Richards Middle School

JUST KNOW THE TEACHERS ARE HERE FOR PAY CHECKS........ I WISH I COULD MOVE SCHOOLS

The community rating that they gave this school makes me sick. I went to this school for 3 years , 6-8. No, its not the best or brightest school in Gwinnett county. but do they try ? of course! first year i was in regular classes, my regular classes did about just as high as the probe students did on their crcts. not to mention we had alot of fun! My second year , was really fun, i was in probe for the first time, and it was challenging. Every teacher was there at 8:00 in the morning and stayed , after school, to tutor those that were strugelling. So , take it from a student that experienced just about everyday at that school from 6-8. there can be more parent involvment. but dont judge the school , because everyone at that school dosent make the school like that. an individual makes the experience for him/ or herself. I love and miss that school alot. and its okay if you didnt go to that elementary. most of the people there are really nice, and not fake like some of the richer schools. I hope this review helped many students and parents of sudents starting of to go to Richards Middle School.

i went to richards from 6-8 an absoulely loved it i am now a sopohmore at greater atlanta christian school. yes, there are bad kids, but ur child doesn't have to hang with them. alot of parents blame the school but its other kids fault for the decline in the enviornment and behavoir. if more parents got involved in the school and their kids lifes the problem wouldn't be so big, and besides there are problems everywhere and rms is great academically.

BEWARE!!!!!!! This is an absolutely horrible institution for your child's education. If you are moving to this area I feel sorry for your child. The teachers and administrators are a joke and I have never had such a horrible experience with a school system in all my life. They are not in it for the kids and already have them stereotyped before they even walk in the door.
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My Son goes to RMS and he likes the school and his teachers. He is a probe student, I am happy that he gets lots of opportunities there to explore himself.
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My child went to RMS and was kicked out for 2 yrs because she said she would hit the teacher back if she hit her . We went to fake hearing and they waited until 3 hrs before hearing to tell me i could have Att. or ask for any paper work from school then used false reports to . Now they are stopping my child from getting home schooled she can only go to the school jail The GIVE center
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My daughter is in sixth grade. At the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year my daughter attended Richards Middle School. She was getting into trouble that she never have gotten in before. I don't think it was the school, I just think that it was the enviroment. I moved my daughter out of the school and now she attends Five Forks Middle School which is one of the best school in Georgia.
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is just going better and better.
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My daughter is going into the 7th grade at RMS and I could never be more happier that she attends here. The new principal focused on accelerating all students and for this reason and in the last two years he's been there, the school has MADE AYP meaning it is not a failing school. I attended a parent meeting and they showed parents how RIchards' students went up academically in all areas. Discipline was never a problem for my daughter and for those who say that Richards is a bad school then they need to look at the community they live in because its those kids that are attending RMS.
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RICHARDS MIDDLE IS AN AMAZING SCHOOL...EVERYONE IS FRIENDLY AND TRYS AS HARD AS POSSIBLE TO HELP US STUDENTS...... SADLY I WILL BE MOVING ON TO HIGH SCHOOL NEXT YEAR BUT I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE FUN LEARNING ENVIRONMENT OF RMS.......GO BLACK KNIGHTS

I am a current 7th grader at RMS and it is fabulous!!!!! The teachers are great and are really helpful. They give wonderful discipline and the school is a very safe environment. The students are really nice, so you make plenty of new friends. Richards has a wide variety of extracurricular activities before and/or afterschool to choose from like Video Club, FBLA, Odyssey of the Mind, and Kids for Christ.
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I had my daughter transferred out of RMS in Nov. 09. This was the best decision I could have made for her!! She is a 6th Grader & in Probe..so she was new to the school and it was the worst experience for a child. She would have to defend herself at RMS against the bullies! She & I are both so happy to have her at a different school. I had heard bad things for years about RMS but decided I would send her there & we would see for ourselves. Big mistake! Please check out this school ALOT before sending your child there. A concerened parent.
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i hate this school so much. i'm an 8th grader and have gone here two years, and been in probe since the first day of 7th. 6th grade was the best year ever, because almost all the teachers were amazing:] ms. stephens was principal ( a great one at that) and i wasn't in probe then. and trust me, probe is hard. if you don't understand something, the teachers don't do much to try and help you. i've been scraping by because my friends help me. the teachers can't keep a class under control without using threats and the administration is horrible, and racist. i cannot wait until the day i graduate from this school and move on to central. if you want your child to be happy, don't make them suffer here.
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I went to this school for about 3 months and i hated it. I would make up excuses so i wouldent hav to go. Some of the students there were really rude and hard to get a long with. Yes there were some good things about the school. But there coverd by the bad experiance I had. The math department was horrible and hard to understand, and languaje was just comfusing.
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i believe that this school has a few bad teachers, but more good teachers. Even so, i think that this school has many bad things about it. For one, there are quite a few fights because some kids continuously intimidate other students. When the few bad teachers get mad (which is quite often) they yell and sometimes give the whole class silent lunch. Something else is the school lunches. They are usually pretty disgusting! An example would be the lasagna. It is hard, burned, and cold. The last thing is about the lockers. They are so small that I probably could not fit all my books and my binder in them if I wanted to. I rest my case.
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I, as a student in probe, will say that RMS isnt a preferable school to go to. The counselers arent always there and there are always fights. I can understand the teachers are working very hard to teach everyone but there should be a limit to how much they make good kids suffer as well.Parents might think this is a good school because we made AAP or maybe because we are enforcing a new discipline rule. Trust me your wrong.Save your child the experience of having to go to this school. Then again, most of the people there dont actually want to be there and the others are ,for lack of better words, are practically just there for their parents sake ,not there own.Im glad im leaving this year.Hopefully to a better school.
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I love this school! I'm a 6th grader and the kids here are really nice. I'm in probe and my teachers really make an effort. I love it here! It's my second home!
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My daughter has been going to Richards since she was in the 6th grade. I truly Thank God for the staff and the teachers and the students for giving my daughter lost hugs and love when she lost her father during the school year. My daughter was Bless with a great Team of Teachers that care about her succeed in her education and in her behavior. If you want your child to succeed don't listen to the negative about Richards only focus on the positive and work together as a team with your child teachers . Because teaching starts in the home so don't try to take it out on the people that care ! I just want to say Thanks to all the staff and teachers for your time, sharing your love from your hearts and working so hard with the students and parents that enter into your life's.
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This skool isa the worst skool i have attended in my life period.All the administraters and staff dont listen to a word any of the parents or students have to say there is no freedoom thst the kids deserve
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This school is terrible, i mean students are rude and disrespectful. Teachers don't give any discipline. i am a student at this school, i feel like going to jail every day when i go to Richards. In class only like 2 students behave. There are always fights and people getting ISS, and i as a good students always stuffer from what the other students do. Like if one person talks then the whole class get silent lunch, and at Richards this don't happen sometimes it happens all the time. It effects my learning when someone is always interrupting the teacher, or the teacher yelling at the top of their lungs. I only dislike this school because of the disrespectful students. i actually like learning and i want to be successful in life, but going to this school makes it really hard.
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