Grounded

I’ve referred to the phenomenon of Frequent Flyers at school once before, and I am linking that post here.

Once again we find ourselves in the twilight zone between Spring approaching and Spring Break still a couple weeks away. Last week in our 8th grade team meeting we collectively decided that we needed to add several more students to the No Fly List.

This morning a colleague who was reviewing notes from the Leadership Meeting held yesterday remarked at how emblematic our current school-wide “No Fly List” is of the middle school arc in general:

6th grade: 1 student

7th grade: 4 students

8th grade: 28 students

It’s very grounding to me to keep that arc in mind, realizing that those 28 eighth grade students will all have a fresh start next year in their respective high schools.

Remember to breathe. Remind your students to breathe. Especially if they are eighth graders.