Mary G. Porter Traditional

My daughter attended Porter for her middle school years. She is now in high school and the experiences she had in middle school has prepared her for high school environment. The principal and staff were supportive and helpful giving the extra time and attention to the needs of the students. Many long days and night are put in by the principal and staff. They might not be able to attended all functions but are aware of the students performances and accomplishments and thankful for the great students and families. Having families of their own they give more time to the students of Porter. It is truly a family with everyone caring, and looking out for each other.
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Mary G. Porter has not only the best test scores but The Best Principal. My children are cared for and loved. The principal strives to protect the students and has high expectations. She wants all of us to be accountable. She has a tough position and especially with parents that want their own way. It saddens me to read any negative statements about Porter. The success of the school is the proof of the results and over 600 parents wanting their child to go to Porter. My children have been there 8 years and I applaud the staff and thank them especially the principal!
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Porter is outstanding! The school really works on making it Bully free! The principal is wonderful and loves my kids. She gives tough love and only wants a climate that promotes success. I am so happy with all the technology. My son is making QR codes.
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The teachers are excellent at Porter. The principal does have a strong personality... and a kind heart. I've spoken with the principal about different issues. Eventually, she did listen to me, and implemented changes over the past two years. No matter what school you choose, it is very important to be involved in your school in some way, and to continually speak up with gentleness and respect., then you are more likely to be heard. My children transferred from a private, Christian school. Their biggest challenge was learning a totally different way of doing math. Also, they are not pampered. Socially, my kids have friends from different religions and cultures and countries. Any disobeying of the rules is quickly taken care of with reasonable consequences. The staff also rewards their students for showing Star Qualities. (character qualities like, respect, courtesy, etc...) Parents are required to submit volunteer hours. This is also what makes the school good, because of the different talents and skills that the parents give back to the students and teachers. Overall, it is a good school, because the teachers and the principal genuinely care about the kids.
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How saddened we are to see the principal ignore her middle school students the way she does. She barley attends any of their competitions, which is embarrassing to us parents when we put our and our children's effort and time into them. We have reccomended this school to numerous people and I am sorry to say I wish I hadn't. She has a god-like attitude and I have personally seen, and my child has experienced, racism, this makes me sick. Mary G Porter was the school that everyone wanted to go to, I would think hard before choosing this school.
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Porter is an excellent school. I have my three kids go to porter, and I am very happy with the school, teachers, and principal. I don't know why other parents are saying that they are having issues with the principal, though my kids have been in the school for 5 years till now and we never had issues about the principal. My kids love the principal because when she comes over to their classroom, she always encourages them. Way to go Porter.
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I have kids at Porter too, and have issues with the principal. Wondering how she is still there with all these complaints? Did anyone bring this up to the PTA or the school board?
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If you are a parent looking for a safe bully free school this is the best place. if your kids in elememtary school theyll love it, middle not so much. As a student I can say the principal is a warm-hearted person, but as a principle she has too much control. The njhs and sca in the school are just little servants who do chores for facuilty whereas in other schools they have a signifugant role. students are forced to sign agreements that ban students and parents from critisising the school openly through the web and studens are punished for it. Also some of the teachers are too sarcastic and verbally abusive at some points this leads to students talking back and disipline referrals. The school adds too many tests to increase averages and this adds stress.Lastly the schools obsession with publucity has a negative effect on sports and such. There is extreme pressure on the robotics and basketball teams to exceed or else there are conciquences. Last year the robotics teams had unbelieveable success but only one team went to the international championships because money was (tight) but that year the school spent over 1k on ipods and technology to draw attention for the technology labs.

At this school and we have won the title "School of EXCELLENCE" 5 times, IN A ROW. So... tell me, why is it that Leesylvania has a better rating than us? Kids at Leesylvania probably get more referrals than us too. Plus, you have to apply to Porter to have the chance of getting in. So our school should definitely not have the rating of three stars, meaning average. We are an above average school. And by the way, our teacher staff is also excellent, as well as parent involvement.

Dear Parents: I would like to hear more about this school and principal. This year my boys selected thru the lottery process. I would like to know your positive and negative views on this school. I am noticing a number of parents raised issue with Principal, was is raised in the PTA. How long this principal is serving this school, how long is her tenure in this school? I How about the school curriculam? How the students feel about their school? How are the other yeacher's and staff's behaviour? How about extra curricular activities? The parents of prospective enrolling student will be highly benefitted from your kind reviews. If there is change needed, how influential the PTA is? Awaiting your kind response.
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