At first, the idea of a separate open house for sixth-graders may have sounded like the kind of prank middle schoolers are always trying pull on each other, like offering new students directions to an ...

When kids move from elementary to middle school, they go through enormous developmental changes ranging from physical and emotional to cognitive and social. Adolescence is the largest period of growth ...

THE COUNTDOWN IS ON LESS THAN THREE WEEKS UNTIL STUDENTS IN MOST OF OUR LOCAL COUNTIES EMBARK ON A NEW JOURNEY. AND OF COURSE, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. THE TRANSITION TO MIDDLE AND ...

HOLMEN, Wis. - The combination lock wouldn't open. And, after several attempts, 11-year-old Michael Mutch looked to his buddy Greg Rooney for assistance. "Can you tell me how to do this again?" Mutch ...