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Ask a Division Head: How Does Springmont Help My Child Make the Transition to High School?
April 03, 2017
From the start, the Middle School program is intentional about assisting students in making the transition from Springmont to the high school of their choice. Middle School Prep, a program developed and designed by our Middle School Teachers, is integrated into core classes over the first few weeks of school.
Students learn to:
Students learn to:
• create strong organizational habits by managing daily planners that integrate school and life and by maintaining interactive notebooks,
• develop metacognition – figuring out how to know what you know…and what you don’t know,
• attend and engage in class, taking notes and finding salient points,
• discover strategies for minimizing distractions at school and at home, and
• use feedback from assessments for learning and improvement.
These skills not only help Middle School students in their academic pursuits at Springmont, but also develop the habits that will serve them over the course of their educational and professional careers.
As 8th years, students are involved in a more detailed approach to preparing for their high school experience. Early each fall, the Middle School faculty and Admission Office host a meeting for 8th year students and their parents focusing on the middle school to high school outplacement process. Helpful tips and expectations of the high school application process are presented, and students are encouraged to begin learning more about the schools they have heard of as well as others with which they may be less familiar. Later in the fall semester, 8th year students are invited to a luncheon with area admission directors that helps to address more specific questions the students may have about high school visits and the interview process. After selecting a high school to attend, many students seek the advice of their Middle School Teachers in selecting the high school courses that will make their first year of high school a success.
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