Helpful Hints from Your Alexander High Administrative team
What you Need to Do RIGHT NOW!
- Start doing your work!
- Go to TUTORING (5th Block) See Ms. Tyson on the freshman academy hall.
- Focus!
- Make your academics a PRIORITY!
- Ask your teacher for a grade printout so you can see what you are missing or Ask the teacher to show you in his gradebook what you are missing
- Ask for Help (if you are embarrassed, ask after class)
- Ask for Makeup Work Now and for Thanksgiving Break
- Ask to retake Quizzes or Tests that you failed
- Do not be a discipline problem! (Stop talking)
- Come to school everyday!
- Get to class on time!
- Be Prepared! (Pencil, Paper, Pen, Notebook, Homework, Classwork, etc.)
- Get off your cell phone! (STOP TEXTING!)
- Stop writing notes to your girlfriend or boyfriend!
- Do all of your classwork!
- Do all of your homework!
- Ask questions if you do not understand!
- Study! {For each Academic Core Class or Foreign Language study at least 20-30 minutes a night} [If you are failing four academic classes, you need to spend 1 hour and 20 minutes to 2 hours a night studying. 3 Classes 1 hr. to 1 hr. 30 minutes. 2 Classes 40 minutes to 1 hr.]
- Take time for and prepare for your tests and quizzes.
Ways to Study - Notecards
- Rewrite your Notes
- Read over your Notes
- Make yourself a test (Multiple Choice)
- Read your textbook
- Ask your parents/family/friends to quiz you
- Study at a specific time every night
- Use mnemonics to learn things (PEMDAS - Please eexcuse my dear aunt sally)
- Create your own Graphic Organizer
- Set your own personal Academic Goals
Bottom Line is YOU have to want to do BETTER! I have tried to list as many things that I can think of for you to improve your grades in the next seven weeks. Focus and Make it Happen!
