I love GMS. It is a great school. The teachers there help the kids like me to choose better choices and they also make learning fun in everyway. Even my worst subject, which I don't like very much, was fun.
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Posted by a student on 08/04/09
I love GMS it is a great school. Except for the staff. They aren't too great. The only real people and teachers that are great there are Mr. Flesuras, the principal, Mr. Appel, a teacher, Mr. Matthews, a teacher, Mrs. Onstott, teacher, and Mr. Portis and Mr. Stroud. Both of them are P. E. teachers
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Posted by a student on 08/04/09
I am now a sophomore at Great Oak, but 2 years ago I attended GMS. The school was fairly safe, but many teachers displayed favoritism, and the administrative staff was awful (particularly the vice principal). The only teachers I ever really felt inspired by were Mrs. Nuoffer, Mrs. Dominguez (no longer
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Posted by a student on 04/02/09
The teachers at GMS are great. I have emailed my daughters teachers over the weekends, and at night, and I usually get an email response in a matter of hours not days, as with Redhawk ES. Some teachers have a great vision of using technology in their classrooms. It has really opened my daughters eyes
... Read more to the many realms of education. For the first time ever, she looks forward to going to school. I look forward to her remaining years at Gardner, I hope her 7th and 8th grade teachers are just as great. Read less
Posted by a parent on 01/08/09
I have been very happy with Gardner Middle School. After a miserable experience with Vail Ranch Middle School, I moved my kids to GMS and am so glad that I did. Vail Ranch had some very nice teachers, but the front office staff and especially the assistant principal were exceptionally rude. They treated
... Read more the children and parents like thorns in their sides with a 'them against us' attitude. At GMS, the teachers and administration are very helpful and friendly. The counselor assigned to my kids is one of the nicest people I've met and a great resource. The health clerk is very kind, also. Every school will have some personality differences between teachers and kids or issues with some kids behaving badly, but I feel Gardner treats any issues very seriously and with fairness. Read less
Posted by a parent on 08/15/08
Many teachers have moved to middle school from elementary schools and do not seem to be able to teach the students up to the California standards. The counselors and principal are focused on a few general problems and seem to have forgotten they are there for ALL students, not just the ones who cause
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Posted by a parent on 02/17/08
This is the worst school ever. The assistant principal is the worst I've ever delt with. SHe assumes all kids are 'bad' and rules like a warden in a prison. I took my son out of there this year and he is so much happier and doing much better. Students who have a parent as a teacher at the same school
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Posted by a parent on 01/06/08
I'm very upset with the teachers, not only do they ignore my e-mails during my hospitalzation, they did not give me any make-up work. It's no wonder why I'm failing 8th grade. Please do not look at this review as offensive, But the communinty is very low class, and lots of gangs go to this partiular
... Read more school. I'm now in the process to get homeschool to get myself out of this quicksand. Please consiiter this review and look at other schools. Read less
Posted by a student on 01/06/08
We came from San Diego. After reading the neg. comments, I was concerned to have my daughter attend. She has been there since August 20th, 2007 and has done very well. I am not sure what happened to the other parents in 2005 and 2006 but I am sorry for their experiences. Maybe since the was new,
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Posted by a parent on 09/22/07
My son came from a private school and is loving GMS. It is exciting to see that they have a wonderful music dept when so many other school have eliminated music. For a newer school, there is a friendly atmosphere when I visit the school. I always feels that the administration keeps me informed of school
... Read more activities as well as my son's work. I think that more parents should come and help out at school and they too will see that what a great school we have at GMS. I want to also mention Mr Simmons, who really inspired my son. He is truly an awesome and dedicated teacher. Read less
School Profile for Erle Stanley Gardner Middle School
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Student enrollment:
960
Students per teacher:
27
Full-time teachers:
36
Number of classrooms:
5
Arts
Art
Music
Band
Computer Science
Computer Science, Internet/Web Site
Fine Arts
Drama
Special Education
Life Skills, Speech/Language Pathologists
Vocational Education
Phys Ed
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Gifted and Talented
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general intellectual ability or talent - high intelligence test score (usually two standard deviations above the mean), and high levels of vocabulary, memory, abstract work knowledge and abstract reasoning;
specific academic aptitude or talent in one area such as mathematics or language arts;
creative and productive thinking, the ability to produce new ideas;
leadership ability, the ability to direct individuals or groups to a common decision or action;
visual and performing arts, special talents in visual art, music, dance, drama, or other related studies;
psychomotor ability, such as practical, spatial, mechanical, and physical skills.
Vocation/Technical Curriculum
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Special Education Classes
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Adult Education Classes
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English as Second Language
English language classes for students whose first language is not English.
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Temecula schools — Erle Stanley Gardner Middle School is located at 45125 Via Del Coronado, Temecula CA 92592. 45125 Via Del Coronado is in the 92592 ZIP code in Temecula, CA The school district for Erle Stanley Gardner Middle School is the Temecula Valley Unified School District. Erle Stanley Gardner Middle School is a Public school that serves grade levels 6 - 8.
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