Checklist for Freshmen:

• Meet your counselor.  Your counselor can help you strategize a successful four year plan and prepare you for your college and career goals.  Take notes during counselor class lessons.
• Make sure that you know which high school courses are required to graduate and which are recommended by colleges for which you are interested.  Ninth grade is an important foundation year for the rest of high school.  
• Take the most challenging classes for which you will be successful.
• Improve your study skills.  Seek help from teachers if you experience academic difficulties.  Practice time management and test taking strategies.  The guidance office and your teachers can steer you in the right direction.
• Attend guidance classroom presentations and freshman parent night.
• Sign up for your Naviance family connection account.
• Do your best on the PSAT in the fall and PreACT in the spring.
• Monitor your grades through CANVAS.  Freshman grades are important.
• Explore extracurricular activities inside and outside of school to find those that interest and excite you.  
• Make your summer count!  Volunteer, attend a summer program or get a job.