Find ways to stay involved when your kids enter middle school, even if they think they don’t need you.
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Join Joe Bruzzese, author and expert for the middle school years, for a free teleseminar on Thursday, August 28th from 11:30 am - 12:00 pm (PST). With many kids either starting school this week or in the week to follow, the list of “to-do” items can grow to an overwhelming number. The transition to […]
Last night we were at a Middle School awards ceremony. They were recognizing the students who achieved perfect scores on their state standards of learning exams in 2007. The ceremony was short and sweet, but oh so inspiring. Why? Because it was incredibly obvious that the principal of the school and his staff TRULY care […]
Thinking Forward, my favorite resource for all things Middle School, has just released an e-book called Saying Goodbye to Sundaes (or Confidence, Connection and Challenge - Three Secrets to Thriving in Middle School). If you have a child in Middle School or one who will enter Middle School in the next few years, this free […]
Oh that fateful day is getting closer! You know, the first day of school. Parents can’t wait for it to arrive and kids either love it or hate it. At any rate, I have found some of the best back to school advice around - whether your child is entering Middle School, High School or […]
Our Middle School drama has a happy outcome/beginning. I called the school board on Friday and they have approved my request to have my son go to the Middle School closest to our house (rather than the one he is zoned for).
The 5th graders got to take the bus to their new schools yesterday and […]
Good morning everyone! I hope you had a great weekend. Lots of little things going on here.
Last Thursday we went to Middle School orientation at the school we were originally zoned for, but are no longer zoned for. I was so impressed at the professionalism and organization of the staff. I liked what I heard […]
Tonight we go to a Middle School orientation. The school will explain the educational and social plan they have for the kids. And while the presentation is supposed to be the same at each of the counties’ middle schools, we are going to this one and one at another school next week so we can […]
Does this sound at all familar?
“Parents expect more from their middle school kids. They say:” Why can’t you help out more? Why don’t you do the dishes . . . pick up your clothes . . . cut the grass? Why are you so moody? Grow up!”
Teachers expect more, too. In middle school are […]
Parenting Tweens & Teens. Been there, done that.
Written by Christine Young [email] for b5media.
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