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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not OP but wondering about the finding of a close knit group of friends. My DC is a freshman in RMIB and it doesn’t seem like there’s a lot of opportunities for friendships to start. It might be just too early or it might be just their own issue but I’m wondering if it gets better. [/quote]
clubs.. someone once gave me the advice to have your kid be active and plugged in and join clubs.  I told DC that, and DC made some good friends. They had no close friends in MS.

It's hard if your kid doesn't live in the RM cluster because the kids are from all over the county.  My DC had friends all the way up in Germantown, and several locally in Rockville.  They hardly saw the friend in Germantown. It got better Junior year when they all started to drive.

This is an issue for any magnet school. My kid had the same problem at HGC as it ws known then.  Kid's friends were all over the county. Hard to meet up.[/quote]

I’m the PP you’re responding to. Mine has joined two clubs for that same reason. They’ve met only a couple of times this whole school year. 
I’m surprised that HS clubs aren’t very active. [/quote]

There are so many clubs and the reality is that they aren’t all great.  The HS clubs really are student run so if the upperclass student gets busy with other stuff or loses interest or just isn’t a good organizer, it can really fall apart.  I’d suggest she try a few more.  Or if she really likes that topic area, get more involved.— the upperclass folks stressed by college apps may be happy to have a freshman who volunteers to organize something.    I think the clubs that have a specific thing like a competition, conference or performance tend to lead to a little more bonding.

Another idea is to just pick a classmate that seems nice and see if they want to go study at the town center or your house or whatever.  Many kids also study together via FaceTime or discord.  Particularly for math, science, comp sci, etc. where it can help to work through problems together, I think the kids do a lot of that.

In general, I think magnet schools tend to attract kids who didn’t have a great social crew in MS.  As a result, you may have more kids that are a little socially insecure or shy—if your kid can initiate things, other kids may be grateful.  My kid is very outgoing but hadn’t really found their tribe in MS so came in a little insecure socially — I think a lot of the 9th graders are probably in that bucket.

Also, have your 9th grader reach out to the upperclass mentor and see if they have any advice.  It may be better than mine as a mom!  They can probably also tell them which clubs are active/fun.   [/quote]

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