this school genuinely sucked bro you genuinely have to get a "cold pass" to not freeze your ass off…read morein the mornings

Not that great of a school. I had a good time here as a GATE student. Most teachers GATE or not…read morewere nice and really not that strict. The school did give me mental health problems, but that's mainly my fault for not doing some of my work and leaving me in a rabbit hole. Kids are kind of mean and cocky, something you would see in a private school. I was bullied for not catching dodgeballs zooming past my head at 100mph. The GATE students have their own hierarchy that works mostly the same as the normal students, but it's kinda different. The whole "popular kids" thing is really messed up. No, Alex, just because you hit a ball with a stick and laugh like a monkey should not make you popular. The dean was a little mean to me, but we are on good terms now. The main school does not respect my religion and beliefs. They laughed at me for wearing a cross. If you get put into a cubby, they WILL forget about you. I don't recommend dating anyone because let's be honest-- it's all idiot teenagers in one big building. I've dated twice and both of those experiences sucked booty. The weird gay kids are treated like babies, and it creates an unfair school environment. I don't care if someone made fun of you for being gay, move on. Some good things is the electives, teachers, and lunch times, but most of it is negative. Some staff are rude, but only some. The "phone away all day" is bs because I've seen kids walking with their phones without consequences. Teachers also can be passive aggressive and only treat the popular kids like actual students as someone who has experienced that. That's really all, and if you are looking into this school, I only recommend it if you are in the GATE program.

Nice promotion ceremony for our grandson and his classmate. Unfortunate that the principal and asst…read moreprincipal have no respect for the elderly and disabled. They were both asked politely, too ask able bodied and young kids to give up sits to the great elderly and disabled and they ignored the request. SAME ON THEM

terrible, im a student here, theres a BUNCH of racism, and ive told the office about this guy who…read moregroped me, and yet they never talked to him. I also reported that this girl was saying the n word (not black btw), and so my friend called her the b slur back, yet apologized for it after, and the office took the other girls side.

Mid at best. The principal is a jerk. Charged me 1000 for 3 classes, what the hell. Dont go here…read moreits a total scam.

I graduated from this school in 2022. The teachers here are so nice. Shout out to Dr. Avery for…read morebeing the best teacher ever.

From hearing what I here the subs they hire are terrible and the teachers are aggressive.read more

The basketball team and teachers are so aggressive. My daughter was pushed multiple times and…read morecaused severe damage to her knee which was previously sprained. This is absolutely unacceptable and racist because my daughter was the only one targeted and she is half- African American and the coaches obviously do not care about their reputation, because the constant pushing of my daughter with no repercussions. Also the school lunches here made my daughter throw up. Another teacher yelled at my daughter and her friends while they were attending a basketball game for "being without a parent" when I was right next to them. The teacher they were speaking to kicked her friends out because according to him, "I'm not their mom." This schools behavior is outrageous and I hope it eventually gets shut down. Don't even get me started on their soccer team. One of my daughters went to Shaw while the other goes to another school, I'm so glad I switched my daughter to the same school as the other because this is such horrible treatment, I don't know how I allowed this to happen to my daughter for so long. If I could give this school zero stars I wouldn't hesitate to.

WRESTING Came here…read moreon a Thursday evening for a open mat wrestling. The coach is amazing and worked the kids hard. There were quite a few schools that showed up. It looks a little gritty but the feel is like 'your gonna work hard' thanks to the volunteer coaches for hosting this work out.

I went to Spanish springs high school for my freshman and sophomore year. The teachers are great…read moreand only a few of them will disappoint you. The students are fine and you're likely to make some friends. The education is good and they have plenty of extra curriculum classes. And overall you will get what the average student is looking for in a school.

From a senior who has been here since the lockdown, don't send your kid to this school. Sure, I…read morehave had wonderful teachers here, but it honestly sucks. If you complain to the principal over serious issues, he doesn't care, he doesn't even respond to you. There was a code yellow like last year and it should've been a code red cause people brought weapons on property and they wanted to cover it up. Other students and myself are the only reason parents got a call the NEXT day about it. There's too many details to share here. Even today I am terrified when the announcements sound comes over the speakers if it is at a random time. Many people at our school are aware of the stoners and vapers and they don't do anything about it. It's so bad that you can't go into certain bathrooms because those are the 'smoke spots'. As I did mention, I have had some wonderful teachers, so it just sucks that I have to complain about the teachers here as well. For this one teacher, in context (which doesn't make it much better) we talked about humanistic psychology and a criticism of it is that they are over accepting. Basically the teacher stated that "so if you ___ 4 year olds." Yeah, we all looked at each other disgusted like "Did he really say that? That's disgusting." That same teacher has also made very rude and snarky remarks to students. A very very controlling person. Some days I don't wanna go to school because I'm scared he'll make remarks about me and humiliate me in front of the class, he's already done it to me. After lunch, I think based on my experience, the upstairs bathrooms are a hit or miss because they are either locked all class period during 3rd period or open after 20 minutes. So if you really need to use it, Aunt Flo has arrived, or whatever, you're screwed until the end of the day if you're lucky enough to get to a bathroom. Honestly, if you want better education for your kids: go somewhere else. Maybe even go to Finland. Overall, can't wait to graduate because this has been a rollercoaster if the rollercoaster was barely on the track, had no seatbelts, and was on fire. Edit: Another thing, they just told us a week ago that we could be staying till 4:30pm for the exam, which would be ok, IF they told us like a month ago. So now the teacher basically said to just take that day off from work, for students who work, when it is probably too late to say anything. But the problem is, I have an off campus that day (which I worked s hard to get) and the purpose for that off campus is to help my dad because of medical issues. They literally told me I can't do anything about it so now I have to figure out 1. How to get home 2. Where to put my stuff 3. How my dad will get the help he needs.

Good teachers, Especially Ms.Thurman, Ms.Cates, and Ms.Weinhold. Would recommend to everyone.read more

Sparks Middle School is a good school with an unfortunate reputation due to its location and past…read moreevents. Once you get past that though you find a great place to go to school for any 6-8 grader. The teachers are defiantly a big part of this, they really go the extra mile to prove that they care. The course work is nothing special though and smarter students may find that they are not challenged in most of their classes. Elective choices are admittedly subpar, they don't include home ec, or shop. The lunch is pretty good but nothing extraordinary for public school food. The feeling of community in this school is like nothing else I have ever experienced at any other school, staff is accommodating and students are usually well behaved unless they are ticked off. The school is very clean for a public school but again nothing special. Another thing I should probably mention is that the heating/ac unit is kind of finicky and breaks sometimes. Overall sparks is a very good middle school from the perspective of a current student of coarse.

I see the reviews about power trips and could not agree more. I wont get into details but believe…read moreme 1 star is appropriate. If your child is of latin descent or is shy stay far away. They will not be patient with your child.

I went here for about 5 years and do not recommend it at all. Almost all the teachers are super…read morerude and on a major power trip, but a few of them are super nice. The staff talk bad about the students to each other, and are super biased (some of them are racist, sexist, and treat you worse if you're not popular). The work isn't even good either, it's all notes and remembering stuff, not actually learning. Ive also noticed that the school is so money hungry, theyre always trying to get funds or donations. Also the fence of the pearl building was broken for a whole year without fixing. (Still might be) and the school is right next to a mental hospital and highway so anyone could've just gotten in the school. And it's not just me who hates this school, everyone I've known who has gone here or goes here has nothing good to say about it.