Featured Class: Success Skills for School- High School and Beyond

Quizzes, tests, homework, projects, reports, teams, clubs, jobs, internships, volunteer work, applications, life decisions… arghhh! The demands of high school can be overwhelming or downright intimidating to most teens, even those who are homeschooled! And guess what? That variety of new responsibilities and expectations doesn’t go away. They will likely increase in the later years of high school and into college.

But don’t worry- there are strategies and core skills that will help prepare a teen for success in high school and beyond. In Success Skills, students will learn a “toolbox” of important life skills. Techniques are not taught as a one-size-fits all, but rather a range of options to accomplish the same thing for individual learners and different learning styles. Teens will learn how to:

Manage time and tasks with planners, to-do lists, calendars, and reminders (Paper or electronic- what are the options, and what works best?)

Juggle short-term and long-term assignments

Break a bigger project into manageable steps and milestones

Set goals

Avoid procrastination

Tackle a new chapter, read to retain, recall details, annotate, make margin notes

Take notes and outline from readings, lectures, or videos

Study and prepare for tests

Communicate and coordinate with a team on group projects

Ask for information from teachers, employers, and other adults

Sleep, diet, stress, screen time, and other personal habits that can impact a teen’s work and effectiveness

Success Skills for School: High School and Beyond meets on Fridays at Compass from 10:00 am – 10:55 am starting January 10. This class is for 7th-12th grade students. Register online for this class and others!