17 Year old Olivia Hallisey is one of Time Magazines Most Influential Teens of 2015.  She invented a new test for the Ebola virus that doesn't need refrigeration.  She also won the Google Science Fair grand prize this year for her invention.  She would love to go to college then join a world health group such as Doctors Without Borders.  Olivia is proof that age and gender are no barrier to achieving great things in the science realm.

New Zealand golfer, Lydia Ko, has been named one of Time Magazine's most influential teenagers of 2015.  At age 17 she became the youngest golfer ever (male or female) to win a major.  She is now 18 and ranked number one in the world.  Her success is due to a lot of hard work - she trains 35 hours a week.

Alessia Cara performed her song, Here, at the 2015 TEDx Teen Conference.  I love her take on the party scene.

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.

You might think poetry is a bit old school but check out Clementine von Radics' poem, For Teenage Girls.