New students going to MacKenzie Middle School will have a full orientation on the first day.
Day one will include a number of activities directed at helping students get to know their new school.
It's planned for Wednesday, September 5th.
Donna Davidson the CEO Superintendent for MVSD says the division sent out a survey to parents to see what they thought of the orientation last year.
“The survey results were very positive. The parents of the students that participated felt that their child benefited from the opportunity to have the school to themselves. They felt that their child was less anxious less sense of stress when they were entering the school on the first day. So they were very pleased with that.”
Davidson says the results from the survey were overwhelmingly supportive.
“Of the 81 responses that we had, 56 percent strongly agreed and 31 percent agreed with the orientation days. So that’s an 87 percent response rate in the positive.”
This full day would allow students to get to know their class locations, teacher faces and names, and the regular routines of a normal school day.
The school plans to welcome parents to visit throughout the day and take part in some of the events as well.
