Tips on How to be a Successful High School Student

"We choose our attitudes."

IDEAS FROM THE CLASS

OF 2012

HINTS AND SMART

Don’t hold of work or projects till the last minute. Even if you think you’ll do good, trust me, you won’t.

Use your time wisely.

Anthony

For 9th grade, it is a very important thing that you stay organized, because if your not, you will fall behind in your work & it’s hard to catch up with the rest of the class.

Megan

Try your hardest to get to class on time, get to class fast then talk.

Another piece of advice is turn in all work on time, don’t procrastinate. Teachers love when you’re in class on time and it’ll keep your attendance up.

Teachers also like when you turn assignments in on time and most don’t accept late work, if they do it won’t be worth full credit.

Ha’Shaun

MedorinaTry getting all your supplies ready to go and be

ready because then you’re not wasting anyone’s time and it’ll help you better organized and learn. The teachers also won’t be so grumpy because they don’t like repeating themselves over and over again.

Join activities for the school or help out with clubs, even take the advantage of redoing or doing something for extra credit. It’ll help raise your grade bit by bit and you’ll better yourself. Also by joining activities, you showing school spirit, which helps you in the long run.

Andrew

Sports don’t get you a grade, the homework you should do before it does.

Talk to your teacher when you have problems with your work instead of just blowing it off. It will at least let them know that you care about your work.Daskyra

First, when you get in school, mentally tell yourself that you are in high school, not middle school. If you have a middle school mind set in high school you will have the worst year of you life.

Kaylan

Ask for help when you really need it. If you don’t then you won’t understand when it comes to a test at the end of the semester and you will fail.

Keep all your notes in your main courses until the end of the marking period. Do this so you will know what is going to be on the marking period test.

Anthony

9th graders should be organized. If you are not organized you may not turn in your work on time or at all. If you’re a sloppy person, then you’ll most likely lose your work or put it somewhere and not remember where you put it.

Cassandra

Listen to everything your teacher says while she’s teaching because everything’s going to show up on the exam, and that’s 25% of your grade, exams are really hard. Jatay

Always do the re-do on tests because they will help bring your grade up.

Tory

Listen and take notes because everything that your teacher teaches you will be on the semester exams and tests.

Don’t be late for class because they will send you to ISI which you might get suspended for two days. Juaquin

Do not miss school or classes. I used to skip 4th hour in the upperclassmen lunch and it really effected my grades. I know it may seem fun to skip, but it gets boring after a while. Myshia

Katelyn

Never be late to your classes. Why? Don’t be late because you will go to ISI, if you go to ISI too many times, then you qualify to be suspended.

Attendance is very important. I can speak from personal experiene. You need to make sure you’re here because you can fall behind very quickly.

School work and homework is also important. If you don’t understand something don’t just give up. Ask a teacher and ask about tutoring, they’re there to help you. Mare

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Attendance affects your grades. All the days you miss school and tardiness will make your grades look really bad. It’s really important to make it to class.

Lorraine

If you miss a day, have your parent or guardian call in and excuse you because if your not excused for that day, you might not be able to get your missed work. Samanth

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There’s no reason to not be successful in high school, but a good way to stay successful is to play sports because it helps you stay on top of your school work.Austin

If you want to be successful in high school, you’ve got to respect all the staff and students in this building. Joaquin

If you don’t like a teacher or the way they do something, deal with it. I say this because all the acting out and getting in trouble is not going to hurt them. Its going to hurt you and your grades. Xavie

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Be around people you think will help you grow, not hurt you. It’s important who you are around because your bad friends might say you did something you never did.

Have good friends and don’t do drugs.Lilly

Stay focused. There will be a whole bunch or people-stuff that’ll try to get in your way, so you’re going to have your mind focused and set on a goal.

Determination. Be determined, make sure when you say you’re going to do something, you do it. Don’t give up, 9th grade is hard, be determined to go to school and get an education. Eric

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Be yourself. Never try to fit in with the crowd because it can get you into trouble.

Jasmine

Stay away from drama. Drama can only distract you from your schoolwork and it will lead to fights. Jennifer

Find fast ways back to your locker to drop-off un-needed materials.

Organize your locker so you can get your needed materials faster.

Come to school early to avoid long waits at the metal detector.

Denzel

Whenever you get lost. Look up above the stairwells and you’ll see the classroom numbers and which direction to go. This is important so you’ll know where you’re going and you’ll be on time for class.

Tyesha

Getting along with the teachers is easy because all you have to do is do your work on time, be polite, and bring books to class. Quin

Don’t leave your locks off with valuables in there because they might get stolen. Markus

When you first come to this school you should find one route to every class. This is important because going other ways might take longer and students like to stand in the middle of the hallway. Darius

On thing at Arthur Hill is that sometimes the metal detectors are packed, if you don’t like waiting come at a reasonable time maybe early or after 7am then its easy to get through.

Another thing is if you can’t find your classes look over the blue doors it will tell you which section you’re at or where you need to go – it helps a lot.

Nick

My peace of advice for the new 9th grade students for this fall is that you come to school prepared every single day with all of your materials.

Shatoria

Try to walk away from fights and arguments. It isn’t worth the 10 day suspension because within those 10 days you’ll start flunking and you might fall behind on credits.

Ashley

Leave the middle school behavior behind. You’re going to be in high school and the teachers don’t mess with bad behaviors. You will get in trouble for bad behavior.

Drew

• The challenge is to try.

Ukiah

•What could be done to help you learn better more successfully? Study more and take all your test seriously. Shatrely

•If I study more, I can become better

Dramontae

The way the teachers about our learning, sometimes more than us. Joshua

• It is an important year that helps determine your future. Jalian

•The testing was no joke. One thing you gotta do is listen, take notes and study. Other than that it is a done deal – Straight up! Breanna

Anthony

• I can keep on track and more organized.

Kairm • Passing all classes and being on the honor roll.

• I could study more, and start ask teachers for help a little more and to pay attention and not talk as much in class and to not get on the teachers bad side.

Abeyant Montgomery

• The best thing about the 9th grade was that it was a experience and it was a challenge and that our 9th grade year basketball season with my friends also.

• To help you be more success and better is to don’t let people distract you. Pay attention don’t play around, be all about handling your business

Tysheika Dixon

• What was the best thing about 9th grade? Being in the 9th grade made me more responsible. Candi

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Kyondra Redeemer

• The thing that I like is the freedom, the games, the band, and how much they help you and let you do what you need to do, on your on.

• I think that if middle school had you a little more prepared for the independence on your work the way it is in high school I think people would have been more prepared.