Preparing your teen (or yourself) for school when summer is so relaxed, enjoyable, usually structureless and simply NOT school, can be challenging.  If your student likes school it can be easier.  If your student finds school challenging, you know the extra challenges that come with preparing for the next year ahead.  Here are some tips that might be useful for your teen and you to be ready to enter that next school experience with as much motivation, determination and hope as possible: