Grade 8 to Grade 9 Transition Activities

Listed by Month

March of Eighth Grade

*Eighth Grade Parents Night at EHS (Wednesday March 5, 2008, 7:00 – 9:00 PM, EHS Auditorium)

*Eighth Grade Pod Visits (Week of March 3 – 7, 2008) by Learning Area Leaders & EHS Director of Guidance

*Eighth Grade Course Selection Process (Course Selection Sheets distributed March 3 -
due in CMS Guidance March 19, 2008)

June of Eighth Grade

*Move-Up Day

(Tentative schedules distributed mid-June, usually prior to the last day of school)

August of Ninth Grade

*Freshman Orientation Day (Half day, no upperclassmen)

September of Ninth Grade

*Guidance Counselors are Partnered with Freshman English Teachers

October of Ninth Grade

*Guidance Counselor visits to Freshman English may continue

*Freshman Parents Dialogue Night (1 hour prior to Open House)

November/December of Ninth Grade

*Guidance Counselors' Second Visit to Freshman English classes

March of Ninth Grade

*Guidance Counselors' Third & Fourth Visits to Freshman English classes & begin the Course Selection process for the following school year

*Teachers offer recommendations for courses next year

April/May of Ninth Grade

*Guidance Counselors Schedule Individual Appointments with each freshman

 

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