Middle School Orientation

There were no handouts, so I had to pay attention to the presentation. This is what I learned about JDs transition to middle school, the do's and dont's, if you will. And since Kim did not go, I feel this will be educational for her.

You must drop 6th grade students off on west side of the building
NO riding bike on school property
NO cleavage showing
NO short shorts
NO crop tops
NO Tobacco or Alcohol Ads on your shirts (or presumably NO Tobacco or Alcohol products inside the shirt, but I don't think that was mentioned)
NO kids in building before 7:25 unless they eat breakfast at school
NO bullying
NO picking up or dropping off in the circle drive or you may get a ticket from one of Salina's finest
NO wheeled book bags because they don't fit in the locker
NO prescription (or non-prescription) drugs without a doctor's note

I'm sure you're saying "Gosh, there sure are a lot of 'No's' on the list", but just so you know South Middle isn't JUST about things you can't do...

You get candy for A's
You get Cougar Cash for doing good deeds
You can go to Dances
You can go to Skate Parties
You can go to The City
You can go to Sporting Events
You can go to Field Trips
You can go, provided your grades are good and you act like responsible young men and women
6th graders don't dress for PE. I assume they mean the kids won't have to change into PE clothes, not that they will have PE naked!
You can take a 9th hour -- woohoo!
The lockers are Blue
The Houses are Blue 1, Blue 2, and Blue 3
School begins August 12 and ONLY the 6th graders will be there
You shouldn't share your locker combination
If you're child is sick call in by 8:00
They also encourage the kid's to tattle, although they don't call it tattling. It's called being safe by reporting something that can cause others to not be safe, or something like that. The acronym would be BSBRSTCCOTNBS. Looks like there are a lot of BS's in there!
They also have Cougar HONOR. Which stands for:
Honesty
Ownership
Communication
Organization
Respect

Which spells HOCOR. To get HONOR, you have to use the "N" in "communication"! Oh boy, they should have hired a marketing company to help with that one...

Any way, after reading this, you know more about Middle School than Kim. Share some of this info next time you see her.

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