Roberto W. Clemente Middle School

U SEE? I NO SPEAK ENGLISH AND GET BEAT UP MUCH VERY AT THIS SCHOOL. I GET BULLY BY MANY KID AND IT NOT VERY FUN. I DO NO LIKE THIS SCHOOL!

I never quite know how respond when asked to rate this school. From my point of view, I love this school and will give it five stars. But if you were judging based on the number of fights, or the grades, or the number of suspensions, you would have to give it a 2.5 or a 3. But I do not grade my school based on how many fights it has a week. I base it on how much I want to come to it in the morning. I am an 8th grader in the humanities program and will be so sad when I have to leave all my friends at the end of the year. Because they are more than just friends, we are the humanities family. But families have their problems, so I feel that the staff and student body of RCMS is a family. I see problems all the time, every single day, but what can you expect? I give it 4 stars because yes there are negative, but the positives should count too.

I have attended Roberto Clemente for the past two years, and currently attend this year in the Humanities Program. I know there has been a history of violence, but personally, I believe conflict at this school is easily avoidable and those who do partake are punished and face consequences. It may be the fact that I am a student enrolled in the Humanities program, but I have had a wonderful experience with teachers and have received excellent help. Addressing language and behavior, sure are school is not the best, but it is not the only one in which people curse or are loud in the hallways. Once again, being a first hand witness, I have to respond to the discipline comments because whenever I do see kids wildly misbehaving, they are always punished, in either lunch reflections, after school detention and even suspension and expulsion. I think the negativity or positiveness of this school is mainly based off experience, and apart from a few students, I have seen many people love and make the best of it. Personally, I do not look forward to leaving this school and I advise students to make the best of their time at Roberto Clemente.

As a student at Roberto Clemente Middle School, I have seen first hand what goes on at the school. To be honest, bad things do happen here. Profanity can be heard constantly throughout the day and fights do occur quite often. However, it is always the same students and as long as your child keeps his or her distance from them. I am in the Humanities Magnet Program and am generally well-liked. This is because there are great teachers and great students despite the bad reputation the school has. So, if you are planning to send your child to RCMS, I would implore you to consider these two things. First, is my child aware and mature enough to respond to the poor habits exhibited by the "bad" crowd. And B, if so, make sure your child applies to the Gifted and Talented Magnet Programs where they will be grouped with other well-behaved, ready to learn kids. The education the Magnet Programs give outweighed the bad influences for me personally. But make sure your child is emotionally and mentally ready for a "new" experience.

This school spiraled downward when the new principal came in after the one who won 'Principal of the Year.' The teachers don't care if there are students who repeatedly skip classes and run down the hallways, screaming profanities over and over again. The students who come out of this middle school are rude, arrogant, and disrespectful because there are no teachers who actually care about the students' future left in that school. It's terrible, and I'm glad that I'm in high school now. I am never going back there again. I only hope that my little brother doesn't get sucked into Clemente's black hole of horror.

I am a humanities student in this school and I have to say that there are many problems with this school. Every year since the new principal, teachers are changing the rules and how they do things which confuses a lot of us. 6th grade was PRIDE, 7th is SOAR, and now, 8th is SOAR with PRIDE. Lunches are far from healthy and there are too many fights in the hallways and classrooms. I agree with the other Humanities student that the Center program is not a part of this and that a majority of the students from outside the program are the ones that makes my opinion so negative. I don't mean to sound offensive to other parents and of course there are students who are respectful and responsible but there isn't a day where I can walk through hallways or classes without hearing swear words, disrespectful behavior to students and teachers and a student touching another student.

I Just Finshed the 7th grade there there is alot of fights. some teachers you cant under stand . so teachers kids are really scared of . Teachers over all kids dislike. Mosst Teachers are RUDE nd Call kids name.(losers) and stuff like that . The councelers do NOT fix the problms between the kids.... they just make it wores. the school has alot of new rules since we got a new staff and i dont like the rules . and it really seems like since those rule were told to us there has been more fights and bad stuff . the staff is really rude over all . i would not recomen this school to anyone

When I finished the 7th grade at RCMS, the school was coming out of its best year yet, with violence at a low and noticeable progress in the school's academics. I attribute this to the formation of all-magnet classes, which eliminated most sources of conflict and allowed separate classes to proceed at appropriate, more individualized paces. This has changed with the introduction of the new principal. Through a persistent problem before, students increased their frequency of screaming obscenities and anti-semitic slurs. Discipline falls at the wrong ends of the spectrum; gym teachers allow frequent physical abuse to go unpunished, while other teachers give Saturday detention for even the slightest utterance. Fistfights are common and draw large, cheering crowds. Perhaps the best testament to the quality of education at this school is the grammar of those reviewing this school positively; I encourage any prospective student to read the positive comments so as to familiarize themselves with the improper English spoken by both students and staff alike. In short, though a once a refuge for gifted students, the school has become an example of mediocrity dominating the educational system.

I agree with parent opinion here that 'magnet students' talk about other students - it's offensive. Best is the diversity at this school. My sixth grader complained he wasted a whole year in math and science because it was repetition of curriculum from third and fourth grades. School must be willing to transition more AP students to magnet programs if need be.
--Submitted by a parent

this is a okay school. students are okay. but the teachers and the staff they showed true colors. they don't care about u only your education. they are rude and inconsiderate. i am ashamed and mad.
--Submitted by a parent