Vista Del Lago High School

I am a freshman at Vista Del Lago High School, and all that I have to say, is that this school is amazing. This school has gotten better and better by the years, and thats an opinion of several juniors and seniors going there, and my own opinion, is that this is one of the best schools i've ever been to. I recommend this school to everyone.
--Submitted by a student

I am a senior at VDLHS. and i think this is school can be better. but over the years i think this school has been improving in behavior. few fights here and there. since we got a new principal this year i cant really tell if shes doing good or not. teachers are pretty decent. counselors are great whatever you need they will talk to you. overall I Love This School. Its going be very depressing leaving it
--Submitted by a student

Thank God my oldest kid's counselor was able to share with me about the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. My son was failing every subject except PE. I moved him out in 11th Grade and now is a transformation. He has an above C average and earning college credits at the same time. My youngest is in 10th Grade and is failing also, even though he was a good student in Landmark. I will try to get him out of Vista Del Lago ASAP.
--Submitted by a parent

The principal and admistrators aren't very helpful or live up to the expectations of their jobs. Thankfully, we'll be getting a new prinicipal this upcoming school year. Hopefully he'll be more supportive of student activities. The teachers are good for the most part I've only had one that truly doesn't deserve the title of teacher. Most try their best to help their students and i'm grateful for those. It's not a bad school and i'm pretty happy where I am and proud to be in Vista's class of 2012
--Submitted by a student

I have a daughter that s in her second year at Vista. As some others have posted, it s also both the parents & children s responsibility to help make it a good school. The teachers and administrators can only do so much. My daughter was involved in all sorts of after school programs and had a great time, as well as us, since we made it a point to take the time to be involved. Just because a school doesn t have a lot of extracurricular activities does not make it a bad school. The main priority of the school is education, not dances or other such events. The school is still new and needs the chance to grow and get better. I think it has a lot of potential.
--Submitted by a parent

yea i went to VDLHS from when it opened and was part of the first 4 year graduating class... yea that school is not the best. It doesnt involve students positively in any way. the handled a lot of the riots during those years badly and the people in the front office arent the nicest or most helpful.
--Submitted by a student

I hate to see such harsh reviews of this school. The teachers are so nice and the principal really went out of his way to help me. My son is, for lack of a better word, a little of a trouble maker. He actually is very intelligent and sometimes this leads to him questioning authority. However everyone seems to see this and cares about him. This is not how it was in middle school, so I owe this to an aware and educated staff.
--Submitted by a parent

This school is not up to my standards and I am highly disappointed in it. What a shame. Don't even get me started on the principle.
--Submitted by a parent

My third child is attending vdlhs now and to me, this school just doesn't have pride at all. These students should be proud to wear their letterman jackets and jerseys everywhere but in reality, their ashamed. This school needs to support more events-dances that they aren't so strict about and maybe a festival with lazer tag or even a day with cultural foods provided where all of the students would join. They (the administrators) need to have more involvement in their school and with their students.
--Submitted by Tiffany, a parent

I too have 2 children attending VDHS. (senior & sophmore) My senior is in the top 10 of VDHS whom is not interested in VDHS because of the way things are handled for the lack of parent involvement, sports, ect. You can not blame the teachers. They are there to teach however if your child is not willing to learn then you can not blame the teachers.
--Submitted by a parent