The Locker Lowdown

Your locker should have all the necessary

tools for school. It should be organized so that you can find

your materials quickly.

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Here are a couple of helpful hints for locker:

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#1 Memorize your combo

Use a little poem or rhyme to help you remember your comboExample:

“47, 13, 4 , that’s the combo I adore!”

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#2 Clean it out regularly

Do a once-a-month super-clean. Toss what you don’t need and organize the rest.

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#3 Take your dirty clothes home!

Make sure dirty cloths don’t hang around-they have a way of “ripening” in small, dark spaces

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#4 Mirror, Mirror on the locker

Keep a little mirror for between-class hair fixes and to check for smudges on your faces.

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#5 Don’t keeping food in your locker

Avoid storing food for later, which might turn into “for the roaches that have moved in and are now quite comfortable.”

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Why is it important to keep your locker organized? To find what you need easily To have a system that supports your day

Notebooks and books in order Class schedule posted inside

To serve as a home base between school and home

To help remember to take the right work home and books home

Set a day each week to clean

Should my locker look like…

THIS

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THIS

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Here are a couple of ideas to keep your

locker organized:

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Shelves

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They separate books, folders, gym clothes, and your lunch box

Dry Erase Board

Write reminders and books to take home on it

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Toolbox Store extra

pens, pencils, glue, tape, scissors, markers, ruler, note cards, erasers, and more

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Some more looks at organized lockers…………get some ideas

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Ways to organizer locker

Keep books and notebooks in the order of your classes

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1st P

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d S

cience

2nd P

erio

d M

ath

3rd

Perio

d S

S

5th

Perio

d E

nglish

6th

Perio

d

Explo

rato

ry

Scie

nce

Book

Math

Book

SS B

ook

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Keep morning books vertical and afternoon horizontal

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1st P

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d S

cience

2nd P

erio

d M

ath

3rd

Perio

d S

S

5th Period English

6th Period Exploratory

Scie

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Book

Math

Book

SS B

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English Book

Ways to organizer locker

Get a shelf and double your horizontal space. Store Morning book on the top and afternoon books on the bottom.

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1st P

erio

d S

cience

2nd P

erio

d M

ath

3rd

Perio

d S

S

5th

Peri

od

Englis

h 6th

Perio

d

Explo

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cience

Book

Math

Book

SS B

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E

nglis

h B

ook

How will you organize your locker????