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High School is T O U G H !
Peer Pressure Is Real: Clothes, eating, cheating, drug and alcohol abuse, etc. will be new challenges your high schooler will most likely encounter during High School Transitioning into High School means buckling down! More personal responsibility is places on High Schoolers, which means teachers offer less hand holding, or personal and individual attention to each student
The impersonal nature of the high school classroom and emphasis on self-motivation can present a difficult transition for many students.
DID YOU KNOW that more students flunk ninth grade than any other grade? Make sure your high schooler stays organized, keeping stress at bay!
On a Positive Note
While bullying is a serious fear of many eighth graders entering high school, studies have proven that there is less bullying in high school than in middle school
Seniors are more likely to ignore the freshman class than they are to participate in Freshman Friday
Academic Planner
It is of UTMOST importance that your adolescent maintain his/her academic planner academic planners teach students time management skills that will help him/her out when he/she enters high school AND college.
Each subject should be reserved for a specific class your high schooler is taking. Encourage diligent note taking
Students who take good notes do a better job at listening during class Good notes give students a better starting point for studying Encourage your high schooler to read over the notes he/she took everyday before class
Pocket Folders
To transport all of your high schoolers homework, creative writing brilliance, and everything in between! Its useful to color code your adolescents pocket folders according to subject For instance: Green= Earth Science; Yellow= Trigonometry; Etc.
Ti-83+ Calculator
A graphing calculator is a necessity for students who will engage in more serious math subjects like algebra and trigonometry.
Dont let your high schooler convince you that the graphing calculator apps on his/her smart phone are acceptable. Most teachers find the usage of cell phones absolutely unacceptable and insist upon graphing calculators instead.
Flash drives are a crucial item for your adolescent to own. Flash drives enable students to work on the same project both at home and at High School. While online software systems, like Dropbox, provide services that are similar to that of a flash drive, flash drives provide extra assurance to your high schooler, since it guarantees that all of his/her assignments will be in on time.
Flash Drive
A Sturdy Backpack
In the United States, 92% of students carry backpacks that hold 10-22% of their body weight
Standardized testing usually requires the use of a #2 pencil. Do NOT have your high schooler be without one!
Hand Sanitizer
Nearly 22 million days of school are missed annually due to the common cold A case control study of 6,080 schools reported that those who enforced classroom-dispensed instant hand sanitizer at specific times throughout the day experienced 20% fewer absences due to illness
SOURCES
http://www.itsasnap.org/snap/statistics.asp http://eyetrackingupdate.com/2009/11/10/pu pil-tracking-reveals-why-color-coding-studymaterials-is-a-good-idea/ http://www.edudemic.com/2011/10/heavybackpacks/ http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/family/10differences-middle-high-school.htm