I like this school love teachers help me with stuff I need help with and my needs I am a formal…read moresixth grader first year at the school. The school is pretty fun however there's a lot of school drama like fights in cyberbullying and the counselors are amazing and they help you with everything. I wish that lunch could be longer, but classes are usually 40 minutes early release 30 minutes if you are reading this and planning to go to sky Ridge I recommend you going. It's really fun!

The choir teacher is a p3dofile. Otherwise ok school, MOST of the teachers are ok, and the…read moreelectives are nice

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.

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.

This small public charter school is exactly what my daughter needs. There is no bullying ! The…read moreclass sizes are small and the teachers are dedicated, young , exuberant professionals. The school is new and had it's first start to finish class of seniors graduate this year. The down side is no transportation and no sports. This is not an issue for my family. Any sport or extracurricular activity your student desires is available through nearby ( Reed) or zoned Washoe County high school. I know my daughter would not be able to handle the large size at our zoned high school. The special education teacher is awesome and the administration works closely with families to address their student's needs. I would highly recommend any family check out this school because the education and environment is excellent.

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 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.

They told my daughter that my 7 year old grandson could not read but have refused to get him…read morereading tutor. Horrible experience. His teacher also called him a liar in front of the whole class. We have removed him from this train-wreck of a school.