William Penn Middle School

My children have enjoyed going to William Penn. The classes have been challenging and we worked with the schools on both an IEP (ADHD) and a GIEP (gifted). I feel that the school has worked with us to insure our children have what they need to succeed. Lots of wonderful after school programs and great music and drama programs. My only criticism is that communication is incredibly scattered -- different apps and methods between classes, poor communication home about extracurriculars, but terrific involvement related to COVID and big school news. Wish it were more even across the whole spectrum of communications. The virtual school program has been wonderful for my daughter -- art projects sent home to complete, computer needs met, it is nice to hear the teachers being so upbeat and working so hard to engage the kids. Very happy with this school.

No accountability. Watched my daughter go from exceptional at learning to afraid to get up from her desk. Uncaring teachers and administration. They did not prepare the students to transistion to the high school well at all.

This school is completely pathetic! The teachers are nice but some of them give way too much homework and its completely unacceptable! The school lunch is horrible and the pizza tasted like hand sanitizer! They need to give less homework, get bigger lockers for 7th and 8th grade, they need to have a better understanding of some students, and they need to be less strict when it comes to grades!

Since my daughter started in William Penn her grades have started to slip as well as her self-confidence. She was a very high preforming student and did exceedingly well in school. There is no transparency when it comes to course placement and what courses are offered. I have been paid lip service by the counselors, teachers and the administration. I don t think they are capable of helping the students who are not in NJHS or lower preforming students. After meetings with the teachers, counselors and administration I never get a clear explanation about things like, why did you forget to administer a full day of Keystone exams and why are they still effecting her course placement? I have no confidence in the administration at this school.