https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:43:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school/page/2#post-2347598 Sat, 07 Nov 2015 14:54:23 +0000 Alba4 2347598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In NY there are mostly middle schools and I'm actually a teacher in one too.</p> <p>For me, middle school isn't about the grade range, but instead it is an educational philosophy. Middle schools usually have a team structure so there is more support and consistency in a student's day. A team (at least in our school) has common goals and regular meetings to support and care for kids). A junior high is structured more like a high school with more independence for students. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school/page/2#post-2347525 Sat, 07 Nov 2015 11:27:54 +0000 Tanjowen 2347525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We only have middle schools here, but the high schools just started separating out the 9th graders entering high school into a separate building. I'm guessing it's to ease the transition process. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school/page/2#post-2347498 Sat, 07 Nov 2015 09:08:43 +0000 matador84 2347498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We only have middle schools here. We have two campuses that are just 6th grade this year and I think it is fabulous. I hate the 6th grade transition to middle school because they get exposed to too many things that they shouldn't from the older kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school/page/2#post-2347474 Sat, 07 Nov 2015 06:58:24 +0000 Mrs. D 2347474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Most schools here followed the typical Canadian P-6 (I'm Nova Scotia, so it's Primary not Kindergarten) until the last ten years or so. </p> <p>With aging populations in some districts, and huge growth in others, the school boards have had to adjust their popuations to fill some buildings and relieve the stress in others. So now, we see SO many different combinations, althoough we typically still call it Junior Might regardless of it's makeup, although there are exceptions.<br /> Elementary: p-6 p-4 and p-5 can all be seen!<br /> Junior high: 7-9 7-8 6-9 6-8<br /> High:10-12 9-12</p> <p>Several places have Elementarys that go to 8 or 9 and even 12!<br /> Some High schools start at 7 or 8</p> <p>It's all about the demographics. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school/page/2#post-2272942 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 14:48:43 +0000 Dandelion 2272942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is how it's laid out here:<br /> Elementary: K-4<br /> Intermediate: 5-6<br /> Junior High: 7-9<br /> High: 10-12</p> <p>Used to be 5 was elementary and 9th grade had it's own campus, but they changed it all around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school/page/2#post-2272817 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 13:20:31 +0000 JennyLayneAZ 2272817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DesertDreams88: interesting. thanks for replying :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school#post-2272804 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 13:14:00 +0000 DesertDreams88 2272804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jennylayneaz: My husband and I have worked in Roosevelt, Glendale, and Peoria (largest district in Phoenix I hear). All three districts have the k-8 system, and I believe most of the surrounding suburban districts and charters do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school#post-2272572 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 10:25:52 +0000 JennyLayneAZ 2272572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DesertDreams88: I'm curious as to what school district you're in :) I'm in the Mesa District and went to Gilbert Schools and they are/were K-6, 7&amp;8, 9-12(as far as I know they're still that way in Gilbert). I know Chandler and QC have different set ups than that though. and I don't know about Tempe, Phx, Scottsdale, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school#post-2272561 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 10:19:25 +0000 MRSJX3 2272561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went to junior high but it was 6-8th grades! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school#post-2272511 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 09:51:30 +0000 WinterBee 2272511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: Here we have;<br /> Elementary: K-8<br /> Secondary (High school): 9-12<br /> That's the way most schools are here (Ontario).<br /> My kids will attend the same system. K-8 then 9-12. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school#post-2272481 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 09:21:36 +0000 mrbee 2272481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: Wow so 8th graders are at the same school as kindergarteners!! That's so outside of my experience, I'm having a hard time imagining it! But I bet it's way less stressful for 7th and 8th graders to stay in the same school, versus transitioning to something totally new. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school#post-2272275 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 07:02:55 +0000 Rubies 2272275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did it the way you you did. But in the district where I live, the schools are K-8 and then high school from 9-12. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school#post-2272269 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 06:55:17 +0000 ShootingStar 2272269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went to a school system with Jr. High - which is 7-9. I never heard of junior high before that I was only 7 and 8. High school was 10-12, elementary was k-6. </p> <p>In the school system we live in now he'll go to middle school (6-8). Around here that seems to be the norm. My old school went through a lot of changes and did a lot of experimenting - at one point they had a school for just K, then a school for just 6th grade, now a school for just 9th grade I think. So you do k-6, middle school (6-8), 9th grade, then HS (10-12).</p> <p>I don't really like the concept of middle school over having junior high. I think 6th grade is really young to be putting kids in schools with older kids, and with the responsibility of getting to class, navigating when to use a locker, etc. I also wonder if it contributes to so much sexual behavior at a young age today. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school#post-2272237 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 06:20:28 +0000 FannyMae 2272237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love the idea of junior high/middle school, we don't have them here so it gives me this baby sitters club/sweet valley image :D</p> <p>we just have primary school - prep to grade 6, and then high school 7-12. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school#post-2272223 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 05:51:27 +0000 Ree723 2272223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went to an elementary school, K-8, and then on to high school (this was in the US).</p> <p>In England, it is totally different and my girls will go to school as follows:</p> <p>- Infant school for nursery from age 3 through Year 2 (equivalent of 1st grade in the US)</p> <p>- Junior school for Years 3-6 (2nd to 5th grade equivalent)</p> <p>- Secondary school for Years 7-11 (or 12, can't remember exactly)</p> <p>- Sixth form at the same secondary school - this is not compulsory but is a precursor to university for two years, usually ages 16-18 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school#post-2272117 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 21:00:41 +0000 jedeve 2272117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My school was K-7 and 8-12. The county was too small for a middle school! Though we called the side of the school that had the 6th and 7th grade classrooms "middle school." But it wasn't really separate at all. </p> <p>I actually really liked it. It seems like middle school is an awkward awful time for most people, and to separate out those pre-teen ages and put them in a pressure cooker seems like hell! It was just kind of nice to be treated like a kid when you still were, but given a little more freedom. 8th grade was still pretty young to go to HS, but they tried to keep all of the classes and activities separate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school#post-2272091 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 20:28:57 +0000 Charm54 2272091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Im in Canada and my province does K-5, 6-8, 9-12. That's what I went through too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school#post-2272081 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 20:08:42 +0000 jhd 2272081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The school system in our area has elementary, intermediate, middle, and high school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school#post-2272049 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 19:27:56 +0000 iluvboba637 2272049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went to a k-8 and there are still some k-8s in our neighborhood. I actually hope that the schools in our neighborhood stay k-8 so I could send ds there. I currently teach middle school 6-8 and see a huge difference in the behavior of the kids who go to middle school vs those who go to a k-8. We have some schools in the district where I teach that are 6-12 (now this I'm definitely against BC i don't need my future 11-12 year old around high school seniors) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school#post-2271995 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 18:16:22 +0000 Synchronicity 2271995@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have middle school where I grew up in Ontario. Elementary school is JK-8 and high school 9—12. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school#post-2271991 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 18:11:42 +0000 chopsuey 2271991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went to jr high. Kids will go to middle school, but they'll remain at the same school k-12. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school#post-2271986 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 18:09:25 +0000 mrsjyw 2271986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably middle school unless we move. Elem k-5, middle 6-8, high 9-12. 👍🏻 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school#post-2271975 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 17:51:02 +0000 DesertDreams88 2271975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Here in AZ, it's mostly K-8 then 9-12, or k-3, 4-8, and 9-12.</p> <p>For the past six years I've worked at a 4th through 8th grade school and it's a really weird mix. It's also really hard for administrators to be skilled at navigating that range of grade levels, worse even with the K-8s. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school#post-2271940 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 17:12:06 +0000 Mrs. Cheesecake 2271940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went to a junior high school in Illinois but it was grades 6-8. My LOs will go to a middle school in San Diego which is grades 6-8. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school#post-2271899 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 15:50:51 +0000 Torchwood 2271899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH's job requires us to move a lot, so I can't say for sure (and we might still be homeschooling), but if we stay here, where we're from, it'll be middle school. We both went to middle schools as well. I was in GA and TN, DH just TN. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school#post-2271866 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 15:20:36 +0000 BadgerMom 2271866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went to Middle School and most likely so will DS. Although the district that is next to where we live now does Elementary (K-3), Intermediate (4-6), Middle (7-8), and Highschool (9-12). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school#post-2271842 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 14:51:22 +0000 BSB 2271842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was part of the class that was transitioning from junior high school to middle school. So I went to...<br /> Elementary school: grades K-6<br /> Middle school: 7-8<br /> 9th grade center: 9<br /> High school: 10-12</p> <p>I need to see what they ended up doing with the 9th graders. I think they might go to high school now. </p> <p>As for my children, I have no idea but I would assume they would now go to middle school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school#post-2271830 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 14:39:10 +0000 snowjewelz 2271830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went to middle school and LO will too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school#post-2271829 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 14:35:30 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2271829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went to JHS, but where I live now has middle schools. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-junior-high-school-or-middle-school#post-2271826 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 14:30:38 +0000 littlebug 2271826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Middle School, 6-8. But they started doing construction on my elementary school when I was in 4th grade, so we were in the Middle School building from 4-8 grade. </p> <p>Shortly after I got into high school (in 9th grade), they completed construction, and now the Elementary school is divided into 2 different sections (same building, but different wings) - Primary (K-3), Intermediate (4-5), then they move to the Middle school (6-8), and then on to the high school (9-12). </p>