Thoughts on Student Planners?

Groundwork2022
Fri, 09 Nov 2018 20:37:22 +0000

So here’s the background:

DD is using a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" 2-pages-per-week TUL student planner. She loves the size (and the fun stickers). Neither of us expected this to be an issue, but it turns out there is not nearly enough room for her to write down her homework in each day’s box. She has a rigorous course load with too much homework and a busy EC schedule. She keeps the EC schedule on her Google calendar too, but life goes smoother when she writes down events in the planner as well. She is filling up every inch on the pages of this planner, writing in the margins, writing over the weekend days. It’s a wonder she hasn’t missed any assignments.

One solution was for her to carry and 8.5" x 11" planner or a page-a-day planner. She is open to carrying a larger size, but the page-a-day makes the planner too thick and heavy. I tried talking her into carrying just two months at a time of a page-a-day, but that didn’t fly. I’m pretty sure she needs a paper planner. Electronics use is somewhat restricted and phones prohibited outside of lunch periods, and the schools limit what apps can be downloaded on the iPads. She can’t rely on electronics or online access.

Any ideas? We’ve browsed the office supply stores and peeked at Amazon’s offerings, but they don’t seem to have anything that much different than what she is already using. Is there a niche brand we overlooked?

There are a lot of honors and AP kids/parents on CC, so maybe some of you have been in this boat and can tell us what worked for you. Thanks in advance.