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"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail."--Benjamin Franklin
Senior Applications Supply List
- one 2 inch binder
- a jump drive (USB drive for storing and submitting assignments)
- two packs of loose leaf paper
- blue or black pens or pencils
- dividers
- a Livingston Parish Library Card (It must be in your name. It is free at the Albany-Springfield Library. This must be brought in).
- 2 magazines (Appropriate for class. These must be brought in by the end of the first full week of school.)
Senior Applications Lessons: Please click on the link below to view the syllabus for Semester 1.
Senior Applications Syllabus 2015.docx
Our Focus for September and October will be Steven Covey's "Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens"
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Habit 1: Be Proactive
- Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind
- Habit 3: Put First Things First
- Habit 4: Think Win-Win
- Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
- Habit 6: Synergize
- Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw
For this unit, you will...
- prepare a screensaver of the seven effective habits to use for daily self-reinforcement.
- complete a variety of surveys.
- write a formal letter of thanks to someone who deserves your gratitude.
- keep a personal journal of each habit.
- write a personal mission statement and set goals.
- observe activities around campus and report as proactive or reactive choices.
- complete a "kindness board" in the classroom.
- research quotations concerning positive behavior and positive attitudes (in song lyrics, literary selections, and books such as Bartlett's Quotations)
- create a "relationship bank" account.
- create a storyboard presentation of your "Seven Habits" journey to present to the class. This will be set to music!