Mrachek Middle School

1955 South Telluride Street

School District

Adams-Arapahoe 28j
Grade

6-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:17
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by teacher on September 26, 2024

Working at Mrachek has been a joy. The staff are supportive and love both their students and content. Leadership is phenomenal. The level of emotional intelligence is better than any leadership team I've had before.I'm saddened by some of parent reviews. I've worked in a few public schools. The nature of serving the public is that it is complex. We have to respect each student's and family's privacy. This means sometimes it is hard to "get to the bottom" of incidents. If a child is acting out in the classroom, they are probably experiencing some difficulties in other spaces as well.Again, Mrachek has been a great place to work. Families are supportive, we have fun, and we learn a ton.
Submitted by teacher on March 22, 2024

I was a substitute teacher at this school. The teachers are hard-working; but the kids are very disrespectful. Substitute teachers get no support from the administration; for instance, kids in my class were swearing at each other and flipping each other off, and I called for help from the front office, and the administrator who came to my classroom said to me, "This is your problem; you need to manage this." Um,...how? What are my options? I'm a substitute. It was very discouraging.
Submitted by student on February 18, 2024

This school sucks. There are fights everyday, drama, drugs passed around the school, kids so disrespectful it gets others distracted and I can't barely learn anything's with these students. I also have two teachers in my schedule that I believe quit or got fired. The school is actually pretty nice, the teachers are good (the ones who actually teach which would be most at least), food is okay, it's just the children there. They break the computers and it feels as if there are about only ten computers on each class for thirty students. Kids here talk with their friends, watch phones, bully, etc. all most all classes. I've been trying to change my schedule, especially to a schedule where I am able to have a better learning environment as a GT student, but it seems as if the counselor doesn't care. Anyways, overall, don't go to this school. Your child is not safe. Your child will not learn. Trust me.
Submitted by parent on November 05, 2023

This is a horrible school. My child found baby roaches in their school lunch. And once my child even came home crying after the teacher hit them with a giant wooden ruler in the head. And my child gets severly bullied at school and my child told the principle about it but the princioal just said "I dont care" straigh to my childs face. Not even a "i will look into it." Horrible school, hope the school sets on fire.
Submitted by other on September 14, 2023

I liked it was a normal middle school and if I were you, I would give it a 7 or 8 out of 10 because people tried!
Submitted by other on March 26, 2023

I went to this school and I would always see flights it could be the morning, it could be in middle of class or even be passing period and the worst is lunch because teachers we barely be stopping the fights they just let it be. And one student got wild because they lost the phone and they couldn’t find it so the student knock at a door and bit one teacher and thank you God the teacher was brave enough to push out the student outside of the classroom.
Submitted by student on February 01, 2023

The culture here is more than enough to prove what I’ve been Saying for the last three years. No student has at home training or respect. It’s a constant battle every day. Theres so many fights and things of that sort.A little over a year ago, I was posted on one of the Instagram pages this school has, “mms_fattest.”I had to ask my parents to help take it down. I was angry, i couldnt speak, i was in a state of panic, I was upset.The next time I walked into a class the kids were stupid enough to continue to take photos of me.The school didn’t do Anything except for search the phone. They swore that they had serious measures they would take.None of them were taken. I never was properly forgiven.21-22 was the worst year so far. Many teachers resigned from the school because of how bad it got.All I wanted for the past three years was respect. I never did anything to anyone. I never hurt anyone. I stayed in my lane, I stayed with my friends, I was nice.I wish I got a little nice back. Instead, I was an idiot and let everyone walk over me. I blame myself for the harassment I go through.My mental health has gone to nothing since being there. The summer was the only thing I ever looked forward to. It would be three months that I got away from it all.I considered moving schools numerous times during my three years here. Ive reached out for help. Ive had over 30+ panic attacks in the last three school years either being there or even thinking of returning to the building. I found comfort in some of my teachers though. A lot of them are nice to me. They see me as an average human being. You know?I remember this one time we had a sub, and we were doing our work, and it got really loud. There were over 40 students in that class.I had to step out because of how loud it got. I was hyperventilating and panicking.It was quiet in the hall. I was finally feeling fine, then all of a sudden everyone started screaming.Someone had broken the sink.Kids kept running out and in the room, they were loud, and i couldn’t do anything.Unluckily for me it was time to dismiss, and it got louder. Everyone was screaming, my breathing for heavier…and I almost passed out.I couldn’t keep myself steady, my friend had to hold me up, I was in purgatory. At least thats what it felt like. So overall, don’t go here unless you’re willing to live three years of your life in sacrifice.Whatever you think of me, if you were in my shoes, you’d see I wear the same size as you.
Submitted by student on January 29, 2023

people, I do not recommend it at all, students treat immigrants very badly, I was bullied, I heard that my country was rubbish. I study there, but I'm trying to get out of there, because I, a Brazilian who left my country to have a better life, ended up with a worse life. The teachers are great, but I feel that the translation needs a little more attention in Portuguese, I DON'T SPEAK SPANISH.
Submitted by parent on October 31, 2022

Very very very good school I go there
Submitted by parent on September 12, 2022

My son is in his last year at Mrachek he has had a teacher cuss at him for no reason. He has witnessed a teacher pick up a chair and throw it at a student and may I say that the teacher still has her job there at Mrachek! There isn’t a day that goes by that the Aurora police are at the school for fighting either between students and teachers or just between students and other students. I’ve yet to actually see a principal there much less a vice principal. The two ladies in the front are about the only ones that are friendly and pleasant. Honestly if you can send your children to another middle school.
Submitted by student on November 20, 2021

I’m currently in my second year bear and it’s been absolute hell. Not to mention all of the fights and harassment has has been going on. I am a student who does orchestra and I’ve had my violin hidden from me and even gotten out of tune because of how self centered students are here.
Submitted by parent on February 13, 2021

My son went here and finally just started high school—THANK GOD. I’m a native to this area and Mracheck has NEVER been a good school. The reviews from former students that liked their experience is saddening and basically the point-in-case why you should find another school. Basic grammar and punctuation isn’t taught, and basic human skills aren’t taught. The times I went as a chaperone for field trips was a JOKE. You’d be assigned 10 kids per parent so the teachers could get a break and disappear. The principal Michelle Davis is completely lackluster as a leader. “My job is to accelerate learning for every student, every day. I do my job by building caring relationships with and among students, staff, and parents to create a safe, rigorous, and engaging learning environment. My community needs me to do my job”... that’s what she wrote about herself. It is a checklist of everything she is failing at. Especially at her doing her job. Heed my warning—find another school!!!!
Submitted by student on February 19, 2020

This has been the worst year of my life, my tutor helps me with everything test or anything we do, and the teachers don’t care about you do one even said “I don’t care what you do, u get paid no matter what” and kids took that to their advantage. Our principal came and we everyone had detention even knowing that it was 7 kids acting up!! This school is outrageous and I wasted a year of my life here. Smh
Submitted by other on May 08, 2019

I had an okay time there. Wasn't the best school but I made it okay
Submitted by parent on April 17, 2018

Yucky. If there was another school in the neighborhood my child would not be at Mrachek.
Submitted by parent on October 22, 2017

Overall, there are so many caring and passionate individuals working at this school, however, it is just each individual - I don't know if leadership brings them together. Going from elementary to this middle school is like night and day - you constantly hear kids being disrespectful, picking on other kids, and seeing them head the opposite way in the morning when dropping off your child.
Submitted by other on February 13, 2017

I love Mrachek middle school I actually went to Mrachek middle school.
Submitted by parent on October 18, 2016

The lady at the front office is very rude.Kids fighting. Seems adults are not watching the kids and bullying going on.
Submitted by parent on May 04, 2016

The. teachers and faculty go above and beyond with their efforts to teach and ensure student saftey. Three children of mine have attended Mrachek, each one of them have demonstrated the positive impact their teachers have had on their education. Our oldest child graduates this month and he plans on teaching as a career. This idea was born through friendships he formed with teachers while attending Mrachek middle school. He has carried this over to highschool, and now on to college he goes!
Submitted by parent on October 14, 2015

My son is going to this school currently. I had attended many years ago and enjoyed the teachers and school alike. Thus far, my son really enjoys it and is being challenged at every level. I am sad to read the comments that have been posted and wish that there were more recent experiences posted with specific details. I feel that middle school is such a confusing and difficult time for everyone at that age. I would have been more confident in the ratings if they were posted by objective parents instead of young people with pliable opinions. I think, given a chance and participation with the teachers, that this school is no different then any other school given what they have to work with. It is preached to go to another school, but what then? Let's leave an empty building? Those same problems will follow the same problem students to another school. Parents need do more than sit back and listen to their children complain. GET INVOLVED! Call, email, stop by and find out what is going on there at the school. Talk to the teachers. Go to the conferences. Attend the back to school nights. Join the PTA club. Nothing is going to change until we as parents in the community make the changes that we want to see. Until then, I happily send my 6th grader on to Mrachek and stay on top of his events, homework and after school clubs and activities. This is an ethnically balanced school. Let us make it a great school by supporting the staff, financially backing their requests and challenging our children to be BETTER citizens in our community. We are a comfortable middle class neighborhood. We can do better! They deserve the best!