Eastwood Middle School is fairly a good school and I say this for I have attended all 3 years. I…read morehave experienced all ups and downs of the school but still can say that this school is best for a child to bloom in. Eastwood Middle School lets children have the opportunity to do sports,join musicals, and even be in musical classes. This school also provides college help classes such as preparing for college and career(PCC), AVID, and Jag. All these classes are high-school credits as well so just there there are many options for your student to get the best start to their future. There are many oppurtunitys for your student at Eastwood Middle School.

This is the first year for my second daughter to attend Eastwood. Not much has changed since her 19…read moreyear old sister attended. After testing into four Honors classes, my youngest struggled with the transition and all of the homework, but her teachers were interested in finding the best solution for her success. Trying to fit in cross country practice and doing homework well past her bedtime, we decided to drop two of the classes, which has allowed her to learn at a better pace and have a social life. While FINO is available to assist students in getting their classwork done, I'd like to see a study hall or homework assistance plan without a 'stigma'. Many parents that I know punish their kids for getting it, I appreciate the variety of classes and extra-curricular activities offered. My daughter has enjoyed Cross Country, French, choir and playing the flute for the first time this year and is looking forward to participating in more athletics. There are a lot of parents involved in activities and it they seem very encouraging and supportive, which I appreciate, as a single working parent. I like to see that my daughter is happy and proud of what she's learning when she shares her day with me.

There's always something at this school and then there's always a fight and its just not a good…read moreschool

This school is insanely dangerous A lot of fights and poorly…read moremanaged Not a lot of classes and the ones that they do offer are not good

Well I figured I should give my alma mater some love. I attended BCHC from 1996-2000, My experience…read morethere was very unique. My freshman year I was immediately drawn to the internally produced TV show. I got in and was mentored by a junior at the time who was a part of the original tv crew (it had just started a year or two before me). I soon took over co-producing the show and after my mentor left I was the producer and editor of the show. I also ran all of the AV for the liturgies, pep rallies and DJ'd most of the dances with my two best friends. Why am I telling you this? By the time I was a Junior I had a job working for Markey's AV. I started my career in Technology when I was 15 because the opportunities at Chatard. My story is unique for sure but the staff at Chatard supported me and helped me grow as a young man. On other notes not related to my career. I was and am not Catholic. Even though it is required to take a religion class every year I was not pressured in any way to take on their beliefs. I treated it as a history class. What was so amazing was that the Senior religion class was world religions. I always thought this was such an amazing things for them to do. And if you were a student there from the late 70's to the mid 2000's you had Mr. Powell as your teacher. I bet there are 1,000's of adults that when asked who is the one teacher that left a mark on you would say Mr. Powell. He was definitely mine. * The main reason my parents chose Chatard was their English program for kids with learning disabilities. I was diagnosed with ADD at a young age in the 80's. This program and the absolutely amazing teachers supported learning techniques for students with these issues. We were in our own small 6 student classroom for 2 periods of the day instead of being in the general English class. After 2 years of this program I was able to return back to the regular class. I will never forget how much that helped me in my learning through my entire life. Over the years I came back and volunteered time teaching students in the TV show program, photography in art class. I have donated art for the auctions and more. Why because I love this school. I could go on and on for ever about my experiences here. I will always be a Trojan!! And if any staff read this, I am always willing and able to volunteer. I have spent the past 22 years in the advanced technologies and engineering, photography and videography.

Awesome school would recommend to others. Made lots of…read morefriends such as Ethan R. School lunch fye!

My daughter started John Strange this year after spending her first three years in a Charter…read moreSchool. Her transition has been outstanding. This was a Grade A school when my sixteen year old went beginning her second grade year of school. The technology is top of the line. My youngest has only 22 students in her class, allowing individual interaction with each child. The teachers are incredible and love their job. Ms. Arduini, the Art teacher, is still there and recognized my oldest when we went to register her younger sister. The principal knows my daughter by name. There is diversity throughout the school and differences in culture are recognized. I just attended the awards ceremony to watch my daughter accept her award for Honor Roll and Citizenship (5 of out 5 for behavior). It was easy to get in, organized exclusively for the grade you were seeing and we were able to spend time and take pictures. As she got out of the car this morning for school, the principal said hello to her by name. Washington Township at its finest!

Can't say enough about how happy we have been with John Strange Elementary. My daughter has been…read morethere for 5 years now and this is my son's second year. We have had the most dedicated and wonderful teachers each year. The kids have been given the gift of passion to learn by this staff. They have a wonderful music teacher who puts her heart and soul into their arts programs. They put on some wonderful plays. The only complaints I have are across the board for all schools- lunch and recess are not long enough. I think it's important to focus on health a little more and i think encouraging kids to gobble down food and limiting exercise is part of the nationwide obesity problem. I think this school does the most with all the resources they have. I would love to see all schools and teachers have more money and tools to fix many of the problems that are faced in all of our schools.

Can't really rate the instruction, because I don't have any kids old enough yet to attend (and it's…read morenot my school district anyway), but the school building is spotlessly clean, and the auditorium where my church, New Horizons, meets is top notch. The sound in the auditorium is excellent, the lighting is ample, and the seating capacity is somewhere in the neighborhood of 900! Not to many middle schools can boast the quality of the production facilities Northview has. So much so that they seem to be almost better than some high school's. There is a very large stage and modern curtain and backdrop system, a small orchestra pit, built in sound (well hidden speakers) and soundproofing in the walls and large backstage area and good lighting! Even when all the lights are down in the auditorium, you can still see your literature (Bible in my case.) The church utilizes a few classrooms for Children's Church and pre-service Bible study. The classrooms are what you expect, although smaller than the ones I remember in junior high. Each teacher has decorated his/her classroom with individual decor and flair. The building is laid out as an "X" shape with a one level design to the wings (where the classrooms are) and a two story middle area where the cafeteria and auditorium sit. Part of the flooring is the durable two part epoxy and flakes that seems to be all the rage now for it's vibrant lasting color and limitless design potential. It does take the building up a couple notches from standard school form. I'd love to hear more from a fellow Yelper about instruction here, but the facility here is fantastic.

Our family recently visited Northview on a spring Saturday during ISSMA (Indiana State School Music…read moreAssociation) orchestra competition. The school was very clean and was very well represented by the volunteers helping out during the event. One thing I always look for when attending these types of events is good signage, because that can make or break an event. If you're not familiar with a school, large or small, you need signs to get you where you need to be on time. The staff and volunteers did a wonderful job of making sure there were signs posted everywhere for visitors.

Everytime I attend this awesome campus I'm hosted in one of the many spaces they have available for…read morerent. I was not aware that was a possibility. If you need event space, give them a call and see what they are able to do for you, you wont be disappointed.

Please fix the lunch here. We are at a private school paying 25,000 and a separate fee for lunch…read moreand I can make better than this shit. Fix the goddamn lunch.

St Matthew's has a great Pre-K program! We are not Catholic but my daughter goes here 3 days a…read moreweek. She loves it! She has a ton of fun and learns without realizing that is what she is doing. They have play based curriculum which is perfect for 4-5 year olds. The staff is fantastic and caring. My husband passed away during the school year and I know that the teachers have taken extra care of my daughter and really have given her a safe place to express her sadness and thoughts. I would highly recommend the program.

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This school is great I can't wait to go for my middle school and high school years and the kids and…read moreadults were so welcoming to us when we toured the school. I love this school already and I can't wait to go!

If I could give a zero I would honestly this is a very bad school I have withdrawn from there just…read moreso everyone knows but my sister still goes first I would like to talk about the bathrooms, the bathrooms are very dirty and always out of order the teachers can be racist/anti black at times the food is gross kids are rude and bus drivers can be unprofessional at points I would like to share a story from about two and a half weeks ago or one and half weeks ago there was the girl who got jumped by 8-10 people on the school bus and instead of the bus driver separating them and calling the parents or leaving them in different areas after they call their family she decides to call the cops and instead of the cops just diffusing the. In the situation, he throws the girl on the ground(very skinny and can't be over the age of 13 and he's a big-boned middle-aged man) and pushes her then proceeds to put his knee in her back me my sister and friend start yelling at him about how that's illegal to arrest a minor without notifying the parent and can only be detained bus driver tells us we're overreacting kids who are black(like us) might I add side with him try to high five he make fun of record her degrade her and everything anyways she politely asked someone to get her bookbag whilst trying to hold back her tears my sister hands her the bag and he slams her again so like I said very unprofessional cannot wait for this school to close down it's only a matter of time