Recipe for School Success
We want you to be the most successful student you can be! If you are struggling in a particular area, let your teachers know. Don’t wait until the last minute.
1. Ask Questions
2. Get more help after school
3. Stay on task while in class (complete all classroom assignments)
4. Use your agenda
5. Do your homework every night
6. Keep organized by cleaning out your backpack
7. Come to school everyday
8. Review your notes each night (about 15 minutes per subject)
9. Don’t wait until the last minute to study!
10. Have a positive attitude and do your best!
Great Websites
StopBullying.gov – The website offers advice, information, and resources for parents, educators, bullies, victims, and bystanders
Thin Line- MTV's Cyberbullying Website
http://www.athinline.org/ - interactive website for teens distinguishing digital use vs. digital abuse
The Ultimate Parent Survival Guide - The author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, Stephen Covey, keeps a website with resources for Parents, Teens, Kids, and Educators. This specific link directs you to the Parent’s Survival Guide with articles covering “The 5 Things That Annoy Teens the Most About Parents”, quizzes to assess a family’s communication patterns, and strategies to improve communication within the family unit.
Drive Of Your Life – DriveOfYourLife.Org is a fun online career exploration game that helps middle school and high school students learn more about their interests and skills, higher education, and career opportunities. Teens will answer a few short series of questions about themselves in order to customize their own virtual car! Once the car is created, teens will take a virtual drive to learn more about the careers that interest them. This site serves as a resource for students, parents/guardians, school counselors, and teachers.
*Please note: This website was created by the Indiana Youth Institute, therefore the career data and statistics provided are based only on that state’s research. This website can be used as a general guide for career exploration.
It's My Life -
http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/school/middleschool/
It’s My Life (IML), a branch of PBSKids, is an interactive website to help tweens and teens understand that other kids are going through the same thoughts, emotions, issues, and struggles. Students can read informative articles, share their stories, play games and activities, take quizzes and polls, watch video clips of other kids their age, get advice from older kids and experts, and submit their own comments and questions.
http://www.newmoon.com/ - Safe / Educational / Fun / Ad-Free We're the place where girls connect & support each other while creating poetry, artwork, stories, videos, and more. All fully moderated and proven to build confidence and healthy online behavior.
http://www.khanacademy.org/#mission-statement - Sign up and take our math pretest, then practice and level up your skills! Or choose from thousands of lessons to learn something new. Then on your profile, select your avatar and show off your badges.
We want you to be the most successful student you can be! If you are struggling in a particular area, let your teachers know. Don’t wait until the last minute.
1. Ask Questions
2. Get more help after school
3. Stay on task while in class (complete all classroom assignments)
4. Use your agenda
5. Do your homework every night
6. Keep organized by cleaning out your backpack
7. Come to school everyday
8. Review your notes each night (about 15 minutes per subject)
9. Don’t wait until the last minute to study!
10. Have a positive attitude and do your best!
Great Websites
StopBullying.gov – The website offers advice, information, and resources for parents, educators, bullies, victims, and bystanders
Thin Line- MTV's Cyberbullying Website
http://www.athinline.org/ - interactive website for teens distinguishing digital use vs. digital abuse
The Ultimate Parent Survival Guide - The author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, Stephen Covey, keeps a website with resources for Parents, Teens, Kids, and Educators. This specific link directs you to the Parent’s Survival Guide with articles covering “The 5 Things That Annoy Teens the Most About Parents”, quizzes to assess a family’s communication patterns, and strategies to improve communication within the family unit.
Drive Of Your Life – DriveOfYourLife.Org is a fun online career exploration game that helps middle school and high school students learn more about their interests and skills, higher education, and career opportunities. Teens will answer a few short series of questions about themselves in order to customize their own virtual car! Once the car is created, teens will take a virtual drive to learn more about the careers that interest them. This site serves as a resource for students, parents/guardians, school counselors, and teachers.
*Please note: This website was created by the Indiana Youth Institute, therefore the career data and statistics provided are based only on that state’s research. This website can be used as a general guide for career exploration.
It's My Life -
http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/school/middleschool/
It’s My Life (IML), a branch of PBSKids, is an interactive website to help tweens and teens understand that other kids are going through the same thoughts, emotions, issues, and struggles. Students can read informative articles, share their stories, play games and activities, take quizzes and polls, watch video clips of other kids their age, get advice from older kids and experts, and submit their own comments and questions.
http://www.newmoon.com/ - Safe / Educational / Fun / Ad-Free We're the place where girls connect & support each other while creating poetry, artwork, stories, videos, and more. All fully moderated and proven to build confidence and healthy online behavior.
http://www.khanacademy.org/#mission-statement - Sign up and take our math pretest, then practice and level up your skills! Or choose from thousands of lessons to learn something new. Then on your profile, select your avatar and show off your badges.