Weird place to see school ratings honestly. Wanted to point out that for the 2022 Fall season, we are having a very good experience at Cunha. Specifically the principle Mr. Clinton is killing it. Communications are effective and clear, there is obvious attention to keeping the school clean and taking pride in the grounds. Our counselor, Janice Lee is easy to reach, accommodated our daughters needs, and all of the teachers clearly care about kids education. Also, kids are a nightmare at this age and we see an appearance of curbing the bullying that is common in middle school. We're happy we stuck with the public school system. Woot! read more

Our sons had their soccer games @ M. Cunha Int. The turf field is well kept. They have a snack bar and rest rooms available. However, when several games are going on @ the same time, parking is limited. Due to the small parking lot. read more

Manuel F Cunha Intermediate School - Turf field @ Manuel F Cunha Intermediate School - Middle Schools & High Schools Near Me - Half Moon Bay, California

Wow, not sure where the previous and only post came from?! This is a review site for CURRENT reviews so that the general public can get an idea of what the school is like CURRENTLY, not from when you went there over 10 years ago, obviously you have some personal issues from that time in your life. I felt compelled to write a current year review and of the current staff. My child is in her first year at this school and loves it! I don't think that everything is "perfect" but I do believe that the staff, children and parents have a common goal to try our best to make things better and change some of the old ways (especially as it has pertained to an ancient dress code.) This school uses a computer system called School Loop which is extremely helpful and instrumental in tracking your child's progress and assignments. They put the responsibility on the children to communicate their needs to their teachers directly to help teach them the life skills they will need in the future to advocate for themselves, but they openly welcome parent advice and input. They put on amazing school functions and have a killer PTO. My daughter has never complained of bullying and if she sees it-it gets reported. She feels safe at school and appreciated. The school has also put assemblies and other systems in place for anti-bullying and overall peer comradery. I sincerely hope that the previous poster will revise their post or delete it to something a little more current than 7 years ago, it's not fair that this school got dinged from her personal adolescent baggage. read more

junior high schools are usually the worst. I went here quite a long time ago, 7 years ago to be exact, back when they didn't have their new foot ball field and it was just a grassy field with mole holes where kids would seriously injure their ankles in. I twisted my ankle and it was bad for two weeks. I think a lot of teachers had mistreated kids at this school when I went there. There was a lot of favoritism or other things going on. The campus was disgusting, had an old dead tree sitting there for the longest time, gum was EVERYWHERE, the staff was extremely rude and aggressive. The kids were demonic, extremely bad, misbehaved, a lot of guys would pester girls, and there was a ton of bullying going on. A lot of kids would outright make some teachers cry or go into a rage because of how disruptive and unfocussed they were. I felt bad for a lot of my teachers for having to put up with them. A lot of buildings were old and falling apart, I'm glad they replaced the field with an official track now, but the two story building was fixed recently and I heard it actually was put together with bad craftsmanship or something so it was getting damaged and had to be fixed AGAIN? I'm not sure, but there's been a lot of construction issues over there for years. My friends and I got bullied so much at this school, that I actually couldn't stand the final year. I went homeschooled for two years because this school and its students were so awful. I got gum stuck in my hair and on my shoe, I had a brownie thrown at me and got caught in my hair, some kid through an apple at me. I got mustard squirted on my socks, I had an orange peel and a chip bag thrown in my open backpack like it was a garbage can, I was yelled at by students and teachers for cleaning up garbage myself because the janitor wasn't doing a good job, the janitor outright called me stupid and I reported him for it- luckily they dealt with him somehow but the next day he confronted me but I couldn't understand what the heck he was saying so he just left. Very awkward and immature. I've had things stolen, my art books and comic books crumpled or torn up... you gotta guard yourself at this school. I came from a brand new Illinois junior high. If you swore, you were sent to the counselor. I couldn't believe the amount of swearing going on over here. I avoided swearing for an entire year until it got pounded into my head so constantly that I finally gave into it. Kids actually made it a game to try and get me to curse. I'd be approached and told how weird I was. Also their food was not good at all. They have you stand in this long line and wouldn't give you quality school food. I tried to look into hot lunch they provided, but it took forever to get it, and they didn't always have a vegetarian option. No constant vegetarian options at a california school? You're kidding right? There was so much more I'm sure I've repressed, and I wish I could give an updated review for this school in its recent years. I sincerely hope its not as bad as it was, but if it is, I consider taking your kid somewhere else. This school butchered me and my friends. It destroyed all the kids that attended this school during my time there. I really sincerely hope its not as bad as it was, but... things don't always change easily at Californian schools. read more

I'm going here and mostly the food is shit and I mean SHIT the principals are pretty nice but there are no flaws except the vaping and smoking problems but its really fun and the activities are the best but its just the food that is bad ( I found some bugs in my salad and no one did anything to help me at least get a good meal) read more

I am currently attending cunha and am highly unsatisfied with my experience. The teachers are pretty good but the yard staff has trouble controlling the kids and there are fights almost daily. On top of that our standers are very low and our overall scores are low as well. The former principal Mr.Pheldman had major favorites and would treat kids unfairly just because he didn't like them while giving his favorites special treatment. The new principal is better. Another complaint is the subs. we only get the worst ones and most of the time they fall asleep or almost completely ignore us. It is either that or they are as strict as drill Sargents. I tried to transfer but it didnt go through and now i am stuck here. Another thing is that our dress code is Non-existent. Kids come to school showing too much skin and dont even get noticed for it. Kids will wear belie shirts as well strapless crop tops. They also wear shorts that should be called underwear and boys specifically wear shirts with inappropriate content on them. read more

this scool sucks balls, i was a ketomene addict and after i whent to this scool i was also addicted to heroin. so pretty cool place