Email Etiquette
A reasonable, generally expected response time.
What is 24 hours/1 business day?
A way to organize tasks based on importance and urgency.
What is prioritizing?
A study method that involves breaking work into 25-minute intervals with short 5-10 minute breaks in between.
What is the Pomodoro method?
A federal form you should complete in your 13th year in order to be considered for financial aid.
What is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)?
A day dedicated to the tradition of decorating for the holiday season with electric string lights.
What is National Christmas Lights Day? (December 1st)
The area at the top of the email that tells you what the email is about.
What is the subject line?
A detailed, organized set of ideas for doing or achieving something.
What is a plan?
A study technique based on the principle of spacing out learning over time. The technique involves reviewing information at increasing intervals, with more time between reviews as you become more confident with the material.
What is spaced repetition?
The academic year during which you should be applying for scholarships if planning to use these following Middle College.
What is It Depends?
For most scholarships, you'll want to apply in your 13th year (2025-2026) for the following year.
For some, you can apply this year (2024-2025) and defer your award until the 2026-2027 academic year.
You'll need to check the specific deadlines and criteria of the scholarships you're considering.
A fun and sweet holiday to celebrate everything about cookies.
What is National Cookie Day? (December 4th)
Two types of copies - used when sending an email to multiple people.
What are CC (carbon copy) and BCC (blind carbon copy)?
Systems or resources that can help you stay organized, work efficiently, and save time and energy.
What are productivity tools?
A study method that involves actively retrieving information from memory as a way to reinforce learning, instead of just reading over material.
What is active recall or retrieval practice?
The three categories to use when considering colleges to apply to in your 13th year. (It is recommended to apply to some in each category.)
What is Reach, Match, and Safety?
A day to focus on positivity and joy.
What is National Joy Day? (December 7th)
{Similar to National Build Joy Day on December 2}
The different parts of an email body.
What are Greeting, Introduction, Description/Key Questions/Statements, Closing, and Signature?
A way of thinking that involves taking charge of your circumstances and shaping your own future, rather than waiting for things to happen to you.
What is a proactive mindset?
A visual diagram that organizes information around a central idea, with related ideas branching out.
What is a mind map?
The status you will hold when applying to a destination college in your 13th year.
What is Freshman? (You will apply as a Freshman and be eligible for Freshman scholarships, but once accepted, your credits will be evaluated, and you may be a Sophomore or Junior.)
A day to reminisce and think about fond memories related to silly toys and childhood.
What is Stupid Toy Day? (December 16th)
The type of voice or tone an email is written in that helps you come across as responsible and capable.
What is a polite, professional tone?
Aspects of your life encompassing physical and mental health that should be balanced along with academic, career, and other responsibilities.
What is personal well-being?
A study method that engages learners in an active, systematic approach to reading and learning. You are encouraged to actively engage, ask questions, and reflect on your understanding.
What is the PQ4R study method? (Preview, Question, Read, Reflect, Recite, Review)
The date in your 13th year by which you should apply to any colleges for full consideration for financial aid and other opportunities.
What is the Early Action or Priority Deadline? (Often on or around November 1st, sometimes earlier or later)
An early-winter census done by the National Audubon Society across several countries in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Christmas Bird Count? (December 14th-January 5th)