High School Success

Have you ever considered creating your own path for your high school education? Did you know that there are over a dozen different options for high school students? Many parents and students are unaware of the many choices available. High School Success will help you discover a new approach to high school and learn how to make your choices work for your best education, whether your goal is a high school or college diploma.  

In How to Be a High School Superstar, Cal Newport explores the world of relaxed superstars - students who scored spots at the nation's top colleges by leading uncluttered, low stress, and authentic lives. Drawing from extensive interviews and cutting-edge science, Newport explains the surprising truths behind these superstars' mixture of happiness and admissions success.

Pastor and social benefit fundraising expert Vance Roush delivers an in-depth, hands-on guide to raising money for your church or non-profit through both cash and non-cash donations.

This practical and efficient guide for parents of teenagers provides tried-and-true parenting concepts that are sure to help create a peaceful and happy relationship with your teens, and pave their way into a meaningful adulthood. Raising a teenager in the era of fake news, social media dominance, and social unrest is quite a challenge. Not knowing how to help your teenager avoid common mistakes, deal with new problems, and navigate the stormy waters of our modern society is common - especially since most of us parents have been raised in a different society 10 or 15 years ago.

Getting into college, the one you want, requires patience and poise. We have developed a step-by-step approach for high school students that allows you to stand out in all your college applications. Think of applying to college as a job interview. We've got you covered.

Everybody recalls that one teacher who made a difference—the coach who inspired, the teacher who challenged, and the English teacher who listened. Melissa Pyrch is that teacher. She has spent over two decades in classrooms with teenagers just like you. She understands your uncertainty, fear, and sheer excitement when thinking about your future. She gets it, and she's got you. So sit back and get comfortable as Mrs. Pyrch offers 12 lessons packed with encouraging advice for learning, leaving home, choosing a college major, landing a job, and navigating relationships.

Bills to pay, decisions to make, bosses to please, commitments to fulfill, relationships to mend, fears to suppress - all circumstances that seem to drive the ball down the field of life poised to score again. We try to fight back but our opponent is relentless, tough, and intimidating. Are you tired of living life day to day, letting your circumstances win, while you fight just to get by? Follow the journey of Mike Shelby as he hits rock bottom and then stumbles upon an old notebook from his past that holds a proven secret to success.

Paving Your Path engages people to ignite their passion and inspire others through artful communication. This audiobook is a practical and time-saving guide to help high school students develop a plan before graduation so that they can fulfill their destiny through the guidance of a mentor. Together, they will use the book over 30 weeks to determine the pathway upon graduation and produce a set of deliverable results.

Over the last few years, the demand for online teachers has been steadily growing. But now it’s exploded. The problem is, there are not enough teachers out there. If you’re thinking of starting your own online teaching business, there has never been a better time to do so. All you need is the right mindset, tools, and knowledge to help you reach thousands of students worldwide while earning a lucrative income. 

The trick to moving from your teen years into adulthood isn't about having all the answers—it's knowing what questions to ask. This book is your go-to guide for all things grown-up and the handbook for those life questions you haven't even thought to ask.

The first day of high school, 1969, I made a deal with another idiot that we wouldn’t do homework for four years. I somehow graduated, but with a very low GPA and little else. This book is about how I changed my mind and eventually, at age 24, realized that I wasn’t stupid after all. My motto - 4.0 or don't go - helped me beat procrastination and laziness and forced me to make different choices.

If you as a high school student, or you as a parent, or you as a mentor, teacher, or guidance counselor want to provide a power-house guide to achieving maximum success in the high school to college to career pathway, this is it. The plan is highly structured, provided step by step, and is supported by many participants in the student's support structure. Any high school student can use this plan to push past even the best and brightest in their class. Why? Because of the program's strategy that makes quantum leaps in the high school to career process.

Are you tired of struggling with exams and feeling overwhelmed by your studies? Do you wish there was a way to improve your grades and achieve exam success without all the stress? In today's fast-paced world, the demands placed on teenagers can often feel insurmountable. The pressure to perform well in exams can lead to stress, anxiety, and a lack of confidence. But that is about to change.

Graduating from high school is a big step for any girl. She is leaving her childhood behind and beginning the rest of her life. She is also leaving her mother's protective circle of love and guidance. One of the greatest gifts a mother can give her daughter at this pivotal moment in her life is good counsel.

Technology is awesome. Teachers are better. Blending new technologies into instruction is a non-negotiable if we are to help our students gain the skills they'll need to thrive in careers. And so too is educators' old school wisdom in planning intentional blended learning that works. Too often, sincere enthusiasm for technologies pushes proven instructional strategies to the wayside, all but guaranteeing blended learning that is all show and no go. Bold School is an audiobook that restores teachers to their rightful place in effective instruction.