The Booker T. Washington High School Marching Wildcats Band!

"NBKLB" started this Wednesday, Oct 24th, 2007 and will continue every Wednesday after school!

N = No B= Band K =Kid L=Left B = Behind

Please let parents and kids alike know that we are taking their education seriously and they should also.

Guidelines:

1.You must be respectful to tutors and chaperones at all times.

2. You must be in a tutoring session at all times while in the band room.

3. If your not in a tutoring session you must vacate the band room immediately.

4. Any disruptive behavior will be reported to Mr. Young and students will be asked not to return to "NBKLB" for the remainder of the semester.

5. When your tutoring session is over you must leave school campus.  Mr.Young and the chaperones will not be responsible for students after the session.

Staying Organized with your class notes!

It may seem obvious, but your class notes can only help you if you can find them. When you're taking notes be sure to:

Keep all your notes for one class in one place.

Date and number pages to keep them in order and make it easier to refer back to them.

Put the word you need to learn on one side of the blank card and the definition on the other side.  

For example to learn the meaning of  <<Chlorophyll>> put that word on one side of the index card and put the meaning on the other side- <<Vital for photosynthesis, which allows plants to obtain energy from light.>>

Now put all the words you need to learn on index cards, one word per card.  Carry them with you!  If you have a few minutes flip through the cards, look at the words and flip over to see the meanings.   Flip the stack over and do the reverse.  Look at the meanings to see if you know the word.  You can do this while waiting in line, on the bus or  while brushing your teeth.  After a short while you will have mastered the word and it's meaning.  It works for every subject.  Keep adding to your pile and continue to review the cards daily.  

If you have an especially difficult word, write using different colors.  By adding colors makes your brain "imprint" the information a little more strongly into your memory.  And just the act of writing the words and meaning on the index card will "imprint" them a little more securely into your long term memory.  Just don't learn the words for a particular test or class, but learn it for life!

Just think at the next party you are at you can say, "you know the other day I was talking to this, guy, his name was chlorophyll, I call him "phyll" for short and he was all green lying in the sun just converting that light into energy."  Ok people will quickly leave the area you are standing, thinking you lost your mind, but your grades will show you haven't!!

Keep a dictionary at hand at all times...

Check out the useful links at our student resources area!