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Reply to "Middle Schoolers, Junior Highs in Rotation?"

SallyH -- member

We started using workshop rotation fall, 2003 with 1st thru 8th grades. We group 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, & 7th/8th. Next year, partyly because of a huge group of kindergarteners coming up, we will have 1st, 2nd/3rd, 4th/5th, & 6th-8th. We like the idea of having all the middle schoolers together. (Altho having 5th/6th together helped bridge the 5th graders coming up, and helped the 6th graders in their transition to mdsl.)
We have a 4-week confirmation/class 101 for youth in 6th-12th grades (whenever they feel ready to make that commitment) that we offer 2-3 times per year.
We were worried about doing middle schoolers, but found they truly love all the hands on. There have been a few workshops where we've really had to update the curriculum to work w/ them (we used Potter's Workshop Curriculum), but for the most part it has been fine and the kids love it.

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