| Parents facing four years of high school with their | | | | To improve student performance, many schools |
| teens know that it is going to be a whole new | | | | provide free afterschool tutoring. This can greatly |
| experience. In addition, their teenagers are going | | | | help both the parent and the teen. Parents should |
| through the terrible adolescent phase at this time. | | | | ask which days each teacher will stay late to help |
| These parents deserve a little help. This parents | | | | with a specific subject. Then their teenager can |
| guide to high school offers tips and resources to | | | | get assistance as needed. They should also ask if |
| help them and their teens sail through the high | | | | the school has a late bus for students that stay |
| school years without any major problems. | | | | afterschool. This one resource tip from the |
| Parents Should Get To Know Their Teenager's | | | | parents guide to high school can make a big |
| Teachers | | | | difference in each student's academic progress. |
| To start the year off right, parents should attend | | | | Parents Have To Learn To Do a Balancing Act |
| the school's scheduled orientation. At this meeting, | | | | The high school years are the transition period |
| staff may be introduced, and important school | | | | between childhood and adulthood. Thus, parents |
| policies will be reviewed. This important | | | | have to find the perfect balance between keeping |
| information will supplement the advice in this | | | | their teens on course for success while also giving |
| parents guide to high school. | | | | them more responsibility for their own progress. |
| After the school year has begun, the school may | | | | Here are a few tips to establish that balance:o |
| host an open house night. At some schools, | | | | Since teenagers are always focused on their |
| teachers may give a short presentation to explain | | | | friends, the parents must always remind them |
| their grading strategy, behavior expectations, and | | | | that school is the top priority. It outranks friends, |
| contact information. Other schools may only have | | | | afterschool activities, and part-time jobs.o Parents |
| one large presentation for everyone. Then, the | | | | should routinely check the online system for |
| parents and students go to the classrooms for | | | | progress on grades. If work is incomplete, the |
| personal introductions to the teachers. Regardless | | | | parents should make it the teen's responsibility to |
| of the type of open house program presented, | | | | arrange with the teacher to make up the work.o |
| parents can make that first personal contact with | | | | Parents should express approval when teens |
| the teachers. | | | | communicate with their teachers and work hard |
| Parents Should Sign up with the School's Online | | | | to catch up.o When teens fail to take action to |
| Learning Management System | | | | improve their grades, parents should find out why. |
| Many schools use an online learning management | | | | If needed, parents should discipline the teens to |
| system, such as edline.net, to post weekly grades. | | | | get them to pull up their grades.o For high school |
| Each student - parent team can login to a free | | | | teens, grounding them for a period or taking |
| account to monitor the teenager's grades. | | | | away privileges can be very effective.o The goal |
| Incomplete homework and tests may even be | | | | is to get the teenagers to become responsible for |
| listed. If the teenager is doing poorly, the parent | | | | their own academic success. |
| can question the student or email the teachers to | | | | Parents still need to have some level of |
| find out why. Then the parent can push the | | | | involvement with their high school teenagers. |
| student to work harder to catch up before it is | | | | However, with the tips found in this parents guide |
| too late. | | | | to high school, they should be able to get their |
| Parents Should Ask about Afterschool Tutoring to | | | | teens off to a good start. |
| Promote Their Teenager's Success | | | | |