Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know when cooper MS orientation is? I can’t find it online!
Anonymous wrote:You don't need to come with a list of questions! There will be a presentation that will provide tons of information, and your child will be assigned a counselor who can help you out with specific course questions as they come up closer to the fall. Your child's teachers will collaborate with the middle school representatives to determine best placement for language arts, and the SOLs are a good benchmark to go on as well.
The middle schools have been handling incoming 7th graders for decades--we've got this down to a science now!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I would focus on the practical questions. What time can you drop off in the AM, what time do kids get out, is there a late bus, can kids stay after school, how do kids get makeup work if they are out, how to let them know there's an absence, do you have to buy gym uniforms and if so/how.
The biggest things are what your kid wants to know to get comfortable, such as - is there a summer orientation day for the new students and if so when? What happens on the first day of school? When do they get their schedule?
Please look at the school website first before you start asking these questions. I have a rising 7th grader and have already seen a lot of this information on the website. I don’t know how they will get their schedule but I’m assuming they will tell us that in the presentation and it will be posted on SIS like we have received their teachers in the past.
This is also my oldest child and orientation is in a couple of weeks. No need to come in with questions. Bus schedules and after school programs are posted online at our school. Make up work and policies will vary by class and teacher, like it always has.
Anonymous wrote:Thank you all, this takes my temperature down, and also reminds me of a few things to make sure I understand (grading, what is posted on Blackboard, etc.) that I am hoping will be covered in the presentation.
Anonymous wrote:I would focus on the practical questions. What time can you drop off in the AM, what time do kids get out, is there a late bus, can kids stay after school, how do kids get makeup work if they are out, how to let them know there's an absence, do you have to buy gym uniforms and if so/how.
The biggest things are what your kid wants to know to get comfortable, such as - is there a summer orientation day for the new students and if so when? What happens on the first day of school? When do they get their schedule?