Hi, everyone.
I'm Alejandra from Alejandra.TV.
And in this video, I'm going to show you how to organize your locker if it's a big mess
and you have to clean it out for end of school or it has just gone to the point where things
are falling out of your locker right when you open the door or you just can't find things
and your grades are suffering because you just can't find anything and your locker is
a big mess.
So let me show you exactly how to clean out your locker so you can do the same stuff and
get yourself organized.
So this is the locker I have right here.
And inside, you can see it is just a big mess like you can't find anything, things are just
shoved inside and grabbing something from the bottom is just really difficult to do.
So the first thing you want to do is grab a sheet of paper because you are going to
write down the things that you need to do as you are cleaning out the space.
And so, I've created a locker clean out checklist for you.
There's a link below where you can download it and you can print it and you can use this
as you're cleaning out your locker.
So I have mine right here.
And I have a marker.
And as I come across things that required me to take action, I'm just going to write
them down.
So in addition to the list, I also have three bags that I just got from home, just grocery
store bags.
And what I'm going to do is we are going to sort things into each bag as we come across
trash, recycling and things that belong -- like things you want to take home or things that
belong to other people.
So I'm just going to hang them right here.
And then I'm going to take three sticky notes.
And so, I've just grabbed three different colors of sticky notes just so we can create
like quick labels just like this.
And actually, you don't have to label them.
Like if you just remember this is trash, this is recycling, this is to bring home, that's
perfectly fine also.
But just to make this -- just so you can better see, I'm just creating one for home.
I'm just going to put that right there.
Then I'm going to create one for trash.
I'm just writing with the Sharpie.
And then one for recycling just like that.
And then we are going to just staple it to each bag just so we can know what is what.
And the best time -- like if your school doesn't give you a designated locker clean out day,
like we used to have locker clean out day and it goes like once a quarter in our high
school and middle school.
If you don't have that, you can maybe get to school a little bit earlier and do this
or stay after school for like 30 minutes.
It really shouldn't take you that long to do this, or if you have like interact or recess
or maybe during your lunch you could do this.
But really, just find a time when you have some down time and you can just sort everything
out.
OK.
So I've got my three bags right here.
And what we're going to do here is we're going to start at the bottom and we're just going
to sort everything out into trash, recycling, and stuff to bring home.
OK.
So we have all of our bags labelled right here nice and organized.
And now, we're just going to go through and pick one thing out like one by one and just
sort it out into what's trash, recycling, and what's to bring home.
So, we're just going to start here.
So gym shoes -- we're going to pretend like this is the end of the year and we are going
to bring those home.
We no longer need those.
All right.
A worksheet from last quarter, a test from last quarter, trash, so what I'm doing here
is I'm just going to take out all the paper.
I'm going to lay everything flat.
And if you don't have time to kind of go through the papers right now because you don't have
a lot of time, just stack them nicely.
And what you can do is just bring them home and when you get home, go through them one
by one and figure out what you actually need to keep, put in your filing cabinet or what
can be discarded because you're not taking that subject anymore or next year, it won't
be applicable or you just don't need it.
And then everything else -- everything that's obvious trash, we're going to put in the trash.
OK.
So my lunchbox can go at home.
OK.
So like a sweatshirt you borrowed from a friend; that needs to go back to a friend.
So we're going to go here and on our locker clean out checklist, we're going to say, "Give
sweatshirt back to friend."
Just like that.
And so, that's your first action item.
So when you're done cleaning out your locker, you're going to have a nice list of things
that you need to do.
All right.
More papers, so just think like how good you're going to feel like once everything is organized
and the mess is gone and it's just going to be like a fresh new start if it's like the
middle of the school year or if it's the end of the school year then it's going to feel
good to already have gotten this done.
OK.
So like here's that agenda book that you couldn't find in the middle of the school year and
because you couldn't find your agenda book, you aren't writing down your homework or your
assignments, project due dates or test dates and stuff.
So it just goes to show, if you get organized, you can find the things that you have been
missing.
So what I'm going to do is I want to bring this home so we can kind of go through that.
All right.
So here's a book from the library.
So this needs to be returned.
So on my list, I'm going to write, "Return library book."
OK.
I got some more notes.
Here is trash.
This is like a note from a friend.
I'm going to recycle that.
OK.
Here are gym clothes.
This needs to go home so we can wash this.
These are pretty gross.
This is just like random stuff.
We can bring this home with us.
And when you get home, you need to go through this bag and take action and decide what's
to do with these things.
OK.
Here's a book.
Now, because your locker was so messy, you spilled on your book.
So good things you had it covered so it doesn't get damaged.
Old gum, that can be trashed, candy wrapper, a gross tissue.
OK.
Here's like school photos that you paid money for and now they're at the bottom of your
locker.
That can go home.
This fell down from your locker so we'll just -- for now, we'll just put it back up.
OK.
And then a pen.
So we'll bring that home too.
All right.
So now, the bottom or your locker is clear now.
Like that didn't take up that much time, like a few minutes.
And we can finally see the bottom.
So if you have a wet wipe, I would suggest just wiping it down or doing whatever you
need to, to clean the bottom and have a fresh new start.
All right.
So now, we are going to see what's at the top of the locker, clean that out into our
categories and just continue making progress.
Here is a disgusting banana that we found on top of the locker.
OK.
So now that we've cleared out all the mess, all the papers, all the trash, recycling out
of your locker into these three bags, now it's just a matter of taking the trash to
the trashcan, take the recycling to recycling, and then when you go home after school, just
make sure you bring this bag with you.
I'm just going to tie this so nothing falls out.
And I'm going to hang this in the locker or I'm going to put this in the bottom of the
locker so when we go home, we can bring those.
And then our action list, what we're going to do is put all the papers that we need to
go through.
I'm actually going to put them inside of this folder right here.
I just have a folder underneath my checklist.
So then we can just bring the folder home.
And then maybe not after school today but maybe this weekend or Sunday, we can go through
the sack of papers and figure out what we need to keep and what we can get rid of.
And that really depends on what stuff you need to keep and what stuff like you need
for next year and what stuff is safe to get rid of.
OK.
So then on my checklist, I'm going to add, "Go through these stacks or go through the
stack of paper."
All right.
Cool.
So now, I'm just going to take this home and I will deal with that when I get home.
But as you can see, that didn't take up a lot of time to organize your locker.
It's just a matter of going through all the stuff, pulling out and deciding what to do.
And now, you have a fresh new start.
If it's the middle of the year or if it's the end of the year, you can see that this
didn't take up a lot of time to kind of wrap things up now that the summer is about to
begin and you are leaving your locker.
So what's the weirdest thing you found in your locker?
Or what do you think you're going to find that you have been looking for once you've
cleaned out your locker?
Leave a comment below and let us know what it is.
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And if you want to download the locker clean out checklist, the link is below.
Thanks for watching and I'll see you soon.
Bye!