4714 Bay Quarter Ct
Virginia Beach, VA 23455

As a student at this school I can tell you that the people here at this school are down right rude and disrespectful. I can go into this school happy and leave this school for the day feeling upset! When I was in 6th grade I went to the guidance counselor because I was getting bullied, they didn't do anything about it, they said that they will be mature next year. THEY. WERE. WRONG! If anything it got worse! In 7th grade there was this girl (I'm not going to say her name) she kept on bullying me, saying that i'm a part of the boys because i hang out with boy most of the time. Sometimes it's hard finding friends without getting bullied for it.

It pains me to write a negative review of Hermitage as I know there are still a few good teachers and administrators here. However, turnover- transfers (to other schools in the city)- burnout- individual teacher political differences- heavy reliance on tech/screen time, etc have all taken their toll on the classroom learning experience. Hermitage does what it needs to do to check the boxes for the city's interests and for the state's SOLs (Standards of Learning), but not much else from what it would appear. Also, communication with parents as to their child's progress or about any classroom incidents (both of a positive or negative nature) also seems to be discouraged practice. Some of these issues are probably universal across the city, but with Hermitage's higher than average transient student population (due to the nexus between military base proximity & affordable housing), this provides the sense that maintaining consistency and fostering parent engagement is a lower than average priority.

Cox is the best high school at the beach; endless opportunities to expand your learning.