Set Your Students Up for Success for the Years Ahead!
A new school year is here and now is the time to create an action plan that provides your students with everything they need to thrive in...
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Alli Haltom
- Jan 18
- 5 min
A Picture Perfect High School Resume
The high school resume is unique. Unlike an employment resume, the student resume highlights a variety of activities from the high school...
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Kathy Howard
- Sep 5, 2023
- 3 min
Students and AI: Making Connection the Final Frontier
In the Star Trek series that began in 1966, it was the team’s mission to seek out new life and new civilizations. Along the way, they...
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Kathy Howard
- Apr 25, 2023
- 3 min
Social and Emotional Health for Educators
Are you feeling easily frustrated with your students, co-workers, and those closest to you? Are you overly irritated by seemingly minor...
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Kathy Howard
- Dec 5, 2022
- 3 min
Five Test-Taking MUSTS!
Tis' the season for final exams. Test-taking is a big part of life's journey. Tests help students, parents, teachers, and schools track...
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Kathy Howard
- Feb 3, 2022
- 3 min
Three Ways to Improve Time Management
Time is one of our greatest resources and effective time management is key to success. Adolescence is a period when it feels like time...
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Kathy Howard
- Aug 4, 2021
- 4 min
Stress Management: A New School Year with Less Anxiety!
The last year confounded teachers, students, and parents as they tried to navigate a “new normal” in the wake of a pandemic. Lingering...
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Kathy Howard
- Mar 30, 2021
- 3 min
Preparing Middle School Students for High School
2020-2021 has been the most challenging academic year in recent history, with educators pivoting quickly to engage students who were...
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Kathy Howard
- Jan 10, 2021
- 3 min
What our weary teenagers need right now is…YOU!
A new year has rolled around and yet the challenges that smacked our lives in 2020 and the resulting emotional impact lingers. According...
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Kathy Howard
- Sep 16, 2020
- 2 min
Students Post-Covid: An Inspiring Generation is Emerging
Want to be inspired in the midst of a pandemic and national unrest? Survey your students about their covid experience! We have all been...
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Kathy Howard
- May 22, 2020
- 2 min
Testimonial: Remote High School Freshmen Orientation
Beaver County Christian School Counselor, Naomi Oosting, has not let the pandemic get in the way of preparing her students for high...
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Kathy Howard
- Mar 18, 2020
- 2 min
Facing Adversity with Teens: Chosen for a Time such as This
The story of Esther’s courage is inspiring and a reminder to rise up in the face of uncertainty. As we all face the unsettling feelings...
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Kathy Howard
- Feb 11, 2020
- 2 min
How to Use Prep4Success to Prepare for High School
The high school years can be mysterious, even scary for students to consider. Prep4Success Learning About High School lessons are...
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Kathy Howard
- Nov 21, 2019
- 2 min
Wise Counsel: Powering the Quantum Leap
What is the shortest distance between two points? If you said "a straight line," you would be like most of us. A recent answer I heard...
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Kathy Howard
- Jul 12, 2019
- 2 min
We're Launching a Curriculum Donation Program!
Prep4Success Academy has launched an exciting new initiative. We have created a donation program for schools who would like to purchase...
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Kathy Howard
- Mar 29, 2019
- 3 min
Navigating Hard Topics With Teens: Stay the (Bumpy) Course
A recent blog by George Couros, a principal who writes “The Principal of Change,” a blog I love, used the title "Dream Big, Work Hard,...
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Kathy Howard
- Jan 25, 2019
- 2 min
Generating Excitement About High School
Today we began High School Prep for Success with the class of 2023! Each spring, I facilitate guidance lessons targeted to prepare our...
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- Sep 5, 2018
- 2 min
NACCAP: A Membership that Matters
At this time of year we are inundated with requests from organizations to join and/or renew education memberships. While the information...
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- May 14, 2018
- 2 min
The Way God Made Us: We Got the Get
You’ve heard – “It’s not about getting, it’s about giving”. We all know the true joys of giving so this certainly makes sense, but have...
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- May 14, 2018
- 2 min
Active Listening: A Lost Art
When we call something an “art” we think something expressive, creative and masterful. The word “Art” by definition means “something that...
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