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Rising 6th-graders get facts to fight middle school fears at ‘Jump Start’ ‘Can I really be stuffed inside a locker?’ By ANDIE LEATHERMAN, LTN Staff Writer June 10, 2002 - “Where are my classes?” “Can I really be stuffed inside a locker?” “What are my teachers like?” These were some of the questions answered during Jump Start last week at West Lincoln Middle School. The week-long day camp introduces rising sixth-graders to the middle school. Some fears were relieved —the 43 students who participated discovered that lockers for most of the students, were too small to fit into. The group practiced finding classrooms and got to meet some teachers. “It alleviates fears a lot of them have coming from elementary to middle school,” said Ann Upton, a West Lincoln Middle School instructor who worked with the camp. The group made beaded key chains with an art instructor, played Maize Master with a physical education teacher and participated in their own version of the television show “Whose Line Is It Anyway” with a drama instructor. A rocket launching demonstration by a computer teacher was the best part of the camp for Casey Flowers and Cory Johnson. Both Flowers and Johnson attended North Brook Elementary together. In addition to meeting new teachers, the students also met upperclassmen who helped with the camp. “We have some helpers who have survived sixth grade,” Upton said. The best part for Heather Hallman, who attended North Brook Elementary, was meeting other rising sixth-graders. Most students who come to West Middle have attended North Brook, Union or Love Memorial elementary. Hallman and Rachel Heafner were also eager to learn how to find their classrooms. Heafner attended New Vision Christian School. The camp lasted from 8:30 a.m. to noon each day. The students got a taste of the school’s cafeteria fare when they went through the “lunch line” to pick up their mid-morning snack. West Middle also held Jump Start during the previous week. The county’s other three middle schools are sponsoring similar programs this summer.
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