5o Nikki • Tracter • Miss Me • 5even • Diesel • Jade • Charlie Rocket • Back To School E EN_ Transition Time from page 51 • • • rn —s tSJ CO 110 w fourth et • downtown royal oak 248.556.8586 1287210 uanag • atAi 5511A1 • Jai.oeu. • PPI!N og • wand • aNemy • • Lugo • RwoRd THE ROEPER SCHOOL WHERE GIFTED STUDENTS LOVE TO LEARN • Bloomfield Hills. Unfortunately, the age group that needs the most sleep is having the most trouble getting it. (See "Get In The Mood For School!" sidebar) "Teens require more sleep than young children and typically their bodies never receive it',' says sleep adviser Linda Greenwood, who works in the office of Dr. Bradley Roland in Novi. "Their minds are trained to stay up late, but they really need a good sleep routine. "When you're in school, there is a schedule and, though your sleep times can change, which they shouldn't, you still have a set time to sleep and wake up. In the summer, you lose this habit because you don't have typical hours and a place to be in the morning. "It's important that the room you sleep in is sleep promoting — this means there are no computer lights or TVs in the room, so you don't have any distractions." But after getting a good night's rest, some students find its still difficult to get up and get going. Lucky for them, Hiptechblog.com has made a list of the Top Ten Coolest Alarm Clocks to help you wake up on those early school days. These alarms include the Kuku Alarm Clock, which wakes you with the sound of a chirping bird who begins to lay eggs and will not stop chirping unless you put all of the eggs into its basket; the Jigsaw Alarm, which forces you to put the puzzle pieces together to shut off the sound; and the iHome, which wakes you up to your choice of music from your iPod. Conquering sleep and waking may be one thing; but some students not only are coping with the transition from summer to school, but also with the move from middle school to high school. That can be overwhelming for any teen. "It's all about balance,' says psycholo- gist Janice Goldfein, "For those who have just graduated middle school and are advancing to high school, the transition is filled with the twin feelings of antici- pation and anxiety. Students are excited to return to school because of all of the possibilities and opportunities, but then they realize their fears." How can these teens cope with their nerves? "I ask students how they can develop strategies to see the whole picture," Goldfein says. "When people have fears it is usually because they are only focusing on the negative things, and you have to see the entirety of it all. Using an emotion like humor, you are able to see how absurd some of your own fears are. Don't ignore the fear; just make friends with it." The summer is dwindling and September is almost here. Soon, stu- dents will sit in classrooms and begin to wonder: Just how many days left until summer vacation? Hadas Corey, 16, JN Teen2Teen Intern, attends Birmingham Seaholm High School. {Prey-dtaalara Per_critol(fstietvAews" Get in The Mood For Schooll D°014,0-s. 00* - lease coe to. set uheour 16 1 6,9-44./nzenZ.7 248.203.73117 ntore i/A:cii` our aie,6s-ie: WWW.ROEPER.ORG 1284000 Compose Yourself Joanne Bellet, M.A. Certified Teacher & Psychologist ACT-SAT • Speed Reading Reading for Comprehension • Writing • Organizational Skills 248.851.8379 jbellet00@hotmail.com 52 August 9 • 2007 One-on-One Tutoring Writing Effectively = Success For students eager to succeed in school, check out these quick tips to help you get back into the swing of things for fall. Sandy Schwartz, a tutor from West Bloomfield, gives this advice: • Routine! Around a week before you return to school, try to get back into a routine. Set a reasonable time to wake up and go to bed. • Read! Keep your mind active by picking up that book you had your eye on. It doesn't have to be anything educational; any reading at all keeps your imagination going and your brain alert. • Educational fun! Spend the last few weeks of summer doing something that is both fun and educational. Try averaging your favorite baseball players' averages to see how they have done this year or adding up the price of how much you spent doing your fall shopping! •Agenda! Keep a planner with all of your homework assignments that you have done and have not done. When you write the assignments, you should also jot down what you did in class (what the lecture was about, etc.). That way, it will jog your memory about the subject before you start on the homework. • Organize! A notebook or folder that has separate places for each subject is key. Try to get individual folders for each class with pockets on each side. That way you can write "work to do" on one side and "work to turn in" on the other. Also, folders with rings in the center are great for classes where you do a lot of work. • Color! Color code your things by subject and remember the colors you chose. That way you can quickly grab the folder without reading the subject and you won't take the wrong subject home. Try picking distinct colors for each class: make language red, math blue, science green and so on. When it comes to your brain, remember: If you don't use it, you lose it!