Best Things About Middle School

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  • · getting out at 2:15
  • · eating lunch at 10:20
  • · having days go by much faster than elementary school
  • · switching classes
  • · meeting Dover/Sherborn kids - making new friends
  • · being in different rooms with different kids and different teachers
  • · nice teachers and guidance people
  • · you have a bunch of teachers so if you don’t like one, you’ll have lots of others
  • · teachers all smile here
  • · challenging teachers
  • · becoming friends with the teachers
  • · breaks between classes–let’s you talk to your friends and gives you energy
  • · homework that’s not always long and hard
  • · after-school classes – math, science, cooking, and painting
  • · having a different schedule every other day
  • · a different exploratory each term- art, music…
  • · having gym every other day
  • · being able to learn a foreign language, which is really fun
  • · 8th period Help Session to get help and begin homework
  • · spirit days
  • · walking to lunch in all kinds of weather
  • · cafeteria food choices – bagels, hot food, pizza, salad, etc…
  • · out-running half the boys
  • · PE – it’s awesome
  • · vending machines in the cafeteria
  • · being able to stay after school
  • · decorating the inside of your locker
  • · having projects
  • · being able to relax more
  • · the late bus
  • · all the hands-on things
  • · the independence
  • · the atmosphere
  • · everything