Welcome to the SPS Friday 5 - five questions posed in about five minutes to an expert on a given topic. This is the second of three episodes focused on preparing students to get back to school.
New Glover Middle School Principal Mike Stark came from 20 years as a principal in the Cheney Public Schools district, where middle school consists of 6-8 grades. As SPS begins the process of moving up our own sixth grade students to the middle level this year, Mike shares what parents should know about the transition.
He also talks through the top three things parents of middle schoolers should be doing right now to prepare for the start of a new school year, what traits the most successful students of this age have in common, and where families should go to find resources that will make this school year great.
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