Stay Ahead in High School
7 Tips for Building Study Habits and Skills
Use these tips to develop a solid work ethic:
- Discover a quiet place to study. Find a place that鈥檚 free of distractions and noise where you won鈥檛 be interrupted. Ask your parents, guardians, or teachers for recommendations.
- Plan a daily homework schedule, and stick to it.
- Sit near the front of the classroom. Studies show students who sit there get better grades.
- Identify a support system of friends and family 鈥斺渟tudy buddies鈥 to help you get ready for tests, complete homework, and even proofread your essays and reports.
- Use your library. Believe it or not, you won鈥檛 find all the answers online (and you can鈥檛 even be sure they鈥檙e factually correct). Get a library card, make your librarian your new best friend, and you鈥檒l be surprised how much the content of your work improves.
- Read the news regularly to get a better understanding of the world. Reading news articles can also help improve your comprehension skills.
- Build your vocabulary. When you don鈥檛 know what a word means, look it up! Register for 鈥渨ord of the day鈥 notifications or download an app that introduces you to new words on a regular basis. Another way to expand your vocabulary is by using a thesaurus when you write.
Step by Step: Critical Milestones That Lead to College Planning Success聽
My Journey On-Demand Session
It鈥檚 no secret 鈥 college and career planning can be overwhelming. During this presentation, we鈥檒l pull back the curtain and identify critical milestones that will help students and families plan for success.
The session will highlight 9th and 10th-grade college prep behaviors and break down time sensitive college application advice for 11th and 12th graders. Learn how a counselor helped students explore careers, jobs, and various types of colleges to help them arrive at a balanced college match list that met their needs.
