| Are you ready for the first day of school? | | | | ninety degrees and your flip-flops look perfect with |
| Backpack full of supplies. Check! | | | | your new shorts, you need to check the school dress |
| First-day outfit clean and ready to go. Check! | | | | code. Make sure you know what is allowed and what |
| You know where you're going and when to be there. | | | | is not, so that really cool first-day outfit doesn't earn |
| Mostly. | | | | you a trip to the principal's office. |
| You're in bed, the night before the first day of school, | | | | 4. Check the list again. You may have gone through |
| trying to sleep, but it's hard, isn't it? Maybe you're not | | | | your school supply list a thousand times already, but do |
| sure about a new school, a new class, a new teacher. | | | | it one more time before you leave for school. You |
| Maybe you got new clothes, but now you aren't quite | | | | may not have noticed that Dad borrowed your ruler or |
| sure where your shoes are. If you follow the guidelines | | | | that your little brother dumped your crayon box under |
| below, it should help you sleep a little better. | | | | your bed. Don't be surprised when you get to school. If |
| | | | there were any school supplies you couldn't find or |
| 1. Prepare. Make a list of everything you need to do | | | | were sold out, be sure to let your teacher know; she |
| before the first day of school. It can include getting | | | | will expect you to have them. Then, remind Mom or |
| school supplies (make sure you have the list,) calling | | | | Dad to find and buy the supplies. You need them as |
| friends to talk about schedules or clothes, going to | | | | soon as possible. |
| orientation, or whatever is important to you. Check | | | | 5. Eat breakfast. Even if you're late for school, make |
| things off the days before school starts, so you feel | | | | sure you grab something to eat. A hungry stomach |
| better about being ready. Lay out clothes the night | | | | and first-day nerves are a bad combination, unless you |
| before, just in case your favorite socks are dirty or a | | | | want to be the first one to throw up this year. Grab a |
| shoe is missing. | | | | portable yogurt, a handful of cereal, a piece of bread |
| 2. Sharpen pencils ahead of time. It may seem like a | | | | and some fruit, but don't take a some candy and a |
| little thing, but when the teacher tells you to take out a | | | | soda. Save that for after school. Breakfast is the |
| pencil and write your name on the paper, you don't | | | | perfect way to start the day with energy and a |
| want to have to go stand in line at the pencil | | | | settled stomach. Hopefully you can sleep better now. |
| sharpener. | | | | Have an awesome school year! |
| 3. Double-check the dress code. Even if it is over | | | | |