I.S. 51 - Edwin Markham Reviews

10 reviews

Hi i am a student at is 51 and i have to say there was not really a lot of fighting and i came here
last year and you should see all the great after school program's there's track , cooking class, art , Science club, gaming , podcast , band, drama , basketball , soccer ,dance , step , robotics, homework help , flag football , news paper club,
there is a lot of fun stuff in this school so you should try it out and the principle
is a really nice person he will gladly welcome you there i am in 7th grade 722 and i just have to say its not that bad yall.

Everything about the school reeks unprofessionalism, from how we were spoken to, and how our case was handled.

Great teachers my daughter was able to achieve honor roll and it’s been great to know that the teachers are great motivators for them to continue

Review I.S. 51 - Edwin Markham

School ok overall. Teachers were just average .
Admin tries to work with kids & are fair.

Some students were put in honors & Arista who didn’t belong lacking grades & character, distracted annoying gossipers to top classes here. They were about trying to be cool, bad in math in honors distractions but teachers let them do test corrections to boost grade{ like a fake ID & false esteem } made it appear on paper they were honors.

These kids failed tests blamed the teacher yet a student who always needed cheated to pass, failed regents, AP classes& SAT all state tests later on in HS. Didn’t mind their business when caught try to pin blame on others. They were Easy to spot sneaky menaces.

Dont accommodate Drama kids to Arista who like to gossip & bother ppl. Some had the parents who grouped to complain& blame always challenging policies.

My son hated everything about the school. Has been 2 yrs since graduating and had just gotten a new principal his 8th grade year.

There were many clubs to be part of. I was in the chorus for all three years and they had two concerts per school year I honestly enjoyed participating in it. I had friends in the concert band, the jazz band, the digital art programs.

They made sure that people wouldn't enter the school without signing in. They had cameras everywhere and checked to make sure everyone was where they were supposed to be.

I would go back to this school, the only thing i would change is how much importance I put into my education. I would take advantage of every single opportunity they gave me and i would work 100 times harder than I did. I would try to reach my full potential.

There are major bus stops located around the school area. The air conditioning worked most of the time and the heat was always on during the cold seasons. They had no problem technology-wise, meaning that teachers tried to use technology as much as possible and the computers available to the students were always working. AT least when I was attending the school they had an entire computer lab filled with the newest computers. They offered tutoring often, there was after school tutoring and there were always those couple of teachers that offered tutoring to student during their lunch breaks or other free periods, some teachers went out of their way to ensure the best possible education for their students.

I can't say I had a bad experience; however, there were many of my classmates that experienced bullying and told members of the staff. The staff heard them out, but didn't take any real action. The teachers, what can I say, just like in every other school, some cared deeply about the students and others just went on with their lives without paying too much attention to the students.

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