Should 6th Grade Be Placed In Elementary or Middle School?
By: Wiktoria Kaciak #16
Ding! The bell goes off. You, as the youngest student on campus, stand there in the middle of the hallway, watching as all of the older students rush to class. Then, all of a sudden, you get in trouble for being late to class. You try to explain to the teacher that everyone was running past you and you did not know where to go. However, she says you are in middle school and this is no excuse. Are YOU mentally prepared for this now in 6th grade?
Over the past few years, there has been a debate whether or not 6th grade should stay at elementary school or be moved to middle school. Some say, in junior high students will be taught by experts specializing in the subjects they are
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A few say, that at intermediate school, teachers and administrators require students to buy extra products for the new year. Some of these supplies may get quite pricy and a lot of families may not afford all of these items. This lack of money unfortunately results in some students to get teased and bullied. They often get called names because of how they might have to use an old backpack from their brother or sister, or having to use used and worn down school materials. In elementary school though, parents and their children may not have to buy extra materials for the new year as much of what they need, they already possess at home.
In conclusion, 6th graders should stay in elementary school because of numerous social and emotional reasons as well as financial and educational difficulties they may face at a new school. These include: teasing/ bullying, negative outcomes in the future, and anxiety/ depression. In the end, if students stay at elementary school they can personalize their education, have a better idea of what they still need to learn, and interact with younger
From the start of segregation or even slavery, African Americans have been treated differently, without any respect, hatred, and so much more. Many adults and students who have been through so much, but, the bravest of them all were nine of them who had the courage to be the only African Americans at Little Rock High School, an all white school. These students were Melba Pattillo, Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, Minnijean Brown, Terrence Roberts, Carlotta Wall, Jefferson Thomas, Gloria Ray, and Thelma Mothershed. Before the students got enrolled into Little Rock High School, they went to two different schools. Carlotta, Jefferson, and Gloria went to Paul Laurence Dunbar Junior High School in Little Rock, Arkansa.
Fremont High School is located in Los Angeles, California, “sprawled across a city block.” The school enrolls about 5,000 students every year but only 3,300 are in attendance every day. The students read at an elementary school level and are not provided the necessities to succeed. The school is lacking many resources, such as, classrooms, restrooms, and lunchrooms. The school lacks at least 15 restrooms that the law requires.
School Bus- Life or Death? The final bell rings at Cupertino Middle School, and students eagerly race out of their classrooms. Cars honk as students rush through the parking lot, attempting to catch up to the bus. The bus tires screech, as it comes to a halt in front of the school.
Chicago is known throughout the United States as having one of the worst public school systems in the country. Although I attend a private school, each day that I sit in my English class, I have a clear view through the windows of the public school across the street, where other students my age who are equally as talented and intelligent as I am are in overcrowded classrooms without the resources and opportunities that I have. At Ignatius, I have had the chance to travel around the world and join exciting clubs. I have also been able to work with teachers who have the time to meet with me individually and be in an environment where everyone is genuinely excited to learn. Ignatius is surrounded by public housing buildings and run down schools and when I look through the window at the other school, it reminds me that others are not as lucky as I am.
Middle School Should Start Later in the Day Are you tired of waking up early in the morning for school? If middle school started later in the day many kids can get sleep. More kids can get to school on time.
Many segregationists had told the school board that they were going to protest at Little Rock Central High School, and not allow the black students to enter the high school. Governor Orval Faubus supported the protestors and ordered the Arkansas National Guard to block off the children. On September 4, 1957, the soldiers stood in front of Little Rock Central High School, and blockaded the entire entrance. This made national headlines, and ultimately shocked the entire nation to its feet. With a furious crowd surrounding the nine students, Elizabeth Eckford said: They moved closer and closer. ...
Sleep is vital for children and helps improve their attentiveness in class. Kids’ academic scores decide what education they will receive and how they will perform in the future. Also the health of a child at a young age will determine if they will be healthy when they grow older. I believe schools should start later in the day because it gives kids more time to sleep, helps adolescents perform academically better, and can improve a youth’s health. Now do you think schools should start later?
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Playing with blocks, coloring, naps, and sidewalk chalk. All fond memories of life in pre-k. For most, preschool is a time of fun and games and making your first friends. There is a lot of evidence showing children should be sent to preschool but many aren 't getting the opportunity. Thankfully, there are many options. “Kids should be going to pre-k because it helps kids prepare for the social, academic, and emotional demands of Kindergarten.
Should school busses separate the different schools? Should school buses separate the grades? Yes they should because elementary schoolers have different maturity levels, different hygiene ideas, and it can avoid fights between siblings. Having the elementary kids sit up front will make it easier for the bus driver to keep an eye on them. Also they will not here false language that the older kids would say and it would be risking them saying what the older kids say .
In my opinion, students in elementary school advancing to the next grade even though they have not successfully completed the lower grade, is not right. In my mind children, that fail should be required to learn the curriculum that all of the others did. It is not right for the child that failed to move on when all the other students have worked hard to get good grades so that they can move on and advance to the next grade. Keeping a child back will teach him/her some responsibility to work harder.
I think if a kid needs to be held back it is better to be done in kindergarten. In fact, if he/she gets held back it would give him/her time to mature more. Next, it would help him/her get into the routine of school and let them grow stronger in the bases of learning. If he/she gets held back in kindergarten rather than later, no long-term friendships would have been created yet.
Year 7 shouldn’t be the first year of high school because year 7s might not be confident to be in high school. Its better to wait another year so that they can get more confedent and they might not be ready to be in high school with all the older kids. They might not be able to do the work that has been set for and the school would have to make the work easier for year 7s and they shouldn’t have to do that just for one year. Year 7s might get scared or bullied in high school. If you send your kid to high school in year 7 they might be scared to be around the year 12s and other year levels, it wouldn’t be a fair to send a year 7 to school because they wouldn’t feel confedent about themselves because they would be the youngest, in high school they are youngest but if they were still in primary
Ability Grouping: Should it be used in American Schools? Modern day American schools can be compared to factories. Students are taught basic concepts and moved along a conveyor belt through the school system. Most importantly, though, students are grouped by age. What happens when a student’s academic ability is higher than the grade level they are in?
However, having school choice is crucial for students who cannot learn and thrive in the curriculum or the teaching styles of their school systems. School choice has the potential to raise test scores and grades of low performing students