PSAT Exam October 15 (sign up now in the counseling office) - See Mrs. Jodi Ferry, 8th Grade Counselor

Have you registered for the PSAT exam yet? If not, there is still time. The PSAT is a practice SAT exam that lets you assess your critical reading, math reasoning, and writing skills. After taking the PSAT exam, you will receive a score report that gives you specific suggestions on how to improve your academic skills to help you prepare for the SAT. It is open to both 7th and 8th grade students. The PSAT exam is $25.00 and will be held Saturday, October 16 at 8:00 AM here at Rancho Pico Jr. High School. Have your child bring a $25.00 cash or check made out to Rancho Pico ASB to the Counseling Office. There are a limited amount of exams, so reserve your spot today!

Top 4 Books

All Teens appreciate once they’ve read it

(Teen Tested!

Most valuable gifts for teens!)

1. The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make: A Guide for Teens by Sean Covey

2. The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make: A Teen Guide to Using the 7 Habits by Sean Covey

3. The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey

4. Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff for Teens: Simple Ways to Keep Your Cool in Stressful Times by Richard Carlson

Top 2 Books Parents w/ Teens Should Read

1. How to Talk So Teens Will Listen & Listen so Teens Will Talk by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

2. For Parents Only: Getting Inside the Head of Your Kid by Shaunti Feldhahn and Lisa A. Rice

2. 20 Tough Questions Teenagers Ask – and 20 Tough Answers by Lois Leiderman Davitz, Ph.D. & Joel R. Davitz, Ph.D.

Fun Math Books

to brush off

Pre-Algebra and Beginning Algebra I concepts

- Math Doesn’t Suck by Danica McKellar

- Kiss My Math – Showing Pre-Algebra Who’s Boss by Danica McKellar

Dear Parents,

Teaching students and working with their parents for over 10 years, many parents have asked me countless times how to help this generation of children & teens as parents. Well, here are some great sources for you to know what is going through a teen’s mind and how to deal with their “reality”. My daughter just started Kindergarten and I was anxious already about teen issues that she will face (in 6 years) already, and ordered all these books & audio books (and more) over the summer to be proactive about all issues. They were so amazing that I started reading out (and playing the audio books) to my students during my advisory, and many of them empathized with most of the topics (especially the 6 M I Decisions and the chapter on “Friends”). If you don’t have time to read, many of them are available as audiobooks. Remember that teens love to listen to their I-POD, and all these audiobooks can be downloaded right onto them. That’s how I reviewed most of these books. The 6 Most Important Decisions You’ll Ever Make for Teens by Sean Covey is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for you AND your teen because the issues discussed are so real to my students. Enjoy!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Nicole Kim

PS. Stay in tune for more resources! Healthy minded teens will make our future bright!