Parents of middle school students: how long are the dances at your son/daughter's school?

[bbernardini]

In a faculty discussion where I work, we're discussing the length of our dances (specifically, that they might be too long). How long do the dances last at the schools your children attend?

[AlCzervik]

1. 3 hours, 7:00pm to 10:00pm, they have one a semester.

[reyd reid reed]

2. Here they're about 2 hours...

they start right after school and then end at 5:30 so that the kids can get picked up on the way home from work.

One in the fall, one in the spring.

Usually.

[Blue Diadem]

3. Our Elementary school has been doing one a year, same deal.

Begins right after school and lasts for two hours.

[AllegroRondo]

4. Depends

they have occasional ones after school, that go for about 2 1/2 hours, from 3 to 5:30.

they also have one "formal" dance in the spring, that goes from 7 to 10.

[LibDemAlways]

5. Two hours from 6 -8 a couple of Fridays during the

year. The 8th graders also get a two hour graduation dance in June.

What I think is stupid about the dances is that they are for all three grades - 6,7,8. Mostly the 6th graders go because the 7th and 8th graders don't want to go to a dance with the "scrubbies" - their term for 6th graders. So, they end up being 6th grade dances.

Would be better to have a dance for the 6th graders right after school and a later one for the 7th and 8th graders in the evening - which is how it was done until a couple of years ago.

[Corgigal]

6. 8th graders had a dance here last week

from 7:00 till 9:00. Some parents will run late so you'll be out of there by 10 pm. It worked well.

[SarahB]

7. When my daughter (now grade 9) was in middle school,

they were 7-9pm.

[Evoman]

8. Depends on the song.

I can't imagine dancing to once song for 3 hours! :evilgrin:

[MissMillie]

9. 8 to 11

usually

[Bunny]

10. 7-9 PM. I think they had about two/month, roughly.

7th and 8th graders.

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. Only as long as the song plays. Any longer is just weird.

:rofl:

Oh, man, I should be paid for this level of humor.

[MichiganVote]

12. 3-4 or 4:30.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

13. Ours in middle school were 3 hours, 7 to 10 PM.

Now they do grade-segregated dances. :wtf:

Sure am glad I didn't have to go with that.

[femmocrat]

14. We have grades 5-8 at our school, so...

Grades 5 and 6 have dances after school (3:15 til 5:15) and 7 and 8 have theirs 7-9:00. We have to "volunteer" two hours a month, so there are usually enough teachers to chaperone. They have about 3 or 4 dances a year: Halloween, Christmas (formal), Valentine's Day, and end of the year.

[ChoralScholar]

15. Usually from 7:00pm till around 2:00 or 3:00am

Wild School.

;)

They last 7-10 usually.

[orleans]

16. 7th & 8th grade were 7-10 (from what i remember)

i'll ask my kid if she ever gets home tonight! grrrr (25 minutes late so far!)

ooh. she just got home before i posted, and yes, 3 hours.