5 Pine Rdg
Middlebury, CT 06762

Memorial Middle School is a good school to go to. As a current student at Memorial, and 8th grader, I would say my time here has been wonderful with understanding teachers and a well-placed staff. I would like to give a huge shout out to Mrs. Sarah Rivellini, 7th grade English, Ms. Emma Wojcicki, 8th grade Science, Mrs. Kerri Grieder, 6 & 8th grade Science, and Mrs. Barbara Nanassy, 7th grade Mathematics for having the cheeriest attitudes and the most understanding nature.The principal, Mrs. Jennifer Murphy, is very appreciated with her work keeping the school up where it is, and the vice principal, Mrs. Jennifer Bourque, is one of the strictest, but funniest people you will ever meet. Our test scores have gone down since last year, when I tried to write a review, but it was declined, but we are getting there. We have more people going into tutoring and many students have complained of the hard NWEA tests that we have to take (especially the reading). I, myself, am an avid reader, but I still had a hard time with the NWEA test. (I did much better on the Math Standardized Test).Our social lives, as 6-8th graders is not large, but at school, we have a lot of time to make friends and change our ways. I have a large friend group because I like building myself a wall to protect me; there are still those couple of kids that get me riled up and I wish they weren't here, but that happens to everyone. I redeemed myself once I started making people presents. In my opinion, sometimes buying love is the way you get it. There are 138 people in my grade, and I am making a christmas present for each of them.I highly recommend attending Memorial!

Overall a good school however I did have a few problems with bullying and felt unheard by a couple of the teachers there. However I graduated over 6 years ago so maybe that aspect has improved.

There is not enough resources for kids with special needs and the teachers don’t seem to be prepared enough either. My child had two teachers leave mid school year that were special educators, my child has been secluded in class, my child has been misunderstood. When I moved to this town, they had the best ratings, now looking 3 years later, their rating has dropped to average and no one has even given a rating for special education. They need more diversity and need to practice inclusion. My son is not getting all the help he can get and forget about looking for child care during the summer for autistic children in the area, there is none. You better plan on hiring a baby sitter or getting a family member to watch your child. And whatever you do, do not take your special needs child to NEST daycare located in Middlebury. They are the absolute worst. Call them and tell them your child is special needs and see what they say for yourself.