GETTING ORGANIZED FOR SUCCESS

Getting organized is talking about using your time so you get chores done, homework done, studying done and have time to play before bedtime! It’s not about spending extra hours while you get organized.

So let’s get organized!

1. Use your Agenda Book every day and in every class. Write down all assignments in class. Write down due dates too.

2. When you get home, dump out your backpack on your bed. Put all papers immediately into their correct folders. Put your folders and books on your desk or table or in your study area.

3. Have a set homework time (look at how to study effectively).

4. Have a monthly calendar on your wall. Write down long term projects and tests. Cross out each day before you go to bed to help keep track of when these are due.

5. Be sure to have your folders organized as your teachers have asked you to do. Be sure you have a divider with “homework” written on it. Put your homework immediately in this when you finish. Don’t just shove it into your backpack. When you turn it in from your folder you won’t waste time digging around looking for your assignments. Less stress and more success!

6. Have supplies at home in your study area. Put fresh supplies in your backpack every night. You don’t waste time looking for a pencil and you can get your homework done a lot faster. It isn’t about how long you do homework but how well you do the homework.

7. Get your clothes out and ready for the next school day. This saves you time in the morning when you are sleepy and you don’t have to stand around deciding what to wear. Be sure the clothes help you follow dress code (no referrals for this) and this includes having your school I.D. in your backpack, in a pocket, you can quickly find it and put it on each day.

8. Keep track of your time! Plan it! What time do you get home? How long for a snack and a break? What time do you start and finish the homework? Remember you have dinner, chores and maybe your bath time too. Also you need to plan for at least nine hours of sleep to be able to do your best at school the next day. Sit down with your parents and plan out your “after school schedule” in order to have time for everything. Homework can’t be thirty minutes before you go to sleep in order to get your best work and your best sleep. It takes organizing but you and your family can do this!

Be sure to sign up for Edline in our Main Office at Roosevelt Middle School. Get a list of teachers’ Voice Mail numbers and Homework phone numbers from the Main Office too. Review your child’s Agenda Book with your child. Note Dress Code expectations, school calendar, phone numbers and web sites offered to parents. Please note that our Media Center has designated computers for parental use and staff ready to assist you. Parent Conferences with teachers may be set up through your child’s Team Leader (one of his/her academic teachers). We look forward to working with you this school year!