104 ROCKY RIDGE Trl
Goodwater, AL 35072

I am a student at SHS and I am VERY proud. This school is my family. Everyone is treated by the teachers as if they are the teachers own children. My experience has been amazing. I am in the Eleventh grade and I have lived my high school years to the fullest thanks to Sylacauga High School. This is a good way to narrow it down as to how this school is... "We are family".

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We have enjoyed NLMS so far. There are opportunities for students to get involved and make a difference in there community through all kinds of different programs.

This has to be one of the worst schools in the state. I have 2 step sons in this school, both who have not made the grades this year to be moved on to the next grade. However, the older one, who has an IEP (a plan to deal with educating him as he has behavior, mental and psychological issues) and failed kindergarten, is in the 6th grade and even with his year end average for ALL classes being "D"s they are saying that he should be moved on to the 7th grade. When I spoke to his teachers and the school to find out why a student who has made no effort to get good grades is being passed to the next grade I was told that "Because he has an IEP his grades don't matter". So my almost 13 year old step son who should be going into the 8th grade, and is on a 4th grade reading and math level is being recommended to pass to the 7th grade by this school. The younger one is in the 4th grade, has made the same kind of grades and they are wanting to pass him, even though he is just now on a 3.1 (first part of the 3rd grade year) with his math and reading. The younger one does not have an IEP. I am at a loss as to why a school would pass children with "D"s and "F"s on to the next grade.