John M Andersen Junior High School

1255 North Dobson Road

School District

Chandler Unified District
Grade

6-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:15
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by other on February 07, 2025

Do not ask children their pronouns. Do not enable social issues in minds that are too young to understand. These children are CHILDREN.
Submitted by parent on February 23, 2022

This school is a joke. They teachers look the other way on bullying.
Submitted by parent on March 10, 2021

2020-2021 has been a strange school year to say the least, but the staff and teachers did an excellent job teaching online and in-person at school moments notice. The front office is so welcoming and the staff are always available. The librarian is doing a great job motivating students to read and then having the whole school read a book has been an incredible experience! I have only interacted with the principal and 6th grade teachers, who have all been wonderful and helpful! My daughter is already being challenged more than she was in Elementary school and she was ready for Junior High. Andersen JH is an amazing school with great teachers and staff. Keep up the great work!
Submitted by parent on November 08, 2019

I am happy we chose Andersen. The teachers create a positive and interesting curriculum and I feel like my daughter is learning so much.
Submitted by parent on August 31, 2018

Wonderful. My child came from a top graded school in a well regarded AZ district and has thrived ten times better at Andersen. There are no pretenses and 100% support. The entire staff genuinely want each kid to succeed.
Submitted by parent on July 06, 2018

Horrible from the principle, Dr Meyer, on down. They do not support kids who are being bullied. There are a few amazing teachers on staff but there are several that are bullies themselves and behave and say terribly inappropriate things in class . When it is addressed with them they mock the "discipline" they receive to their class showing the affected student that their voice does not matter and being treated with respect does not apply to them.
Submitted by parent on November 03, 2017

I attended AJHS nearly 20 years ago and although the times were a little different then many of the staff were still there when my child started school at AJHS a couple of years ago, however in the past year many of these teachers and staff have now retired and the school has taken on a new principle. Things have gotten so bad and so out of control there it’s ridiculous. Screaming and cursing at kids is unacceptable as a teacher. Ignoring bullying is unacceptable as an educator or administrator. Refusing to help a parent or ignoring their request for contact is unacceptable. Treating the kids that you are supposed to help secure their future like trash is unacceptable. This school needs a serious overhaul and I hope that AJHS can be restored back to the amazing school that it once was. For now, I would strongly caution against sending another child to that place. For their safety and well-being, please explore your school options before committing to AJHS.
Submitted by parent on September 26, 2013

Well this school stay on top of the students grades the teachers really show they care by staying after school to help in tutoring or by give them help for a test. my daughters came from Illinois school system and they really wasn't challage there however at this school they are being challage in all courses of theirs classes and we love the before and after school tutoring and they have a late bus to get them home..we really thanks our teachers for a great job they perform on a everyday basic we need more school and teachers like John M Andersen High keep up the success for our childrens. also we I need to talk to my child teacher they are there in more than 1 way they return call back, they email you back and you can speak with them either before or after school this is awesome.
Submitted by parent on May 07, 2013

My son is in 7th grade and when i check his homework, i see how bed the level is (its equivalent to 5 grade in other countries). They also almost don t give homework to the students (at least to my son) and when they do, it s one hour max once a week.
Submitted by other on September 19, 2012

I am a student Andersen Jr. High and I love it there. I've been reading the other comments and a lot of them are about how the bullying there is really bad. The thing is, it's not so bad anymore. Andersen is not a bad school. They have an amazing staff. Andersen also recently broke the record for the read words in Arizona for middle schools. ince the Arizona Ed. Foundation has been awarding A+ recognition starting in 1991 only 41 junior highs/middle schools have received it. Of the 41 schools only 5 have received the award twice so AJHS is one of only 5 schools. And since 2003 AJHS is the only jr. high to have received the award twice.
Submitted by other on December 21, 2011

I have been at this school for one semester. The school has a lot of clubs and programs such as MYP/IB. The bad part of AJHS is that the teachers are strict, give a load of homework, and are mostly mean. Never go to this school. PLEASE!
Submitted by parent on October 25, 2011

Bullying is totally out of hand here. They do not take my concerns seriously. There has been no response from the teachers or the administration. My son got tackled on the sidewalk by another student who was trying to hurt him. Well he succeed. My son had a knot on his head the size of my fist. When I went to pick him up no one said a thing. They just looked at me when I complained that something needed to be done with the kid who tackled my son. Nothing was ever done and the bullying is still continuing intermittently. On a different note...I signed up for email school updates and have yet to receive one and they don't have a printed newsletter. Seems there are some balls dropped.