Marine Military Academy High School

LATRICE SIMMONS: MY DAUGHTER KATHERINE IS A SENIOR AND HAS ALL A'S . THE NEW PRINCIPAL IS GREAT.   AND MRS. MCGEARY IS WONDERFUL  THESE TEACHERS ARE GOOD AND THEY DO PREPARE THE STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE AND MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN ACCEPTED TO 5 COLLEGES. WE MUST REMEMBER WE HAVE TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN TO BE RESPECTFUL AND RESPONSIBLE IT SHOULDNOT BE UP TO THE TEACHERS ALL THE TIME KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK MARINE ACADEMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This school is infested with gangs and gang activity. The area is not safe at all, my daughter goes to this school and she has been jumped a few times her freshman and sophmore  year. I would rather send her to Clemente or Amundsen. The building is very old itself and it shares with another rival school so there are fights, so my daughter tells. I have transfered my daughter to Steinmetz Academic Center and she is having a great and more efficent time geting a education there.

I love this school.. My son is a sophomore this year.  The new principal has really changed the school culture.  There is not gang infestation as previously stated.   The teachers are wonderful and really care about the kids.  I am very pleased with school and the staff

Freshman parent: This school is amongst the worst that CPS has to offer. The school is a gang infested, drug ravaged battlefield located in one of Chicago's most poverty stricken neighborhoods.  My son was robbed twice in that school, once by an upperclassmen and once by one of the many  gang members residing in the neighborhood.  This school is definitely not a place of decency, respect,safety, learning and sure as heck not a place of discipline, which is ironic considering it's a military academy.  I am utterly displeased with the school and i know many parents who feel the way i do.  Just a few days ago, a student put his hands on a Lt Col at the school.  That is just shameful; I wonder why the veteran didn't press charges. The school is just a mess; it has not enough space to support an actual college prep curriculum, but instead  has very few electives and a curriculum ideal if you want to enlist or become poorly prepared for college.
I'm very thankful to have had my son transferred out of that school, and i hope if any parent comes across this, to do the same for your child.

I am a parent, and my son has been in this school for three years. I don't think this school is interested in education as much as they are interested in drafting new recruits to the military. They focus on military more so than education which is not the main purpose of school... It is suppose to be education! I am really looking to transfer him out as quickly as possible.

Every year Marine Military Academy gets worse. The students are fighting. The older kids are picking on the younger ones... I am also not very pleased with the teachers. They definitely brush students’ minds to go in the army and fight. This could be also seen from the Eisenhower Drill competition where students participated as armed Platoon military army. If you don’t want your child to go in the army, I would suggest you send them to college prep school.

I am the parent of a cadet, who is going to Marine Military Academy.  I am very concerned about the education of my child and her safety.  There are fights constantly in the school, which also takes lots of time from  the instruction.  The fights come from the fact that there is no consistancy.  Also, students are not challenged. The classwork is minimized with 50 percent.
I am planning to move  my children out from this
school  and enroll them in college prep school.
So many parents and students think that the place of the principal and the assistant principal is not in the classroom.

Mathew's mother: My children go to Marine Military Academy, and I have NOT  been pleased with the education that they have received. The teachers and staff are NOT friendly and they DON'T care about the students. Also, I DON'T feel safe sending my children there to be educated by people who need more practice with the subject they are teaching.

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Sarah's Mom: I am a the proud parent of a female cadet at the academy. I served four years in the Army, and wanted my child to experience the discipline, respect, and leadership, which she was only bound to obtain by actually joining any of the branches of service. Fortunately for me, CPS open various military academies around and in the Chicagoland Area. I am impressed with the entire faculity, whom appear to really care about our children. The military staff is exceptional, and are instrumental in teach our children core values.

Keep up the good work Marine Military Academy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!