Summer Reading

PALS 7th graders are enjoying their novel, Out of my Mind by Sharon M. Draper. This book is inspired by the author's experience with her own daughter, about the life of a young girl who was born with cerebal palsy (see more info below).

Have you read an amazing book? Share your recommendation with other 7th, 8th, or 9th grade students? Email PALS@andover.edu!

Stay in touch with PALS!

Want to see your photo or messages in this update, on the PALS website or post board, or in future PALS communications? Send us a photo or message!

Your Getting Started guide has suggested prompts for what to email PALS@andover.edu each week.

PALS 2020 Photo/Media Release Form

Be sure to have a parent/guardian to complete the PALS 2020 Photo/Media Release in order to give us permission to use your photos and videos.

Mindfulness: Week 3 - Five Daily Exercises

Cover to book: Mindfulness for Teens in 10 Minutes a Day

Week 3 mindfulness exercises:

Monday, July 20: Daily Dose

Tuesday, July 21: Notifications That Matter

Wednesday, July 22: Name Game

Thursday, July 23: My Favorite Things

Friday, July 24: Mind Map

Practicing mindfulness for just 10 minutes a day can help you create and sustain feelings of peace, acceptance, lightheartedness, and ease.

(p. ix)

Happening this Week: July 20-24

PALS 8

Since most high school campuses are closed, admissions offices at private schools have been working to bring you videos and information that you can access from home.

Check the PALS 8 website for direct links to area high school admissions pages!

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This week's videos start to explore what you need for the high school application process.

New posts will be on our High School Application Video Series page by Friday, July 24.

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Have a question about the high school admissions process?

Submit it to PALS here!

PALS 9

9th grade matters!

Your first year of high school will set the foundation for the next three. It is where you will build habits; make connections with peers and teachers; and start the journey toward your future career.

Freshman year grades and attendance are more predictive of whether a student will graduate than race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and prior test scores combined.

-UChicago Consortium

Don't listen to rumors!

Read Myths & Facts about 9th grade!

High School Vocabulary Lesson

What is a GPA? How is rank determined? What's on your high school transcript?

Check the PALS 9 website on Wednesday, July 22 for a video explanation!

About Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper

Eleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. Always. And there's no delete button. She's the smartest kid in her whole school-but NO ONE knows it.

Most people-her teachers and doctors included-don't think she's capable of learning, and up until recently her school days consisted of listening to the same preschool-level alphabet lessons again and again and again. If only she could speak up, if only she could tell people what she thinks and knows. But she can't. She can't talk. She can't walk. She can't write.

Being stuck inside her head is making Melody go out of her mind-that is, until she discovers something that will allow her to speak for the first time ever. At last Melody has a voice . . . but not everyone around her is ready to hear it.

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