freshmen year in high school

Well this will be my sons freshmen year as well, and all I can say is as parents we need to support their ups and downs, my son right now is really happy, and proud of himself, he joined the school football team, today he is at school getting his football gear and this has been a great push for him towards this new year, he has been working out at the school with team mates and his couch all August, now this coming Monday is really strong football practice games.

well, my daughter is going to be a junior at oak lawn community high school, and i still remember the day i dropped off my daughter freshman year. At first the teen is still in there 8th grade mode and i dont know but my daughter didnt do too hott freshman year, but sophomore year was a wonderful year for her and she turned her grades around and she was on high honor roll. i guess what you can expect is your daughter is most likely going to have alot more homework, their might be more attitude from your teen,but its just really the begining. i remember thats how my daughter was at first; but i guess she relized that she only has 1 year 1/2 before she leaves for college. Most freshmans hear lies or myths that freshman get picked on....usually it never happens. my daughter told me that occationally they were called freshies but nothing major. im pretty sure you daughter will be ok. theres really nothing to worry about...high school is just like a minnie college or a huge junior high!

Thanks hockeymum, I would surf online to see what is there for him.

In lieu of a language class my daughter takes a class called Strategies for Learning. The emphasis on class is on skills and strategies that will increase competence in daily classroom work, assignment and test completion. Use of agenda and organizational skills will be emphazied. Includes daily agenda checks, weekly binder checks, and monthy locker checks. For us this class was the difference in the school year. She went from very average struggling grade 7 to Honor roll in grade 8.
Most helpful was how to take notes and use them for studying. They had this system of folding the paper verically and they orgnazied into columns. I'm sure if you search online there are sites on how to study etc and or maybe a preparation class for highschool at nightschool or something. I wouldn't hold my breath on any teacher in a regular setting helping out on checking his binders etc, so you may want to look into this yourself.