Advice about Moving with Kids
April 2002
We are thinking of switching schools next year when my daughter enters 7th
grade. I would like to get people's advice about changing schools in the
7th grade and whether that is a particularly rough time for a girl to
change schools emotionally, socially, academically. She does have one good
friend there already. Thank you.
My daughter changed schools in 7th grade. We moved with only 2 months
left of 6th grade and I drove her back to her old school every day. In
retrospect it would have been better to put her into the new school at
the end of 6th grade. Not only would she hopefully make some
friendships for the summer but would also be able to figure out how to
bridge the educational gap from the old to the new school. It was
rather difficult for her to get used to the fact that she was not the
top student of her school anymore but rather very average. I got to
understand that it is not just how smart your kid is (oh, they will do
great anywhere they are smart) but what materials they were exposed to
and which track they were following. Having one good friend at the
new school should make the transition much easier. Don't forget though
that friendships in junior high are very fickle and sometimes friends
are dropped at a drop a a hat.
Good luck.
Yours in parenting
Ksenija
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