Powell Middle School

i go to powell middle school right know and i love it they help you with your work and my teachers are the best if anyone says other wise than thier wrong

I think that Powell Middle Schools has one of the best curriculum of any school in Knoxville, TN. My Grandson has went to Powell Middle School for three years and has maintained a grade point average of 4.0 and will graduate in May, 2010. The Principal, Mr. Gary Criitselous is an exemplary Christian man who reads his Bible daily before school starts for the day, he is very caring and wants all of his students to achieve success. As for the teachers of Powell there are no finer, caring individuals who wants their student to achieve. I have been very pleased with my experience of the school's Principal and Teachers. Thank you for giving my grandson the experience of a fine learning enviornment
--Submitted by a parent

The teachers care about the kids and the curriculum!
--Submitted by a parent

I atteneded Powell Middle and ended up switching. It was the worst school I ever went too. Yes they are extremely strict, silent lunches, I stood up in my seat at lunch to dust my pants off and got lunch detention for standing even when i explained. I had a teacher yell at me for asking help on a math problem and said it wasnt her job, to ask my parents and I had an English teacher that literally made fun of a boy! I thought it was sick and inappropriate. They are so concerned with what they can write students up for than actually helping them. I excelled in my next school and loved it when i left powell! I was always a nervous wreck there!
--Submitted by a student

Powell Middle is doing well for its location and resources. The principal is exceptional and he motivates his staff to do well for the sake of the kids.
--Submitted by a parent

im a sudent right now and i think that pms is great. all of my teachers are really nice and arn't that strict. but i do agree that they can be a little strict with the iss and write-ups
--Submitted by a student

My experience with the teachers, administration and special needs personnel at PMS has been nothing less than fantastic. Our request for evaluation of possilbe special needs in elementary school was flat out denied. Upon entering Powell Middle School the staff imidiatly identified probable learning disabilities and asked our permission to evaluate. We were shocked! The result...our son has Asperger's Syndrome. Since the diagnosis and unbelievable support from PMS, our lives have changed 100%. We now understand our son and know how we can help him. Our son now loves school has learned to develop friendships for the first time. I can't say enough about PMS. They have literaly changed our lives.
--Submitted by a parent

I go used to go this school and it has just gotten a new lunchroom. Though it is VERY old It is still in pretty good shape. The teachers are nice and they are very lenient on things such as due dates and grades. If I could change one thing I would add a foreign language as a related art.
--Submitted by a student

I think this school is an okay school to go and socialize with friends.My daughter goes there and I hate she has to attend there, but she's been there for 3 yrs. The teachers don't teach in my opinion they order, give out packets as busy work, and then test on it. That is not teaching or explaining. At one point my child ask a math teacher a question and the teacher told her it wasn't her job to explian things 2 or 3 times. A teacher ask me if my child was incompetant, no she isn't she is ADD. Then I was told she doesn't test low enough to get the help she needs to succeed.To me this is not helping anyone except to send students through the ropes and get them out as soon as possible. It's scary to think unless we move,which I hope,my son will have to go there.
--Submitted by Pam Bray, a parent

Powell Middle school is by far the worst school I have ever seen. I have raised my children in Powell all their lives and now we have to move just because of the problems we are having at PMS. This is so sad. They are strict, most teachers do not care, the school is way to small, there isn't lockers for the kids, they have to sit out in nasty trailers, I do have to say Mrs. Kemp is an awesome teacher! There should be more like her. Mr. Corum is a great and Mrs. Pierce in ISS has really helped my child. To bad I can't find anything else good about this school. We will moving in January 2005! Can't wait to get my kids out of that hell whole! Parents beware! Some kids that bring weapons to school are able to come back to school after OSS.
--Submitted by a parent