At-A-Glance Week of 11/18

Getting Organized

     As students enter middle school, their ability to stay organized and on top of assignments is very important. We realize this is not a lesson that is learned in one sit down session at the kitchen table. Has the conversation below happened at your house?

• "How was school?"
• "Great!  I only have math homework."
• "Are you sure?"
• "Absolutely.  Nothing else.  I asked my friend, too."
• Didn't you have Health today?"
• "Oh yeah, he gave us a worksheet to do.  And we started our new technology class today.  It looks great."
• "Don't you usually have a syllabus or something to sign when you start a class?"
• :"Oh yeah, I forgot.  I need you to sign two papers."
• "It's Monday.  Didn't you have a letter you had to write in class today in Language Arts?  Do I need to sign it?"
• "Yeah."
• "And spelling due Thursday?"
• "Uhuh.  She handed out a sheet."
• "Your social studies teacher sent me a copy of your study guide for your test Friday."
• "But that's not due until Thursday!"

     As a faculty we are putting assignments on teacher's webpages this year. They can be found under the section entitled, "Calendar." Many of our teachers reach out in others ways as well, i.e. Remind 101 and email blasts. If you feel "out-of-the-loop" please email or call our teachers. I also want to share a couple of apps that are made for students to help them to stay organized now and in high school.

 

     Remember the Milk is a free personal organization tool that works online and with mobile phones.  Remember the Milk allows students to add assignment due dates to their to-do lists via text, email, or directly on their account homepage. A word of caution, while these services are free, students could incur a lot of charges from text and data communication on their mobile phones so be sure to look at your text and data plan before downloading this one.

Wunderlist

     Wunderlist is a simple-to-use to-do list app that keeps track of several subject-related lists. Students can create a different to-do list inside of the app for each subject. Thanks to its recurring items and notifications, deadlines are difficult to forget.

I hope that these apps might be useful to you and your child if they are struggling to stay organized.

Video

How to Become a Successful Student in Both Middle School and High School

This Week at HCMS

Monday

Our boys and girls basketball teams will play in our Thanksgiving Tournament this week.If they win they will play again on Thursday afternoon. If they lose they will play on Saturday. Please come out and support our Braves.

Thursday

Wrestling Team travels to Central Middle School

Possible basketball games

Friday

High School Football Playoffs- HCHS vs. Jefferson City at Home

Thanksgiving Break is November 25-29

Have a great week!