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Making the Most of High School

Discover the power of goal setting in high school. Learn how to set academic and personal goals, track your progress, and celebrate your success. Get tips on scheduling your time, choosing challenges, getting involved, and utilizing your locker to store your achievements. Take the opportunity to dream big and make the most out of your high school experience.

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Making the Most of High School

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  1. Making the Most of High School Presented By: {Date}

  2. Setting Goals: Dream Big “Give yourself permission to dream.“― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

  3. Annual Goals “A goal, properly set, is halfway met. “ -- Abraham Lincoln

  4. Academic Goals • Examples: • “Establish good practices with my phone.” • “Learn how to write better” “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.“ -- Albert Einstein

  5. Personal Goals “Self-trust is the first secret of success.” -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

  6. Best Practices If you set it, you’ll get it. Share carefully. Check in on progress. Keep track ““Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden

  7. Celebrate Success • Keep a memory or artifact of your achievement in your Locker • Best graded essay • List of books you read outside of class—a tangible outcome from putting your phone aside. “Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.“ -- Maya Angelou

  8. Scheduling Your Time • The way you spend your time should reflect your goals. • Class schedule • Time outside of class • Making the most of time you don’t control. “It’s not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is: what are we busy about?” -- Henry David Thoreau

  9. Choosing Challenge • If you aim to graduate form college, plan to try college-level coursework before you get there. • At the same time, save college for college. “A pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. An optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” -- Winston Churchill

  10. Getting Involved • Try something new • Persistence pays • Consider a job • Keep track “Experience is the teacher of all things.” -- Julius Caesar

  11. How can I get started? • Go to MyCoalition.org and register for a new account • Creating a profile only takes a couple of minutes

  12. The Locker • Your personal journal • Video of last year’s robotics competition • Photos from your Habitat for Humanity project • Your favorite school essays • Your resume • A research paper STUDENT THE LOCKER

  13. Collaboration Space:Formal and Informal Supporters School Counselor Academic Other Parents Employers Guardians Religious Leaders Other Family Social Workers Coaches Mentors Librarians Other Teachers Music Teachers Advisors

  14. Profile to Application

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