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Location: Carraway Center in Cahaba Heights

Cost: $365​

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Dates & Times: July 28 - 1, 2025

• Rising 6th & 7th Graders: 8:00 -10:00 

Dates & Times: August 4 - 8, 2025

• Rising 6th & 7th Graders: 8:00 -10:00 

6th & 7th Grade Crash Course
 

*Prep strategies for students starting Middle School or Junior High

This 10-hour course is designed specifically to help prepare your child for his or her transition to junior high school. This hands-on, super practical workshop is focused on making sure the start of school goes well and they are ready for all of the academic and organizational changes ahead. Students will: 

• Learn multiple systems for keeping up with their materials & binders based on the school they attend.

• Practice keeping a planner and learning why they need a physical life & academic planner instead of just the online websites

• Discuss the new expectations for homework and how much time should be spent studying or working every night.

• Learn how to use paper-based and digital tools to record assignments, set reminders, submit digital work, and track late or missing assignments. 

• Learn methods for checking email regularly, how to respond promptly & how to write appropriate emails to their teachers

• Identify appropriate study environments including discussions about music, tv, and social media during studying.

• Make a plan for using lockers, changing classes, bringing the right books home, turning in work on time, and managing their homework

• Learn how grades are calculated and why homework matters

• Learn over 25 strategies for how to study differently and effectively for different types of tests

• Identify 15 different techniques or practices to help manage stress and overwhelm 

• Develop a personal study plan to be shared with parents on the last day of the course