Showalter Middle School

Tukwila is a community of cultural diversity and low income families. Showalter is the onlyMS in Tukwila which all age groups within the Tukwila community go to from the 3 elementary school Tukwila contains. Showalter lacks resources and leadership. They need more good teachers like Ms. Gill and Mr. Page who deserve competitive pay. Otherwise, Showalter consumes paraeducators with little to no experience in child development or education and teachers with teaching degrees but little to no community outreach, people skills and professionalism. My experiences have been bittersweet. As long as there are staff members like Mrs. Page, Ms. Thomas and Mrs. Perez empowering young minds to stay above the hype and to not be easily influenced or discouraged - Showalter can and will be great. I understand views of my insights may be more than what is obligated but this is not a community or a school district like Bellevue. So for Showalter to expect the same results of a Bellevue school district utilizing the same matrix for dissimilar communities and diversity - bothers me. There are more troubled kids in this community that need help and have a stronger influences on other kids which result to bullying and depression and there is a principal and a handful of teacher who are leading these kids knowingly or unknowingly to their distruction. My kids have been attending Tukwila School district since each were in Kindergarten. The Tukwila elementary principal is amazing and it’s been very hard to locate anything equivalent. The school structure is the same since my husband attended this school and kids are evolving and becoming more resourceful. Showalter mindset needs to grow and think for the kids and not against them - especially parents who are heavily involved.

Nobody cares. The teachers don't care. The administration doesn't care. The counselors don't care. Is your student failing? They don't care. Is your student bullied? They don't care. Does your student have special needs? They don't care. All they do is rubber-stamp the kids and move them along, ready or not, to high school. Don't waste your time here, if you can avoid it.

I attended Showalter in the 70s and loved it. Seems parents of this day and age expect the teachers to raise their little hellions and smile while doing it. Sad that their lack of involvement in their child's education equals a poor review on this site.

If you have a choice of where you will attend middle school I'd avoid Showalter. If you don't then good luck. Most teachers here are totally lazy and can't teach. They have no problems becoming best friends with their students though. You'll be lucky to have a few great teachers that actually know the material rather than reading it straight out of a book everyday. If you're an honor student expect to have a lot of busy work and projects, if you're a nonhonor student don't expect to have exciting challenging classes. The point is that academics don't really matter at Showalter. One of the most shocking things I've discovered at this school is how some teachers behave themselves. There are some very childish teachers here. Some even cuss in class. They act is if they don't know how to behave professionally. I only gave two stars because a handful of teachers here actually did make my middle school education worthwhile and meaningful. I know that without a few I would've barely made it through my 3 years of middle school. Unfortunately, I don't think some of them still work here.

The staff works really hard and the students are very accepting of the school's diversity. Increased parent involvement would really help out.