Schimelpfenig Middle School

Burit Boonpirom _{on Google}

Jul 29th, 2018

Best speech and debate team in all of the Solar System

Emily swanson _{on Google}

Apr 14th, 2018

We came from another district and have loved this school, counselors, teachers and students

Lily Schliebe _{on Google}

Mar 11th, 2018

Going here for the art program during the summer. The teachers are super helpful, always making me feel welcome, I though they would judge what I had to say about art but they loved it. It’s a beautiful place, feels like home.

William Sayers _{on Google}

Oct 20th, 2018

It's not really a supportive environment. If you try to express opinions that are different from yours, most of the people I've encountered will shut you down. Many of the kids are mean and immature. Not all of them are, and I've encountered some extremely bright ones, but many are. Although the school has tried to fix it, some kids have been vaping. Many kids that I know have been bullied, and the counseling program tries to help, but can't. Adults don't understand kids that bully others, make bad choices and misbehave. Those kids don't learn from punishment. They take it and move on, but with even more disregard for the rules and more hate for their target. Running to the adults for a higher punishment never works, which is why most kids don't do it, but there really isn't any lasting help for kids that are being bullied. There really isn't a program for kids that have mental issues like anxiety and depression, either. The current theme, "GRIT," makes kids that have depression feel like they need to be happy when they can't. Some teachers have kids waste their time on juvenile projects like Valentine's hearts when they could be learning. In math, the textbooks are convoluted and hard to understand. The teachers load you up with homework so that at least one night a week, you're up all night doing it. The PE program is useless, too. The teachers don't do health, even though they've said they would, and did in previous years. When the fields have mud puddles, "the weather is bad and we can't go outside." The food tastes like and probably has the nutritional value of trash. The dean is mean, rude, and unsupportive. Recently, a few kids decided it would be a good idea to photoshop some teachers. As a result, phones have been banned. The whole grade suffers for something a select group of people did. Adults don't understand kids like that, either. They don't get that those kids don't care that their classmates are suffering, and the students never isolate the perpetrators. There's never enough money for the art program, and I realize that that's a district problem, but it's still a problem. The art teacher is at the school until 7 o'clock sometimes, trying to clean up and take care of everyone's projects. She's wonderful, and one of the few amazing teachers at this school, but she can't do a lot of projects because the art program is underfunded. For kids like me, to whom the art program is a way to relieve stress and express ourselves, this is a big deal. It's really undervalued. The school has thrown away the history program by letting the PE coaches teach the on-level instead of hiring actual teachers, and they do an awful job. Most of the teachers treat the Honors kids like they're better than the regulars, and the way the school casts away the on-level history program and hire actual teachers for the Honors kids reflects that.
The principal actually listens to the students, but due to the stereotype about principles, most kids are too afraid to go to him for help. He's also one of the only adults at this school that actually treat the kids as if they're intelligent and can have good opinions. Some of the English teachers are also due credit for being phenomenal, but some teachers don't care about their subject or students. Some are too relaxed, and some are incredibly and unreasonably strict. Some have favorite students, some of whom are actually nasty to their fellow students. When I had a concussion and needed to be pulled out, they lied and tried to get me to stay, and made me feel like I was just a sales figure. The curriculum pressures kids into choosing a college even before they know what kind of program they want or what colleges are right for them. In short, this school is probably not the worst, but some of my worst memories about this place. If I could give it 0 stars, I would. The only good thing about it is the few amazing teachers and the art program, however undervalued it may be.