Kilmer Middle School

Agree with you, The office staff are not nice at all. This is the first school office I feel uncomfortable about. I have 4 children attending Fairfax county public schools, the staffs in Kilmer Middle School's front office act like they are the police women who are issuing the traffic tickets with no smile ...
--Submitted by a parent

I have three students currently attending Kilmer. One in GT, one in honors, and one in standard level courses. I can say the the expectations do rise quite a bit from one level to the next. Overall the teachers are good, some excellent, and many put in extra time when necessary. Of course, there are a few exceptions. My only real disappointment has been with the front office staff. I never feel welcome and anytime I need to drop something off or have a question I get the feeling I am annoying them or keeping them from some far more important task. I always get a small sense of dread when I need to head over to the school. My kids have all communicated the same feelings if they have any business to handle in the office.
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I have one kid in this school right now and I am thinking about how not to send my second kid here. I regreted that I moved to this school district and let me kid attend this school. There are some good teachers in this school but overall quality of teachers are low. There seems to be a lot of new teachers there, making you wonder where the more experienced teachers went. The leadership of the school is not there either.
--Submitted by a parent

The school is fine I guess. It is way to strict on many rules, and unfortunetly does assign seating for lunches. The classes and time in between classes is not designated properly. Besides that, the teachers are great and their way of doing things works well.

My child had an excellent experience at Kilmer. She is bright, but has an IEP and I cannot speak highly enough of the Special Education department and their coordination with parents and teachers. She developed more confidence and independence at Kilmer and was able to enjoy learning much more than she had before. Also nice that they emailed grade status reports every 2 weeks (for all kids) so you knew if your child was falling behind. Teachers were great.
--Submitted by a parent

Great School. Great Teachers. Wide variety of clubs and program. Lot more for the kids to do in school. Very academic oriented. My kid was part of the GT program and the curriculum kept my kid challenged.
--Submitted by a parent

Yes, this school draws from a variety of areas but that isn't an issue, in my opinion. I have found the teachers in the GT program to be wonderful and my child has had a very good experience academically so far. The lack of oversight and concern by the Principal on how the Kilmer based clubs are run is an area of improvement. The music program is phenomenal.
--Submitted by a parent

The school itself is a weird juxtaposition of neighborhoods: apartments in Tysons Corner with parents who don't speak English and multi-million dollar mansions in Great Falls from kids who attend the GTC/AAP program here. Depending on which "group" you fall into, your experience will be very different.

My son had a good academic experience in this school. He was in the Advanced Academics track and was well prepared for high school last year. I believe his success in high school directly stems from the preparation he received at Kilmer.
--Submitted by a parent

The kids were great, i think i made more friends there than i did in any other school. as my fourth school in four years, it really exceeded my expectations. the only downside were the teachers, which really stunk and didnt seem to understand any problems anyone came up with.
--Submitted by a student