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