How to Survive Senior High School

Photo courtesy of the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority.

Senior High School can be a difficult time.  You are not quite an adult but definitely not a child any more, the frontal lobe of your brain is still developing (which controls emotions, memory and judgement amongst other things), your hormones are running rampant, you're trying figure out boys and possibly juggle a part time job.  Then you have the whole Senior High School thing to deal with - lots of reading, homework, study and exams - until you think your brain will explode.

Stephanie Limm won the VCE Leadership Award in 2013.  While she was in high school she wrote a booklet entitled A Student's Guide to Staying Sane in VCE (VCE = Victorian Certificate of Education, in Western Australia it's called WACE and in New South Wales it's called HSC for Higher School Certificate etc.).  It's full of ways to be mentally and physically healthy and great study tips.  Stephanie was also responsible for students undertaking a Student Mental Health First AId Course at her high school and made sure students had access to gym facilities and meditation classes.