Pasadena High School

I moved my daughter to PHS from a private school and I am very pleased at how well things have worked out for her. PHS has a much wider selection of Advanced Placement classes, along with an excellent music program and a wide variety of sports, clubs and other extracurricular opportunites including a Shakespeare play in which my daughter will have a role. She is very excited and pleasantly surprised at all the wonderful opportunities at PHS. Her counselor, Mr Tran, is outstanding, much better than her counselor at her prior private school. PHS is very safe and all the teachers are very supportive. The PTSA and music booster parent groups are very active and welcoming. I wish we had started her at PHS when she began high school, it has been a wonderful experience for our daughter.
--Submitted by a parent

This is a school with a great history, a lot of diversity, many great teachers, and their is a reason the weekly counts as the best public school in Pasadena. Given the number of low income students, our kids have very respectable academic scores. My child loves it a PHS, gets a lot of support and is off to a great college next year. Thanks PHS!
--Submitted by a parent

If this site would allow me to I would give this school zero stars! I have a daughter who attends PHS as a freshmen and another daughter in the junior level both girls have been picked on and harrased by a group of kids that has numbered up to 30 boys and girls all together. I have attempted to resolve this issue for months now without any success. I have filed police reports on these individuals and the bullying has continued to date, the school adminstration has the responsibilty to provide a safe environment for our kids to learn. In all we are very dissapointed with this schools leadership and lack of caring about there students safe being. We have to date filed two police reports and have meet with adminstration several times, send countles number of emails and spoken at school board. We are transfering our girls now. Grade F
--Submitted by a parent

PHS offers everything....academics, sports, music, art. We have great leaders, inspiring teachers & proud students!
--Submitted by a parent

I have been pleasantly surprised by everything about PHS. I was very apprehensive about sending my son to this school after a terrible experience at Blair (despite the fabulous principal). I even sent him to a charter for one year (another disaster). All of my worry was for naught. The thing that seems to make a difference is to have honors or AP classes. My son started in honors, since he gets As and Bs, and the teachers are excellent. I met all of them at the back-to-school night and I was impressed by their dedication and drive. It is a big school, but the good thing about that is that good kids have plenty of options regarding friends. Yes, there are some bad influences, but that's the case at any school, public or private. I have nothing but optimism regarding PHS; the principal is definitely going in the right direction.
--Submitted by a parent

I have a student at Pasadena High School and i am very happy to have him there. He has outstanding grades and he is currently taking AP classes. He comes home and does his homework and talks to his friends about how great he is feeling at PHS.
--Submitted by a parent

I am the parent of a child who attends Pasadena High and I am highly disappointed with everything about this school!!! My child is teased and picked on by students on a daily basis (in front of teachers) and when complained about, nothing is done. There is no support from the teachers or counselors. My child finds it harder and harder to concentrate on school work because he's teased and picked on on a daily basis and knows there is no support to back him up. The teachers are uncaring and the counselors are no better.
--Submitted by a parent

I have two children at PHS. My son will be graduating in June and my daughter is a sophomore. I have been very happy with the level of instruction that they have received. They are both taking honors and AP level classes. Their teachers have been very dedicated and challenging. Both of my children are in the music program which gives them something to belong to in a large school.
--Submitted by a parent

As an alumni, I can say that PHS is a decent school to go to. There are some absolutely wonderful teachers who are genuinely interested in their students. I advice students to take advantage of AP and Honors classes offered as these are effective classes to prepare students for college life, and the teachers teaching these classes are true gems.
--Submitted by a student

After 5 years of private elementary school it was quite worrying going to PHS. My son is mostly in honors classes and so far we have been pleasantly surprised. Most of his teachers are comprable with the quality of his previous private schools if not better in some cases. The diversity has benefits and the Principal seems to be turning things around. Public education deserves all the help the community can give for the benefit of all.
--Submitted by a parent