G W Carver Middle School, Coral Gables | Fees, Rankings, Address, Admission, Vacancies, Reviews & More

Carver is a school where children are expected to spend 3 years of their lives in and as I have now finally graduated from those horrific three years I can now share my experience. I noted some comments said to disregard the others, but this is coming from the bottom of my heart.
The classes are some of the most advanced and difficult classes a middle schooler can take. In some ways its beneficial because the teachers do teach the curriculum, but the test that teachers give tend to be completely unrelated to the classroom material and students find that cheating is the only way to pass. Most of the time teachers also tend to give way to much homework in a short amount of time or give projects that are so outrageously stressful and long.
The teachers in Carver are hands down the most disrespectful pieces of trash you will ever meet with some exceptions. I have been picked on by numerous teachers for doing things I have not done and teachers refuse to let me speak. I’ve had this problem more times than necessary and this is what made my Carver experience so dreadful. If it were up to me, the teaching staff would be almost completely fired and replaced. Not to mention some teachers were stuck into classes that have nothing to do with their specialty meaning the teachers spend the entire year talking about something they don’t even know about (example: a musical history/band teacher teaching U.S. history)
The staff at carver was not the best the not the worst. The dress code is too strict and i think administration needs to understand that hoodies do not mean that we are trying to rebel against the school. The staff can be understanding at times, but also very disrespectful to students wishes. They have a difficult time understanding what it is that the students want and what they think is best for the school. A main thing that will help the administration pay attention to you and respect you is to not break any rules and stay out of trouble and having a good reputation never hurts. The counselors (to me) were very helpful when needed, but they liked me personally and I have heard other people’s stories about how they are not as nice and loving as they were with me.
My overall experience was terrible. The teachers made my life a living hell and I will never forget all the stress and crying and panic attacks caused by these teachers. There were some teachers who made my experience slightly more tolerable, but there are drastic changes that need to be made in this school. I wish all the best for this school because it will hold a special place in my heart. I might all of my best friends here and we bonded and I can only thank carver for that. Besides this, without some major changes, this school will remain the school with the highest amount of cheating students, the most disrespectful staff, and the nastiest classrooms and bathrooms. I sincerely do hope that changes are made to make future students have better experiences.

Let’s just say Carver is a train wreck of good and bad, socially and academically. When you hear that this is one of the best schools in the state, let me tell you that many people cheated their way to success, and get away with it, just because everyone thinks that since this is the best school, students must have the decency. I’ve never talked much with the administration, but based on other reviews and my classmates’ complaints, I assume they’re not the best at understanding our problems. They’re probably not always in the mood to actually listen or talk. Also, remember that although it’s just middle school, you can’t rely on everyone around you when you ask them something. Not everyone knows what’s right, even adults. Oftentimes, Carver is a bunch of people pretending like they know what they’re doing, thinking they know what they’re doing, and then screwing up. Some teachers don’t care about their students or their stress. Some teachers don’t teach. Then it’s up to you to sort everything out. Or you can do it the way everyone else does it, and cheat. Don’t do that. No matter what class you’re taking, it’s not hard to the point where you need to cheat.
On the other hand, Carver’s got some of the best people I’ve ever met. Some of the teachers will understand your problems, some of them will make you feel like you have a reason to be here, and some of them will do a better job of teaching than you’d expect. I think bullying is not so big of an issue here, because we go by the idea that we’re all suffering under the same hell, we’re all doing the same stuff, so why bother to pick on each other, when we can just make things easier for everyone? Because even if the day was disastrous and we made it to the finish line in a sloppy race, let’s be real, we’re still suffering all the same, we still made it to the end, and we did it together. Embrace that.
I can’t say these were the best three years of my life, but for some people, they would relive these three years in a heartbeat. If you’re coming to Carver, it really depends on who you are as a person, what classes you’ll take, what teachers you’ll have, what kinds of friends you’ll make, and who you choose to be. Maybe it’ll be a nightmare for you, but it’ll get better with each day as you count down to your eighth grade graduation. Good luck.

Please disregard all of the previous reviews from former students because in all honesty they are the kids that start problems or get in trouble and never want to stick around for the consequences. Carver is not the best and it’s not the worst. Academically the school is great. If you put in effort you will be rewarded. There are great teachers and then there’s that one teacher that teaches but does not care about the students. There is a decent amount of homework and in most cases the kids who are complaining about it never did theirs. Now let’s talk about social life around carver, that is a whole different story, there are people who are considered popular and feel better than other students but in all honesty nobody cared/cares about them or what they do because they are irrelevant. Most of them wrote horrible reviews about this school because they have nothing else to do except dwell on the past. The administration does not interfere with your life if you follow the rules and that’s what some of these kids don’t understand. Just follow the rules and the next 3 years will go by quick and easy. And DO NOT, I REPEAT DO NOT try to “fit in” because most of those people are jerks and don’t care about what’s actually important(SCHOOL!!!!). So just do your work and find your real friends. And for the parents, if you read the previous reviews from former students, those kids never cared about their school work and are trying to make the school look bad.