{"id":3027,"date":"2019-06-23T12:06:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T09:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/negba.org\/negba2018\/?p=3027"},"modified":"2019-06-23T12:07:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T09:07:28","slug":"overcoming-challenges-during-the-transition-to-middle-school-spotlight-on-keti-participant-in-negbas-bogrim-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/negba.org\/negba2018\/en\/2019\/06\/23\/overcoming-challenges-during-the-transition-to-middle-school-spotlight-on-keti-participant-in-negbas-bogrim-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Overcoming Challenges During the Transition to Middle School: Spotlight on Keti, Participant in Negba\u2019s \u201cBogrim\u201d Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The end of sixth grade is a challenging moment for almost all\nIsraeli children.&nbsp; Keti, from Jerusalem\u2019s Ein Karem neighborhood, is no\ndifferent. last year, she began a new middle school, the \u201cYasa\u201d Israel Arts and\nScience Academy, leaving the safe confines of her elementary school where she\nhad been for six warm years.&nbsp; But it wasn\u2019t the notion of meeting hundreds\nof new young teens that troubled Keti; it was the thought that she would have\nto adjust to a much heavier academic workload.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/negba.org\/negba2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-23-at-11.48.35-2-1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3035\" width=\"192\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/negba.org\/negba2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-23-at-11.48.35-2-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/negba.org\/negba2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-23-at-11.48.35-2-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/negba.org\/negba2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-23-at-11.48.35-2-1.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI knew that most of the kids at my new school were going to be\na bit different, like me, so I wasn\u2019t really scared about fitting in,\u201d she\nreflected.&nbsp; \u201cBut I was nervous about the tons of extra classes and\nschoolwork that I was going to have to do.&nbsp; I have a hard time focusing at\nhome and managing my time, and I didn\u2019t think I would be able to do all the\nhomework and keep up in all my subjects.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately, Keti joined Negba\u2019s Bogrim initiative to ease her\nacademic transition into her new school.&nbsp; For Keti, now 14 and completing\nher second year in Negba\u2019s program, it transformed her life. &nbsp;\u201cI go to\nNegba three afternoons a week, and the activities are so much fun.&nbsp; The\nkids are nice, and my best friend even is there now.&nbsp; I can talk to the\nstaff about anything.&nbsp; But the best thing is that I get help with my\nschool work and I am keeping up with all my classes.&nbsp; I probably would be\ndoing really poorly in some subjects without Negba\u2019s help.\u201d\n\nThough initially Keti came to\nNegba for the academic help, she now realizes that she is benefitting and\ngrowing from the social components of the program, too.&nbsp; \u201cNegba is my\npersonal place, like a warm home for me.&nbsp; I love the Thursday evening\ndinners we cook together, the picnics and the day camps during vacation when\nit\u2019s so intimate and relaxed.&nbsp; If there were lots more kids in it, I\nwouldn\u2019t get so much help and attention.&nbsp; I\u2019m definitely more socially\ncomfortable because of the program.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The end of sixth grade is a challenging moment for almost all Israeli children.&nbsp; Keti, from Jerusalem\u2019s Ein Karem neighborhood, is no different. last year, she began a new middle school, the \u201cYasa\u201d Israel Arts and Science Academy, leaving the safe confines of her elementary school where she had been&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[231,219,441,440,241],"class_list":["post-3027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-teen-club","tag-bogrim","tag-jerusalem","tag-middle-school","tag-teenagers","tag-teens"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/negba.org\/negba2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-23-at-11.48.35-3-1.jpeg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9TfAG-MP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/negba.org\/negba2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/negba.org\/negba2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/negba.org\/negba2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/negba.org\/negba2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/negba.org\/negba2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3027"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/negba.org\/negba2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3037,"href":"https:\/\/negba.org\/negba2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3027\/revisions\/3037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/negba.org\/negba2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/negba.org\/negba2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/negba.org\/negba2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/negba.org\/negba2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}