My dad moved us when I was headed into 10th grade. It was not a great experience for me, I’d had the same big group of friends and classmates from the time I was in kindergarten and I had to start afresh. Honestly, at that age, everyone knew each other and I wasn’t equipped to make a bunch of new friends. Here are some things that happened to me that you may want to plan for:
- moved from a school that weighted gpa to a school that didn’t. they also didn’t use weighted gpa for class rank.
- I played varsity tennis and basketball, but wasn’t good enough to make the basketball team at the new school.
- I was one of the best chess players in the country at my age, there was no chess club at the new school and I couldn’t find enough interested students to start one.
- I dreaded lunch, a sea of students and no one I knew.
I got through it and did very well socially in college but those three years were no fun. Hopefully your D is better equipped than I was to make new friends and based on your post, I’m sure you’ll be proactive in helping her.