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 NMSA 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:

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