I am looking for ideas for preparing these students and their parents for their new school. I am at a middle school consisting of 6th, 7th and 8th grade students with a student population of 1350. I would appreciate opening this up to other middle school people for comments and ideas.
Some schools arrange tours of the middle school for students and interested parents.
I've heard of one middle school that holds an assembly where incoming 5th graders mix with current sixth graders. The sixth graders have table conferences with the 5th graders and answer their questions, etc. With the right prep, the 6th graders seem to do this very responsibly. Advice from a Transitioning Expert I would like to share our successful transition plans for 5th graders going to the Middle School. We have combined several approaches that have proved to be very helpful for our students.