It may seem like a long way off, but planning for the 2001-2002 school year is underway.
Parents often ask whether seventh graders stay on the same team when moving to eighth grade.
While it is probable that some students will end up on the same team, that is not an objective when placing students into eighth grade. Rather, we attempt a balance of gender, ability, achievement, leadership, behavior, personality, and special needs. The seventh grade staff is involved in this process and supplies student profiles to our counselor, Mr. Plotner. Likewise, a thorough process, with the same goals in mind, is used to place sixth graders onto seventh grade teams. Mr. Plotner visits Highcrest Middle School over the course of several days in order to gather information on each student from the Highcrest teachers.