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Success in Middle School: A Transition Roadmap

United States students can go toe to toe with their counterparts in the other developed nations until they get to sixth grade. Once students are in middle school, their scores start to slip and by the time students are in high school, U.S. students perform near the bottom in math, science, reading and other academic measurements.

How can we keep students on a path to success?

SUCCESS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a turnkey program to help students and teachers understand how to prepare for a successful transition to middle school and, later, high school.

“We should be looking all the way back. If we want kids to be at a certain level in Grade 12 or 11, where do we need them to be in middle school or elementary school?” asks John Easton, executive director of the Consortium on Chicago School Research.

Transitioning from elementary school to middle school means a new building with more students, a different teacher for each subject, a locker, and the ability to choose electives. This journey can be intimidating, but not if you prepare. This book will help you:
  • Adjust to multiple teachers and classrooms
  • Learn to be compassionate
  • Develop healthy boundaries
Table of Contents: (click link to access sample chapter)
  1. Middle School vs. Grade School
  2. Learning to Learn
  3. Meaningful Friendships
  4. Developing Compassion
  5. Managing Your Relationships
  6. Healthy Boundaries
  7. Nurturing Brain and Body
  8. Learning to Take Risks
  9. Mindset of Success


Price: $12.95

Study Skills for High School Students

Want to improve your study skills or learn more effective study techniques?This book equips students with the keys for effective study skills: goal setting, learning styles, active note taking, preparing for tests, and critical thinking skills.

This book will help you:
  • Discover your learning style - so you can study smarter, not harder.
  • Learn test-taking and study techniques that can result in higher test scores.
  • Improve your memory to make learning easier.
  • Develop critical thinking skills that can be used in school and in life.
  • Set goals and accomplish them too!
Study Skills for High School Students Table of Contents: (click link to view sample chapter)
  1. Learning Styles
  2. Goal Setting
  3. Reading
  4. Note Taking
  5. Memory
  6. Writing
  7. Test Taking
  8. Thinking


Price: $12.95

Critical and Creative Thinking for Teenagers

With today's focus on test scores and graduation rates, many students leave school without ever learning how to think critically or creatively. In order to solve today's biggest problems, students must develop an inquisitive mind, strong investigatory skills, the ability to ask powerful questions and the ability to imagine, dream and create.

Critical and Creative Thinking for Teenagers helps students:
  • Understand critical and creative thinking
  • Effectively observe the world around them
  • Learn to ask powerful questions
  • Utilize their imagination
  • Create new solutions to problems
Table of Contents: (click link to access sample chapter)
  1. Why ask Why? …Through the lens of medicine
  2. How to Observe …Through the lens of nature
  3. How to Question …Through the lens of motion
  4. How to Analyze …Through the lens of sound
  5. How to Imagine …Through the lens of humanity
  6. How to Evaluate …Through the lens of technology
  7. How to Risk Through the lens of entrepreneurship
  8. Critical and Creative Thinking for School, Career & Life …Through the lens of work


Price: $12.95

Sophomore Guide to College and Career

This title helps high school students prepare for college and career by inspiring them to dream, conduct self-analysis, learn critical thinking skills, manage resources, match abilities and interests to career fields, understand the global landscape, rebound from setbacks and prepare for the real world of work. This title will help students plan for their college education, including financial aid, choosing the right college and career planning. This book will help high school sophomores:
  • Know themselves and their abilities
  • Match interests and abilities to career fields
  • Discover what makes them extraordinary
  • Understand how the global landscape impacts college and career success
Table of Contents: (click link to view sample chapter)
  1. Make Your Dream a Reality
  2. Gain the Right Equipment
  3. Capitalize on Your Assets
  4. Match Interests to Future Colleges and Careers
  5. Explore Alternative Paths
  6. Make Things Happen
  7. Connect to Yourself and Others
  8. Excel in Today’s World
  9. Optimize Your Track Record


Price: $12.95

Junior Guide to Senior Year Success

Junior Guide to Senior Year Success teaches students how to combat senioritis and avoid standardized test anxieties and college related stress. This book will help students make the most of their senior year of high school by preparing for standardized tests and mastering the college application process. A special chapter on financial aid is included to help high school students finance their college education. This book will help high school students:
  • Make the most of senior year of high school
  • Prepare for standardized tests
  • Walk through each step of the college application process
  • Become a global citizen
Table of Contents: (click link to view sample chapter)
  1. Looking Ahead
  2. Avoiding Senioritis
  3. Preparing for College
  4. Getting Organized
  5. Standardized Testing
  6. Narrowing the Search
  7. The Power of the Essay
  8. Paying for College
  9. Academics and Athletics are only the Beginning
  10. Becoming a Global Citizen


Price: $16.95

Majoring in the Rest of Your Life

College students who truly want to succeed after graduation must start preparing even before they graduate from high school. Majoring in the Rest of Your Life's chapters deal with defining interests and goals, balancing academic and personal lives, aiming for useful extracurricular activities and part-time jobs, finding an internship, and, eventually, sending out résumés and going on interviews. This book will help you:
  • Learn why Emotional Intelligence matters more than IQ
  • Discover your gifts, talents, and abilities
  • Develop academically, socially, and emotionally
  • Live on your own without falling into debt
  • Set healthy boundaries
  • Network effectively
  • Be creative about your job search
  • Develop an indomitable spirit
  • Learn what employers expect from graduates
  • Get quality internships that lead to employment
Table of Contents: (click link to view sample chapter)
  1. Write Your Success Story
  2. Discover Who You Are
  3. Futures and Options
  4. Taking the Plunge
  5. Being On Your Own
  6. Stand Up and Be Counted
  7. The Real World
  8. Intern We Trust
  9. Windows On the World
  10. Networking
  11. Paperwork
  12. Your Third Degree
  13. You’re Hired!
  14. Outlooks and Insights
"By the end of the book readers will have a good look at the 'big picture' of life after high school."
- Tyler Nelson

Price: $16.95


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