Transition To Middle School Gifts

'Talk about being scared straight...I just found out that being held back a grade is not an urban myth.'

Cheers For The Hollyhock Middle School Chess Team

'You were a band geek?! Maybe Max will play an instrument!'

"The first day of school. Yes sir. A day to make new friends. A day to mark new beginnings. A day to discover everyone but you has grown three feet over the summer."

The lesser of two evils.

Don't you hate...

"In pre-school I was an overachiever. Now, in first grade, math is threatening my reputation."

Highschool sign.

"They grow up so quickly. It seems like only yesterday that he was in the third grade. Wait, it was yesterday!"

"The problem with online schooling is I can't get help from Mom and Dad!"

"Exactly how long were you home schooled?"

'Me, I'm home-schooled: Getting to and from school was taking too much of my time...'

High School

They were right. Life did get better after middle school.

Teacher faints: 'The day the entire 6th grade class turned their homework in on time.'

'Do I have to enter a plea?'

'I guess my love for Miss Rogers is over...I passed third grade.'

"This place is okay, but it's nothing to text home about."

'You are new here, aren't you?'

Anyhow, thanks for listening, Rudy. It's part of the job. I guess you're right: the move to 3rd grade is a big one. There are lots of changes. You've just got to roll with it. And buy a new video game console? It eases any transition. How did you get to be so smart? Playing lots of video games.

"Say, Flo, did you make an appointment with a lifestyle counselor?"

Fresh out of school, new hire Justin Huffenberger is temporarily stunned and disoriented by the light at the end of the university tunnel.

'Mrs. Wingit, what's the secret to teaching middle school for 30 years?'

'Listen to this school supplies list for Timmy next year!. . . Graphing calculator, chemistry goggles, lacrosse shin guards and an ipad.'

"You're not in kindergarten anymore. There is NO nap time, NO snack time and definitely NO doodling in middle school."

"Every year it's the same story...dangerous situations. Slippery slopes. Inescapable traps. Horrible creatures. But I trudge forward because no matter what...it's hard to avoid the first day of school."

'Holly, listen to me. This school year is important. . . It's your last year before high school! You have to prepare! High school is a whole new ball game.'

Uncertain Future

'I'm under a lot of peer pressure!'

"This is the year you go from being a miss to a ma'am."

'Wow! That's some growth spurt!'

Ted hits puberty...

"He says he's fed up of school."

"Just think, next year I'll be in fourth grade. I'm really going to miss the third grade...but going to the fourth grade is a wise career move for me."

'You better help me while you can, dad. Next year I'll be in third grade.'