Charter Middle School Hosts Orientation Night

Students who would be entering the sixth grade on Wednesday, August 10 at the Marco Island Charter Middle School would be accompanied by parents at an orientation meeting held in the gymnasium of the school on that Monday.

Parents and students would be welcomed by school Principal Michele Wheeler during the August 8 meet and greet at the school. The event would serve to familiarize students and their parents with their new school for the next three years. The Marco Island Charter Middle School consists of grades six, seven and eight. After that they move onto a high school of their choice.

“This can be a high stress event for a youngster as they transition into the Middle School environment,” said Principal Wheeler. The event itself allows a student and their parent to meet with the teachers, go over schedules, find a student’s locker and get the lay of the land so to speak.

“It is a transitional time in these students’ lives. They will have bus schedules to become familiar with as well as their own class schedules to understand. Transitioning between classrooms can also be a little confusing at times during the first week. Our teachers and staff members are a big help to those that look a little overwhelmed at the outset of the initial adjustment period,” said Principal Wheeler.

As parents and students entered the gym that evening, they would be instructed to find the alphabetical listing for names on tables spread throughout the hall. It would be here that they would be given their specific class schedules that would list their homeroom assignment, detail their classes, the teacher’s name as well as the classroom for that particular class.

After receiving that information, parent and student would head to the bleachers and await the introduction by Principal Wheeler describing how the rest of the evening would proceed. She explained that the “upper class students” with the Golden Eagle shirts would also act to assist parents and their students.

Principal Wheeler, after her short talk, would welcome those parents to tour the facility with their children to become familiar with their new school and speak with teachers, who would be located at their classrooms.