Orchard Mesa Middle School - Grand Junction, Colorado

Lily C.

The school is ancient, it's falling apart, you can walk out the back doors and buy drugs, and most of the kids are complete jerks. Our ceiling tiles are falling out, and some are still Poisonous because of asbestos. Our bathrooms are gross (not because they aren't cleaned), because they were built in the 60s. Now about the drugs thing, anyone who lives in the Orchard Mesa area knows where you can almost always find a drug dealer, at the skate park and under the bridge. The skate park is not even 30 second walk from school grounds and the bridge just about a minute walk from there. A lot of the kids here drink, smoke, and do drugs. That's a scary environment to be in. Speaking of scary environments, in the 2015-2016 school year there were three threatened school shootings... all by students! The first two weren't too serious the students were suspended for about two weeks. The third though was one of the most scary moments I have ever had in my life. The suspect was taken in to custody by the cops and actually brought a gun to school that day. If the brave souls that spoke up about it hadn't that would have been traumatizing.

Now about the kids, there are 15+ fights yearly, and probably more that the kids get away without anyone knowing. I get bullied almost daily for how I dress, what make-up I where, and how much I want to participate in class (how much I talk). When I wore different colored lipsticks I was told that I wasn't Kim Kardasian, I wasn't cool/hot enough to wear that, etc. So I stopped because there were multiple days where I went home crying because of the comment that I had gotten from my peers. I tried to go the counselors but they didn't do me much good, they gave the kids a slap on the wrist and that was that. I have had my butt grabbed/slapped many times by my peers and they get a slap on the wrist and that's that.

Most of the teachers are amazing though:
Mrs. Spommer
Mrs. Bloxham
Mrs. Wilcox
Ms. Meyers
Mr. Hayter
Mr. Luduke
Mrs. Bavor
Mrs. Belldan
Ms. Trager
Mrs. Funk
Mr. Adkinson
Mr. Guffy
Mr. Bavor
Mrs. Nicholson
Ms. Smith
(Don't want to label other 8th grade teachers good or bad yet since I haven't had them)
Mr. Tholl (Art)
Mr. Wilcox (Tech-ed)
Rodney(one of our custodians but he is everyone's friend)

Jacyannna P.

This is my first year at this school and so far it is awesome. I live near Clifton and it is pretty easy to get to. I could say this is the best middle school in the district.

rikki A.

This school's okay the kids are pretty nice it's the teachers who don't care about us and our future

Habberdashumz

this school is full of inconsiderate astronauts... and poopyheads but Jon P. is cool and so is Isaac Lame and Zanich Mercury

Autom E.

I go there and love it. Just because kids there are jerks doesn't mean the teachers are too I mean we have really good teachers!

DOMO666GAMES

roses are red violets are blue there is one less gorilla at the Cincinnati zoo. this school is dead just like harembe

rikki A.

Amazing staff !! Given building to work in the staff comes in ready to go happily and continues to care for students even after middle school years ! Overall amazing experience and miss it

Mackenzie D.

Very sad the school is in such bad shape it really is falling apart. Is that conducive to learning? Staff is amazing.