Looking ahead

Everything August tends to bring

Nothing here is owed. Read it like a menu.

• Confirm school schedules

  grown-ups

• Confirm transportation and bus information

  grown-ups

• Add the whole school calendar

  grown-ups

• Add parent-teacher conferences

  grown-ups

• Add closures and half-days

  grown-ups

• Add major testing dates

  kids

• Add sports schedules

  kids

• Add extracurricular schedules

  kids

• Buy school supplies

  all

• Back-to-school clothes and shoes

  kids

• Finish remaining summer assignments

  kids

• Ease sleep schedules back

  all

• Set up homework and study spaces

  kids

• Walk through each kid's weekly shape

  kids

• Agree on school-night routines together

  all

• Agree on device and phone expectations together

  all

• Fall haircuts

  all

• Start researching winter-break travel

  grown-ups

• Start researching next summer's competitive programs

  kids