How to Stay Involved in High School

v Read all information on school policies and curriculum carefully.

v Subscribe to the school email newsletter or join a school-to-parent or parent-to-parent network.

v Help your child turn her anxieties into positive action.

v Attend school events and stay involved in decisions about what classes to take.

v Once school starts, talk with your child about what happens at school every day.

v Listen to and share worries.

v Get to know several teachers.

v Don’t forget about the guidance counselors.

v Encourage your child to explore new sports, hobbies or interests.

Books:

Parent’s Guide to the New Teenager by Anthony E. Wolf. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1991, revised 2002.

Staying Connected to Your Teenager: How to Keep Them Talking to You and How to Hear What They’re Rally Saying by Michael Riera. Perseus Publishing, 2003.

I’m Not Mad, I Just Hate You!: A new Understanding of Mother-Daughter Conflict by Roni Cohen – Sandler and Michelle Silver, Penguin Books, 2000.

A Fine Young Man: What Parents, Mentors, and Educators Can do to Shape Adolescent Boys into Exceptional Men by Michael Guria. Tarcher, 1999.