Tips

If you are new to middle school, junior high, switching classes or lockers, some of things I read in The Smart Girl's Guide to Starting Middle School. I suggest that you read it. There's lots of helpful info in it that I know helps me and I hope it will help you too.

Lockers

The shcool will provide you with a locker, usually with a lock already attached, and you will have to memorize you combination. It will be a 3-number combination, and though that sounds easy, this is hard for most people at first. So here's how to do it:
Pretend your combo is 32-21-34 (by the way, that's not my combo. It's random.). You would turn the dial to the right, pass 32, go around, and then stop at 32. Then, you would turn the dial left, pass the 21, go around, and land on the 21. Next is the part that people always mess up. You turn the dial left but don't pass 34 this time. Stop at the 34 and open the locker. Yay!

Note: If you miss a number, either keep going or start over. Sometimes if you get close enough to the number, it will still open. But if you go the other way to reach the correct number, the lock definitely won't open.

Switching Classes

Maybe you've been switching classes for awhile, or maybe it's a totally new concept for you. But either way, these tips might help you. If you know that you will have to go to the bathroom at a certain time during the day, you should try to plan for that time of day so that you can get there without being late to class. You could try carrying books for 2 classes so that it will leave time for you go to the bathroom. Then hopefully you won't be late for class. If you know that you will take longer than you have, ask for a bathroom pass when you get to class, and then hurry up! Another solution is to go before and after lunch, and that should help.

Do you have other ideas to help new middle-school or -junior-high students? If you do, please post them in a comment!