HIT: Middle School Magazines

["Jeannine Towler (JJ)" <jjtowler@PEN.K12.VA.US>]

Thanks for all the advice on the magazines.  My query
was:

Please let me know what you think of these magazines.
Of course, I especially want to know if you think they
are suitable for middle school students.

TEEN PEOPLE
ENTERTAINMENT
DISNEY ADVENTURE
EASTBAY
TEEN BEAT
ALL ABOUT YOU

and the responses were:

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> TEEN PEOPLE

I liked the concept until the feature article in the first
issue I looked over was "How My Prom Date Turned Into
a Date Rape."  Seems geared a bit too much toward HS f
or my taste.

> DISNEY ADVENTURE

My fifth-grade daughter gets this and loves it.  As she's
a high level reader, I suspect this would be ok at 6th and
maybe 7th.

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Unless the later issues of Teen people are better the first
one was mostly advertising. Not worth spending money on.

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My ten-year-old loves Disney Adventures and so do his
friends.   Would be great for grade 6 and probably a little
young for grade 8.  I enjoy browsing it to keep up-to-date
on Disney movies and tv.
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The only one I know about is Disney Adventure.  My 7th grade
girl loves it.  It isn't very durable.  We have it in our K-5
library and the kids read it so much it's all torn up.

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I looked at a couple of  new magazines at the news stand
a few months ago with an eye on  subscribing for our middle
school.  I *think* that ALL ABOUT YOU was the one that had
quite a few personality-questionaires/tests in it which I
feared would make the magazine undesirable after the first
reader. I might be wrong about which magazine it is though.
 I suggest you try to find copies of the titles yourself at a
news stand, bookstore,  grocery or wherever and buy a
sample copy of the ones you are interested in.
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> TEEN PEOPLE--I don't know this one.
> ENTERTAINMENT--If this is the one I'm thinking of, I wouldn't
get it for middle school; I can't see great interest in it.
> DISNEY ADVENTURE--I use this for my elementary kids; it's
very popular there.  My older kids only occasionally ask for
it.
Fine magazine, even if it *does* promote Disney.
> EASTBAY--I don't know this one.
> TEEN BEAT--I use this for 5th-8th-grade side of my K-8
library.  It's very popular, but quality is minimal.  Students
need to ask for it, and I keep it behind the desk and use a
security strip in it because of theft.
> ALL ABOUT YOU--I don't know this one.

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We subscribe to Teen People and Disney Adventures at
our middle school.

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I work in a 7-12 high school and plan to get Teen People.
I brought in a sample and the kids liked it. Eastbay, if
it's the same one I get is only a sports catalog.

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The only one I take is Teen People   I think it is great and
so do the kids.
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Disney Adventure is fine for middle school kids.  We
subscribe to it for our upper level kids at our school.  It has
a comic strip, interviews, etc. all based on Disney shows
or movies or products.

Eastbay is a sports equipment catalog and is free.
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The only title I'm familiar with is Disney Adventure and it
circulates with the kids.  I feel that it's a bit "commercial"
with emphasis on each new year's Disney Movie, etc.  It was
on the list when I came so I've continued to subscribe to it.
Not a valid reason educationally, but functionally.

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