Guidance
Grade 9 Transition Information
Check out some of the Grade 9 transition options after Freetown Lakeville Middle School.
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Apponequet Regional High School is located just next door to FLMS and offers a wide range of academic choices to prepare you for college and your future career.
Apponequet Regional High School promotes a graduate who achieves through writing, reading, and collaborating effectively while using higher-order thinking to problem solve. Graduates will pair these academic skills with resilience as they persevere through challenges in preparation for adulthood. Students will graduate encouraged to be honorable members of their community through positive behavior, accountability, and respect. Along with self-advocacy, students will graduate with the ability to identify their strengths and advocate for themselves and others.
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Bristol County Agricultural High School is another wonderful choice for students who are interested in strong academic and vocational/technical programs that focus on agriculture and the natural environment. They believe agricultural education offers a unique pathway to prepare students for lifelong learning. The school is located in Dighton and offers several different program of studies including: large animal science, small animal science, agricultural mechanics/diesel technology, floriculture, arboriculture, landscaping, and natural resources. Please explore their wonderful website page:
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Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School, located in Taunton, Massachusetts, and in operation since September 1972, serves the towns of Berkley, Bridgewater, Dighton, Middleboro, Raynham, Rehoboth and the City of Taunton. Students at FLMS from Freetown are also able to attend. Coupled with the general core of academic subjects (English, Social Studies, Mathematics and Science), Bristol-Plymouth provides nineteen distinct high school technical programs. Post-secondary programs are also offered including HVAC, Dental Assisting, and full time and part time Practical Nurse Programs.
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Set on a rural 80-acre campus, Old Colony provides state-of-the-art technical training with an applied academic curriculum. A small, safe, immaculate school and meticulously maintained grounds provide the ideal environment for the development of the region's future technicians and skilled labor force. Old Colony's philosophy is student-centered with the individual needs of each child of paramount importance. A warm and caring staff with a low pupil/teacher ratio ensures the opportunity for success for every child. Old Colony is fully accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, and individual occupational areas are also certified by state agencies and national associations. Old Colony is recognized for fostering a nurturing environment. The school maintains a culture of learning which contributes to a school atmosphere with high student and staff morale. A system of open communication encourages pride in achievement and a unified school spirit. Old Colony enrolls students from a regional district that encompasses the Massachusetts towns of Acushnet, Carver, Lakeville, Mattapoisett, and Rochester. Each career training area is guided in its course content by State or National Industry standards, and is also assisted by a local Advisory Committee made up of local business persons within the field. This school-to-business connection helps Old Colony meet the needs of the regional work force, and also allows for significant student skills enhancement via cooperative placements and internships.
Resources for Parents and Students
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Parenting Books
Family Building: The Five Fundamentals of Effective Parenting
by J. Rosemond (2005)
This book focuses on returning to the basics of parenting and is predicated on five different principles.
1. It's about the family first, not the children
2. Discipline should be based on communication, consistency and leadership
3. It's about respecting others, not high self-esteem
4. It's about manners and morals, not skill
5. It's about responsibility, not high achievement
Discipline for Life: Getting it Right with Children
by Madelyn Swift (2003)
Madelyn Swift takes the reader on a journey full of practical, helpful techniques and insights into the idea that discipline is something that is taught to a child, not something we do to punish misbehavior. The book revolves around a Discipline System with four components: Goal for Discipline, Ingredients of Discipline, Critical Life Beliefs, Steps to Disciplinary Actions
Scream Free Parenting: Raising your Kids by Keeping Your Cool
by H.E. Runkel (2005)
This book first teaches parents the value of keeping their "cool" and skills and techniques to maintain their calm. It talks about the value of creating space for children to grow, removing labels, how to disengage from power struggles, setting appropriate structure and limits for children and self-care strategies for parents.
Promoting Positive Parenting
By D. Neville, L. King, & D. Beak (1995)
This book focuses on individual parent's strengths to create positive change by empowering the parent. It teaches the parent that they have the freedom to change, decide what they want to change, and learn why behaviors occur and how to change them.
Internet Resources
Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D
Parenting expert with helpful articles and resources available for free at her website
Books Dealing with Common Challenges in Middle School
The Bully, the Bullied and the Bystander
by B. Coloroso (2003)
This book examines the three roles that children play in bullying. It discusses various strategies for breaking this cycle of violence.
Queen Bees and Wannabees
by R. Wiseman (2002)
This book explores how adolescent girls use relational bullying and explains in detail the dynamics and roles that cliques can play in bullying behavior.
Early Adolescence: Understanding the 10 to 15 year old
by G.A. Caissy (1994)
This book provides helpful guidelines to parents and teachers in addressing the myriad of developmental challenges faced by adolescents.
Peer Pressure - "How can I say No?"
by K. Havelin (2000)
This book is written for adolescents to read who are struggling with peer pressure influence. It explains to them what peer pressure is, why it is so powerful, and offers strategies for coping with negative peer influences.
Peer Pressure Reversal
by S. Scott (1997)
This book is a parent's guide to helping their child cope with peer pressure and develop responsible decision making skills.
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Books Available in the FLMS Library
How to do Homework without Throwing Up
by T. Romain
This book's author understands how horrible homework can be and he also knows how you can do it without throwing up. In it you will learn important truths, like dogs do NOT eat homework, and valuable skills like how to make a homework schedule, how to get help with homework, and how to avoid TV-homework-neck. So don't let homework bring you down anymore, go grab this book from our library.
Get Organized Without Losing It
by Janet S. Fox
This book is full of you-can-do-it ways to manage your desk, your locker, and other major messes. Look inside to find how to: put your stuff in order, manage your time, plan for homework and projects, take better notes, deal with distractions and much more. So write down in your agenda now: Go to library and check out Get Organized without Losing it.
See You Later, Procrastinator!
by Pamela Espeland & Elizabeth Verdick
Are people always after you to get stuff done? Do you often have that freaky time-is-running-out feeling? Have you ever told a teacher “the dog ate my homework” when you don't even have a dog? Cheer Up! You can learn to get motivated, get things done, and get people off your back! And this book is the way you can learn all that with lots of tips and tricks to kick procrastination and let you take charge of your life. What are you waiting for? Go get this book from our library now.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
by Sean Covey
This book provides a step by step guide to help teens improve self-image, build friendships, resist peer pressure, achieve their goals, get along with their parents and much more. It is full of clever ideas, funny cartoons, great quotes, and incredible stories about real life teens from all over the world. This book is a great resource for all our students and any adult who wants to help support an adolescent achieve to their highest potential. Go see your guidance counselor for a copy of this book.
Knowing and Doing What's Right
by Pamela Espeland & Elizabeth Verdick
Want to be a more caring person? Stand up for the rights of others? Stand up for your own beliefs? Be more honest and truthful, even when it's hard? Be more responsible? Take better care of yourself so you stay healthy and strong? Then read this book! In it you will learn all about positive values and how to add the ones that you may want in your life. This book is full of stories of kids your age who are doing great things for themselves or their community. So do what's right and check this book out of our library.