American Schools Re: June's OT Board Dictionary Launched

[Beth]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "KathyK" <zanelupin at y...> 
> wrote:
> > KathyK adds:
> > This <Middle School> can also been referred to as junior high 
> school, although I 
> > think that term is on its way out.  But I definitely went to 
Dodd 
> > Jr. High Scool rather than Dodd Middle School as the sign now 
> > proclaims.  
> 
> 
> Me too! I went to San Jacinto Junior High but you never hear that 
> anymore; 'Middle School' is definitely preferred.

Beth:
We have two buildings for 6th-8th grade, but one calls itself a 
Middle Schoo and one a Junior High. The junior high, however, uses 
what it calls "the middle school concept" because it divides the 
students into teams and the teachers on those teams are to develop 
units together and compare notes on students to create a more caring 
environment. My daughter was very happy to move to high school...

> In an interesting twist, our 9th grade was held in an entirely 
> separate school, only for 9th grade--did anyone else have that? 
[snip]
> Jen

No, but the city I grew up in tripled in size in about 15 years and 
found it needed a new high school. The building in which I went to 
junior high was converted for only 6th grade and the high school for 
7th and 8th.

My husband went to a middle school for 4th-6th grade and a junior 
high for 7th-9th. The school district kept changing the classes 
around in different buildings to try and make all the students fit--
not really a problem anymore.