preparing for high school
Advice for Middle School Success
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Start Early with these tips for Middle School Success! Middle school is a time of transition and growing. Your child leaves elementary school, and has three years to be ready for high school! How is this possible? Here are some hard-won...
3 Ways Teenagers are the Same as Toddlers and Why!
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Toddlers Vs. Teenagers…Are they so different? How are teens the same as toddlers? I love to read about all kinds of topics including parents in earlier stages of this game called life. I just read a blog post yesterday written by a mama...
5 Positive Parenting Techniques
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Chapter 1 *I’m in the process of reading U Thrive: How to Succeed in College (and Life) written by Daniel Lerner and Alan Schlechter, MD. They teach a course at NYU on the “Science of Happiness” which is one of the most sought after...
About Me
Melanie Prather Studer has spent the last thirty years as a mother and teacher- preschool through middle school. When her kids became teenagers, Melanie started keeping notes and doing research to help her children get a head start on getting into college and ultimately out into the real world.
Resources I Recommend
Learn exactly what you need to talk about with your middle and high schoolers who are planning to go to college and why.
The College Preparation Planner
This 142 page planner has everything you need to organize the college search, preparation, and application process.
How to Win Scholarships
This guide shows exactly what parents can do to help their students prepare their scholarship applications in a way that will set them apart and get them noticed by the judges
