High School Organizational Strategies
 The Back Pack – not an organizational tool! It’s a
vehicle for getting things back and forth – period.
 Building an Organized Binder
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Pocket folders
Order your materials
Assignment Book
Highlight syllabus
Purge regularly
 File Crate Organization
o Papers from the binder that you no longer need
(for now) IN ORDER
o Label, even color code!
o Activity for the student – own the system!
 Using A Family Calendar/Weekly Check-In
o Team/Family Based Activity (not just mom’s
responsibility)
o The Heart of Command Central
o Everyone adds to the calendar for the next 2
weeks (except maybe really big events)
o Chunking Big Projects
 The Mobile Desktop – Studying in a Variety of Locations
o LIMIT TIME OFF TASK. Things have really changed
over the last generation – kids are on the move
Supplies:
Pencils, pens, calculator, index cards, paper clips, 3 hole
punch, reinforcements, highlighters, loose leaf paper,
binder(s), dividers, plastic bin, hanging file