How Your Teens Can Stay Connected to School in the Long Summer Months Ahead

The countdown to 8th grade is on the board in my Middle School classroom. Only days left until the end of the school year.

The hallways are filled with the smell of Axe Body Spray, sprayed a little thicker to cover up the sweat of the summer that is lingering around the corner. The shades are drawn a little lower to shield the blazing sun that glares through our glass windows. Shining way too brightly for teenage eyes.

The academic apathy is wrapped like a cloak around almost everyone. Sta...