Lewis Middle School

I am very happy with Lewis Middle School. My first son graduated a couple of years ago and now my younger son is in 7th grade. The grounds are clean, the staff and teachers are amazing, and my boys have been very happy there. High standards are very important to my, and I feel that this school has done a great job on keeping the expectations high. All of the resources you need are available including tutoring and counseling. There are social clubs after school, ASB opportunities, and after school activities such as dances and dine-outs. Lewis Middle School does an excellent job of preparing students for high school by giving them planners at the beginning of each school year, and teaching them how to keep track of homework and other assignments so that they can be organized.

Parents are kept completely in the dark. Academics are focused around laptop learning. Google classroom is central to every classroom. Parents are not supported, and only told they have to log into google classroom on their kids’ login in order to know what’s going on. PowerSchool shows grades but many teachers don’t put in assignments until it’s too late to do anything about it. Some of the gifted classes focus on teaching gender theory and critical race theory to 6th graders under the guise of essay structure. The new math curriculum forces students to write more rather than do math. It’s all on computer. Points are docked for not explaining one’s feelings about math enough, rather than just doing the math.

Great school, kids, and staff! Nice location with plenty of extra curricular activities.

Our son just finished 6th grade at Lewis and we are very satisfied. Leadership is strong and focused on students' wellbeing. Teachers work hard and really care about the children. Yes, the amount of homework was higher than expected, but this will be the first year that we won't need to supplement any subject at home during summer, which is priceless. In addition, this was the first year we didn't need to teach math to our son at home because the teacher did a really good job in class and by assigning daily homework. As parents, this was the first stress-free year we've had since our son started school because Lewis does what it's supposed to do: teach entire curriculum, assign homework, teach good citizenship, all while keeping engaging and fun. Our student had a solid year and feels prepared for 7th grade and beyond. As another reviewer mentioned, Lewis holds non-curricular activities only during breaks, advisory time, and after school hours, and we really appreciated that precious time is not wasted during the year. In our opinion, Lewis is a great bridge between elementary and high school because they encourage students to take agency and advocate for themselves, they teach time management and organization, and they have the perfect size for a middle school.

Honestly, as a student still in lewis middle school, the school isn’t that bad. But most of the problems with the school are the staff, I feel like most of the teams don’t understand how other students think, and I feel like they are pretty mean. They would yell a lot out of you if you did something wrong. I mean, I get you did something wrong. But do you have to yell them out? Talk to the kid about how they shouldn’t be doing that instead of yelling at them. That can make things worse. But as I talk about the staff, I am not talking about the teachers. The teachers are great at this school, and most of the teachers understand their students very well. The teaching here is okay, though. Sometimes I feel like some teachers are lazy. They only hand out printed papers from the Internet and show you videos. I have this one teacher, but I never saw him teach us but just gave us books and worksheets to do while we sat there and tried to learn them ourselves. I don’t remember anything I learned this whole past year, and I mean, who doesn’t? The school also has a special education which is pretty well if you are interested. Most of the problems are the students, some of them are very violent and speak a lot of discrimination. But you can’t change a kid's mind that much. Overall, if I ever had to rate this school, it would be a solid 6/10. It's nothing much, but it’s still pretty fun to be there.