Im looking for tips on helping high school chess players

You don't have to re-invent the wheel unless you're working with just one student. Most of the times, you can leverage off some really good books that address this subject.

What would the approximate rating/strength level of these munchkins be?  I'm asking because you're probably looking to make sure that you set a bar high enough for the weakest ones to reach to begin with.

Let me know and I could recommend some really nice books for that level.

There is a lot of tips on this site, just do a search in the search forum or search the site.

Here are some links:

1.http://www.chess.com/forum/view/scholastic-chess/coaching-children---help

2.http://www.chess.com/forum/view/scholastic-chess/teaching-chess-to-kids

3.http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/how-and-when-to-teach-a-child-chess?lc=1

Etc..

Shivsky: The highest rated is about 1200 everyone else is below that but most of them play much better than their rating. There is only one rated tournament a year and thats primarily how they are based.

Paul: The links odn't seem to be working but i'll look them up in the search Thanks