We see many new students at the beginning of each month – it seems to be a time when parents change housing locations. It is a time when rent it due and they cannot afford it and decide to move to a new location.
Here are a few items to remember when deciding to move your children to a new school.
Hopefully, this will make the transition a little easier on everyone.
Here are a few items to remember when deciding to move your children to a new school.
Hopefully, this will make the transition a little easier on everyone.
- Be a commuter. If you move to a new home in the same city, check to see whether your child's school district has a policy allowing him to remain in the same school.
- Get to know a respectable landlord. If your child is a high school senior consider letting them remain in their high school to finish the year out.
- Time your move with the children in mind. It's best to move at the beginning of summer if you can. That gives your child plenty of time to settle in, get to know other children in the neighborhood.
- Get a buddy on board. Make sure you speak with your child’s teacher and have him hang with a buddy to show them around the school for the first few days.
- Go to school yourself. Visit the school on day one (or before). Meet with the teachers, the nurse, and the principal. Find out how the school day goes, what's expected of your child.
- Follow up with the staff -Two or three weeks later, make an appointment with the teacher or principal. To see how your child is adjusting.
- Sign up for after-school activities. Another way to meet new friends is to sign them up for extracurricular activities.
- Communicate with your child. Sit and spend time with your child when they come home from school, cuddle and ask questions to see how they are adjusting and see if there is anything you can do to help them adjust and make friends.