New Year, New GoalsWith the end of a year and start of a new year, we have the opportunity to make new goals for ourselves and set ourselves up for success in the coming year. If your teen has been struggling to stay organized and meet their academic goals in high school, now is a […]
Read The PostGratitude
SSGP provides parents with the tools and know-how to help their teens gain the mindset and confidence to succeed in high school, college, and beyond. As we are celebrating Thanksgiving this month, I thought it would be appropriate to discuss gratitude. Choosing to feel and be grateful is a mindset; it is a habit. Regardless of how you are […]
Read The PostHow to Help your Child Start Good Habits in High School
How to Help your Child Start Good Habits in High SchoolSmall Steps Go Places is an educational consultancy by Genevieve. She works with parents whose children aren’t yet college-ready. She meets parents where they are to help them and their children get college-ready socially, emotionally, and mentally. She does this with courses focused on organizational […]
Read The PostBe a Human and Do What You Can Control
When something is about to happen that feels uncomfortable, our imaginations can make it so much more difficult and scary, especially right before it’s supposed to happen. This can just shut you down! People are tired of dealing with this pandemic and the changes to our daily lives. Quarantine and other measures have been necessary […]
Read The PostTaking It To The Next Level
I feel like my life has become refocused on taking action, in a world full of questions at every turn. It’s really unbalanced. The Going to College 101 topic for this month continues to be Leveling Up, but we are going to focus on taking it to the next level! With uncertainty remaining about how […]
Read The PostLeveling Up
The topic for June is leveling up. It’s a gaming term meaning we’ve whacked all the moles, crushed all the candy, and vaporized all the evil ones so now we get to go to the next level of play. It’s not hard to move from those game scenarios to the truly surreal Covid19 which requires […]
Read The PostBeing Tenacious
The Going to College 101 student newsletters this month, which focus on Tenacity, have titles with words like showing up, on time, finish line, and when one door closes another opens. Tenacity, which is an essential ingredient of Grit, is useful when it is applied to a mission, project, or goal that is relevant. Oftentimes […]
Read The PostWhat Communication Strategies Work, and What Do We Need to Learn?
Going to College 101’s April topic is Connecting which is timely during this Covid19 pandemic because our daily lives have moved from real life to virtual. How do we connect with each other now? What were we good at or had issues with, when it didn’t have to be virtual? Is there a silver lining […]
Read The PostHow to Use a Plan When The Plan Changes
Our original blog post for this month was about how to use a plan. However, because of the Coronavirus pandemic, we decided to focus on how to use a plan when the plan changes, If you want to make changes that will last it is best to make small changes because they will stick. And, […]
Read The PostPlan = Knowing How To Do Something
Knowing about something is the first step. This is followed by knowing how to do something. Then, you are ready to start doing something. For high school students, the cost of being stuck can range from unnecessary stress when trying to complete homework to difficulty in standing up for themselves in a troubling friendship. Knowing […]
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