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Aloha 8th graders! Along with the many new things that your are going to encounter this year on your team, another focus will be preparation for high school. In general, here are some tips to help you get to high school as you work through your final year in middle school:

1) **//Do your best!//** Of course, we always want you to do your best. But now, more than ever, it will count! And that's because your eighth grade teachers are the ones who will be recommending your placement into classes for ninth grade. Although these recommendations won't be made until January 2013, what you do from now until then will have a great impact on their recommendations. In turn, your recommendations will guide your choices of the [|courses that you select in high school].

2) //**Prepare!**// Familiarize yourself with high school. A good place to start is the [|Kamehameha High School website]. There you will be able to access the Catalog of Courses which provides a description of every course that's offered in high school, and other kinds of important information about our high school. Talk to your older siblings or other friends who are currently in high school, either here or any other high school, to get an idea of high school life. Another great idea is to start looking at different [|colleges]that you might be interested in attending. Colleges can provide you with a lot of [|information] that will benefit your later college decisions. Choosing a challenging high school courseload will also assist in your [|preparation for college].

3) //**Seek assistance!**// We certainly do not expect you to do all of this by yourself. Although the everyday effort and commitment is yours alone, you have many resources to assist you. Your parents, your teachers, your advisor, your counselor, your older brother and sisters, aunty, uncle - the list goes on! There are many sources of help for you out there. It's just a matter of asking!

4) //**Think and plan ahead!**// The two years here at middle school go by really quickly. The next thing you know, your four years in high school are over and you are in college. Graduation from college is not that far off and soon you are starting your [|career]. There is good reason for looking ahead and planning out exactly how you are going to get [|there]. [|It is never too early to start]. I guarantee you that starting now will make the decisions you have to make later on that much easier.

If you have any questions regarding registration, high school, or just school in general, please see your advisor or your counselor.