Middle School Transition

MIDDLE SCHOOL TRANSITION INFORMATION:

Okay, fifth grade parents.  Take a deep breath

1.      JOUETT REPRESENTATIVES VISITED BROADUS WOOD ON THURSDAY, MARCH 30- Our students had a great visit with Ms. Baylor and Mr. Hendrix.  There was a lot of fantastic information shared and a lot of their questions were answered

2.      5^TH GRADE STUDENTS VISITED JOUETT ON FRIDAY, APRIL 14. – the students had a great time visiting Jouett.  I think that most of them feel more comfortable about transitioning into Jouett next year

3.      COMBINATION LOCKS – all of the students have had an opportunity to practice opening combination locks to get ready for Jouett lockers.  This is one of the most stressful transition experiences for the students.  If you want to help relieve this stress, buy your student a cheap lock and help them practice until they feel comfortable opening it.

4.      FINISHING OUT THE YEAR STRONG – it is really important to encourage your students to continue to focus on finishing out 5^th grade as strong as possible.

 
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2016-2017
Okay, fifth grade parents.  It is that time of the year when we begin to prepare your fifth graders for the transition into 6^th grade.  Here is some important information and dates that you need to know.

1.      CHOOSING 6^TH GRADE EXPLORATORY CLASSES – On Monday, February 1 and Monday February 8 the fifth graders will be presented the 6^th grade exploratory classes they can choose from.  There will be information coming home as soon as your student finishes the information class.  

2.      6^TH GRADE MATH AND LANGUAGE ARTS RECOMMENDATIONS – 5^th grade teachers will be making recommendations for the students’ 6^th grade Math and Language Arts classes in the next month.  These recommendations will be shared with you and you will be also be able to view both the exploratory classes your child chose and the teachers’ math and language arts recommendations on Parent Portal starting February 29.

3.      JOUETT PARENT NIGHT Thursday February 25 6:30 (Snow date March 3) – All of your questions will be answered during this meeting.  If at all possible, I strongly suggest that you attend.

4.      JOUETT REPRESENTATIVES WILL VISIT BROADUS WOOD ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30- This will give the 5^th graders an opportunity to get all of their questions answered by the representatives from Jouett.  You can help your student come up with questions that you would like to have answered.

5.     5^TH GRADE STUDENTS VISIT JOUETT ON TUESDAY, APRIL 12. – this is the students turn to tour Jouett , meet their teachers and interact with next year’s classmates.