Monday, February 4, 2013
Open thread for your thoughts
What are you thinking about? What do you want to find out about? Are your kids looking forward to anything in particular in middle school? What was YOUR favorite subject in middle school, and why? Open thread means open to your comments, so have at it!
Sunday, February 3, 2013
What does "comprehensive middle school" mean to you, and you, and you?
(Great, now that song from The Sound of Music is in my head. Adieu, adieu, to you and you and you...)
There's been talk. Oh, there's been a whole lot of talk. Mostly we're going to leave that talk behind when we step in here, to this blog, to plan JAMS. But there has been one question asked quite often in the community meetings leading up to the creation of JAMS that is worthwhile for us to discuss at the outset.
What exactly does the "comprehensive" in "comprehensive middle school" mean?
Well, what do you think it means? Because the answer is: there is no agreed-upon definition. Discuss in the comments!
There's been talk. Oh, there's been a whole lot of talk. Mostly we're going to leave that talk behind when we step in here, to this blog, to plan JAMS. But there has been one question asked quite often in the community meetings leading up to the creation of JAMS that is worthwhile for us to discuss at the outset.
What exactly does the "comprehensive" in "comprehensive middle school" mean?
Well, what do you think it means? Because the answer is: there is no agreed-upon definition. Discuss in the comments!
Help us get out the word!
Please help us get out the word to NE families about this blog. We want lots of participation by all the communities that will come together to create JAMS. Here's something you can share:
JAMS Plans: A community drawing board to plan a world-class comprehensive middle school in NE Seattle
In September 2014, when our current 4th graders are making that important and somewhat scary transition to middle school, a new comprehensive middle school program will open its doors in the Jane Addams building. What will that program be like? What classes will be offered? Will there be a special focus? How will it be organized? What will the school’s culture be like?
Who gets to decide these things?
Mostly, we do. We, the families whose children will become the first students of the new Jane Addams Middle School. A clean sheet of drawing paper sits before us, and we get to plan our kids’ school from the ground up. There’s a place for us to talk to each other, to ask questions and offer possibilities, to discuss what might work and what might not, and to make JAMS a world-class school. The address: http://jamsplans.blogspot.com/
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