Sudbrook Magnet Middle School

Sudbrook was good, but....its not that greats as everyone portrays it to be. As a former Performing Arts student Sudbrook had a lot of favoritism. The academic part of Sudbrook was great. For the most part I learned a lot. The performing Arts magnet programs were really good. They had a lot of opportunities that the students could partake in throughout the whole year. But then again, once casting for plays or musicals were happening they chose their favorite people to do it. Once confronted about it they said that it was based on talent and not based on the actual person, which is okay in my opinion as long as you don't pick the same person every time you're putting on a production . Everyone has the capability of performing well because the teachers chose them in 5th grade to be in the school in the first place, so I don't understand why they are going to chose the same group of people every single time to do things. The theater magnet was okay too, but levels 1 and 3 was a big waste of time. For most of the time the class didn't really do anything, and we had basically 90 minutes of free time. When it came to Musical or play season, the teachers would make us sit in the auditorium and do busy work while they work on the set for the after school productions. It is nice that they do those things for us, but I would like if they allowed us to help when they are building stuff , or if they taught us what they were doing when they were doing it so we could learn and apply it to the theater. I wish they would teach us more of the tech aspect of the theater, they did a great job of it in level 2 , but after that they never reviewed it.The chorus magnet is okay, but then again it shows a lot of favoritism. The String magnet was the best class there is at the school. The teacher shows no favoritism at all. She is the best performing arts teacher there. Overall, it was a great experience and I learned a lot. The teachers do a lot for their students.

It's a pretty good school and i've learned a lot this past year, the only thing that troubles me is that since i'm in a world language magnet I can't chose dance, or theatre as an elective. I think that's a bit unfair. Also be carful what magnet you chose, because if it's not a preforming arts magnet your gonna have it pretty much everyday.

okay okay, this is from the tales of an 8th grade student about to graduate from sudbrook magnet middle school. In the 6th, the school may seem bad to some but its just the nerves of starting middle school. There will be times when you feel like your gonna fail a class or just get a bad grade overall but thats just the price you pay with going to a new school in a new enviroment. I always thought (and still kinda do) think that when teachers always said "when you go to middle/high school next year, things won't work how you want and things are gonna be a hole lot harder!". This is only half true. When you first start you think the teachers are crazy when they give alot of homework and challenging activities but it is only a phase, after a while you just get used to everything. Then before you know it 6th grade is over, then your in 8th about to leave. Don't judge sudbrook based off the middle school phase. Sudbrook to me has always been one big happy family. They offer alot of opportunities too. In performing arts they have plays and musicals. Sometimes you don't even have to take a performing arts class to participate. (ex., the nutcraker). Theres a bunch of clubs and sports to be involved. Also there are alot of cool teachers such as ms.boyd, mr.savold, mr.depoche, ms.guggino, ms.thompson, and a whole buch of others. This doesnt mean that there isnt any bad teachers though, those are in all schools. In sudbrook you are able to make friends that stick with you throughout everything. For 8th graders, theres the cruise trip, semiformal, trip to new york. They used to do a trip to hershey park ( band, orchestra, and chrous only) where you play for judges and spend the day at hershey then get awards but they stopped because it puts the teachers jobs at risk. but overall sudbrook is an okay school theres still some petty people but you get over them. I certainly don't regret ever going either or i wouldnt have met the friends i have now or any of my experiences

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