Marina Del Rey Middle School

This school is the worst school in mankind. The classes are very over filled and they dont give one on one attention.
--Submitted by a parent

Marina del Rey Middle School is a great school! Those are words from my 8th grader, which I fully support. Three years ago we moved from out of state to California and my daughter started at Marina del Rey Middle School. During her time spent at this school, she has had many wonderful opportunities. In 6th grade she joined the first Marine Science Academy class where she has had studies at the beach, trips to the aquarium, Sea World, and Catalina. Last year, she joined the Marina del Rey competitive cheer team and they won a national championship for the third year. The teachers and administration look out for the children and want to help them succeed!
--Submitted by a parent

This school is the best kept secret in the neighborhood! At half the size of most middle schools, it feels like a community school. As a new parent, I was blown away at the quality of the homework assignments, the attention my child received and the support our family receives from the administration, teachers and other families.
--Submitted by a parent

I am so pleasantly surprised at what a great school Marina del Rey Middle School has become. The teachers are enthusiastic. The diverse student population seems happy and polite. The whole school has been renovated, including fresh paint, new bathrooms and lockers and a great new weight room including a rock climbing wall. There are honors classes for those who excel and a free one-on-one tutoring program for those who need help. While the outside of the school looks like your typical LAUSD bungalow style school, the courtyard is lush and green.
--Submitted by a parent

I can say the staff definetly needs a lot of work on their manners especially in the main office. Parents are always complaining how they are treated. The Principal listens and wants whats best for the students and tries to make everyone happy. The VP is very understanding too. She brightens up and softens up the office. Its a great mixture. The school is better then all the years I can remember. The teachers are wonderful and the staff at Marina are very helpful. Since they have a new Parent Ctr the school is turning out pretty good. You need to help the parents first so they can help their child. The Parent Ctr is beautiful and coming along.

I am a new parent at MDR and am very sadden at the lack of support the school is getting form parents. Yes, the school could use more leadership from administration and more involvement from parents but by no means is it a poor school. I see potential and appreciate the support many teachers and faculty at the school are trying to provide. If we parents chose to put in the work needed to make our neighborhood school s more successful, the programs and our children would be more successful. If parents continually pull their children from schools that could benefit from their care and attention we will lose many of our good teachers and leave those unable to move to a charter or private school in dispair. The key is to foster the goodness and rally against the bad.
--Submitted by a parent

Not enough leadership around the school.. and who is the principal?? Also they push on the uniform too much even though the Los Angeles school district does not require uniforms. It's optional. (Some parents and I are getting together and filing a complaint with the school board) My child's math class has over 35 kids in the class.. you would think the area of concentration would be some thing like that......not the uniforms.
--Submitted by a parent

what do you mean clean. it is a trashy school. i thought in the first place they would paint the lockers and the walls. very dirty!
--Submitted by a parent

I love all the opprotunities the students are given at MDRMS.
--Submitted by a parent

My daughter is in her second year at Marina del Rey Middle School and Performing Arts Magnate. My wife and I also are homeowners in our Del Rey community which the school resides. We found that parents that are involved in their child s education have children that are doing well regardless of the school. MDR Middle School and Performing Arts Magnate has educators that take teaching seriously and will partner with any child in their perusal of new knowledge. Our daughter is having a great experience and so are we. I recommend that we parents partner with those we empower to educate our children, regardless of the API scores. As another parent noted, numbers give an incomplete picture of a schools commitment to education. MDR Middle School and Performing Arts Magnate is our neighborhood school that we proudly support and are actively engaged in its booster club.
--Submitted by a parent