East Middle School

I am glad to see that some of the more recent reviews are more positive. The problem with East Middle School have nothing to do with administration or teachers. As a parent dedicated to my son, I have seen him to very well here. His MAP scores came back very well. However, I also make sure that my son does his homework every night and studies for his tests. My son tells me that he is often the only one who does his homework. One of his teachers offered a study session for a big test. Besides him, only one other person bothered to show up. The problem is apathy among parents and students. A good education can be had here if you work for it.
--Submitted by a parent

My daughter attended this school in the 2007-2008 academic year. She is was 6th grade on Team 6A. She loved school and her teachers were amazing. When I asked her what she did in school that day, she always had an interesting response. Her teachers planned interactive activities, from creating a museum about Africa to playing fun math games, to teaching about the environment and visiting a landfill. I was truly sorry when we moved and I had to pull my daughter from EMS.
--Submitted by a parent

EMS is great! I have some great friends and my teachers really care about me. I was in the board game club last year, and I really liked it. Academic Excellence is annoying, but my teachers are still good. Don't believe the bad reviews. This is a whole different school!
--Submitted by a student

This is a great school!!!!
--Submitted by a student

I just read all of the reviews, and am greatly disappointed in the number of misspellings and grammar errors in the parent reviews. This was part of the problem when East Middle was Kirby Middle. Also, at no time were the 6th grade classes ranging from 30-34 students. At the time of that review, I taught 6th grade with a class size of 24 or so per class, which is very normal and manageable. The students had very dedicated teachers despite the many problems that often stemmed from problems originating in the neighborhood. Things have also improved since the school went from 1500 students to about 500 students this past year. Give East Middle a chance to show you that a high quality education is available for any student that attends!
--Submitted by a teacher

Things have improved so much since Kirby became East Middle. The teachers are excellent, the class sizes are small, and my daughter gets challeneged. She sometimes complains about too much homework, but I don't think it's too much. She gets to do lots of engaging projects. The stereotypes about East Middle are simply wrong and need to be changed.
--Submitted by a parent

I love this school with all my heart.The teachers are great and so are the students.Just because of a stereo-type of a school doesn't make it bad. If teacher and other adults would stop calling us bad we could get better.
--Submitted by Ebony Sims, a student

This school has a lot of problems. It is a challenging school. My son's teachers are great, though. He is in sixth grade, has really small classes (about 16 per class), and his teachers have high expectations for him. They want him to do well, even if other students and people in the school make it challenging.
--Submitted by a parent

This School wow! I dont even know where to start.Being an old student who used to go here and a parent of a student i know alot about this school the kids here are not great fight after fight and lots of drug use and violence some kids dont even care and go to school when they fell like it. not to mention the gang activity here.i dont even like my kid going to school its not safe but i dont know what to do. just the other day when he got off the bus 5-6 kids beat him up and took his things they went to kirby he told me but not all the time. my advice to other parents dont send your kid here its dangoreous. for your kids saftey.
--Submitted by Wayne Thomas, a parent

This school is a very bad school. The changing are highly stupid. Making kids walk in the hallways and staying with the same people all year is not going to solve everything. This school some changes, BIG CHANGES.
--Submitted by a former student