Pontiac Junior High School

I am a current 7th grader at this school! I love this because you can always go to a teacher when you are down or getting messed with. Most of the kids here are friendly, and there's a program called Character Crew that I am in. Character Crew is always doing charity work and volunteering for the less fortunate. I love this school and will be sad when I graduate!

Wow-Issues here. I may need to look around other schools and see if it is rampant in the area or just this school. Clean cut does not fit in here. We are military transplants and no owo schools are the same, but by the same token I have a lot to compare this two. My daughter has been thrown onto the ground by another student, ridiculed for getting good grades...etc These things happen, but there doesn't seem to be an expectation of better behavior from the school leadership. It's a survival education environment more than an environment for preping for higher learning.
--Submitted by a parent

This school is not helping my son, who is currently in 7th excel at all!!! He is doing terribly bad academically and the only thing the school is telling me is to put him on medication!! They don't communicate with me what I can do to help him. They have an after school program but that's still doesn't help him. I have asked if he can get tutoring but they don't have programs like that at this school. They are friendly when a parent goes up there but I always get the feeling like they don't want parents to be at the school. I would suggest anybody considering sending there child to this school if there child is diagnosed with ADD or ADHD to find another school. This school won't help your child.
--Submitted by a parent

I am a current 8th grade student at PJHS. This school is the best! Like: All the teachers respect you and treat you like an individual. The teachers also always do their best to help us (the students) and they go out of their way to help us as well by coming before school and staying late after school. Pontiac is a clean, safe, and friendly place to be! The classes are also very amazing. Ex. Depco is a class they offer where you can create your own shirt, make your own carton on the computer, photographing, a pilot simulator, and much more. The school has gotten even better since they added the new addition! (6th-8th grade) Dislikes: We can't carry totes around to every class, but I asked the principal about it and its pending!
--Submitted by a student

Like: Small school with easier parent/teacher interaction; safe and no known drugs/thugs. Dislikes: Limited class opportunities (such as language, lib arts, etc); curriculum is very basic. The teachers push out more homework than any school I've ever been affiliated with. My daughter averages 3 hrs of homework a night. Makes me wonder what they're doing in class.
--Submitted by a parent

Pontiac is a good school to make friends. Everybody is really friendly and the food is great.Although the physical education department is in need of a few adjustments.
--Submitted by a former student