Countdown to Middle School
August
Tips
Remember to join your middle school’s PTA. Be sure that your child knows his/her bus schedule before the first day of middle school. Make every day count. Make sure your child is in school. Encourage your child to write down homework assignments in his/her notebook. Have a quiet place and a set time for homework. Tell your child he/she is “special” every day. Provide necessary supplies. Remember to join the PTA
September
Tips
Remember to review your child’s homework. Schedule conferences as needed with your child's teachers. Make sure your child has a designated study and homework time. Begin preparing for middle school.
October
October is National Middle School Month
Tips
Schedule conferences with your child's teacher. Check your child’s homework for completion/date due. Encourage your child to be responsible for his/her academic work and behavior. Continue the preparation for middle school. Each grading period is important. The first two reporting periods can affect your child's middle school registration.
November
Tips
You soon will have a middle school student.
Check your child’s homework.
Schedule a daily study time during the holidays.
Participate in middle school transition activities.
December
Tips
Winter Break is this month. Remind your child to complete activities in reading, writing, and math daily.
January
Tips
Review your child’s homework assignments. Schedule teacher conferences as needed. Encourage your child to be responsible. Middle school is coming!
February
Tips
Schedule parent/teacher conferences as needed. Make sure your child is completing assignments. Make sure that he/she is studying every day. Schedule parent/teacher conferences as needed. Continue your preparation for middle school.
March
Tips
The countdown to middle school continues. Make sure your child is on target academically. Schedule conferences as needed. Get ready for middle school.
April
Tips
Participate in all transition activities. Schedule conferences as needed. Make sure your child is on target academically and behaviorally.
May
Tips
Attend your child’s fifth grade Awards Day. Know the middle school your child is assigned to. Check on the dress code for middle school. Get a summer reading list for your child. Have a scheduled study time for your child during the summer. Visit your child’s middle school. Review transition activities for your child over the summer.
June
Tips
Update your child’s health information with an exam and immunization check. Encourage your child to do reading, writing, and mathematics activities daily. Check with the middle school counselor related to information they need for the Fall. Make sure your address and telephone number are current at the middle school. Make sure that you know the dress code for your middle school. Get your child’s bus schedule if needed. Check on the requirements for Physical Education. Continue to encourage your child. Make an appointment for you and your child to visit his/her middle school.
July
Tips
Same as June
August
Tips
Same as June