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My Kid’s Chronicles: Update-Teen’s First Year of High School, Help Me!!!!

Dec 1, 2015

 

HighSchooler2015

Since this post I have almost survived 3 months of high school, what have I learned.

  1. It is challenging for some teens to transition from 8th to 9th grade without any growing pains.
  2. Talk to your teen on a regular basis about their academics and social circles.
  3. Utilize the guidance counselor for any questions and concerns.
  4. Keep an open line of communication between yourself and the teachers.
  5. Decisions now will highly impact applying to colleges.   Based on my teen’s 1st quarter grades and the beginning of 2nd quarter my teen is moving to another math class.  I am also enrolling him in Kumon for math.   After moving I realized my teen attended four schools before we settled into our new school district.   The lack of consistency from each school has impacted his math skills.
  6. Allow social interaction with their peer group and get to know the parents of the teens in your teen’s social circle.

 

A month of high school is DOWN!  What have I learned about my teen during this transition?  More than likely I can’t find enough space for all of my words.

  1. This is a clear lesson on the lack of time management and organizational skills
  2. The transition from 8th grade to 9th grade is overwhelming
  3. Teens are resistant to any form of help even when they need it
  4. He basically thinks I know nothing because as he put it “you went to high school 40 years ago”
  5. It is extremely difficult to teach a Generation Y teen how to organize his stuff
  6. If your school gives all 9th graders Ipads, why is my teen still not organized?
  7. It’s totally fine to reach out to all of the teachers to discuss any concerns
  8. It’s totally fine to reach out to the guidance counselor (who is probably 1/2 of my age) to discuss my teen’s academic success and college preparatory plans
  9. Consistently use the online access to review grades
  10. Need to stay engaged each week even if teen is annoyed

 

Schoology- Teen has access and can review all class schedules, assignments, tests, projects, etc.

Daily Monthly Planner- I purchased this from CVS for $4.99  thinking a visual reminder is helpful

School Website access for grades and classes-weekly visits to see grades for all classes

Filed Under: My Kid's Chronicles Tagged With: #collegeprep, #grades, #highschool, #teen, academics

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