Pioneer High School

I graduated in 1994 from Pioneer and they were probably the best 4 years of my life - seriously. My friends think I'm crazy for loving high school, but my oldest sibling is 53 and my youngest sibling is 32, with me being 36, & there's 7 of us & we ALL LOVED Pioneer. Our parents were just barely middle class, but now all of my siblings and I have at least one home, or two, and several cars, and kids getting str8 A's in school or have from Ivy League colleges and it's all thanks to Pioneer. Out of 2,000 students 950 were Mexican & I loved it, there was only 1 fight in 4 years of school & everyone got along. There were more than 40 people in my graduating class that had 4.0 (or higher) GPA's & got scholarships to the best schools in the world/country. Maybe the parents complaining about it are the same ones that won't help their kids w/ their work @ night? My H.School teachers changed my life so I hope to retire at age 45 & teach high school so I can make an impact on a 1 child's life. And fyi, it's not the teachers fault there is so much homework, it's the government & the state's - Google it! Pioneer rocks & out of my 500 Facebook friends 250 of them r from PHS.

My son is a sophomore at Pioneer, and so far, our experience has been okay. Teacher quality ranges from great and involved to disengaged and absolutely rude (even to his colleagues). If your student needs help, you have to be a squeaky wheel to get it. I will say though, that in our experience the administration takes bullying seriously and has always addressed bullying issues immediately. But my overall feeling is that the parent needs to be on top of things to ensure that their student's experience is a positive one.
--Submitted by a parent

Disappointed. Many problems with bullying, drugs and alcohol among students. Some teaching staff five star while many are one-or less. Many refuse to provide help to students and want students to ask peers for help. Teachers don't provide strategies that work for all students. Administration does not respond to problems in a timely manner if at all. Many problem students who disrupt classes or don't want to do anything. Administration thinks they know your child better than you do. Administration does not like to be challenged by parents who stay on top of things.
--Submitted by a parent

Pioneer is an okay school. Most of the teachers are pretty good but there are certain teachers who are very rude and disrespectful. The people who attend this shcool are very cliquey and conceded. I have my little group of friends and certain people in my classes whom I talk to but other than that, a lot of students are only focused on one thing: popularity. Pioneer has a lot of clubs and stuff which is good but at the same time, the shcool pushes a little too much and expect too much from students. They have only one language as well.
--Submitted by a student

WORST SCHOOL EVER. My daughter hates this school! The kids are stuck up and rude, and the staff is even ruder! They yell and accuse kids of things when it's not even there fault, and the school nurse was yelling and screaming at my daughter. My daughter has so much homework when she comes home and some of the teachers give her tests on things they didn't cover. They do nothing to help my daughter catch up if she's absent or doesn't understand the material. The principal takes WEEKS to respond to an e-mail wanting a conference, and even then it took a threat to call the district board until she finally responded.
--Submitted by a parent

My daughter graduated from this high school in 2008. I enjoyed the interaction between parents and teachers at this school. My daughter received excellent academics and provided a solid base for entering college.
--Submitted by a parent

Really a high academic school. I have 2 sons that go their and they are thriving. I am very pleased witih the level of academics organization, and sports their. It is not your average school.
--Submitted by a parent

Pioneer is one of the best schools in our district. All three of our schools in our neighborhood are all distinguished schools. Elementary, middle as well as high school. We have a waiting list of freshman waiting to attend.

I went to pioneer for 3 of the four years I didn't go there for my sophmore year. Out of all of my years there I have had many different experiences. I can honestly say that there are a good amount of teachers who are qualified to be teachers. Some do not know how to control their students. There are also teachers who don't teach at all. They give the students the facts and leave it at that. No explaining no helping the students try and figure it out nothing, but these are just a few of the staff there are a lot of amazing teachers. The students itself are very cliquish forming their own groups and everything. the sports at the school are average.
--Submitted by a student

this schools fun with all the sports and im a freshmen and so far i want to finish off my high school years here. its a pretty good overall school
--Submitted by a student