Castle Dome Middle School

2353 Otondo Drive

School District

Yuma Elementary District
Grade

6-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:23
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on May 24, 2023

Issues with violence and a severe threat involving a gun were not handled by school officials aside from a short conversation to placate my concerns when I showed up at the school following the suggestion of law enforcement to speak with the Principal. No punishment was issued to the offending student. A theft of my student's property, which a teacher knew about and confirmed by saying that he saw my student's property put in a trash can by the thief, was dismissed with zero consequence for the thief. My student told me students were being bullied often and teachers overhear, yet do nothing. Neither my student, nor I, had any faith in the school staff's support of a student facing issues with another student. Grading in ParentVue always showed 0 missing assignments, but grading is extremely delayed, inaccurate or missing so parents and students never really know where they stand. The homework method is inconsistent, varying between handouts, Google Classroom, other apps, or a combination of many. This confused my student often. And some classes have so many coloring assignments required... not coloring to label things as an aide to learning, but actual meaningless coloring of cute little cartoon people or animals, and students get graded down for NOT coloring even if the worksheet answers are there and correct. Many teachers are trying to guide students by threatening, yelling, sarcasm and demeaning comments/behavior. They will punish the class as a whole instead of the select few students who cause their stress. My student has had increased anxiety over going to a few specific classes due to these teachers consistently displaying an inability to maintain their tempers from previously stressful class periods or personal life issues.Parent-Teacher conferences must be requested by the parent. Teachers literally showed ZERO interest or concern with my student who was struggling and never reached out to me. Parental access to Google Classroom was blocked, as well as using any outside computer, which I understand for technical security issues, but it made it difficult to follow along with my student's studies and assignments due. A few times, my student's final report card grade was posted before the major end-term assignments were even due to be turned in. I'm not sure if this is just the way of the world of education now, or if this is just CDMS. As a parent, my experience with this school has been frustrating, concerning and less-than-stellar.
Submitted by parent on May 03, 2023

Just don't take your kid to this school
Submitted by parent on March 15, 2023

My child has harassed multiple times in this school and teachers do nothing every time. My child and her friends have talked about how many times she's heard sexual comments. She has been threatened and had rumors spread about her.
Submitted by other on March 09, 2023

it has a high amount of racism and sexsim it is not a safe environment there was a lot of fight and the mental health of the students is insanely low and this is only the start of all the things happening at the school
Submitted by student on March 01, 2023

Castle Dome Middle School is by far the best Jr. High school out their.
Submitted by parent on April 10, 2018

I wanted to like this school but all I saw was a decline for my daughter with little to no help from school
Submitted by other on May 12, 2017

I am at the moment attending another school, Amerischools North to be precise and I have a friend that also attends here. That friend has a cousin that goes there and she's in 8th grade, the cousin. Now the month was March and we had already learned absolute mean deviation, and my friend was talking to her cousin who was an all A student, and turns out that the 8th grader didn't even know that absolute mean deviation existed, and this is a recent update from 2017
Submitted by student on September 09, 2016

To be honest, its a good school. I'm starting to wonder wether or not the students who wrote some of these reviews went to the same school as I did. I went to this so called 'horrible school' for the entirety of 6th grade (small portion of 7th) and not once had I witnessed a student bully another with my own eyes, although I had heard some reports of bullying, it didn't happen often. The staff do a good job of trying to prevent that stuff from happening, especially the principal. The teachers are nice, the students behave well (enough), and the curriculum is good. Castle Dome Middle School wasn't the best school for me, but it certainly wasn't the worst. I suppose I'm going to miss this school, I only hope I'll attend one that is half (maybe three-quarters) as good as CDMS.
Submitted by student on June 13, 2016

This school is the worst school I've ever attended. This school is made up of bullies and thugs. The teachers don't care about what you learn, all they care about is themselves. The schedule changes everyday so you might be late to classes. Mrs cheiffield tries to make this school exceptional, but with all her might, nothing happens. I was getting verbally, and written threats, and of course, all she did was talk to them, and they're on their way. Woodard was a lot better then this abomination of a school.
Submitted by other on September 22, 2014

I'm a student at Castle Dome Middle School and honestly its horrible. the teachers are mean and I've already learned over half the stuff they're teaching .Also the schedule changes every day so its really confusing. Also my mom wasted money on the school supply list . A lot of the students are mean and bullies.
Submitted by parent on August 19, 2013

My child went here for a year and he really enjoyed it. He got good grades and has fond memories of the school, teachers included. I'm surprised to see such a low rating. I would have figured it to be a lot higher.