Forsythe Middle School

I had a meeting with the principal yesterday and was pleasantly surprised by her warm and caring demeaner. I have had other unpleasant experiences with her, but yesterday was a great experience. I felt she really cared and wants to help resolve our issue.
—Submitted by a parent

The principal creates a negative and unhelpful environment. While it could be a good school otherwise, don't expect much due to the principal.
—Submitted by a parent

Athletics are great, academics not so great. Principal does not know how to treat children with respect.. When teachers repeatedly ask the kids to get their parents to write a letter of complaint to the superintendant about her, that says something! Several teachers should have retired years ago, their old school teaching is boring and their inability to accommodate kids' different learning styles is a shame. Having had two other children go through Forsythe with the previous administration, I am sadly disappointed!
—Submitted by a parent

Forsythe is a great school. I've had 2 children go there in the past and they loved it. The teachers were great. They had a great learning facility at Forsythe. Any child to go there is a very lucky child.
—Submitted by a parent

This middle school does an excellent job of creating a warm and caring environment where children feel safe to pursue an education that is bound only by their own curiosity and work commitment. The teachers are excellent, highly educated and committed, there are many clubs and teams where all are welcomed, the music program is outstanding and support staff takes a real interest in you and your child.
—Submitted by a parent

Most of the teachers at this school use approaches to instruction that are outdated and incredibly boring. Very little imagination is demonstrated in this school. There is also a annual science fair where students are forced to participate and little instruction is provided. A positive is that a lot of good athletes have come from this school.
—Submitted by a parent

Having had a previous child in this school, I have the following comment. Math teachers have different instructional methods which do not allow all students to comprehend the material at the same level of expertise as others. I tried Sylvan to my dismay, and later enlisted another agency for my child. A different approach with a tutor who could explain the material in more than one way has resulted in this child receiving A's in math.... I would highly suggest staying on top of certain math teachers' approaches... your child may not be incompetent but rather the teacher's approach and/or inability to explain the material in a different way is the problem.
—Submitted by a parent