Brown Summit Middle School

If you want your children to succeed, don't send them to this school. The teachers are lazy and do not care about the students. Your child can sleep through their classes and receive all A's. This is not the place to send a child that needs challenging work.
--Submitted by a parent

Brown Summit is an excellent school. My son is in his first year there and loves it. The teachers really care about the students, and I have found all to be extremely responsive to parent questions and concerns. This is my son's first experience in the Guilford County schools, of being challenged academically. I do wish there were teachers of color in the school, but hopefully that will change over time. As for the parent's comment that there were few students of color-I don't really understand that, as 40 % of the student body is either African American, mixed race, or other. There seem to be few behavior problems in the school, and I like the way the children work together in the classroom. I love the fact that the school cares so much about community service learning, though we are half way through the school year, and the students haven't done much AT school. Hopefully they will be making up for that in the Spring. Anyway, overall, this school is fabulous, and I plan on sending my younger children when they are old enough as well.
--Submitted by a parent

I am a student and I think this school is awesome! I read that somone said that ther are few teachers of color. Well that is an issue but, there are plenty of students of color we have a very diverse student body. Extra curricular activities aren't available. However the excellent academics makes up for this.
--Submitted by a student

This school lacks cultural diversity. There are no teachers of color (Asian, African-American, Hispanic, etc.) and very little students of color. The only minorities are the cafeteria staff, custodians, and secretary. Although nice people with respectable professions, there should be some licensed teachers, administrators, or counselors of color to serve as role models for our students.
--Submitted by a parent

Brown Summit middle is a great school with a rigorous standard,small class Size and strong teacher /student relationships.
--Submitted by a student

I am a student at this school and it extremely lacks extra activities.
--Submitted by a student

My daughter is a recent graduate (2007) of BSMS. She had a wonderful experience at a new school. She was in the first 6th, 7th and 8th grade classes. Parental support was strong and needed at this site. Teacher turnover was a factor in her 2nd year but things stabilized and the school has developed an identity of academic excellence. This is a school for students that are advanced learners but may have some weakness in a single area. Because of the size there is no tutoring available. What a great school! I would send her there again.
--Submitted by a parent

This has been an excellent program for my eighth grader whom started here in the sixth. He is more than prepared now to enter the IB program at the local high school.
--Submitted by a parent