Middle school is a time for young adolescents to learn to navigate from child to young adult. Many boundaries are tested, and independence is acquired. 8th graders are the big guys on campus, but they are still those sweet, young, innocent, scared kids who began their middle school career just
Middle school is a time for young adolescents to learn to navigate from child to young adult. Many boundaries are tested, and independence is acquired. 8th graders are the big guys on campus, but they are still those sweet, young, innocent, scared kids who began their middle school career just
Day 2 with the 8th graders and I wanted to expand on the values lesson from yesterday (click here for the values lesson). We talked about the quote, “Values are like fingerprints. Nobody’s are the same, but you leave them all over everything you do.” But first, we talked about
Last week I had the opportunity to spend 3 class days with our 8th graders. I wanted to combine career planning, goal setting, mindsets, and values all in with starting to think about high school. In a few short months, I will be calling each 8th grader and his/her parents
Each year we have our fourth graders come for a visit. It’s part of our transition to middle school. It takes a lot of planning and putting together, but it is a special program for both the current 5th graders and our soon to be 5th graders.Starting in January, I
Transitioning to middle school is not a throw-it-together-in-one-day event. In fact, it takes months of planning and prepping. My process for transition is as follows:January— send an email to 4th grade teachers at the elementary school to begin planning dates for transition visits. March— confirm dates for visits. Talk
It has officially started! Today I met with our 8th grade social studies classes and talked to them about what to expect in high school. I have done this for years, a process I started when I worked at the high school, and I have continued doing this since my
Amanda Kaestner is a writer for the Gannett Company and recently got in touch with me asking if she could write an article for my blog about Summer Programs. Whether you are a parent, a counselor, or a teacher the following has some great info to help students from hitting
Today was our last visit from the fourth grade classes. The fifth graders have done a really excellent job acting as either a Lunch Buddy or Tour Guide for the elementary students. Each day we had visitors,they eagerly came to my room to make sure we had made them a
Our Latest Lesson Leader is Sierra Bishop, middle school counselor. Sierra has put together a great program for the soon-to-be sixth graders in her district. I visit the 5th graders in May with some live examples of students that survived the transition (current 6th graders) They help me review
I am starting to plan for our 4th to 5th grade transition. I love this and our 5th graders have a ball showing the 4th graders around the building, and telling them all about middle school. Talk about helping kids find a voice. . .this does it for the 5th
Today was the last of our Field Trip to Middle School for the incoming 5th grade class. Transitioning the 4th graders actually started a few weeks ago, when my Principal, one current 5th grader, and myself went to talk at a 4th grade assembly. While we were there, my Principal
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