a wealth of information and encouragement! I so appreciate your making my first year feel positive and successful! Thank you again! -JR

Thank you again.  You are so encouraging! -WG

Wonderful, helpful insight – Thank You!!! -MF

Thank you, for your time yesterday. You made us feel very comfortable during our session. We appreciate the tips and insights, I’m sure they will help this next year be productive and fun. -S & K

I highly recommend Lisa McAfee. She’s very thorough and encouraging. – JH

I look forward to meeting with you again this year. You always have such encouraging and wonderful things to share. -AJL

If you need a homeschool accessor. I can’t say enough great things about Lisa!!! I just did my first homeschool meet with her. She is awesome and more!!!! -ET

I so much appreciate the contribution you have made to our homeschool experience!  You’ve been such an encouragement to me!! -EC

Thank you for assessing the girls’ work for last year. You are a gift to the homeschooling body, and especially to me. Your joy, wisdom, and enthusiasm lead others to persevere well to excel at home education. -LE

Thank you, Lisa! This is so encouraging to me. Somehow tests scores never state these kinds of results! Thanks also for your generosity towards our family. -SF

Thank you so much for being a great constant in our homeschool journey!!  So thankful that God put you in our lives!!  I always love our meetings!! ~CP

Thank you so much for the helpful tips and suggestions!  I appreciate your mentoring and look forward to seeing you again next year. 🙂 -AA

Thanks, Lisa. Always great to visit with you and gain from your many years of homeschooling and teaching. You are a blessing to many.  -AG

Thank you so much for everything! I left feeling so encouraged! I really appreciate your positive feedback and suggestions for next year. -EM

Oh, you facilitated that so well you made it easy, Lisa.  Thank you!  -EA

Lisa, Thank you! I appreciate your assessment and advice. -MS

Your thoughts and understanding are so appreciated as I am navigating these high school years. It is very valuable to know someone who has been there, done that. –SE

Thank you for ministering to our family in this way–you mean much more to me than the required formality of getting their portfolios assessed! -MS

We are grateful for your encouragement and input in the past during our portfolio reviews. -ER

 I have been going to Lisa for portfolio reviews for the past 10 years and I look forward to my appointment every year.  Her kind heart and helpfulness always make our time a joy, and I know I can count on her to answer questions and provide resources if I need help.  I always leave feeling encouraged. -JT

Even though her own sons have graduated, Lisa continues to offer reviews and support.  She does it because she enjoys it and she truly wants to help the homeschool community.  I tell her every year that she has to keep doing portfolio reviews until my son graduates! 🙂  – SC

If only you knew what a blessing your note was with the suggestions!!!!!!! I have been struggling so bad trying to research and figure out what to use!!! I just can’t that you enough for the personal touch and suggestions.  I truly, truly needed the help!! Thank you for being such a blessing to so many of us that feel lost and sometimes just clueless. lol I truly appreciate it. –MW

Thank you so much, Lisa!  I appreciated your words….they touched my heart and made me smile as we prepare to begin this school year.  Thank YOU for all of your support and encouragement, wisdom and guidance on our homeschooling journey!  –AL

Thank you for meeting with me.  I was very nervous about it, and was worried I wouldn’t have everything I needed.  You made me feel a lot calmer and much more positive about homeschooling.  I really like having more control over my daughter’s education and I think we did more at home for her age then they do in the classroom. –JO

Each time I walk away from your house I am so over the moon thrilled, uplifted and blessed with how much you offer us!!  I couldn’t ask for a better guide and mentor through our homeschooling years.  Thank you so much!! –CP

I love how God puts certain people in our life that make a profound difference. You are one of those ladies for me. You are a source of great strength for me. You have made a big impact in our homeschool because of your encouraging words & support. Thank you for everything you do to support homeschoolers.  We couldn’t do it without strong women like you. I am blessed!  -CK

Thank you very much for meeting with me to do my child’s first portfolio review. I sincerely appreciate you taking the time. Thank you! Also, thank you for the math suggestions. I can’t wait to try them! -SB

Lisa, my husband and I spoke this afternoon, and we are very thankful for you, and will definitely be using your services again next year. –SG

Our first portfolio review was this past year. Mrs. McAfee was so helpful. Before our scheduled meeting she emailed me to see if I had any specific questions.  I found her to be very knowledgeable and objective about curricula and other homeschool topics.  Not only is Mrs. McAfee thorough, but she is also easy to talk with, kind, and friendly.  I would highly recommend her to other homeschool moms and families, especially those who are newer like myself.  I think her advice as well as her experience and warm personality make her an excellent choice.  Thank you, Mrs. McAfee! -RB

I love sitting down with Lisa for our portfolio review for several reasons. As I gather everything to prepare, I always realize that we’ve done so much more than I thought. I enjoy Lisa’s feedback and excellent suggestions. I also use it as a way to encourage my children to do their best because they often get very lazy mid-year, with us doing our reviews earlier each year, I’m able to use someone else’s eyes as motivation to kick it up a bit. Looking forward to a visit soon!  -MLR

Thank you again for meeting with me for the end of the year review.  It’s always such a great way to review what the kids have accomplished, and I greatly appreciate your feedback on our progress. –KK

We are on our fourth year for portfolio reviews with Lisa.  My first commendation would be that she is a Christian, who loves the Lord. She also has complete knowledge of homeschool rules, regulations, requirements, as well as many links to helpful information. Lisa possesses excellent communication skills that help you know all the why’s, what’s and when’s. In addition to performing a complete portfolio she offers excellent and useful suggestions. Lastly, but certainly not least, Lisa is very caring. Which is something all of us need as we homeschool our children. She truly is a blessing. -PM

Thanks for a delightful evening; I really enjoyed the portfolio assessment and I left feeling so encouraged. –MS

I love portfolio reviews with Lisa because they are a joy! Instead of feeling stressed or burdened by the appointment or dealing with testing, I look forward to my end of year review. It’s nice to be able to discuss successes and get ideas and resources for any problem areas. –SC

Although I was initially terrified about the portfolio review process, I now look forward to meeting with you and looking over all that we accomplished (both in the classroom and out)! I appreciate your suggestions and encouragement. –ML

Mrs. McAfee, I was very apprehensive and nervous last year about my very first portfolio review. Quite honestly, if it would not have been for your blog, I would not have known where to even begin. Your blog gave me step-by-step instructions of what was needed and how to put everything together. Then the meeting with you was exactly what you said it would be, one hour of review of what my son had learned over the last year. His high points, his low points and if he improved after he hit those low points. You are an amazing source of information and I feel so blessed that God has placed you in my life. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us and helping us from start to finish. 🙂 God bless you!  –SS

I so appreciate the time you take for each child’s review. I enjoy the assessment process a lot more than a standardized test. All children learn differently and learn at different paces. We all know that a standardized test is not a true indication of how much a child knows. Thank you for continuing to give me great ideas for this veteran homeschooling mom.  –TK

Last year was my first year to have a portfolio review. It was a wonderful experience. It is always a joy to sit with Lisa and visit. She is kind and generous with the time she shares with you. I left the meeting with many ideas to help make the next year better. Lisa recommended many books and activities that we are using this year. I look forward to doing reviews with her again this year. -SW