Cross Timbers Middle School

My children and our family had a wonderful experience at CTMS. The school fosters the importance of education with a balance of class work/homework... physical and social activity. The teachers and administrators at this school always worked with the parents and children for a successful experience. There is the perfect amount of diversity that I appreciated. I can’t say enough great things about this school.

I’ve had 2 kids “graduate” from CTMS & one more to go. I have really enjoyed our time there. It goes quickly! Lots of options for kids to experience (band, cheer, dance, athletics, plays, choir, art, languages, etc)

This is a large middle school, yet I have been pleasantly surprised with how "present" the principal is. She seems to be at every event and knows all the students and parents personally. I have also been impressed with efforts to "mix" the students through the club program. Every teacher leads a club (unusual in a public, non-charter school), and there is time reserved during school on Fridays for clubs to meet. This gives students the opportunity to develop relationships with students they wouldn't meet through their normal classes, creating more "friendly faces" for them to see in the hallways and contributing to the overall sense of community. The PTA is very active and provides helpful parent events and top-notch student activities. Many, many of the extracurriculars (including athletics, contrary to other reviews on this site) are award-winning. I would say my only disappointment has been the decline of the band program the past few years. The band earned the highest rating (1) from all six UIL judges 8 of the past 12 years, but only once in the past 4 years. This year the band earned their lowest ratings yet, scoring in the bottom 10 of 41 bands in the region and 1 of only 4 varsity bands to receive a "3" from any one judge (scores are online through UIL; Cross TImbers is in region 24). Band aside, Cross Timbers has gone beyond my expectations, especially for such a large school.

Cross Timbers is a fantastic school. All three of our sons have attended. The teachers are excellent. Mrs. Dunn, the principal, is a strong leader and has hand picked an excellent group of educators. Our sons have all been in the AP and advanced classes and have always been challenged and inspired by the curriculum. There is diversity at this school and all the kids get along. They do run a tight ship and expect the students to excel. Our sons were in band, athletics and theater and all the programs have been top notch.