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Anonymous wrote:HS teacher here and DO NOT go! Please!

Orientation is for them to go to each of their classes and meet their teachers, get lists of any supplies we may want them to have, and the syllabi for the classes. Plus meet their fellow students and learn about clubs & activities. My focus on that day is 100% for the new kids; you'll have your turn for my focus in a few weeks at BTS night.

Or, if you 100% insist on going for some odd reason, DO NOT take a seat in the classroom. Seats are for the students in that class, not parents. Please stand quietly in the back of the classroom. I know it's an exciting time and this may be your first kid in high school, but freshmen orientation is NOT your day and questions should be saved for either the parent portion (if your school does that) or email.

Whatever you do, do NOT bring a younger sibling. It's not fair to your kid or your kid's fellow classmates to have to have their time interrupted by crying or excited little kids.

Okay. If this is how freshman orientation works, then the information sent home and/or posted on the school’s website needs to explicitly state that orientation is for students only and that parental attendance is not desired. Don’t assume that parents of incoming freshman know “the drill”. I’m not a “helicopter” parent, but I’m an involved parent who expects the school to keep me informed.

Anonymous wrote:HS teacher here and DO NOT go! Please!

Orientation is for them to go to each of their classes and meet their teachers, get lists of any supplies we may want them to have, and the syllabi for the classes. Plus meet their fellow students and learn about clubs & activities. My focus on that day is 100% for the new kids; you'll have your turn for my focus in a few weeks at BTS night.

Or, if you 100% insist on going for some odd reason, DO NOT take a seat in the classroom. Seats are for the students in that class, not parents. Please stand quietly in the back of the classroom. I know it's an exciting time and this may be your first kid in high school, but freshmen orientation is NOT your day and questions should be saved for either the parent portion (if your school does that) or email.

Whatever you do, do NOT bring a younger sibling. It's not fair to your kid or your kid's fellow classmates to have to have their time interrupted by crying or excited little kids.

Anonymous wrote:HS teacher here and DO NOT go! Please!

Orientation is for them to go to each of their classes and meet their teachers, get lists of any supplies we may want them to have, and the syllabi for the classes. Plus meet their fellow students and learn about clubs & activities. My focus on that day is 100% for the new kids; you'll have your turn for my focus in a few weeks at BTS night.

Or, if you 100% insist on going for some odd reason, DO NOT take a seat in the classroom. Seats are for the students in that class, not parents. Please stand quietly in the back of the classroom. I know it's an exciting time and this may be your first kid in high school, but freshmen orientation is NOT your day and questions should be saved for either the parent portion (if your school does that) or email.

Whatever you do, do NOT bring a younger sibling. It's not fair to your kid or your kid's fellow classmates to have to have their time interrupted by crying or excited little kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Mclean HS has freshmen orientation on 08/24 @1:30pm until 3pm I think. After that, they will have Mclean HS day from 3-6pm on the football field followed by the football game @7pm.

My kid will go to the freshmen orientation by himself. I'll meet him @3:30pm for the Mclean HS day at the football field. I do NOT want to go with my kid to the orientation. He is at HS now, not ES or MS. Save him from embarrassment.

I agree.

Parents need to stop and think about how their high school students are now young adults who are close to living on their own.

If you show up to freshmen orientation with your kid and notice that no other parents are walking in (or just one or two) then don't go in with your kid. Send them in on their own. They will figure it out.

There’s a HUGE difference between a 14 year-old high school freshman and an 18 year-old college freshman. There’s a reason why 18 year-olds can vote, while 14 year-olds are still kids who aren’t allowed to drive or hold a job yet. If you don’t want to parent your freshman (who, at 14, is still a minor) go right ahead. You sound mentally unhinged if you’re still hung up on the fact that a kid’s parents attended HS orientation. The transition from MS to HS is a big one and I would expect most parents (who actually CARE about their kid) to show up.

A really important part of parenting is figuring out when to start letting go....

I agree wholeheartedly, but 14 is still young. A HS sophomore? Fine, go pick up your schedule and meet your teachers on your own. As a parent of a new HS student, I would want to see/hear for myself. HS is a totally different ballgame than MS, with a lot more at stake since grades will actually matter. Also, the kid whose parents attended orientation may have a SN that you know nothing about. It’s not like you can always look at someone and tell. Mind your own business.

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Anonymous wrote:Mclean HS has freshmen orientation on 08/24 @1:30pm until 3pm I think. After that, they will have Mclean HS day from 3-6pm on the football field followed by the football game @7pm.

My kid will go to the freshmen orientation by himself. I'll meet him @3:30pm for the Mclean HS day at the football field. I do NOT want to go with my kid to the orientation. He is at HS now, not ES or MS. Save him from embarrassment.

I agree.

Parents need to stop and think about how their high school students are now young adults who are close to living on their own.

If you show up to freshmen orientation with your kid and notice that no other parents are walking in (or just one or two) then don't go in with your kid. Send them in on their own. They will figure it out.

There’s a HUGE difference between a 14 year-old high school freshman and an 18 year-old college freshman. There’s a reason why 18 year-olds can vote, while 14 year-olds are still kids who aren’t allowed to drive or hold a job yet. If you don’t want to parent your freshman (who, at 14, is still a minor) go right ahead. You sound mentally unhinged if you’re still hung up on the fact that a kid’s parents attended HS orientation. The transition from MS to HS is a big one and I would expect most parents (who actually CARE about their kid) to show up.

A really important part of parenting is figuring out when to start letting go....

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Anonymous wrote:Mclean HS has freshmen orientation on 08/24 @1:30pm until 3pm I think. After that, they will have Mclean HS day from 3-6pm on the football field followed by the football game @7pm.

My kid will go to the freshmen orientation by himself. I'll meet him @3:30pm for the Mclean HS day at the football field. I do NOT want to go with my kid to the orientation. He is at HS now, not ES or MS. Save him from embarrassment.

I agree.

Parents need to stop and think about how their high school students are now young adults who are close to living on their own.

If you show up to freshmen orientation with your kid and notice that no other parents are walking in (or just one or two) then don't go in with your kid. Send them in on their own. They will figure it out.

There’s a HUGE difference between a 14 year-old high school freshman and an 18 year-old college freshman. There’s a reason why 18 year-olds can vote, while 14 year-olds are still kids who aren’t allowed to drive or hold a job yet. If you don’t want to parent your freshman (who, at 14, is still a minor) go right ahead. You sound mentally unhinged if you’re still hung up on the fact that a kid’s parents attended HS orientation. The transition from MS to HS is a big one and I would expect most parents (who actually CARE about their kid) to show up.

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Anonymous wrote:Mclean HS has freshmen orientation on 08/24 @1:30pm until 3pm I think. After that, they will have Mclean HS day from 3-6pm on the football field followed by the football game @7pm.

My kid will go to the freshmen orientation by himself. I'll meet him @3:30pm for the Mclean HS day at the football field. I do NOT want to go with my kid to the orientation. He is at HS now, not ES or MS. Save him from embarrassment.

I agree.

Parents need to stop and think about how their high school students are now young adults who are close to living on their own.

If you show up to freshmen orientation with your kid and notice that no other parents are walking in (or just one or two) then don't go in with your kid. Send them in on their own. They will figure it out.

There’s a HUGE difference between a 14 year-old high school freshman and an 18 year-old college freshman. There’s a reason why 18 year-olds can vote, while 14 year-olds are still kids who aren’t allowed to drive or hold a job yet. If you don’t want to parent your freshman (who, at 14, is still a minor) go right ahead. You sound mentally unhinged if you’re still hung up on the fact that a kid’s parents attended HS orientation. The transition from MS to HS is a big one and I would expect most parents (who actually CARE about their kid) to show up.

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Anonymous wrote:Mclean HS has freshmen orientation on 08/24 @1:30pm until 3pm I think. After that, they will have Mclean HS day from 3-6pm on the football field followed by the football game @7pm.

My kid will go to the freshmen orientation by himself. I'll meet him @3:30pm for the Mclean HS day at the football field. I do NOT want to go with my kid to the orientation. He is at HS now, not ES or MS. Save him from embarrassment.

I agree.

Parents need to stop and think about how their high school students are now young adults who are close to living on their own.

If you show up to freshmen orientation with your kid and notice that no other parents are walking in (or just one or two) then don't go in with your kid. Send them in on their own. They will figure it out.

There’s a HUGE difference between a 14 year-old high school freshman and an 18 year-old college freshman. There’s a reason why 18 year-olds can vote, while 14 year-olds are still kids who aren’t allowed to drive or hold a job yet. If you don’t want to parent your freshman (who, at 14, is still a minor) go right ahead. You sound mentally unhinged if you’re still hung up on the fact that a kid’s parents attended HS orientation. The transition from MS to HS is a big one and I would expect most parents (who actually CARE about their kid) to show up.

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Anonymous wrote:Mclean HS has freshmen orientation on 08/24 @1:30pm until 3pm I think. After that, they will have Mclean HS day from 3-6pm on the football field followed by the football game @7pm.

My kid will go to the freshmen orientation by himself. I'll meet him @3:30pm for the Mclean HS day at the football field. I do NOT want to go with my kid to the orientation. He is at HS now, not ES or MS. Save him from embarrassment.

I agree.

Parents need to stop and think about how their high school students are now young adults who are close to living on their own.

If you show up to freshmen orientation with your kid and notice that no other parents are walking in (or just one or two) then don't go in with your kid. Send them in on their own. They will figure it out.

Anonymous wrote:Mclean HS has freshmen orientation on 08/24 @1:30pm until 3pm I think. After that, they will have Mclean HS day from 3-6pm on the football field followed by the football game @7pm.

My kid will go to the freshmen orientation by himself. I'll meet him @3:30pm for the Mclean HS day at the football field. I do NOT want to go with my kid to the orientation. He is at HS now, not ES or MS. Save him from embarrassment.

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Anonymous wrote:It is customary that if you go with your child, your child will be identified for the next four years as "That kid whose mommy went to orientation."

Lol.

There was a poor kid who attended my kid's freshman orientation whose parents (mom & dad) PLUS 2 younger siblings (young elementary and older elementary) attended as well.

Dad asked a lot of questions. Mom beamed and tried talking to other 9th graders to find kids who lived close and might have shared interests. Older elementary sibling was chatty and tried to act cute and impress the teenagers. Little sibling was cute, but still.

The poor kid (according to my kid) looked like he wanted to melt into the floor.

My kid ended up moving through several classes with the family, so mom kept trying to strike up conversations with him. "Hey look Junior, here is Larlo again. Let's sit here. Larlo, what activities are you doing? Hey Junior, Larlo has your same history class. Larlo, why don't you exchange numbers so you two can hang out before school starts."

The poor poor kid! He was the only kid in all of freshman orientation with a parent there. My son said the teachers kept trying to encourage his parents to leave but they just were not picking up what was going on.

He had no noticeable special needs, and according to my son never showed any signs of being special needs, aspergers or social difficulties the entire year. He was just a little shy and quiet, but otherwise just a regular, nice kid. However, 3 years later he is still known as the kid who brought his parents and siblings to freshman orientation.


Don't be that parent OP.

Let your kid navigate freshman orientation on his own. It will be better for him, and also let the teachers do what they prepared to do (which is not interacting with parents)

Seems really odd that you would know all of these specifics/exact conversations that happened if you weren’t there. Seems like way too much detail. Little sibling was cute? Mom was “beaming”? Your son really told you that? I’ve raised four boys and I have a hard time imagining a 14 year old boy saying stuff like that.

Something is off here. Sounds like this is a situation that happened only in your mind.

Or maybe I changed details

So you're admitting to lying?

No.

Story is true.

Ages, genders and number of siblings brought along might be different.

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Anonymous wrote:It is customary that if you go with your child, your child will be identified for the next four years as "That kid whose mommy went to orientation."

Lol.

There was a poor kid who attended my kid's freshman orientation whose parents (mom & dad) PLUS 2 younger siblings (young elementary and older elementary) attended as well.

Dad asked a lot of questions. Mom beamed and tried talking to other 9th graders to find kids who lived close and might have shared interests. Older elementary sibling was chatty and tried to act cute and impress the teenagers. Little sibling was cute, but still.

The poor kid (according to my kid) looked like he wanted to melt into the floor.

My kid ended up moving through several classes with the family, so mom kept trying to strike up conversations with him. "Hey look Junior, here is Larlo again. Let's sit here. Larlo, what activities are you doing? Hey Junior, Larlo has your same history class. Larlo, why don't you exchange numbers so you two can hang out before school starts."

The poor poor kid! He was the only kid in all of freshman orientation with a parent there. My son said the teachers kept trying to encourage his parents to leave but they just were not picking up what was going on.

He had no noticeable special needs, and according to my son never showed any signs of being special needs, aspergers or social difficulties the entire year. He was just a little shy and quiet, but otherwise just a regular, nice kid. However, 3 years later he is still known as the kid who brought his parents and siblings to freshman orientation.


Don't be that parent OP.

Let your kid navigate freshman orientation on his own. It will be better for him, and also let the teachers do what they prepared to do (which is not interacting with parents)

Seems really odd that you would know all of these specifics/exact conversations that happened if you weren’t there. Seems like way too much detail. Little sibling was cute? Mom was “beaming”? Your son really told you that? I’ve raised four boys and I have a hard time imagining a 14 year old boy saying stuff like that.

Something is off here. Sounds like this is a situation that happened only in your mind.

Or maybe I changed details

So you're admitting to lying?