Everyone benefits when you get involved at school:
Volunteers work for free, but not for nothing. There are lots of benefits to getting involved at school. You'll learn what's going on and get another perspective on what your child tells you. You'll have things to talk about with your child. You'll have a chance to develop valuable skills, such as project management or fundraising. And you'll be able to make a difference to every child in the school.
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Attention RHS seniors! Complete a FAFSA this month to qualify for a $1,000 scholarship. #OpportunityScholarships spr.ly/60181dKFK
Congratulations to the 7th grade A team! Royal Jr High Tournament Champs!
Don’t miss tonight’s RJH theater performance of “Our Place”. This story tells us about a place. A special place. A broken down dock that only a few know about. A dock built with tears and laughter and love. A dock that sees love and pain, light and dark, life...and death.
Wednesday January 22, 630 PM at the RJH auditorium.
***This play does deal with topics that may be sensitive to some audience members.***
1/24 - Royal Falcon Basketball vs Sealy @home, 5:30pm
***Jr High Night!***
Give your child the power to answer questions:
"How do you spell…?" "What’s a…?" "Where is…?" Your child is full of questions. It's important that she learn to answer them herself. Keep a few basic reference books, such as an encyclopedia, a dictionary, an atlas and a thesaurus, on hand or bookmarked online. Show your child how to use them. She will not only answer her own question, she'll learn how to find the answers to others.
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After-school activities foster a school connection:
Want your teen to get better grades? Consider signing her up for a school-based after-school activity like band or sports. One long-term study determined just how important these activities are. Students who take part in them tend to get better grades. They feel more connected to school and attend more regularly. And they are more likely to graduate and go to college than students who don't participate.
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1/24 - Royal Lady Falcon Basketball vs Sealy @home, 4:30pm
1/24 - Royal Lady Falcons soccer vs Bay City @home, 5pm
1/23 - RJH Lady Falcon Basketball vs Bellville @home, 4:30pm
1/23 - RES Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) testing
Memory strategies help information stick: Students often need to memorize lists of facts, dates or definitions. Share this tip with your teen: Divide long lists into chunks. Instead of trying to learn all the bones in the body at once, he should memorize the bones in the leg, then the arm, and so on. Another strategy is to make up acronyms, rhymes or songs about the information. Your teen can also visualize the material or link it in his mind to something familiar.
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Easier mornings start the night before:
In many families, weekday mornings are often messy and disorganized. To make yours more manageable, get ready the night before. Have your child lay out clothes, finish homework and put his backpack by the door. Make sure he gets enough sleep, too. Sleepy, crabby kids are hard on parents and teachers and they can't learn well. Stock portable breakfast choices that can go out the door with your child.
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1/23 - RJH Falcon Basketball vs Bellville @away, 4:30pm
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
1/21/2020 - Royal Falcon Soccer vs. Madisonville @away, 5pm
1/22 - RHS Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) testing
1/21/2020 - Lady Falcons Soccer vs. Bellville@away, 5pm
Challenge your teen to think critically:
Take this challenge with your teen: Every day for a week, each of you spend 15 minutes reading the editorials in a daily newspaper. Then, pick a time to discuss what you've read. Do you agree or disagree with those opinions? Why or why not? Did the authors consider all the aspects of the arguments? Reading something and then analyzing it is the basis of critical thinking. And critical thinking reinforces learning.
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Ask questions that promote honesty: To get your child into the habit of being honest, praise her honesty. Ask if she did an assigned chore. If she did and says yes, praise her for her work and for her honesty. If she says she didn't do it, praise her honesty and then ask her to do the chore. If she says yes when she didn't do it, ask why she lied. Keep asking questions; your child will probably decide it's easier to tell the truth in the first place.
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