High School Prep
What is this course?
This course is for you. Starting High School can be a little intimidating, but the truth is that those four years can be some of the best years of life. A little support, mentorship, and guidance, will help you feel more prepared and ready for your next journey.
These years are filled with making memories and new friends. It’s also filled with many stressors, from growing up and passing classes to graduating and preparing for college. If you choose to, you can attain the best of all worlds: successfully excelling in your classes and having time to invest in your personal wellbeing and planning for your future, so you are happy where you are now. In this 6-week course, we will touch on a few subjects, like how to pace out homework without feeling too stressed and be motivated to do it, how to express yourself authentically while joining a new school, and best practices for taking care of yourself in the next four years.
Tentative Schedule
Week One - Welcome. Our first class will start with an introduction of what we are excited and nervous about for High School. We will talk about what each participant wants to learn more about in our time together and write down a few goals for the beginning of the school year
Week Two - Balance. We will focus on the most important part of life, taking care of you. We will look at ways to be prepared for our schoolwork and what to do when we need to recharge or get motivated to finish our work. A happy and fulfilled you is a productive you.
Week Three - Identity. Starting High School is about finding yourself and being “you”. We will work on naming the person who we want to be and the person we are today. The idea is to create a holistic and internal love to nurture the person we are and the community we want, so that we thrive in our new environment.
Week Four - Vision. The next four years can be crucial to finding your place in the world and where you want to make an impact. The best part is that it starts with your dreams and aspirations. We will go through an exercise to write down our passions, issues that we care about, and the things we love to do. Using this simple template, we can build a few ideas for future jobs, projects, and career paths.
After our four weeks, we will have two more sessions at the end of September and October to check in, to see how everyone is doing, and have a place to work through any difficulties and celebrate our new beginnings.
What is the time commitment?
Your life is busy, so I want to make this course doable. Depending on participants location, we will try to meet up in person, but if we are too far away, we will have a Zoom call. Make sure to take some time afterwards to digest the information and integrate it into your life.
I know how hard it is to balance schoolwork, sports, and whatever else you have in a week. This course is very accommodating for students and youth. Expect a weekly email before your class with information on our next session, which will run for an hour and a half, including all the information you’ll need for the call, and recap email after our time together.
We will meet once a week with 3-5 young people between the ages of 14-15. Class size will be limited to 3-5, so that we can have truly meaningful discussions and everyone has space to share and express. Depending on the interest we get for this course, there may be two classes.
So in total, Two hours of your time and a whole group of supportive, amazing people.
When you sign up, I will share my personal contact information for any extra support that you might need, as well as send any helpful resources, books, movies, or inspirations that I think will help the group throughout our time together.
How Much does this cost?
$225
I want to make this course affordable and accessible so I have set the price for 6 sessions at $225. This will cover the cost of our Zoom calls, my time for preparing, and holding space for our youth. I don’t want the money to be the issue for not doing this course, if you need tuition support or want to do payment installments of $113 for two months, contact me and we will figure it out.