The high school has a large layout that is easily accessible. They host many community events-…read morecraft fairs, art shows, scouting events, etc. During the weekday it is not accessible- school is in session!

Unfortunately, this school has gone downhill significantly. It feels like many of the good teachers…read morehave left, and the overall quality and professionalism have declined. Communication is a major issue -- emails often go unanswered, messages left with the main office don't get returned.

I spent the second half of my grade school years here, before it was called an Academy. Back in…read morethe day it was just John H. Vanderpoel (poel pronounced pool) elementary school, which served grades K-8. No middle school back then, and grade school to high school was a big jump. No buses then, either. We walked to school. In the dead of winter, we walked. It wasn't far for me, though, about 5 blocks down quiet streets lined with huge trees. We lived next-door to my grandparents, who had lived in Beverly since before my mother was born, so I'm thinking my mom went to Vanderpoel, too, but I can't remember for sure. But I do remember the school, a 3-story old brick building that included swings on the playground. I remember my teachers, I remember the gym that doubled as an auditorium, I remember my classmates. The school was named after John H. Vanderpoel (in 1910?) as was Vanderpoel Ave., the street behind the school. John Vanderpoel, born in 1857 in the Netherlands, was an influential artist and taught at the Art Institute of Chicago for 20 years beginning in 1880. Georgia O'Keeffe was one of his students. She praised him as a teacher. Vanderpoel's book, "The Human Figure", was published in 1907. BOY could he draw in pencil & charcoal. Until 1929, his works were housed in the school, then moved to nearby Ridge Park Field House & displayed in the art gallery named after him. Vanderpoel School is indeed part of Beverly's rich history & I loved it there. I loved my neighborhood, my friends, my school, and the simplicity of growing up back in the day (not saying how long ago but it was....long ago). I still have many of my grade school papers & projects. Wow, so different from the work kids do today. Example: a geography project for a state (or country?) that exported cotton. In addition to a written essay, I glued a hunk of cotton to one of the pages. I got an "E" for excellent, no "A" back then at this school. My favorite class: art. I also took kiddie art classes at the Art Institute & then majored in Fine Art in college. I went on to have an art gallery in a Chicago suburb. I'm guessing Mr. Vanderpoel would like that. I'm guessing I would have liked Mr. Vanderpoel.

Queen is a great school. Staff is always helpful. Teachers are Great…read more The School is an A+ in Education. Both of my girls have been going to Queens since Pre K one is now 12 years old and the other is 9 years old.

Nice class sizes Great staff…read moreMany students graduate with honor roll Teachers are caring and meet the needs of the child.

Well this "Rement T." is clearly mistaken!!! HE DOESN'T KNOW THE FIRST THING ABOUT THIS SCHOOL!!!…read moreHe must have lied because this school has some of the best teachers around. They care about their students and are willing to help them after school if necessary. Some students actually LIKE their teachers and not because the teachers don't give them homework or what not but because the students and teachers could become friends and like what they learn cause the teachers make it relate to their own lives. The principle is very strict and awsome principle. Also the engineers do, do something!! when the AC would break down they work hard on getting it back up. Plus It's not that the principle is too cheap to change the AC but it's that it would cost a lot of money that might not be in the budget. Rement T.'s comment about the black teachers are simply racist. They actually DESERVED the job. Every student that has graduated from this school always comes back to visit their old teachers. They work hard to get us to be the best we can and taught us well enough to be ready for highschool. Also how dare he talks about park district at Haines like that. The workers there are extraordinary. They help the kids with their homework and play with them. Ms. Precious Morgan DOES work, she is like all the other workers at Park District. She would helps kids with their homework and play with them. She does not "dissapear"when there are trips. This person shouldn't be talking about this school or Precious Morgan like that when he knows so little about it. I doubt he actually worked there since i haven't even seen him there before.

Well, I wonder how "Rement T." could write all of these without knowing all the facts. Personal…read moregrude i say. Racist also. Always focusing on the African people. I'll have you know that the the teachers work very hard and always do their best! Ms. Wright does her best for her school, and would fire anyone who is incompetent enough to do the job! She cares for the well-being and the school, the students, and the teachers! She and the teachers always pushes the students to strive to be the best! And if they struggle along, they would do their best to help them! The teachers and students become friends and they understand each other more! The air conditioning may hav broken a few times, but they always tried their best to fix it! They give cold drinks to the studets and teachers when this happens! Rement T/ talks as if they know the esscese of the school and it's fondation. From they eyes of people who have actually grew up in the school, or even worked long enough, his/her review is completely biased. Precious Morgan does do her job! She teaches the kids how to play sports, and encourages their growth in sports! She helps them with homework. Rement T, from hisother articles, he seem like a racist to Africans. From his pictures, I have not seen him around, nor many others. So here are a few opnions: 1] this is not his real picture. 2] Rement T. is a student of the school disguising themself as a 'worker'. 3] Rement T just has a grudge, but I can obviously say he has a narrow vision on what is front of him. He is cynical, due to that he talks about the bad points in mainly all of his artcles. In a way, he is a scared little cihild unable to accept the way society is and wants a utopia, which is impossible. John C. Haines is one of the best schools around. John C. Haines is not the reason of the educational system crumbling, but it is people like Rement T. that tries to bring down society itself down, making people doubt about stuff that do not even needed to be doubted. If he thinks something is wrong with the school or anything, they should fix it himself and not rant about how bad he thinks it is!

I attended Morton West High School from 1992-1996. I had the greatest time of my life with the…read moreworlds greatest friends and teachers.

We were here for a non school related event. A dance recital. The school is huge and has a big and…read morevery nice auditorium. Everything was great expect the temperature. It was freezing in there and that really was a distraction from enjoying the event.

This school is great but the we are great DAy is not the same WE WANT IT BACK BRING IT BACKread more

I've been graduated at this school for almost 15 years. This school has a lot of memories and…read moremeanings to me. From employees to students, and from classes to activities, this school has a ton of stuff that I like to talk about. Nevertheless, I'm still not going to give this school a higher rate, and here is the reason why.: -All teachers in general: Not giving you any snacks but to other students, Yell at you because you did an activity incorrect, Pretending to be a good person after making you cry, Scream at you to go sit down when you're trying to go to the bathroom, Tell a student cannot go or sit over there because she said so, Yell at a student because he only washes hand but not using the toilet, Try to slap the student because he fight back to the bully, Laughing at a student because he is so quiet, Yell at a student for not standing up for yourself to a bully, punish a student because he hit a bully for self-defense, Yell at a bully & an innocent student at a same time, Yell at a student for using a lot of napkins to clean themselves, Pretending to be a good person after making a student awkward, Tell a student not playing when its free time, Tell a student to not come back to school, Force a student to do something they didn't like, Asking a student a BS question, Tell a student don't sharpening pencils when they really need to, Scream at a student because he do something wrong on accident, Insult a student intelligence by saying a student is better than you, Making a nickname for a student because she don't know how to pronounce, Over-dramatic to a student that accidentally hurt their feet, Try to scare a student by bang the wall, Forcing a student to answer her question, Death stare to a student, Always feel annoyed when male students don't tuck their shirts in their pants, Giving students a long hour detention because the student didn't do one question on the homework, Complaining about students didn't do their homework, Corrects a student because they have a different English accents, Tell a student to leave the room when they didn't finish their assignments, Criticized a student because of their homework, Telling a bad joke to hurt a student's feeling, Mocking a student in front of their parents, Yell at a student because they have an accident, Yell at a student because they went to the bathroom, Yell at a student because they are exhausted, Yell at a student because they throw trays in the trashcan, Yell at a student because they get extra food, Not caring other student's feelings, AND MORE. -Students (bad ones to be exact): bullying, teasing, hurting, accusing, shouting, yelling, screaming, stealing, breaking (rules), swearing, mocking, etc.. Also, there are other NG people (securities, bottom floor bilingual teacher, other staffs), and good people (library teacher, top floor bilingual teacher, good students), that I don't want to mention. What I want to mention is that these are the reasons that why I give this school a lower rate.

Well I am a parent a parent involved at northwest I love how people that are not involved in our…read moreschool can comment on northwest middle please I invite you to see the progress that our school has made. As for our principal why do you think our parents voted and pushed to renue her contract she is the back bone of our community and has got rid of the gangs that plagued our schools. As for parent involvement we took over 780 petitions in support of our principal and our school. Now mind you thair are in the neighborhood of 840 students in our school even though cps took our art teacher the parents volentered thair own time to keep the arts program going so please don't speak for our community .come and see for your self thank you julio cintron a proud northwest middle school parent.