Kate Collins Middle School

I am a TAG student going into the 8th grade. I am not even in the 8th grade yet and i already have taken algebra 1 and got advanced profeicny. Like many other TAG students i also take honors english and got advanced profiency. Also, next year i will be recieving 3 more highschool credentials. So yes if you actually follow through the whole system there is plenty of things for a TAG student at KCMS.
--Submitted by a student

My daughter is in her second year at Kate Collins. In every instance where she had difficulty, the administration stepped in and nipped the problems in the bud. I do agree with prior posts about not being enough for TAG students as my daughter is one too. What I would rate lowest is the parent involvement. I coordinate parent volunteers for PTO and try to provide lots of opportunity for parents to be involved with staff and we get very few volunteers willing to come to the school.
--Submitted by a parent

The staff my child has encountered while attending this school for the most part have been a joy to work with. My concern as the parent of a TAG student is that there are major problems with that program and no one seems willing or able to make the changes that are needed.
--Submitted by a parent

I attend KCMS and although its not the safest or cleanest school environment around, I feel we do pretty well academically. There's a lot of great qualities too, like have you heard about us joining the 'Pay It Forward' movement? I'm not going to sit here and list them all but I am going to sit here to inform you that KCMS is a wonderful place for your kid to get an education academically AND socially.
--Submitted by a student

I have one child attending Kate Collins Middle School this year and another will be next year. At this school there seems to be no interest to improve the poor communication from school to parent. Regardless of the fact that there was a new principal last year safety and discipline were still huge areas of concern. Both of my children are T.A.G. students and it's a shame that this is the middle school enviroment that we are stuck with.
--Submitted by a parent

I am sending my children to Kate Collins Middle School only because there is no other public middle school in the City of Waynesboro. I hope the newly hired principal and asst. principal will devote themselves to revamping the disciplinary system and communicating with families of students. It is with trepidation that I send my third child to school there because my middle child had a lousy school year. If I could convince my husband to go to private school, our family would take our great SOL scores and hightail it out of there.
--Submitted by a parent

The staff at this school, esp. the principles and counselors, lack general understanding when it comes to dealing with the psychological well being of the children. Educating the kids in those respects are more important then looking for the trouble makers to punish. Teach them properly and there won't be any to punish. The school is pitiful as well as embarrassing to be associated with.
--Submitted by a parent