Oberon Junior High School

7300 Quail Street

School District

Jeffco Public Schools
Grade

6-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:17
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by student on February 25, 2025

I’m going to start this by saying I love most of the teachers here and they do a great job with the exception of some. However, the violence at this school is absolutely unacceptable. The bullying is never resolved. I know someone who has been getting threatened and yelled at everyday and the school has done pretty much nothing to stop it. I also have some friends that get bullied and when confronted the bully’s lie and the people who are supposed to help fall for the bait so nothing gets resolved. Or when the bully’s don’t lie (or when the bully isn’t in the room) you are asked if you started it or interrogated them. That is a bad question to ask someone who is getting repeatedly harassed and just shows that the school picks favorites and doesn’t care enough to solve issues. Not to mention the principal doesn’t do much. It seem that the vice principal’s are doing the most work when it comes to the school and helping students. The good thing I have gotten out of this school is an awesome history teacher and wonderful friends.
Submitted by student on September 07, 2023

This is the worst school i have ever been to.
Submitted by student on November 03, 2022

Ok I am no parent or I am not yet a parent but I do go to this school I will say the teachers are nice to the good kids but if you are a good student then you most likely get picked on the principles are nice when they are not in there office they get mad at the stupidest things like play fighting with your friends or giving your friends piggy-back rides its motto is "Oberon Middle School devolves a supportive innovative community of resilient learners" and let me tell you it sure does that sort-of the "community" is not a community it is not at all supportive and it is very far off of innovative the only thing that is true is it builds up resilient learners but at the end of the day you have to be resilient to even think about going there. I have a friend who posted a review and he was forced to take it down I would not recommend. Something has to be said about this school.
Submitted by parent on February 26, 2022

The Principal puts on a very good "show" for parents of incoming students and after that does nothing that backs up his talk except more talk, even after being contacted about concerns with teachers creating an environment that discourages learning and not doing their jobs. The assistant Principal assigned to our student's group also did nothing to correct problems and avoids conflict with teachers at all cost. Probably around 60% of the Teachers are pretty good at what they do, with some of those being great, the other 40% seem to just be there for a paycheck and are horrible teachers. The counselors seem to care and support the students.
Submitted by parent on May 12, 2021

Horrible Ap and major bullying problem. This school has gone down hill. The principal dosen't try to help either.
Submitted by other on September 28, 2020

I'm grateful for the work this school has accomplished and my experience is both positive and personal.
Submitted by parent on June 04, 2020

Our experience at this school has been dismal.
Submitted by other on November 04, 2019

Terrible. School has a chronic bullying problem. While every school has bullies, bullying grows when left unabated.
Submitted by student on August 20, 2019

The teachers lack in responsibility regarding bullying, giving respect to the students, and proper punishment for bad behavior and reward for excellent behavior. The teachers and staff disregard academic excellence such as properly acknowledging a 4.0 GPA but rather focus on little things in a large extent such as WEB leaders. Whilst they do contribute to the success of students as they give a tour of the school to incoming student a long with other things, the teachers care much more of that then a 4.0 GPA which I find perplexing. Yes, the curriculum is fair and the teachers teach the subjects fine, but I feel like the honors classes and the extra curricular activities don’t have enough importance. Overall my experience at Oberon MS as a 7th and 8th grader was about average and Oberon is an average school with average students.
Submitted by other on May 31, 2016

Oberon has a solid staff and rigorous curriculum that is very much in line with the expectations that come with being a feeder school to Ralston Valley HS. Many of the staff here are some of the best I have ever met. Organized, passionate and great with children. I went to Oberon as a child and then did a semester shadowing teachers there while I was getting my teaching license. I was really impressed with the high level thinking I saw teachers eliciting in these kids. I've worked at a few other schools and the only other school that I've been in where I can honestly say the curriculum was better was Ralston Valley, which is in this very district. I am a parent now and deeply wish I could move back into this neighborhood so my kid could go to this school!
Submitted by parent on May 09, 2016

The seventh grade experience for my son has been terrible. He is constantly complaining of being "bored", his grades are the worse they have ever been, he is flunking English and getting D's in most other classes. Have any of these teachers reached out to us about this? No! Any teacher interaction has been initiated by us. They tell us we should be on top of our son's grades by logging onto parent portal but grades are not upgraded and the ridiculous BYOD policy makes it impossible for us to even make sure he is doing his homework. He has been in trouble a lot (I believe due to this boredom) and even had a 3 day suspension...the last day of it to be spent at school. Did an administrator, counselor, etc speak with him that day about this suspension...NO! Education and a child's success is not a priority at this school...pushing the administration's agenda is. The BYOD policy is the principal's agenda and is hurting these student's education. It is not required in any other middle school or high school. I will be looking for another school to finish his middle school out in. To say I am not at all impressed with school is an understatement.
Submitted by parent on April 15, 2016

This school has absolutely no leadership. Disorganization, favoritism, and safety violations are saturated throughout this school. The same set of rules apply to none of the students here. Sure, there are some really good teachers here, but, with the administration's lack of communication and downright disregard for policies, how can they shine? This school is unsafe. Education is secondary here. This school only offerered a bad experience for my child, and learning was not the priority. The BYOD is a constant struggle for students and teachers. Video games and social media present in ever classroom. You can't take back these experiences for your child. And some bad experiences are good for teaching, however, the ones at Oberon are not teachable moments. They are a result of whatever is easiest for the administration, and that can be 100% at the cost of your student's well being, and their education. Assaults are constant at this school- supervision is over looked here. Children who did well in elementary are failing their classes here. It's the environment, not the teachers. Take a serious look at the reviews on here from the last few years... Future students and parents, if you have other choices- take them! And Jeffco, please look into this mess at Oberon, and clean it up! For the sake of your students!
Submitted by parent on February 24, 2015

This school,is ridiculous. I used to go here as a child. And it was fine. But nowadays, it is just plain malarkey. Th Byod policy is very unnerving and stressful, as my child has had his Ipad taken away multiple times because of games. It may be his fault, but nobody should have ever brought there device to class, let alone school, because kids get bored and distracted easily. And the ridiculous rules they have. A kid gets suspension because they were using self defense against somebody else who was attacking him?!?! My son gets detention because he was messing around with his best friend!? I get a d and f call because he had that grade as of Wednesday, not the Friday I got the call? Stay away from here. If you want a safe place with decent rules and not get their ipad stolen, then move to another area, somewhere but here.
Submitted by parent on September 21, 2014

Oberon Middle School is the best! My family and I actually moved into Oberon's boundaries in order for my daughter to attend this school. The support, understanding and willingness to help my daughter who has special needs has been incredible. We are forever grateful. The principal, Mrs. Pena, is a brave and strong woman who also operates from a place of love - an amazing combination. Of course, there are a few teachers that are "tired" and need to go, however, the majority of the staff is terrific. As far as the negative comments posted here regarding the BYOD (bring you own device), I would encourage you to reconsider your position as the BYOD provides a number of positive elements to the students' education. I think we can all agree that our children will be obligated to utilize advanced technology in high school and college. How fortunate we are that our kids have the opportunity to be exposed to this technology now. I truly can say that I've never experienced a school with such integrity, vision and graciousness.
Submitted by parent on July 19, 2014

It is unfortunate that the administration at Oberon is choosing to hold on to the Bring Your Own Device campaign given the poor experience everyone had its first year. What is even more unfortunate is the new requirement to bring a tablet. Be prepared to shell out hundreds of dollars for your child to attend Oberon! Now we have 13-14 year olds learning to use devices instead of their brains. The Science department is absolutely atrocious in this school and I hope the administration realizes how destructive these devices are to our children sooner than later. These kids dont even know how to take notes or study for a test because there are NO lectures and NO TESTS! As for parent involvement, it is impossible to get involved at this school when the PTA is self-elected and rude to people who show up to meetings. Serious changes need to happen at Oberon.
Submitted by parent on May 19, 2014

We've had two students attend this school, different years. It Was a good school. Many negative changes now. Their Bring Your Own Device initiative has kids attached to "required" ipads, phones and computers all the time and yes despite the claims of the staff, the kids are absolutely texting and gaming during class. Actual educational instruction is lacking, relying mostly on Google. There are a couple of great teachers but I think they'll probably move onto others schools like the others did. Oberon needs a serious overhaul, new leadership and a back to basics curriculum, I'm glad we don't have students attending there next year. The kids attending Oberon will not be prepared for what lies ahead in high school.
Submitted by other on May 19, 2014

Student: This has not been a good year. Except for one teacher who was awesome, I hated going pretty much everyday and I've always liked school. Wish I didn't have to go here next year :(