I am only here to pick up my daughter from this school because her school(John Adams) is having a rehearsal for a school production that will be performed at this school. The campus is from what I see on the outside very well-maintained and very well-kept. It is after school hours but there are still people playing on the playground and the atmosphere is pretty much upbeat. The city of Santa Monica is such a great place to live and the school system is awesome as well. This school is no exception. I love the energy of the kids running around playing --when I was younger I wanted to run away from my school as soon as the last bell rang. I guess if I went to an awesome school like this one I would want to hang out after school as well. Oh well, my daughter is getting out of her rehearsal now so I have to stop yelping because it annoys her. (Everything annoys 7th graders) See ya later!!!! read more

Lincoln Middle School - Beautiful campus - Middle Schools & High Schools Near Me - Santa Monica, California

The school cafeteria food gave my child food poisoning three times throughout two grade school years. They need to upgrade their food system. How dissapointing... read more

Almost had a heat stroke and threw up but when I went to tell the attendance office the assistant principal sent me to class (which was PE) with no questions while my face was pink and sweating. All the other staff cared and tried to help except Ms. khellahar read more

This school was 'meh.' at best. They don't address bullying at all, their sports programs is weaker than their already sorely lacking academic curriculum, and their front office staff and counselor are rude and demeaning, to say the least. Glad my kids are done with that place, good riddance. read more

Great communication from the school staff. Super organized. This was the right choice for us

They have absolutely horrible special education program! If they can't handle your child they will harass you and overwhelm the parents pushing them towards homeschool. I don't think they understand autism or even know how to handle autistic children. My child went to big elm the year before and they were great so I had high hopes very disappointed. read more

This school is OK at best. Some teachers nice but others are quite rude. For example Mr. Marcos who was accused of multiple bad things. And let's not forget the assistant principal, Ms. Keleher. She is rude, arrogant, does not care about students feelings and gets you in trouble for the dumbest reasons. One time she accused someone of having lunch detention when they in fact didn't. But the security guards are actually pretty nice and chill. read more

Had a great experience here with my Son who is now on his way to Sanmo high. Daughter will be a new student here in the Fall. Great campus, good teachers, good communication. read more

Overall not a really good school a lot of the teachers are mean and auditorium is small the only good thing is the library

The administrators don't do anything about a problem that was reported. They make it feel like your problems are not worth their time. Also, many of the teachers are absolutely terrible. Mrs.Keleher makes the female students line up as they walk out of class and raise their arms up to see if their tops are too short. The principal, Mrs.Culpepper seems to be one of the only two administrators who actually cares about her students. Mrs.Stauffer is not to be trusted and, as a school counselor, she should be someone you can talk to. She is the complete opposite, however. People hide their true emotions from her and middle school is a hard time for teenagers so having to bottle up your emotions on top of that? It takes a toll on you. Please do NOT send your child to this school. If you do, i hope they don't have as toxic of an experience as i did. read more

If you were to tell me that I could jot down all of the memories I had of my middle school experience and then share them on a public platform years later................ I would have said GET OUT OF YOUR MIND..... Anywhoo...... I just couldn't resist Lincoln Middle school is in the Santa Monica Unified school District. Along with John Adams Middle school (Jams) and their subsequent elementary schools such as Franklin & Roosevelt. 1. The school is divided into colored cores (Each core has a group of 3-4 teachers per subject which allows the students to have a more intimate relationship with their teachers as opposed to bouncing around through random teachers each semester. 2. Food/nutrition: I can't even begin to tell you how much I miss their nutirtion pizzas and their lemonade SLUSHY..... SHIT. If I could go back in Doc Brown's Delorean I totally would......... Also, durin' lunch time you had your choice of Monterey Jack burrito or your shitty dominos pizza in a box. However, I'm sure it's improved. 3. Students: It's what you'd expect from a school in Santa Monica. The majority of the kids are White. However, it's more of a reflection of the area than anything else. However, you have your sprinkle of Asian/Black/Latino/ Middle easterner kids..... Though, at the time as a student you really don't tend to think about those kinds of things 4. Academics: It's pretty rigorous. I feel that students are definitely challenged. Progress reports and report cards like a lot of schools. 5. Teachers: Fantastic. A lot of them are still there. In fact a lot of them have been teachin' for over 30 + years. I think the oldest teacher who is still at Lincoln is Mr. Obi........ It's spelled differently but it's pronounced "OBI". Wood shop teacher! Mr. Johnston (6th Grade Science), Mrs. Hart (7th grade English/History) are just some of my favorite teachers who are still there today........ 6. Facilities: 8th grade patio, two stories, play ground, basketball, track detention hall in cafeteria..... What more do you need? *Though, I thoroughly enjoyed my middle school experience at Lincoln. Minus my Mushroom haircut that I should have cut.. read more

its good, the teachers are nice and its just fun overall. i would go here again if i could.

Horrible school experience. Administration pretends they are doing something to solve a problem your kid experiencing by spoiled other kids but they're only patting your back. We've had terrible experience with Keleher. She is rude and arrogant. That's not how an educator should be. read more

Simply an excellent middle school with a superior music and theater program and a beautiful new athletic field. I have found the principal responsive to my needs and the office friendly and welcoming. My son is very happy there. read more

We tried this school for two and a half months and then I pulled my kid out. Non stop propaganda for political correctness. Now we are in a private school and it's expensive but at least no leftist brainwashing. read more

I am currently in the 6th grade at this school and I love it! -The food is great (though I don't recommend the burritos) and there is a wide range of it too! There's the salad bar, snack carts (those require cash), standard food from the cafeteria, and my personal favorite, BBQ. Note about the barbecue- don't go expecting ribs. They have burgers, hot dogs, grilled chicken, BBQ sandwich, the occasional veggie burger, and more! Also, unless you specifically say, "No tator-totts" you will get some. If you don't like them, get them anyway, and give them to someone who's still in line- they'll be grateful! -The teachers are mostly wonderful, with a few mediocre. Many have been teaching for 20+ years! Heads up, if you're going into sixth grade, you NEED Mr.Vieira. He moves quickly, but the majority of the class learns well thanks to hands-on demonstrations. Plus, while I can't speak for seventh and eighth grade, there's not to much homework- but do what's assigned. Otherwise, you get Guided Study. Don't worry, Guided Study isn't bad, you just stay after school twenty minutes, and go home. It doesn't even go on your record! -We have a huge track, a large field, I think six full basketball courts, a huge and brand-new library, an auditorium, an exceptionally sized commons area for lunch (30 min) and nutrition (10 min), a pool, a rock climbing room, and if you get the right PE teacher, a fencing unit in Gym Class! What more do you want? Slushies? We have those too. - A decent diversity, nothing special. Mostly white, with a bunch of Asian and Mexican, and a few black students. However, only the biggest jerks exclude kids due to their own idiotic rascism- of course we've got our bitches and jerks, but few rascists. Warning, some people do occasionally use gay as an insult, but if that happens, and that's a big if, the only advice I can give you is to be blasé and beat 'me up later. Far away from campus. -Lots of fun extra curriculers, and on Wednesdays, school starts at ten instead of 8:20, and no, they don't make you stay late. And, to respond to Ez M.'s review, that doesn't happen anymore and I'm sorry about your sister. If it does happen, tell the school. If the school does nothing, tell the students. The gossips, the populars, and the bossy nerds. Make sure word gets out- we will help. It'll get taken care of. I promise. Overall, I feel it's a good school. Please come join, we need more smart people. A lot of the sixth graders couldn't tell me what an additive inverse is if I put a gun to their heads. read more

Lincoln Middle School - Middle Schools & High Schools Near Me - Santa Monica, California

I went to this school for 8th grade after moving to SM from the valey and this is what I remember 19 years later: -Running millions of laps around the school while the PE teachers shouted "encouragement". Turned me off running for life, but middle school PE will do that. -The art teacher who used to be a cheerleader and beauty queen back in the 70s and would reminisce about that while she painted her nails and we painted whatever we were painting in art class. -Obi: Legendary history teacher with a white beard and wicked sense of humour. -Delicious chicken burgers bought from carts on the patio at lunch. -All the popular kids were rich and white and had long glossy hair. Natch. -Not particularly racially diverse. Very few black kids, but a smattering of Mexicans and asians. -Pleasant looking campus situated close to the #2 bus which was convenient for getting home as a latch key kids. I went to two other middle schools before this and they were unspeakably horrible. Lincoln was not an amazing educational experience for me (had to wait for college for that) but it was certainly better than most other LA area public middle schools. read more

Went there for a year and a half and it pretty good. Lots of hw. Very strict on the hw (if half or less or even 1% wasn't completed then you had to stay after school. No matter if you had a doctor appointment then a sports practice then another doctor appointment. Starts around 3 and ends at 10 at night.) And they could give you detention for no reason. But all of that was on a rare occasion. Mostly all nice teachers. Went there when the the outside basketball hoops wasn't remodeled. And one good thing is that they have their own pool. Art class was fun. Mr.Obi class was cool and fun. Computer tech was fun sometimes and other times were tiring. Music history was fun. The year 1/2 I went there (maybe before and after I went there) it was mainly "North of Montana" kids and when graduated a lot went to Pali or Malibu or BH b/c of SAMO being a "not to safe school for them". read more

Well, the school was excellent until last year. It still has a lot of potential. The first problem was a lockdown when a man with a gun was spotted, but it ended up being just a minor scare and the second was when an ESL teacher was caught molesting poor little girls last school year. The Santa Monica School District will be sued because nobody bothered to investigate the man a couple of years ago when one little girl complained and now more little girls are going to be suffering for the rest of their lives because this teacher couldn't control his urges to be a pedophile even after he was alerted that there was a complaint against him. He should have been fired as soon as it was even alleged , but the school board is a bunch of overpaid know-it-alls. He will go to jail. But Lincoln's reputation is ruined because they now have no organization and the Principle is scape-goated and reassigned to another school because she took too many preganancy leaves and made a reference to how all teachers are to keep their doors open so molestation can now be seen from the hallways. Crazy thinking I'm sure. In other words, this school needs to have new leadership and the kids need to revolt and show the adults that instead of increasing their salaries every year maybe they can take a vested interest in the future minds of tomorrow by actually stopping the financial expenditures of more outside people to help the mess already created by their outragegeous bureaucratic insanity. If Albert Einstein had gone to Lincoln he would have preferred to have been home-schooled. But for social interraction the school is good. The boys and girls are good looking beach kids. Many of them have freckles and they have yet to experience adolescent angst. They are filled with ideals of bettering their over-exercised mothers and their overworked fathers by going to anything but community college so their children can go to private school. All in all the education is good and the teachers are fantastic but the communication between the Board of Education and the Principles of Higher Learning and Safety of little girls has a lot to be desired. read more

I realize this may be more a reflection of me than the school overall, but I went here in the mid-90s and the following was my impression. The buildings and facilities are pretty clean and modern looking. The SMMUSD seems to do a decent job of maintaining their school, especially given the perception that our public schools don't receive the funding they should. They try to make things fun with special theme assemblies and things like teaching us how to juggle and even dance in P.E. class, although much of that class is running laps. The teachers run the gamut from the mediocre ones who seem uninspired, the arguably bad ones who may have an attitude towards some students, and the few great ones. I took Mr. Martinez for Spanish (not sure if he still teaches there), and although he was good at teaching the language, he used to pick on kids who he felt were not respecting his authority or kids he simply didn't like. I took Mr. Obusek for U.S. history, and he was one of the best teachers I've ever had at any school. He's just an amazing guy, great sense of humor and he seemed to genuinely care about us. Unfortunately, teachers like Obusek were the only highlights for me. When I was there I was dealing with issues because I grew up in an emotionally toxic family, and so my grades steadily declined while I was there and I got a lot of detention. The problem was that some of the teachers and faculty had a personal vendetta against me and seemed to be waiting in the wings to pounce on an opportunity to give me detention or saturday school. They lumped me in with the knuckleheads and true troublemakers there, even though I wasn't a bad kid at all. What they should've been doing was showing genuine concern for me (and others who weren't doing well) and trying to help us grow and overcome obstacles. I went on to turn things around in high school at SAMO, graduate from college and do OK, but I wonder if what I described may be part of the overall culture at this school. As a Santa Monica native I hate to see any establishment, public or private, drop the ball on serving our people and instead just look to ego trip by exploiting those who aren't doing well. In summary, if you or your kids are high-achieving, emotionally healthy and (i hate to say this) white, Lincoln Middle School is a really solid choice. Otherwise, take a good look at how things really are here and make the right decision for you and your family. read more

I am currently going into 8th grade at this school, and it is the best public middle school in the area. The teacher's are really cool for the most part, aside from the occasional luck of getting "the evil teacher" or the boring "I'll just sit around and eat my salad, while I give you loads of work to do" kind of teachers, their really easy going. The diversity of the students is almost completely white and Mexican, similar to the mix of the teachers and staff. The food selections are pretty gross, like the barbecue and the cafeteria is not something i would advise you to touch even if you were dying, thank god the snack carts have a nice range of tasty selections. Also the kids that go there r super chill, except for the couple of "Head Bitches", the jerks, or kids who think they're better than everyone else, along with a not to be forgotten middle school enemy that you'll run into at some point. If you're going into 6th grade you may know the 3 elementary schools for Lincoln are Roosevelt, Franklin, and Mckinley, and to b honest, the kids from Mckinley r the people to hang with, for reason's you can only understand if you happen to become friends with them. Also, just a little piece of information Ms.Suffolk (science/english), Ms.Hartson (english/history), and Ms.Hart (english/history) are 3 must have teachers in the 7th grade, along with some of my fav choices for 6th grade teachers Ms.Hoffman (math), and Ms.Utzinger (science/ap math). Each grade has 2 cores named after different jewels. 6th grade=Diamond and Ruby, 7th grade=Quartz and Sapphire, 8th grade=Jade and Onyx. And sadly, you'll have to expect to work your butt off for hours, on long, boring, pointless work, and to run a zillion laps in P.E. So if your going to Lincoln, it's most likely you'll have an all-right experience, once you get past the hard stuff. As well as, be prepared to make some "interesting friendships", you'll never forget Watch out for the 7th grade, it's a killer :P read more