North Carroll Middle School

Ok.. i am a student at this school i am in the highest classes i can be in and i matain a strait A adverage. I would like to explain my rating of unsatisfactory because of our new principal. Our new prinvipal dosnt handle dissiplin the way our oldprincipal did... he rarly notices the bad things going on during the school day... for example students are bringimg a mixture of alchol and cough syrup to lunch to share withfriends ( i passed this mixuture up my self but my bff didnt) , people are smoking, and girls are pircing eachothers belly buttons during the school day in the bathroom. Though the teachers are great and i love them all our principal has to go! thank god im moving on to highschool next year cause it can only get worse... - a student

I go to ncms. It's a great school with good teachers!
--Submitted by a student

North Carroll Middle School turns out a lot of very nice young people that are prepared to move on to high school. The programs are good and run all year. The summer programs give the kids something worthwhile to do during a generally, uneventful time. Go North Carroll!

My daughter goes here. She has had some bullying problems.But it is a great school with great teachers (exept a few). I would recommed this school to people with strong minds. It can be easy in basic and regular classes. My daughter is in accelerated classes so it is way harder.
--Submitted by a parent

This school which I am at has no drug problems. Our teachers are even going to schooling them selves. On field trips we are very behaved and controlable it's the parents fault for the uncontrolableness of the kids. I love being at this school. Our teachers help us in need we have fun but learn a great amount. Seventh grader, Megan.
--Submitted by a student

This is the first time I've seen this site. My son attended NCMS during the time of the 8/10/03 posting to your site and then NCHS. I have also worked in many of the schools in the Hampstead area, including NCHS and NCMS. How can this parent say that 'nearly all children' in the North Carroll area have serious problems with drugs? This parent is absolutely wrong! Over the years, I have met many of the North Carroll area students and most are great kids! Maybe this parent should have made sure their children were properly supervised at home and stop putting the blame for their bad parenting on the community. The North Carroll area is a great area in which to raise a family. Maybe this parent should have moved to Baltimore City to see what 'bad' is really like! It's so easy to blame others for our own inadequacies!
--Submitted by a parent

I stumbled across this page and was astounded to read the terrible things people had to say. I have been teaching at NCMS for five years now and I think we have a wonderful school! We have a great student body with concerned, involved parents. Most of our teachers are constantly self-evaluating and collaborating with other teachers to improve student-learning and engagment. We have many programs set in place for struggling students, good teacher-parent communication and excellent special education teachers. I am sad to see that some people have had a bad experience with NCMS but from someone who works there, I think our school is top-notch. Just look at our MSA scores too, they are some of the highest in the county.
--Submitted by a teacher

I think that anyone should say that this school is bad.I have been in NCMS for two years, and I feel that teachers appropriately challenge the students and discipline the students very well. I have nothing but compliments for this school.
--Submitted by a student

My child is a 6th grader there and I feel that all the teachers there work their hardest to make sure these kids suceed.
--Submitted by a parent

Three incredibly rough years. I watched my straight A student who was always eager to excel always doing more instead of less go through a complete transition. Now they do whatever it takes to just get by. The lack of good leadership in the teachers and poor communication skills has been a constant problem. Teachers losing assignments and then when there error is discovered still acting as if it is the students fault. If we had less of this maybe they would respect there teachers more. Its a shame because there were children who really wanted to learn and not play but they've given up on the system now too.
--Submitted by a parent