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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: switch to eighth grade/ MS
I agree. Not too much of a difference. Funny about the "7th graders with tans" thing...true. Around Decemeber, there's a lot of activity on the part of the 8th grade staff to begin helping students register for high school and make the transitions. I find that the 8th graders are a bit more serious about things as the weeks roll by. They're not as squirrily at the end of the year, they tend to be a bit more sentimental about stuff and latch on a bit more out of fear of the unknown (high school). Tina D
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