Here is some advice from the Resendiz advisory!
- Clean up after yourselves.
- Don’t kick freshmen out of the booths.
- Be polite.
- Talk to your teachers.
- Plan ahead for your service hours!
- Find a place to do your service hours, form a relationship & commit.
- If you’re absent, email your teachers and stay on top of your work.
- Start caring about the material before the last month of school.
- Be nice to and get to know people from other grades (especially freshmen).
- Get your gym credits in.
- Join girls’ swimming! They need you!
- Don’t do a sport just to get out of gym.
- Don’t do a play just for fun. It’s a lot of work.
- Go to clubs and participate in extra-curricular activities.
- Talk to the counselors!
- Don’t think about college.
- Make an announcement at gathering if you can!
- Public speaking is an important skill.
- Take academic risks.
- Try to plan something for your summer.
- Value your education.
- Don’t be afraid to friend upperclassmen on facebook!
- Chemistry gets easier during second semester
- Sign up for lots of clubs during the Clubs Fair
- Get gym and arts credits taken care of early
- Sophomore year is challenging, work hard and take it seriously
- Eat Lunch!
- Don’t let social activities get in the way of your school work
- Get involved in extracurriculars, if you’re busy, you’d better organized.
- Enjoy your year but remember to pay attention to grades
- Be social!
- Get your credits over with this year. It’s the best year to do it because you’re not dealing with the difficulty of Junior year academics or Freshmen year transitions
- Take advantage of the freedom you have to choose your classes.
- Challenge yourself to prepare for Junior year: it’s only one year away!
- Chem gets harder. Listen in class! And lab reports count for A LOT
- Join clubs!
- Get service done early. Trust us. We know from experience that waiting until May is no good. Get in a service routine with one or two organizations
- No matter how hard you study for finals they’re still hard.