Jump Start Project

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Jump Start Project
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JUMP START

• Is a two week summer program
• 3 hours each day.
• Uses multiple strategies to help students,
  parents and surprisingly non-participating
  teachers FEEL comfortable.

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Mommy, not the Middle School!

• Transitions are notoriously TOUGH times.
• The transition into middle school is what JUMP
  START focuses on. We, Bill Mary Ellen Tony,
  SMOOTH out the transition.

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How We Do It

• Strategies
• 1st We identify anxiety triggers.
• 2nd We weave activities together which help kids
  fit in.

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1st Identifying Anxiety Triggers

• Open lockers
• Choosing bookbags/binders that will fit into the
  lockers

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Anxiety Triggers

• 3. Finding rooms in the school
• 4. Following middle school schedules

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Anxiety Triggers

• 5. Organizing notebooks for middle school
• 6. Worrying if all my friends are on a different
  team

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2nd Woven Activities

• We have woven activities together which fit the
  two criteria of helping the kids
• 1. feel comfortable and
• 2. socialize with new kids and teachers

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Woven Activities Helping Student Feel
Comfortable

• Positive activities that center on
  self-expression
• Art
• Computers
• Media Center

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Woven Activities Socializing with Kids and
Teachers

• Practical activities focus on practical skills.
• Lockers
• Schedules
• Breaks / Field Trips
• Maps
• Meeting Building VIPs

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Sleeper Benefits

• Empowers Leadership
• Incoming 6th Graders Become Helpers
• 7th 8th Graders Want to Lead as Counselors
• Eases Administration/Guidance Stress
• Fewer Parent Concerns
• Better Awareness of Incoming Class
• Eases Homeroom and Classroom Stress
• Schedules are Easier to Follow
• Students are More Organized

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RECAP Student Reflections
Hear it from Patty!
Hear it from Charlie!