My experience at this school most certainly could have been better. I will give both my ups and…read moredowns, because while I did not enjoy my time here, there will always be parts that could have been worse. Let us start with the rather positive side. Certain teachers made my time here much better, such as Ms. Griffiths (7-8th grade Math instructor). Going to math has never been exactly something I'm excited for. I personally, do not like math- at all, really. But when it was time to go to math class at Steam, it was always a joy. While the kids could certainly be overwhelming, Ms. G always made sure we were learning and she never gave up with teaching. She made learning fun and helped us learn and prepare for the next grade right on level. Some of the school lunches also were relatively good, specifically the salads, taco Tuesdays, and bosco sticks. Other than those I was not a huge fan of the school lunches. The academics were pretty good; we stayed on level and occasionally tested the waters with lessons for our next year. But now moving on with academics, it was extremely easy to become drained and lose all motivation. We constantly did OAT practice testing, which yes, helped with our state tests coming up, but it felt redundant when we began to do them consistently without any improvement only halfway through the year. Another not so great part about going class to class in middle school is that you are treated like an elementary grade student. You are walked class to class, no independence, no trust. While that may be slightly reasonable for today's economy, it is insensible considering that when we move on to high school, that will no longer be the case. Imagine that you had been going there your whole life and that had become your normal. Imagine the pure culture shock when you do, eventually, move on past grade school? Continuing on with my rant, let us talk about the state of the building. There are cockroaches, smaller roaches, ants, and most likely other infestations bugs throughout the building. I have seen roaches crawl out from underneath water fountains while trying to get a drink. Truely unsanitary if you were to ask me. The building is on the older side, but I feel as though some maintenance would do the school much good. One more positive thing with that is that though the building quality is underwhelming, most of the money that would have gone to that cause goes to the students. Field trips, sporting events, plenty of festivities and dances, you name it. The dean, Ms. Taylor for the older grades is a wonderful and loving lady, along with the Principal Mrs. Thomas. I personally didn't get to experience the other deans but according to the grape vine they all are talked of positively! There are in school counselors, which truly do help in my opinion. My recommendation is to look into what type of education your child needs, what type of people you want your child around, and other options if you really want to be sure on the school they are sent to. I will say that the Special Education instructors here do help, and they have wonderful programs and clubs at Steam. Thank you for listening to my review, TruthfulReviewer Out!

I have been at this school ever since I was in kindergarten through 8th grade. There is so many…read morethings that happened at this school that made it such a bad school. Teachers suck especially Miss. Apple, she always made my classmates feel horrible about themselves and always broke down their confidence. She would usually say when you did something wrong was something along the lines of how you will fail in high school. She never really cared about students only ever in a blue moon and when a class before my class came in she would usually blow all of her anger out on us. What they do for displine was horrible ways, one time this boy in my class legit jerked his meat off in class and only gave him ISS for 2 days even tho he has been doing it through out the school year. There was multiple roach sightings that me and my classmates have seen these all through out our years there. Therapist are alright just always forgot to put me in their schedule and would expect my parents to pay them even tho I never saw them after months of waiting for me to go to their room to talk. School lunch is always cold or too hot for me to eat and sometimes it made me question if they were cooking a dead body in the back and putting it in for lunch. The only positive things that made me not put this school at a 1 star review was the student's/classmates I made along the way, some teachers made it better. Plus they stopped banging on the door when we did an active shooter drill, since they did that when I was younger like around 1st grade I was scared whenever I came home after that drill thinking that their was a actual active shooter. Please, don't make your child go into this school, reconsider.

If I could leave zero stars, I would. They have three different playgrounds, that are all locked…read more There's a sign that says they aren't public playgrounds, but are for school kids only. I've never been to an Elementary school or middle school that had a playground that WASN'T open to the public. That just doesn't make any sense to me. Why build a playground that ALL kids can't enjoy? Whether they go to school there or not? Open your gates to ALL kids!