Tips to stay organized in school
With a little over a month into the new school year, students should be settled in and adjusting to class schedules and homework. However, it is important to stay organized throughout the year. Here are a few tips:
• Write down and organize your schedule by class, activity and time on a piece of paper, and keep it where you can see it – one copy for each of your binders and one for your locker is a great plan. With a schedule close at hand, you’ll always know where you need to be and when.
• Use your planner. It’s an important tool for recording and keeping track of homework assignments and reminders. You can also use your planner as a checklist after you’ve finished your homework, to make sure you’ve done everything needed.
• Clean out your locker, binders and bags periodically. It’s hard to find what you need when your backpack or binder is a mess. Every month or so, recycle old papers (after you check with your teacher). Empty out your backpack. Have a locker cleanout and get rid of junk that may be sitting at the bottom of your shelves. When everything is tidied up, you’ll have a much easier time finding things.
• Put labeled dividers in your binders. You can keep all your tests, homework, projects and studying materials separated neatly.
• If you use folders instead of binders, keep one side of the folder reserved for things to bring home and one side for stay-at-school items.
• If you use a computer to type assignments, create folders for schoolwork categorized by subject, and save your documents to the appropriate folder. No more wasting time searching through your entire computer.
Julianna Chen is an eighth-grade student at Peters Township Middle School.