Keep your focus on your academic
Establish good study habits
Stay engaged with activities that interest you -- clubs, volunteering, sports, work
Start thinking about your post-secondary plans
Start researching colleges/programs of interest and connect with schools; Colorado Western Slope College Fair (Oct. 1) and workshops
Get to know a few of your teachers well.
Start discussing the affordability of college as a family.
Schedule your 1st individual meeting with your Post-Secondary Counselor for anytime after Thanksgiving, then another in late winter or spring.
Take the PSAT/NMSQT on October 12th during the school day (register here) and then make a testing plan with your Counselor