New Book to Guide Parents Through Middle School Experience - Boynton Beach Middle School

New Book to Guide Parents Through Middle School Experience - Boynton Beach Middle School Teachers Partners With Publishing Company

Public Affairs - (561) 434-8228May 29, 2009

Teachers at Christa McAuliffe Middle School and American Life Publishers are partnering to produce a book titled A Parent’s Guide to Middle School Academics. Managing editor Patricia Mavo says the book will be written over the summer and she welcomes any teacher or parent who wants to give input. “The inspiration for the book came from my own experiences as a parent of three children who entered middle school almost consecutively,” states the career educator, who says she did find resources---but they were scattered in a variety of different places.

Christa McAuliffe Principal Faith-Ann Cheek says the guide will be user-friendly. “The book will help parents adjust to the many changes that students experience when they transition to middle school,” she adds. Twenty percent of the proceeds from the book will benefit each middle school that sells the resource. Plans include an accompanying website to provide online resources for parents to just “point and click” on the topics covered in the book.

Chapters cover topics such as how students learn, how teachers assess, and a variety of local and state resources for homework and testing assistance. For more details, contact Patricia Mavo, (561) 254-1883, or email her americanlife@bellsouth.net.