Cupertino Middle School

Cupertino Middle School is the BEST school I have ever stepped foot into. It has excellent teachers such as the Math 6 teacher Ms. Barr. She is a very humorous person and makes kids laugh like crazy! She is very encouraging and keeps a smile on all day. The Band teacher Mrs. Verissimo is amazing and has a well disciplined class. At times when the band slacks off or gets tired, she snaps them right back onto their feet. Mrs. McCulloch the ^th grade language arts teacher is the nicest teacher you could ever meet. She keeps her class well disciplined and very exciting! The P.E. teacher Mr. Sickler is very hard working and takes an hour out of his free Sunday to write a blog for his website! Mrs. Cerda is very nice and makes Social Studies come alive. We do many social activities and actually have a feel of what is was like in Ancient Times. The academics here are Challenging and the staff really helps out with kids who need special help. They have created many clubs that are fun and popular. Strong principal and leadership and ABSOLUTELY AMAZING ACTIVITIES! Students love it here an there is a lot of School Spirit. I LOVE CMS! GO CUPERTINO BEARS! I love this school and it is AMAZING!

cup is a great school! if you are advanced and can get into the AP classes u are set!!!!!!!!!! the sports program is also great!!!!

I was a student at Cupertino Middle School the last three years, and I thought that there were some pretty great teachers there. However that the administration did not do a very good job at all; very little was communicated to the students, staff, or parents. Also, it seemed that the counselors' main job for the entire time i was there was to walk around at brunch and lunch to make sure kids didn't listen to their iPods. The group of students was great though. Overall, great school, not so great administration.

i was a student here at this school, looking back at the years in Cup, I had a lot of nice teacher and fun times, though at the time i thought it sucked. but comparing to all the messed up teachers at homestead high, CMS was heaven :D

I am a student at this school, and I get the feeling my teacher hates me. He would also ignore my questions. I'm not sure if they are on purpose. Without asking questions, i can't learn. Once in a while, i get insults. My mom also is s kind of mom that likes helping and participating but she would always be disappointed because there aren't many activities to part in.
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If you want band you can get it unless you're not in sixth grade wanting to be in C band. If you feel you deserve to be in band, you can talk to the offce and they will put you in. My friend did that. Band is a very popular elective that you have to work hard for. You have to practice five times a week. The talent show was announced in the morning announcements for the whole week. Cupertino is a great school. We may not be the best academically, but we have greeat sports and arts programs.
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In contrast to the school reviews, I like this school. Nothing in boring, and the HDTV's do get put to use in my classroom;).
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I went to this school for my 6th and 7th grade years and loved it. I had the BEST teachers ever who taught us so that we understood. And the kids at this school are very nice and help each other out a lot. this year I am going to Lawson and I personally prefer CUP than Lawson. GO CUP BEARS! Sad to leave this school.....
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This is a very well run factory. I met lots of efficient teachers at back to school night, they know their subject but not one suggested to me they had a clue who my kid was. There is no drama program offered. The band program cannot serve everyone who wants it, which is also unacceptable, they have a lottery for who can join. The administration's attitude toward any bump in the road is to ignore it. If 400 kids want band and there's only room for 200, then that's how it is, they would certainly not hire another band teacher like Miller did, or hire a teacher willing to offer drama (which is at Kennedy, Miller, and Lawson). The counselors have to deal with so many kids that they are utterly useless, they don't return phone calls and use email but don't ever actually answer your questions. I agree with another reviewer, communication is extremely poor. The talent show was moved way up and 90% of the kids had no idea, my kid would have tried out but they never announced when auditions were being held. Most of the teachers my kid had were quite good despite these institutional problems. But cram too many kids into a school and you shouldn't be surprised you get problems like these.
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I'm a student in CMS its my first year in cms.Its a great school!!! They have a lot fund-raisers. But we don't get to use the mac lab enough but it is a wonderful school. I had a great year!!! CMS is a great school!!! PS (i miss cms a lot!!!!)
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