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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is so NOT important for your child to stay at his elementary school for 5th grade if it means a questionable middle school path.

5th grade is when students begin to shape their identity as a student and as a person separate from you and their family.  Peer group, engagement and school environment through middle school is key to preventing drop-outs, substance abuse and attitudes about school going forward.

5th graders are also developmentally poised to think about and absorb abstract academic concepts that are rarely even introduced at most DCPS elementary schools which are structurally still stuck on trying to get PARCC scores up in reading and math.  This is the time to challenge students and light a fire under their academic curiosity about the world.  It is NOT the time to worry about them being safe and warm at their little neighborhood elementary school.

This is hard for first time parents who may think their 5the grader is still just a little kid.  Your 10-11 year old is on the edge of a huge leap of maturity and independence. May happen over the summer.  Puberty is nigh.

It's not a bad thing to keep your student at their elementary for 5th grade if your circumstances require it.  It won't stunt them or slow them down ( probably ).  But it is also a great thing to move them to a new environment and introduce them to new kinds of kids and friendships at this age.

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Wow, this is not true.  I remember 5th grade.  I actually made a big jump from elementary school (the only school I had attended) to a new school (parents moved) and it was a horrible experience.  There is a reason Jr. high used to start in 7th grade.  then we moved it down to 6th and called it middle school.  Now 5th?![/quote]

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