Bellflower High School

I attended Bellflower High School/Middle school from 2001-2007, when I graduated. This quality of education, and the quality of teachers that I had during my time at this school were great. If i could turn back time, I would, just to experience it all over again.

Wow! No recent updates? Scary! My daughter will be attending BMS from West Middle School! What kind of teacher will she encounter? People that only do their job? What kind of staff will I encounter as a parent? I am very concern! What about the curriculum?mmmm. My daughter is honor roll student and looking forward to continue in it. and its thanks to dedicated, kind and pleasant teachers that teach well, encourage, respect, welcomes students with a smile on their face with no yelling and always looking forwards to help the student. Counselors are great as well as the principal!
--Submitted by a parent

Most of these reviews are outdated. The input is useful, however, it does not serve the purpose of expressing what type of school Bellflower is NOW. For the past few years, Bellflower has really bloomed into an above average institution. This progress is because of Mr. Perry's, principal of Bellflower High, outstanding leadership and determination to provide students with educated teachers who actually care about our education. I'm currently a junior attending Bellflower, and I must say, we are really upping the ante this year. A student from BHS can go to UCLA, Stanford, CalTech, UC Berkeley, etc. if he tries hard enough. So please, don't look to those reviews that are old and ABSOLUTELY DO NOT REFLECT the school that Bellflower is now.

As a former student myself (1999-2003)I find my experience to be rather dissapointing, like every school Bellflower High/ Middle offers many activities & opportunities for the students to be involved in & make use to obtain social, communicational, & beneficial....however if the students parent(s) are not productive in the students life then dont expect for the child to advantage of the education being offered to him/her. The majority of the school staff dont care, and are just there to simply "do their job"...give your child the curriculm...test them...and grade them. If a student is manifesting any type of "abnormal/ or defiant" behavior...dont expect to have a counselor "reach out" and "help".....they rather not deal w/the students personal drama that occurs at home. Although some teachers can be "more involved" than others ie; phone call the parent(s), speak w/the counselor. Most prefer to simply give detention or expell the student. Ii think w/todays society, illegal activity, and peer pressure students should have some sort of moral support or counseling when teachera fear it is disrupting the students concentration & overall education.
--Submitted by a parent

i am currently attendin bellflower high school. im in the ninth grade and love it here. this school is really fun and all the people in this school rock all of the administraters are really cool like Mr. Aleman and Mr. Vasquez are the best. i have really enjoyed this school since the seventh grade. and by the way this schools extracurricular activities are really fun and all the sports as well. this school has really improved over the years. i have met my life in bhs to be really fun all i need to do is bring my grades up. . . :)
--Submitted by a student

I attended Bellflower High School and just recently grduated. I will admit when I first started attending BHS I wasn't very happy with some of the teachers. They didn't get the message they were trying to teach across very well and my grades were slipping. In my 10th grade year our new principal Mr. Joseph Perry stepped up to the plate. Since he came to our school he has implemented many things that have helped our school. Now when students litter they get citations from on campus sherriff's. Discipline is always taken care of in a timely manner with fair consequences and the administration isn't unfair in their treatment of all students. I will miss some of the teachers who aren't going to be there, but the teacher's I have met in my life at BHS have encouraged me to go for what I want.

i am a in grade 7. i think i really improved from all f 's to straight a 's from the encouragement from my counsoler mr nickleson and mr. perry. bhs/bms rox!
--Submitted by a student

I am currently a senior at BHS. i think this school is improving a lot. after Mr. Perry showed up there has been numerous amounts of changes. rules are being enforced more and education is becoming a bigger focus of students. As a student i know many other students who do care about there grades. all the other students who seem to lack that drive most likely is becasue they dont have someone at home telling them how important an education is. this school is really great has many dedicated teachers and a really good set of administrators. i think that if every one would just put there part then this school would get pretty far.
--Submitted by a student

I am a former student of Bellflower High (Class of 1990). I have lived in Bellflower for many years and formed a family here. Through the years I heard from other parents how unsafe and scary my former school had become. When it came time for my eldest to attend 7th grade, my first intention was to move but I decided to give it a chance. Presently, my son is in 10th grade and my daughter is in 8th. Both of them have experienced nothing but quality education. The availabiliy of academic programs such as AP, Honors and Avid classes not to mention sports and music makes this school great. I only wish that they would make classrooms as large as in the 90's, You have the space! The test scores do not matter since some students do no try their best. I believe teachers should enforce parent involvement. Kudos!
--Submitted by a parent

great school. bad lunches. but best school ive been in. =]
--Submitted by a student