Creative Performing and Media Arts School

I am a student at CPMA and I love it. Ive met a lot of really nice people, my teachers are wonderful, and they have a lot of good opportunities for aspiring musicians. I am in the advanced orchestra, we've gone to Disneyland twice and we've been to many festivals too. Just last year the advanced orchestra, band, and jazz band performed at copley symphony hall. Another really great thing about cpma is the amazing programs for handicapped and deaf kids. CPMA integrates deaf kids into classes for hearing students and hanicapped. I feel as a student that it is great to interact with the kids who've spent their whole lives in schools especially for kids with "disabilities" when they could spend time being treated like a normal person. Yes, bullying is a problem, but isnt that a problem at every middle school? MIddle school is the hardest times for many people in their life because its the transition from being treated like children to being treated like normal adult citizens. With hormones going crazy and all that jazz how could there not be bullying? Also as CPMA lets in anyone who attends many kids are "the wrong crowd" but you just have to find your way to avoid them.

this is the best school ever!!!!! i don't know why people would say it has bullying because it does. my daughtr goes there and she loves it. she never want to go to her house. she loves this school. the teachers are super nice to her. they make learning super fun for her.
--Submitted by a parent

THIS IS THE WORST SCHOOL I HAVE EVER ATTENDED IN MY LIFE. I attended this school grades 6-8 and I am now a sophomore in High School, while I was here at CPMA I suffered through the worst depression I haver ever had in my life. I was contantly bulied and teased, the teachers did NOTHING to help me even while knowing I was going through this. The majority of the students here and downright mean, vulgar, and ghetto to say the least. DRUGS are a big problem in this school, and not much is being done to stop it. The teachers I had at this school were also terrible. They were mean, unhelpful, and down right rude to me as I attended this dreadful school. Everyday, arriving to this school was like torture, and the only thing I looked forward to was going back home to my parents, where I could get some support. Unfortunately I often didn't tell my parents about the bullying because I was scared. But now that I'm out of this terrible place and in a school I very much love now, I'd just like to warn future parents, THIS SCHOOL IS BAD NEWS. Any current students reading this, I FEEL YOUR PAIN, IF YOU ARE BEING BULLIED, TELL SOMEONE!

I attended CPMA and I have to say that it was a great experience. Yes, we had many problems these past three years but I can honestly say that the school is doing better. Yeah, during last school year there were problems with drugs but that happens at ANY school not just ours, the drama as well. There are also NO kids on probation as some people claim. Besides those flaws that any school has, CPMA is a great school. We also got a new principal last school year and we're doing better. The school campus now looks better and we even got new teachers because previous ones didn't do well. The teachers that we have now are all great and people you can get along with. The parents are also very involved and have helped out a lot with fundraisers in our school. As an arts school, CPMA is doing really well. Our music, choir, and drama department are doing well as is our art department. As our school is very diverse we also have students that are hard of hearing that attend that school. They also have an ASL club so we can all communicate with each other better. Overall CPMA is a great school and I highly recommend CPMA as a middle school for your child.

I used to go to CPMA, I have to say this school is very gross, the children there cause ALOT of drama, some times I would come home crying from some of the stuff the kids would do to me. Also the teachers and couslers dont do very much to help at all.the campus is gross and none of the kids care about taking care of their school. This school is great when it comes to electives but the drama is horriable and so are the teachers. I HIGHLY recommand not enrolling your son/daughter to this middle school.

i am currently going to CPMA, or maybe leaving. there are lots of kids that take pride in good grades but more in bad grades. the kids are always picking on eachother and right before school ended this year, kids wer caught with DRUGS. not kidding eather some went to juvie. you dont want kids like THAT running around at your childs school... do you?

My daughter brought her text books home at the beginning of the school year, and they've collected dust this whole time! She never has homework. Occasionally she texts me during the day, which tells me that they must not care too much about what they are doing in class. She tells me about other students 'french kissing' by the buses. Where's the supervision? I don't believe they enforce the dress code, and she has told me that some teachers 'cuss'. She loves the school...I wonder why. She won't be going there next year.
--Submitted by a parent

I pulled my son out of cpma in at the begining of the semester. He liked the school and his friends, but almost everyday an 8th grader was giving him problems. He went there because he has an art he is cultivating, but it wasnt happening due to the daily distractions. He is a 6th grader by the way. If it wasnt the bus stop it, was in the restroom where he was being harrassed. The staff does very little to help other than telling my son he should have ignored the older kids. If you want your child to go to a school where there are wild unruly kids on probation (yes I said probation) send them to cpma. The new school where he is at have enrolled over 7 more 6th graders because of the lack of control of the 8th graders. The staff and parents are to blame.
--Submitted by a parent

Many behavior problems at this school. We pulled our children out after 4 months. We have enrolled them at SCPA and they are doing beautifully! SCPA is a great school - I highly reccommend it.
--Submitted by a parent

I am currently an 8th grader at CPMA middle school and i have to say this is a very great school. Our school has won awards for Choir, we have an excellent band who has also won awards, same with our orchestra. I could make this review 4 pages long telling you how many great programs we have. overall great school.
--Submitted by a student