Organization is critical in middle school.

Every day, students come home with various assignments from each of their eight classes. For one student, that may be a lot to manage! While the workload cannot be fixed, managing it can. In this article, there is a curated selection of digital planner templates, calendars, and tips to help with staying neat and tidy this school year. 

If you use a physical planner, you may want to reconsider your choice. Overall, the paper planner may do more harm than good for some students. It may be difficult for many students to cram all their assignments into a tiny box on a page. If the planner gets lost, a student has a major disadvantage when completing their homework from memory. So, I created some digital planner templates: a nice accommodation that can fit as many notes as one wants, and past ones can be discarded/deleted with ease. Not only is it efficient, but it saves a lot of paper, too! It is lightweight and travels with students everywhere in their Chromebooks. If the theme gets boring, the document colors, fonts, and entire setup can be easily altered. 

Inconveniences of a Planner:

• They get messy easily

• They have to be carried around everywhere

• Flipping through the pages to find the correct page is time-consuming

• The used pages are useless and become deadweight

• They have spaces too small for writing in

The following planner templates are for Google Docs and Google Slides. Feel free to download them. Please do not delete the credits, since some are from the Google Docs website. All of the templates are customizable. While you may not like any of these templates, I encourage you to make your own! Digital organization comes in various forms, so please use my ideas as inspiration for yours. If this article helped you, my next one might too! Stay tuned for some Slideshow Presentation Hacks next week.

Template #1: Docs Planner 

• Docs Planner

Template #2: Slides To-Do

• Dark/light pink: Light + Dark Pink To-Do Slides

• Dark/light green: Light + Dark Green To-Do Slides

Template #3: Schedule table

• Purple/Pink/Blue Colored Schedule Table

• Blank Schedule Table

Template #4: Slides Calendar 

• Slides Calendar

Template #5: Study Hall Table

• Study Hall Table

Template #6: Detailed Daily Calendar

• Detailed Daily Calendar