What is The Family Connection?
The Family Connection is a resource to help busy principals and assistant principals with their communications to parents and families. We offer this as a free service to AMLE members. Feel free to browse the latest issue or back issues to find an article or whole issue on a topic that you're looking for. You can use the publication "as is", or cut and paste articles as you see fit. Not a member? Take a look at this free sample issue to see what you're missing.
Current and Archived Issues:
2013 - Volume 17, No. 3
The Role of Technology in Parenting a Middle Schooler
2012 - Volume 17, No. 2
Which is harder, being a middle schooler or being the parent of one?
2012 - Volume 17, No. 1
Build Strong Supports To Help Your Child Survive Middle Grades Struggles
2012 - Volume 16, No. 4
Discovering How Your Child Is Smart, conclusion
2012 - Volume 16, No. 3
Discovering How Your Child Is Smart, continued
2012 - Volume 16, No. 2
Discovering How Your Child Is Smart, continued
2011 - Volume 16, No. 1
Discovering How Your Child Is Smart
2011 - Volume 15, No. 4
Is Your Student Studying for a Test? It's Not as Easy as It May Sound
2011 - Volume 15, No. 3
Your Assignment: The Assignment Notebook
2010 - Volume 15, No. 2
Stressed-Out in the Middle Grades
2010 - Volume 15, No. 1
Take the Risk out of Risk Taking
2010 - Volume 14, No. 4
Not Yet
2010 - Volume 14, No. 3
Don't You Trust Me?
2009 - Volume 14, No. 2
He Said that She Said ...
2009 - Volume 14, No. 1
BFF?
2009 - Volume 13, No. 4
Shall We Dance?
2009 - Volume 13, No. 3
"I forgot ... "
2008 - Volume 13, No. 2
Learning from Mistakes
2008 - Volume 13, No. 1
Enough sleep?
2008 - Volume 12, No. 4
Parents and educators talk about what is important in schools for young adolescents
2008 - Volume 12, No. 3
Do You Really Know Who Your Young Adolescent is Chatting With Online
2007 - Volume 12, No. 2
Parents Want to Know ...
2007 - Volume 12, No. 1
How Important Are Parents?
2007 - Volume 11, No. 3
Preparing for college—NOW!
2006 - Volume 11, No. 2
What Counts in Your Middle School
2006 - Volume 11, No. 1
What Makes Young Adolescents Tick—Continuing the Journey
2006 - Volume 10, No. 2
What Makes Young Adolescents Tick?--A Primer for Parents
2005 - Volume 10, No. 1
Where do young adolescents belong? Making sense of grade configuration option
2005 - Volume 9, No. 4
Reading, Writing, and 'Rithmetic in the Summer?
2005 - Volume 9, No. 3
Middle Level Sports Done Right
2004 - Volume 9, No. 2
Young Adolescents Do Communicate with Their Parents—Exposing Three Myths
2004 - Volume 9, No. 1
Back for the Future
2004 - Volume 8, No. 3
Boys and Books: Bringing Them Together
2003 - Volume 8, No. 2
Why Middle Level Schools Are KEY to Young Adolescent Success
2003 - Volume 8, No. 1
Five Ways to Help Your Young Adolescent Be Successful in Middle School
2003 - Volume 7, No. 4
Build Responsibility - Gradually!
2003 - Volume 7, No. 3
When NOT to Listen to Your Children
2002 - Volume 7, No. 2
The Brass Ring IS Learning
2002 - Volume 7, No. 1
Eighth Grade DOES Count
2002 - Volume 6, No. 4
Service-learning is for everyone
2002 - Volume 6, No. 3
The Middle School of the Future
2001 - Volume 6, No. 2
A Middle School for Every Student
2001 - Volume 6, No. 1
What parents should know about young adolescent development
2000 - Volume 5, No. 4
What Type of Activities Do Young Adolescents REALLY Need?
2000 - Volume 5, No. 3
Why your child needs a good middle school
2000 - Volume 5, No. 2
Students Take Charge of Their Learning
2000 - Volume 5, No. 1
Middle School Sports - Suggested Guidelines