2 Apache Trl
Hampton, VA 23669

The school is a typical inner city middle school. The children are bused from all over the city to this one school. It has the largest student population for a local middle school. The Special needs students also have the largest population of all schools locally. With that said, the school is faced with juggling many different behaviors and academic struggles; however, many of the students are doing well. This school scores just as high as all of the other local middle schools except the gifted school. A few people's experience is not the majority. Keep in mind that most people don't leave reviews unless they have a gripe or complaint. The students at Syms are soaring! The teachers and staff care about the students and their jobs.

There are flaws but that's just how it is for every school. It is clear that all of the students and teachers try in their own fields. However, I feel that the safety needs to be taken more seriously in the perspective of students toward other students. On the other hand there is not a lot more to say and it is most likely the best school to go to in Hampton, Virginia.

Not the school it once was..The principal is not up to management of teachers. Some teachers can be heard screaming through the walls, running into another room while teachers are in middle of lesson. Also, the library is very loud a teacher told me( anonymous). That's unacceptable as well as SOL scores falling. I noticed while there as an aide, before becoming a teacher, there would be "busy body " teachers, walking around with the principal and looking for petty things. I could not really understand what they were up to..It was strange