This school has a lot of activities and clubs. When I was there, there were a lot of new clubs being formed. And, they have announcements on the Television to show upcoming events. This school was really organized
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Posted by a student on 08/21/09
My son has joined in 6th grade and now in 7th grade. He likes the school very much. His teachers are also excellent.
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Posted by a parent on 03/30/09
I have a 6th and 8th grader at Lawson now. The older one really liked Lawson from day one. The school seems to foster great school spirit among kids. My second one, however, feels stressful by a strict teacher and is bothered by some stupid rules set by teacher. Lawson has wonderful music programs and
... Read more an overall safe and friendly environment. Extracurriculum activities and clubs are less due to being a young school. They used to have an excellent journalism program and school papre, but it got cut this year, which is really a lost. Parent participation should be encouraged more, however. It is like a private school in public school sysem. It is overall a great public middle school. Read less
My son is very happy in this school. The curriculum is good. The teachers are very friendly. The principal is hard working and nice.
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Posted by a parent on 09/19/08
My son graduated from Lawson this year and he has been there since 6th grade. He thoroughly enjoyed his 3 years at Lawson. As a parent I was very satisfied with the quality of education given and to see how the teachers are driven to succeed. My son said he will miss Lawson so much. The school really
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Posted by a parent on 08/14/08
My daughter is graduating in a couple of weeks from Lawson. She has been there since 6th grade. It's a school at least from my point of view that is very student driven. They give students every opportunity to succeed. Never had better teachers, or administrators. These kids work hard but they seem
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Posted by a parent on 05/27/08
I graduated from lawson middle school last year, and I truley think that they did not prepare me for high school. There are no language classes available at lawson, so it has been very hard freshmen year.
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Posted by a other on 04/23/08
I was sad to read some poor review of Lawson but as a parent of a current 8th grader who has been in the school since 6th grade, I am very happy with all aspects of the school. My child had trouble in the 6th and 7th grades but everything has clicked in 8th Grade and it was nothing to do with the Teachers
... Read more but he had to figure it all out - he is now scoring A's and B's and I love the teachers and the administration for guiding us through those first couple of years!! Read less
Posted by a parent on 03/26/08
I am a current 8th grader at lawson, and attended Warren E. Hyde for my 6th grade year. All I have to say is that Hyde was soooo much better. I am being honest. Lawson seems to have teachers who do not care about student learning, and I am agreeing with the people below me who stated that Lawson sets
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Cupertino schools — Sam H Lawson Middle School is located at 10401 Vista Dr, Cupertino CA 95014. 10401 Vista Dr is in the 95014 ZIP code in Cupertino, CA The school district for Sam H Lawson Middle School is the Cupertino Union School District. Sam H Lawson Middle School is a Public school that serves grade levels 6 - 8.
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