Taming the Locker Monster

Let's face it-there are some things about your locker that you can't really change. The size. The location. The color. But even if your locker is painted a scary biohazard orange, you can control what it looks like on the inside. You can make it your home away from home. So why not make it a place that not only looks cool, but also helps you keep your sanity during the school day?!

Let's start with the reason you actually have a locker in the first place-school. You're there to get an education, and that means lots of books. Instead of breaking your back with an overloaded bag, how about keeping some books in your locker-you could make a quick pit to change books so you end up carrying only the books you actually need.

But to make room for all those books, plus all the other stuff you've got to cram into your locker, let's make sure you're using all the space in that narrow little metal box.

Locker shelves are a good way to make more room. You can have a shelf for your textbooks, a shelf for your gym bag, and an extra shelf for the fun stuff-makeup, mirrors, CDs.

And it's easy to organize all those loose papers that tend pile up in dark corners when you have our Big Mouth™ Backpack Filer The Big Mouth slides easily into both backpacks and lockers and has five interior folders in five cool colors. The folders are removable, so you can pull them out individually and take them to class. Binders are another great locker solution-you can fit all your class materials into our 3RB Style Binder and Student Snapper Folder with pockets! It's got pockets!

Back to those books-since you're going to be doing a quick grab on your way to class, make sure you always place your school books in your locker standing upright with the title facing out toward you. If you have separate notebooks or folders for each class, keep those right next to the textbook for the class.

Have fun with it, and don't forget to decorate!