Welcome back to school!! We are excited to start the new school year, reconnecting with familiar faces and get to know all the new faces joining us at Webb. As school counselors, we are here for you and your students to assist with academic, career, social, and emotional needs. Please feel free to contact us by phone, email, or in person anytime you feel we could be helpful.
This section of the newsletter is called Counselors’ Corner.
Throughout the year, we hope to provide you with various ideas, thoughts, information, and strategies you can use with your middle schoolers.
We will also communicate important current events or scheduling information with you via this newsletter.
To start the school year, we thought it would be helpful to have a few reminders about some of the changes you may see in your middle schooler as they continue to mature.
Transitioning to Middle School Challenges for Middle School Students:
- Physical, emotional, and intellectual changes
- Testing the limits
- Going from a single teacher to many different teachers
- Making new friends
- Peer pressure
- Struggling with their identity and seeking independence.
Tips for Parents:
- Be patient with attitudes – they change by the day or the hour!
- Set clear, consistent expectations for behavior, academics, and communication
- Allow children some independent thought and space to express themselves, within reason
- Model and teach your child good judgment
- Talk with your child: ask questions, listen, and give praise
- Engage your child in a variety of activities in and out of school
