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A Model Junior High School Orientation Program.

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Kauffman, Dianne K.; Kavinsky, Gregory A. – Clearing House, 1980

This article describes the transition program at Goodyear Junior High in Akron, Ohio. Beginning in the spring, it helps reduce the adjustment anxiety of sixth graders and their parents by familiarizing them with the school and preparing them for the junior high school experience. Some evaluative feedback is cited. (SJL)

Descriptors: Grade 6, Junior High Schools, Models, Parent Participation

A Model for Improving Parent Orientation to the Middle Schools.

Deller, Don K. – 1980

Educators in Indiana's Duneland School District found the transition from elementary schools to a newly organized middle school unacceptably difficult for both the students and their parents. After assessing student and parent preconceptions of the middle school as revealed in their responses to questionnaires, the middle school principal…

Descriptors: Grade 6, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools, Orientation Materials