AIM

AIM is a course all sixth graders participate in and the first six weeks of the year cover organizing your time and adjusting to middle school.

After that, the students move in to studying some sort of elective. The choices are Model U.N., speech, UIL and debate. On behalf of Christopher, I selected debate. Tuesday at Greenback Night I discovered he was in a sixth period AIM debate class with seventh graders. That meant he wasn't receiving the "welcome wagon" treatment.

I e-mailed his counselor (she and I are tight -- remember the lateral move from band to art) and she called me the same afternoon.

Voila. He's able to move to a sixth-period, all sixth-grade AIM debate class.

I like this calling the counselor. I need to buy her a very nice Christmas gift.