A Back to School Bulletin Board Really Got My Daughter on Track

My daughter has always struggled to keep on task when it comes to her schoolwork. We have tried to get her planners and decorated notebooks to keep track of what she needs to do every day, and it just doesn't seem to work. Last year, my wife and I were at the end of our wits when we came across a back to school bulletin board, and to our great delight, it really helped her improve academically.

The great thing about a back to school bulletin board is that you do not have to open it. It seems kind of funny to me, but to my daughter, she would use the planners and notebooks for a while, and then they would get tossed to the side with all of her other books, note pads and general clutter. Out of frustration, my wife and I went to a local department store one day and looked for anything that might help our daughter keep to task, and that is when we first saw a back to school bulletin board.

It was about two by three feet in size, and it had the entire month printed out in days along with several lines down below for notes. My wife jokingly said we should get it for her, but I immediately thought it could be something that really benefited her. It was not that expensive, so we decided to give it a try.

When we brought home the back to school bulletin board, my wife and I explained that we had been concerned about our daughter's lack of organization when it came to schoolwork. She sighed and nodded, apparently more eager to get us out of her bedroom than to hear what we had to say. We showed her the back to school bulletin board, and she actually seemed impressed.

We showed her all of the features and told her that we knew there was no way she could miss this every day and that it certainly could not be tossed in among her other books and folders. I even agreed to mount it for her wherever she wanted it in her room.

To our great delight, my daughter used her back to school bulletin board daily, and it was always filled with writing about certain assignments or projects that needed to get done, and how she was going to work on this part of the assignment on these days. It was brilliant.

My wife and I watched as our daughter became more organized and her grades steadily improved, and it was all thanks to the back to school bulletin board we bought when we were at the point of grasping for straws. I am quite proud of her, and quite grateful for the instrument that helped her achieve her full potential.