Hawthorne Brook Middle School

This school is not the best in the teaching department. Yes, I know we are supposed to learn as students and grow with the teachers, but if a teacher can't even consider what a student has to say about their teaching, if it's informational and observably correct. And I do wish to respect their teaching, but if they are teaching curriculum that is blatantly incorrect and will not listen to what the student has to say, even if the student is simply right on the ground level, it's not a good look for the school if the student writes reviews and describes the experience of being here. And I do want to say it's a good school because it's well placed compared to other common places a middle schooler might go. And I would love to ask the staff if I could go to the special classes because I feel I would get better treatment there than in the regular classroom, but if I feel nervous and like it's rude to ask, I don't know if that resembles how anyone should feel about the staff. And I do genuinely love most of the staff, like guidance and specials.How we are a "community" doesn't feel very appropriate for school; the only defining feature making us a "community" is that we all go to the same school. Some of the announcements now are very confusing and hard to hear. And as I have 1148 characters left, shall we talk about the bathrooms? Yes, we shall. First of all, it's 2023, and having only 2 gender-neutral bathrooms isn't very accepting. Personally, I think all bathrooms should be gender-neutral, and the school could add more restrooms and normalize the saying of "wash closet" instead of restroom.Okay, anything else to talk about? Oh yeah, the yards we can't walk on. I know we can't walk on some of the grass because it would ruin it, but there's no reason to really stop us. There's nothing there. Maybe the school could have garden boxes there for a garden club, or is that canceled because no one has talked about clubs at all? I would love to start a geography club, but no one talks about clubs, so I assume that they're canceled.And the biggest mistake is having Mr. Webster leave. #YouWillBeMissedMrWebster. Anyways, let's talk about how they have crusty chairs in the auditorium instead of something like a sofa or built-in seats. This is getting long, and I am lazy, and there is really not much more wrong except for having cement bricks as walls. Like maybe outside, but inside is just weird. Did people paint on it like a mural or what? Cause I am confused.

Awful school administration. They have had such a bad rep with allowing bullying and delinquent behaviour. They cater to bullies and do nothing to protect the good kids.

I'm an eighth grade student here, just about to leave the school. And to be completely honest, it's really not that great. I'm not going to say stuff like "Oh, the teachers were mean" or that it's on a budget, but the staff are very ignorant. Communication is useless with many of the teachers, as they will barely, if not do anything, to solve any issues with you or your kid. The guidance department is also very bad as well. The current one is very...how do I say this without being rude...Insensitive? Yeah, that's the word. My peers and I have not been helped all that much by guidance. Also, EVERYONE plays favorites. I'm not exaggerating. And I'm a good student (I'm going into accelerated classes in NMRHS and taking 2 languages), and I swear, I haven't learned much.

Excellent school! This school has great leadership from it's administration, the staff is extremely hard working, they are very responsive to concerns and will take action immediately. My child was new to the school and needed a more advanced math class, and they had her moved over the very next day! The senior teachers here are amazing, the academics are well balanced and they offer sports, arts and music.