Wes Beach is the Director of Beach High School, in Soquel, California, a private school supporting students who want to follow an alternative, often accelerated educational path, and sidestep a conventional high school experience. Prior to working through BHS, he taught a variety of subjects for 32 years in public schools, and directed programs for gifted and at-risk students. Wes consults for the Davidson Institute for Talent Development. He is the author of Opportunities After High School: Thoughts, Documents, Resources, which includes models for homeschool transcripts and explores possibilities after high school. He is a former recipient of a Distinguished Service Award from California Association for the Gifted (CAG). He has also served on the Board of Directors of the Homeschool Association of California (HSC) and is the Teen Adviser for HSC and for the Gifted Homeschoolers Forum.