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To-Do List for 9^TH & 10^th Graders

Continue your team, club, or extracurricular activities. If you haven’t yet joined a team, club, or special activity, now is a great time to start!

Explore your interest to help you identify possible college majors and career paths. Try the improved Bridges site. Our site ID is 1015773 and our password is higher (all lowercase).
Access Learning Express through Nashua public library and prepare for PSAT & SAT exams. Anytime you can take advantage of a materials that can help you prepare for the exams will be time well spent.
Work with eguidance.com and Choices to plan your course selection. This will help you reach your goals to become successful after high school.

Meet and talk with your school Counselor about yourself and your future. Develop an academic plan, which preserves your options beyond high school. Invite your parents to join you. Check out the COLLEGE HANDBOOK.

Take advantage of challenging courses that will reveal your preparedness for college. Take the toughest classes that you can take and still get good grades (B or better).

Research different college majors and start to develop a list of postsecondary schools with your guidance counselor and the career counselor.

Apply for a summer job or volunteer position that will help you to develop new skills or expose you to new career possibilities.

Increase your exposure to new things: internet surfing, recreational classes, the Discovery Channel, interesting people, reading, and what people tell you that you do well will help to focus your intention. Parents- identify for kids what they do well or seem to capture their interest.

Balance time of a variety of activities: time management/ organize commitments. Keep an organizer- great way to keep track of time spent on community service, homework, sports, clubs and job hours.