The best schools prepare
students for their transition to high school throughout their middle school
experience. Often middle school students do not know what to expect.
High school will be much more challenging than middle school. For
example some middle school students have math course but it does not offer
enough of a foundation to match what the student will experience in high
school.
Here are some things
that middle schools can do to prepare students for high school:
1. Establish a
transition program between the high school and the middle school.
2. Focus on teaching
students good study habits
3. Learning time
management is a key to doing well on tests.
4. Reinforce doing
homework on time. It is a good habit.
5. Establish a tutoring
program between the middle school and the high school that students frequently
attend
6. Get the middle school
student involved in volunteering
7. Help the
students to learn how to achieve their goals
8. Have the
students to participate in honors classes.
9. Ask the high school
principle how to prepare your student.
10. Visit colleges to
keep your students motivated
Principals and students
must be active participants in the high school academic preparation process. It
is good to talk to students about the choices that they have to make while in
high school. You can let them know that there is limit to what they can
accomplish. Hard work will always. The middle school students benefit.
The middle school
student must also learn how to respond to peer pressure. Talking about peer
pressure and how to respond to bullying can help the student's emotional
adjustment.
Dr. Stephen Jones is an
education advocate and author of Seven Secrets of How to Study. Get copies for
students at your http://bit.ly/1wJHWaa
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