Outskirts Press, INC.

This book is for students who want to have four productive years in high school.

This book was designed to provide high school students with a survival kit that includes proven strategies for success during the high school years. It also includes information on successful habits for ninth graders; a four-year plan of work; how to develop goals; specific guidelines on how to have a successful freshman, sophomore, junior and senior year; how to improve ACT test scores; why college is a good idea; and other information. The chapters in this book will provide high school students with a clear direction for their high school years.

The first year of high school is often called the hardest year in high school. This is because ninth-graders are exposed to a whole new world when they start high school. Classes may be located all over a huge building or campus of buildings. The students’ ages range from 14 to 18 or 19, and there’s a big difference between a 14-year-old and an 18-year-old. The students have to be more responsible than ever before and make their own decisions about a lot of things. Because of the many changes ninth-graders encounter, it’s important that you get off to a good start.



One of the ways that you, as a ninth-grader, can start your high school career on the positive side is to begin with positive routines that have helped other students. Most of these routines should start the first day you step into a high school building. It is important to start daily routines that will support your plan for success.