Don’t be worried or scared to start middle school! Usually middle schools start in sixth grade, and end in eighth, but that depends on where you live. If you don’t have a locker already, now you will get the chance of having one! Express yourself, by decorating your locker anyway you want, for example; pretty magnets, pictures, mirrors, magnetic pencil cases, locker wallpapers, baseball cards, and anything else! Some middle schools have two schools coming in to it, and it is great to meet new friends. By seventh grade, you will be able to figure out who your friends are and who isn’t, but it’s cool to have lots of friends too! You will probably get more homework than in elementary school, and more tests to study for. You will have about five minutes in between classes to get to your locker, and use that time wisely, or you will end up marked late, or un-prepared. When I started middle school I had binders with pencil cases, looseleaf, a folder, and supplies in the pencil cases. This was for each subject. All of my friends would ask, “Why do u have a huge binder?” I would say, “It’s more organized for me!”. It truly is! Don’t worry if you are not in any classes with your best friends, because middle school is very social, and you could see your friends in the hallway, and at lunch. There is no more snack time in middle school, so bring enough food to lunch. GOOD LUCK, PEOPLE !!!!!