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OP - Middle School is such a hard time for all.  I  would also see if there is any sort of a volunteer club at the MS as it is likely to have members who may be more supportive.  Also if you attend a church regularly see if you can engage her in activities there with youth group or a choir group.  If you do not go to any domination, then ask around for churches who may have such programs.  Is she interested in any activity around which participation in a local community program might be an entre into friendships.  Is there any individual friend from last year that she might to go to a specific activity with her with perhaps a quick dinner or treat afterwards such as performance of some sort with limited need for talking, but the setting before or after to do so.

There also seem to be in the DMV programs such a social skills classes or girls groups that she might gain some skills from in making friends and perhaps assertiveness training a bit.  In terms of building her self-confidence, too, you might look to see if she could take a sitter class as she is about the age so that she could then look to be a Mom's helper or volunteer in that way at her church.  While not in line of making friends, it may help her develop self-confidence in a non-threatening peer-to-peer situation where she would be gaining skills to help in MS social scene, too.

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