As somebody who has recently left the school, its safe to say that they lack many factors that other schools would agree are completely necessary for the basic structure and growth of their students. The only things any of the teachers had focus on was making sure we knew what was going to be on the
... Read more Connecticut Mastery Test. There is also a distinct lack of extra-curricular activities available to the students. In fact, there are only a few small sports programs, drama club, a singing group, and future problem solvers. Unfortunatly, the school is also too low budget to provide a Tech Ed class as well. Parental involvement is weak, to say the least. Many teachers in this school pay no individual attention to students. Overall, I'd advise parents to find another school system and not act to hastily if moving to Cromwell. There are plenty of private schools around. Read less
Posted by a former student on 04/19/07
Disappointing to say the least. Yes there are very good staff on board, leadership is the issue or lack of. Academic programs could be stronger, expecially in grades 3, 4, 5. Weak curriculum and not challenging enough. Grade 6 and beyond improves. Unfortunately, need to document in writing or email
... Read more all communications with the school, can't trust direct communications with Administration. Music, art, sports and extracurricular activities weakened by lack of funding. Music-Instrument lessons not provided until 5th grade. Used to and should be started in 3rd or 4th grade. Sports and extracurricular activities 'cut' out of budget 2005-2006 school year and has cheated children out of another wonderful opportunity. Bullying policies stated and not followed through with. Parent involvement has been low in recent years, however is increasing. Need better 'district communication' in a timely and direct manner as opposed to 'rumor' mill. For a small community, leadership is weak. Read less
Posted by a parent on 01/20/06
We ve had three children go through the school and found very good support for an academically struggling child. For another who is extremely bright, special program support was weaker. We believe that is more due to funding and reasources issue than any administrative failure. Parental involvement
... Read more in the Middle School has been weak but does seem to be improving. The school did contained a Grade 5 but Cromwell has recently built a 3-5 school which will reduce the number of students in the school. The current principle is retiring and has done an admirable job with limited resources and a school containing both 10 and 14 year olds. The school facility is aging and needs modernizing, but since it was the old High School, the school has a reasonable amount of classroom and facility space, especially once grade 5 is moved to the new Intermediate School in Jan 06. Read less
Posted by a parent on 11/08/05
They have very good activities and they are able to make the best of the words.
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Posted by a student on 10/22/05
I agree this is a poorly structed school. Classes are based soley on the CMT's with little respect to any structure.
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Posted by a parent on 10/05/04
Yes, my children are failures that never learned how to read an write. That is why all 3 of them graduated with high honors all 4 years that they attended this school. Granted that isn't much of an accomplishment when the work they give out might as well come with the answer sheet because it is so simple,
... Read more but nevertheless, they still maintained 'A' averages. Yes, reading and writing and all that good stuff are, in fact, important to every child's education, but when they are teaching solely to look good, and in the process holding back students from bettering their education any farther than the CMTs test, then it becomes a problem. Read less
Posted by a parent on 06/30/04
This message is a continuation of the previous one sent due to the word count limit. The CMT focuses on the three major areas of academics: reading, writing, and math. Cromwell M.S. teaches only in part to the CMT, not entirely. Anyone can visit CMS and see for themselves that this is most certainly
... Read more a fact. However, don't our children need to learn the mechanics of reading, writing, and math? So what's wrong with teaching what's on the CMT? There is nothing wrong with teaching to the CMT because our children have to learn what's on it anyway! The parent's children that 'learned next to nothing' is clearly a result of their own doing or lack thereof, not Cromwell Middle School. This parent is obviously bitter toward her childrens' unfortunate failures in school, and she chose Cromwell Middle School as her scapegoat. Read less
Posted by a parent on 06/21/04
My 3 children have all gone through this school and they teach nothing but what is on the Connecticut Mastery Tests so that the school can look good. My children learned next to nothing while attending this school and I'm glad they are out of it finally.
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* In 2007-2008 Connecticut used the Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT) to test students' skills in reading, writing and math in grades 3 through 8. The CMT is a standards-based test, which means it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Connecticut.
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Cromwell schools — Cromwell Middle School is located at 6 Mann Memorial Dr, Cromwell CT 06416. 6 Mann Memorial Dr is in the 06416 ZIP code in Cromwell, CT The school district for Cromwell Middle School is the Cromwell Public Schools. Cromwell Middle School is a Public school that serves grade levels 6 - 8.
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