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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The high schools will start practices for all kinds of activities in early August. Don't be gone. Insist he try-out for something

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This, don’t force friendship.   Let it be natural,  everyone will be in the same boat![/quote]

Not really in public school. Most kids already know all of the kids from their middle schools.

I agree about joining something right away. My kid played a spring sport and honestly, it was rough until then. Band, Cross country, theather, anything. Agree about doing the tryouts in August. It will help a lot. [/quote]

Our public school had kids from 4 different middle schools, most of those middle schools also fed to other high schools. Lots of kids did not know a lot of kids.[/quote]

Our middle and high school borders are the same, no new kids. Still, with 600 kids a grade, both my kids made lots of new friends or became close with previous acquaintances. Definitely push him to do band/sports/theater etc to start off the year. Don’t let them say they will just join a club, even if specific. They can do that too but some are slow to get off the ground or just meet every few weeks, etc etc. Things like band and sports meet 5+ days a week for hours and hours. Perfect time to find new friends. [/quote]

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