Katherine Baker and Bhavna Narula (2012), The Connected Adolescent: transitioning to middle school state, “ that adolescents who feel connected to school perceive the adults there to be caring are more likely to be academically and socially engaged.” Adolescents, who feel connected to school, are more likely to be more academically successful (Baker & Narula, 2012). Baker and Narula (2012), Identified three focus area critical to fostering student connectedness to school: transitions to middle school, student support systems, and program elements that include an effective anti-bullying effort. The research is clear, the transition from elementary to middle school is the period of time students feel less attached to school, and their perception…
The worst part was I didn't even know one person, I was the “new kid”. I ended up going to a school called Liberty Elementary School, it was a new school that was being built in the area. Many people from the other schools went there, including me. Some people had best friends who moved with them so they weren't alone, but I was. At lunch, I was silent, no words, just sat there staring off in the distance.…
In my opinion, school startings will continue to be a serious problem unless you make middle schools start later. Teenagers tend to have troubles falling asleep at the time there supposed to. They have phones witch tend to make them stay up all night. Teenagers chat with their friends or even watch something on their phone. When teens tend not to get eight to ten hours of sleep it could create huge problems.…
See i had just moved to the new school district area sure I knew some faces but, not enough to make me feel comfortable enough to talk in front of others. I don't remember why I had become the shy type all of the sudden when i spend middle school as a social butterfly but, earth to jenna we weren't in middle school anymore we we're rolling with the big dogs now on the path to college. See not only was i shy but i was also extremely self conscious at the fact that although i was technically i high school student my height and voice were still in the hallways of middle school. I thought this was normally though; the shyness that is not the height we know for a fact my height was not normal, but then day without talking to anyone turned into weeks and before i'd known it it became two months into the school year and no one has ever heard my voice and they probably don't even know my name.…
The culture of our middle school involves the staff, students, and visitors in the decision-making process and school activities. Organization: Our middle school is separated by grade and content with four teachers per team in each grade. Our school has 600 students in grades six through eight. The classes are heterogeneous with fifteen students per classroom.…
Recess. Something middle schoolers do not have. Should we have it? Middle school is cool but you don't get recess.…
Although I wasn't shy threw my whole school career, it was only between pre k- freshman year. I was alway the kid that would just walk from point A to point B, class to class and not stop to talk to anyone, I would always just sit…
Lastly, recess helps develop skills, that middle schoolers and every person on this planet will need later on in life. Some of the skills learned are, how to communicate face-to-face with otherss, how to work with others, how to fix problems, to get along with others without an adult getting into the way, and how to be patient with others. Recess helps students to be able to think on their own. In students' lives students can do that, children can choose what game everyone wants to play and who they want to hang out with. Social skills are learned during recess.…
High School and Middle School Days Should Start Later Should middle school and high school days start later in the day? In my opinion, I don't think it should. The school day should not change their time later in the day. There may be really good pros to the idea, but there are also plenty of cons for delaying the school start times. These cons can affect both students and the teachers.…
When coming into middle school a lot of people are really scared what’s gonna happen. Middle school is scary at first when you come as 6th grader but, usually you have to get used to people and also participating in other things in your school. But usually you have to explore middle school a little bit and even trying new things for yourself and being happy. But if you're gonna be sad when you enter middle school things are gonna be hard for you when you come to middle school. When you're coming to middle school your always gonna get lots of homework.…
RRIINNGG!! Oh no! that was the second bell I'm going to be late! c'mon go up faster people go! Phew!…
My life has been a series of obstacles from around the time I turned eleven. It all started with the transition into middle school and I didn't handle it well at all. I loved elementary school and my friends and teachers that were there. The problem was that my school district enforced neighborhood schooling for the following school year.…
Adolescence can be a very turbulent, trying time of the human lifespan. It is commonly recognized as the developmental period between the ages of 10 and 15, and is where peak growth—both physical and mental—takes place. When it comes to physical development, no two adolescents are the same. Girls tend to hit “growth spurts” before boys their ages do, and thus can be taller than their male counterparts for a time. At the same time, boys’ voices are starting to change to become deeper, and they can have intense growing pains as their growth plates are in action, causing them to grow taller as well.…
Lying on my bedroom floor, I cried. It wasn’t one of those angry cries or stress cries, it was a cry that highlighted the hurt and pain that consumed me. I couldn’t comprehend what I did to deserve any of it, so I just cried. No one could hear me. Earlier that day in 2012, I woke up to my regular, everyday routine.…
My First True Friend!! The day I walked into my first day of third grade I was excited. I walked into the classroom there were a lot of people looking at me I sat down and my assigned seat,that is when i noticed that the girl who seats in the desk next to me she cheerleaders with me. That’s when i figured maybe this school wouldn’t be so bad after all.…