1. How to Help Your Student Experience a Successful Year
Created by Terese Ewing

2. Graduation Requirements
Must pass English each year to be promoted!
10th: 6 credits
11th: 12 credits
12th: 20 credits

3. Something to consider …
How has your student’s attendance been each year?
What do your student’s notes look like?
Does your student use notebooks for each class?
How much time does he/she spend studying each day?
Do you know your student’s grades and attendance in each class at any given time?

4. Attendance
If students are not in class (late or absent), they don’t get to hear what’s important and will miss work.
What students completed over a full year in middle school is covered in half a year in high school.
More than 8 absences (no matter what kind) = Failure
Consider appointments at different times rather than always during same period.

5. Taking Notes
If teacher writes it on board, repeats it, or says it’s important, WRITE IT DOWN!
Listen carefully.
Impossible when on Twitter, FB, or cell phone
Ask questions.
Find out when teachers stay after for tutoring
Write examples and page numbers
Organize notes at night
Recopy
Title, top; headers above sections
Put possible test questions in margin
If notes seem to be missing something, call a reliable peer in same class

6. Getting Organized
1 folder for each subject on desktop, labeled as course name
Save all assignments, notes, projects to desktop folders
Keep names simple – the assignment name
Record assignments BEFORE the bell rings
Also record long-term projects, games, practice, meetings, etc.
Use laptop tools: Calendar, Reminders, Stickies
Lay out clothes, laptop, backpack, practice gear before go to bed
Set time and TIDY place aside for homework/studying
No TV, cell phone, FB, Twitter, Instagram, etc. during that time
Don’t wait until night before to study or do project
Health Team Relationships
World History
English I
Health/PE

7. Studying Do homework when assigned Review notes DAILY Read
Recopy
Make flashcards
Summarize reading in your own words
Mnemonic devices (next slide)
Have someone quiz you
Make your own test

8. A+ Mnemonic Devices Tricks to help you remember Words or sentences
Colors of spectrum: ROY G. BIV
Order of operations: Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally
Planets: My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas.
Rhymes
Columbus sailed the ocean blue in ____
I before E except __________ , and when sounding like "ay" as in Neighbor or Weigh A+

9. Why does it even matter?

10. Get Parent portal!
Access your student’s grades and attendance at any time from home
See Mrs. Cooper (Data Manager) with your driver’s license to sign up
Call counselor to set up a meeting with all teachers
9th Grade: Mrs. Terese Ewing
HLS 10th – 12th Grade: Mrs. Sally Adams
ITL 10th – 12th Grade: Mrs. Sara Battles