MIDDLE SCHOOL messages

Thank you to all the parents that were able to join us on Monday morning as we explored some strategies to support us in raising teenagers. We appreciate all the wonderful tips from Dr. Haneen from the Camali Clinic. It was an engaging and informative topic and hopefully everyone walked out feeling a little better equipped when handling and guiding their adolescent at home. If you were not able to join us, please see below for some tips from the workshop.

1. Remember you are a parent and a friend

2. Teenagers need love

3. Teenagers need privacy

4. Teenagers need to be different

5. Establish a dependable together time

6. Teenagers need to be listened to- Getting them to talk

7. Teenagers need boundaries

8. Parent actively and appropriately

9. Try to be there after school

10. Keep your standards high

11. Make it a high priority to have meals together.

12. Keep the lines of communication humming

13. Encourage good self-care

14. Continue family meetings

15. Use crises to connect more deeply with your teen

16. Keep kids safe and connected to the family by keeping computers in your common space.

17. Don’t push your teen into independence before he/she is ready for it.

18. Make agreements and teach your child to make repairs

19. What if you have raised your child with punishment and now she is breaking your rules and lying to you?

20. Stay connected even as he/she moves into the world

We have opened up sales for our 2017-18 yearbook. Students can pre-order a book for 80 AED in room S38. After Thursday, June 7, yearbooks will cost 100 AED. 

We have six extra grade 8 t-shirts in the office. If you have an eighth grader who didn’t buy the package but still wants one, they can see us as soon as possible. All grade 8’s will be wearing their shirts again on Thursday, June 7th for a group photo in the school lobby. 

Best Regards, 

Joan Wiens and Luke Spencer

MS Admin Team